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It started with Nazis: Concerns over foreign agents not just a Trump ...

The Conversation US-Dec 20, 2018
Bijan Kian, a one-time business partner of former national security adviser ... paid by the GermanEmbassy and ensconced on Capitol Hill itself.
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Bijan Rafiekian: Michael Flynn's former business partner charged over ...

The Independent-Dec 17, 2018
Mr Rafikian, who also goes by the name Bijan Kian, also worked on the ... had influence on Trump administration intelligence agency choices.
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Two associates of ex-Trump national security advisor Flynn indicted ...

Yahoo Finance UK-Dec 17, 2018
Bijan Kian, 66, and Kamil Alptekin were charged in U.S. District ... that offered clients services based on Flynn's "national security expertise.".
Ex-Flynn business associates charged with trying to influence US ...
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Prosecutors Accuse Turkey of Covert Campaign to Pressure US to ...

Wall Street Journal-Dec 17, 2018
The indictment, returned in secret last week, didn't name Messrs. ... At the heart of the influence campaign were Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin, ...
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Trump transition aide was key player in Flynn's Turkish work

Washington Times-Jun 13, 2017
Flynn's partner, Bijan Kian, joined the former chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency on Trump's national security transition team after the ...
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Airbnb denies Israeli claims that it is reversing settlement ban

The Times of Israel-Dec 17, 2018
Egyptian security officials say two roadside bombs have hit a police convoy ... by Israeli security services to have played no role in the terror attack. .... Bijan Rafiekian, who also goes by the name Bijan Kian, made an ..... German customs authorities found this 40-cm long boa in a passenger's pants when he.
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Concerns over foreign agents is not just a Trump-era phenomenon ...

Raw Story-Dec 20, 2018
Businessmen Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin, once associates of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, were indicted on several counts ...
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Michael Flynn sentencing delayed after judge voices 'disgust and ...

The Independent-Dec 18, 2018
The sentencing of Donald Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn has been abruptly delayed to allow him to finish his ...
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Michael Flynn: Trump's national security adviser lied about his contact ...

The Independent-Dec 17, 2018
Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn, lied about his ..... The Associated Press said Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin were ...
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Mike Flynn's Pro-Turkey Work: An Unfinished Documentary to Boost ...

Wall Street Journal-May 31, 2017
I'm Bijan Kian, welcome to Washington, D.C.,” Mr. Kian, the head of Mr. .... was an asset of the Central Intelligence Agency, which protected the ...
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Flynn's Turkish Delight: How, Why, and When He Reversed His Policy ...

Just Security-Nov 27, 2017
“To professionals in the intelligence community, the stamp of terror is all .... 2016, Alptekin privately met Flynn Intel Group VP Bijan R. Kian and ...
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America's unending hostage crisis with Iran

Reuters-Aug 1, 2018
U.S. diplomats approached the Central Intelligence Agency with this offer ... In 2009, during massive unrest in Iran, Bijan Khajehpour, Siamak's ...
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The 332 people connected to the Russia probes

Politico-Jan 21, 2018
Christopher Steele, former British intelligence officer and author of disputed Trump-Russia dossier; Natalia Veselnitskaya, Russian lawyer who ...
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Power Up: Potential GOP challenges circle Trump heading into 2020

Washington Post-Dec 18, 2018
The former national security adviser and an early Trump campaign ally, Flynn ... Prosecutors said that Flynn worked with Bijan Kian, one of his ...
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Is US pullout in Syria a good idea?

Sunbury News-Dec 23, 2018
Businessmen Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin, once associates of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, were ... He would then use money provided by the German embassy to order large numbers of reprints of those speeches. .... Not all of us were able to dodge military service like “president” trump.
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The Trump-Russia Timeline

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The Daily 202: Retirement could liberate Lamar Alexander during his ...

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Flynn, who went on to serve as [Trump's] national security adviser, ... That almost certainly helped produce charges against Kian and Alptekin. .... goal of creating a 'Space Force' as an independent armed service branch, .... The challenge from Trump has been especially personal for Germans, whose close ...
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Trump Administration to Lift Sanctions on Putin-linked Oligarch's ...

Newsweek-Dec 20, 2018
"In April, the head of Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service, Igor ... days in the East German secretpolice during the Cold War, is required to ...
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Trump attacks Cohen as a rat and says: 'I feel very badly for Paul ...

Daily Mail-Aug 22, 2018
Trump praised his former campaign manager Paul Manafort for not making a deal with federal prosecutors; Trump emphasized that 10 out of 18 ...
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Ex-CIA Director: Mike Flynn and Turkish Officials Discussed Removal ...

Wall Street Journal-Mar 24, 2017
Mr. Flynn served as President Donald Trump's national security ... at the urging of the Flynn Intel Group's chairman and president, Bijan Kian.
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Bijan Rafiekian: Michael Flynn's former business partner charged over ...

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Mr Rafikian, who also goes by the name Bijan Kian, also worked on the Trump transition team, where he would have had influence on Trump ...
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It started with Nazis: Concerns over foreign agents not just a Trump ...

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Businessmen Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin, once associates of former ... paid by the German Embassy and ensconced on Capitol Hill itself.
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Prosecutors Accuse Turkey of Covert Campaign to Pressure US to ...

Wall Street Journal-Dec 17, 2018
At the heart of the influence campaign were Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin, Mr. Flynn's onetime business associates, whom prosecutors accused ...
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Trump transition aide was key player in Flynn's Turkish work

Washington Times-Jun 13, 2017
Flynn's partner, Bijan Kian, joined the former chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency on Trump's national security transition team after the ...
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Evans – Ben Prescott, Berry; Breshawn Willis, Lenoir-Rhyne; Coby Germany, Mercer .... Friends; KianTaylor, Cumberlands-Ky.; Matt Smith, Garden City CC .... Dacula – Allen Daniels, Purdue; Babila Fomuteh, Wesleyan; Bijan ...
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Two associates of ex-Trump national security advisor Flynn indicted ...

Yahoo Finance UK-Dec 17, 2018
Bijan Kian, 66, and Kamil Alptekin were charged in U.S. District Court in Eastern Virginia with acting as unregistered agents of the Turkish ...
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Prosecutors Looking at Turkey Lobbying by Michael Flynn's Ex-Firm

Wall Street Journal-Dec 6, 2018
Federal prosecutors have also been looking into the activities of Bijan Kian, Mr. Flynn's partner at the Flynn Intel Group, according to the people ...
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Concerns over foreign agents is not just a Trump-era phenomenon ...

Raw Story-Dec 20, 2018
Businessmen Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin, once associates of former ... He would then use money provided by the German embassy to order ...
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Airbnb denies Israeli claims that it is reversing settlement ban

The Times of Israel-Dec 17, 2018
Bijan Rafiekian, who also goes by the name Bijan Kian, made an initial appearance Monday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Mike Flynn's Pro-Turkey Work: An Unfinished Documentary to Boost ...

Wall Street Journal-May 31, 2017
“General, hi. I'm Bijan Kian, welcome to Washington, D.C.,” Mr. Kian, the head of Mr. Flynn's consulting firm, greeted the Turkish dignitary. “Gen.
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COMMENTARY — Ted Malloch's ties to Turkey's Erdoğan under the ...

Stockholm Center for Freedom-Apr 6, 2018
Although the film was not made public, it reportedly involves a scene with Flynn's business partner Bijan Kian and the former head of Turkish ...
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Flynn's Turkish Delight: How, Why, and When He Reversed His Policy ...

Just Security-Nov 27, 2017
According to the FARA registration, in Oct. 2016, VP Bijan R. Kian met twice with Miles Taylor, National Security Advisor to the House ...
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Power Up: Potential GOP challenges circle Trump heading into 2020

Washington Post-Dec 18, 2018
Prosecutors said that Flynn worked with Bijan Kian, one of his business partners, and took hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Turkish ...
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A Digital Bretton Woods

Huffington Post-Apr 29, 2015
... and by defeated Germany were more than the economy could afford. ... The Honorable Bijan R. Kian is a twice Senate Confirmed Former ...
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Michael Flynn: Trump's national security adviser lied about his contact ...

The Independent-Dec 17, 2018
The Associated Press said Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin were accused in an indictment of conspiring to “covertly and unlawfully” influence US ...
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The 332 people connected to the Russia probes

Politico-Jan 21, 2018
House Intelligence Democrats said in March 2018 Republicans refused their requests for an interview with Kian. Associations Transition.
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Flynn Associate Bijan Kian Seeks Trial Delay to September

Bloomberg-Jan 3, 2019
A lawyer for Bijan Rafiekianalso known as Bijan Kian, made the request after a prosecutor told U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga he'd ...
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Bijan Rafiekian, Michael Flynn associate, pleads not guilty to working ...

Stock Standard-6 hours ago
Bijan Kianalso known as Bijan Rafiekian, is accused of illegally lobbying on behalf of the Turkish government to influence U.S. officials.
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Flynn Associate Kian Pleads Not Guilty to Lobbying Charges

Bloomberg-Dec 18, 2018
Bijan Rafiekianalso known as Bijan Kian, entered his plea Tuesday in ... Kian, 66, and businessman Kamil Ekim Alptekin, 41, are accused of ...
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Bijan Kian: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<a href="http://Heavy.com" rel="nofollow">Heavy.com</a>-Dec 17, 2018
The 66-year-old Kian, who lives in San Juan Capistrano, California, and also uses the name Bijan Rafiekian, is accused of trying to influence ...
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Bijan Rafiekian: Michael Flynn's former business partner charged over ...

The Independent-Dec 17, 2018
Bijan Rafiekian, a former business partner of Michael Flynn, was ... Mr Rafikian, who also goes by the name Bijan Kianalso worked on the ..... Prosecutors dismissed the idea that Flynn would not have known the stakes.
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Mike Flynn Business Partner Indicted For Alleged Effort To Oust ...

TPM-Dec 17, 2018
Kian, whose full name is Bijan Rafiekian, appeared Monday at a federal ... Also charged in the indictment is Ekim Alptekin, who, according to the ... and Rafiekian's alleged efforts with an individual known as “Person A,” who ...
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Flynn's ex-business associates charged with illegal lobbying

Toronto Star-Dec 17, 2018
Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin are accused in an indictment of conspiring ... On Monday, Kian, a former Trump transition official whose full name is Bijan Rafiekian, made a ... Alptekin is also charged with lying during an interview with the FBI. ... The case has been seen as a referendum on a so-called code of ...
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Michael Flynn's Sentencing For Lying To FBI Postponed

CBS Los Angeles-Dec 18, 2018
The judge also said he would take Flynn's 33 years of military service into ... Bijan Rafiekianalso known as Bijan Kian, was charged with ...
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Trump transition aide Bijan Kian played key role in Flynn's Turkish work

CBS News-Jun 13, 2017
Flynn's partner, Bijan Kian, joined the former chief of the Defense ... We would have no reason to know," said the official, who requested ... The client, Ekim Alptekin, also confirmed to The Associated Press that Kian worked for one of his ... name is Bijan Rafiekian, Kian did not respond to repeated attempts ...
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Two partners of Michael Flynn accused of lobbying for Turkey in the ...

Buffalo Morning Star-Dec 20, 2018
Prosecutors in Alexandria, Virginia, have accused Michael Flynn's former business partner, Bijan Kian(also known as Bijan Rafiekian), and ...
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Zinke Takes Mysterious Turkish Vacation While West Burns

Common Dreams-Aug 23, 2018
Ryan Zinke has taken campaign contributions from former Michael Flynn associate Bijan Kian, who is ... Kian's contribution to Zinke for Congress is only mentioned in the ... Rafiekian also served with Zinke's wife, Lola, on the Donald Trump .... Trump's DHS Locked Up More Children Than Previously Known.
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Gulen not surprised over indictment

Pocono Record-Dec 18, 2018
“The charging of Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin for conspiracy against Mr. Gulen and for acting as an unregistered foreign agent shows just how ...
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Justice Department Brings Espionage Charges Against Turkish Agents

<a href="http://OpsLens.com" rel="nofollow">OpsLens.com</a> (press release) (blog)-Dec 24, 2018
The pair were identified as Bijan Rafiekian, (aka Bijan Kian), 66, of San ... The plan was to set up a shadow company (referred to in official reports ... going into many details of the alleged conspiracy, was also a bit obscure.
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This DC Nonprofit Brings Together Key Players In Flynn Turkey ...

TPM-Jun 6, 2017
From left to right: Bijan Kian, Michael T. Flynn, Lori Flynn ... helped honor Beeta Christine Rafiekian, Kian's daughter and the executive director ...
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Getty Bijan Kian, left, is a former business partner of Michael Flynn. Kian is facing federal charges accusing him of illegally lobbying for Turkey.
A former business partner of Michael Flynn is facing federal charges accusing him of illegally lobbying for Turkey. Bijan Kian was indicted on charges of conspiracy and acting in the United States as an illegal agent of the government of Turkey, the Department of Justice said in a press release.
The 66-year-old Kian, who lives in San Juan Capistrano, California, and also uses the name Bijan Rafiekian, is accused of trying to influence public opinion and American officials to support the extradition of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, The Washington Post reports. Another former Flynn associate, 41-year-old Kamil Ekim Alptekin of Istanbul, Turkey, was also indicted on the same charges, the Justice Department says. He was also charged with lying to the FBI.
Gulen, who is living in exile in Pennsylvania, has been accused of instigating a failed coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an allegation he has denied. The Justice Department has refused to extradite Gulen on charges related to the coup, saying further evidence is needed. According to the indictment, Kian, Alptekin and Flynn conspired to advance Erdogan’s cause during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and transition.
Flynn, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, is facing sentencing for lying to the FBI as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 presidential election. Flynn was a key Trump ally during the campaign and was named national security adviser after the election. He resigned in 2017. Prosecutors and Flynn’s attorneys have both recommended that Flynn serve no jail time. As part of his plea deal, Flynn admitted to his role in the conspiracy involving his former associates, The Post reports. But the case against Kian and Alptekin is being prosecuted by the Eastern District of Virginia and the Justice Department National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.
Kian, an Iranian-American banker and businessman, is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and was part of President Trump’s transition team. He was also a vice chairman for the Flynn Intel Group and has been an executive or board member for several companies. Kian also started the Nowruz Commission, a nonprofit with a goal of promoting and preserving the Persian New Year, which his wife, Gissou Kian, is the president of.
Here’s what you need to know about Bijan Kian:

1. Kian, Alptekin & Flynn Conspired to Conceal That the Turkish Government Was Paying Flynn & His Company to Advance Their Interests Surrounding the Fetullah Gulen Case, Prosecutors Say

Bijan Kian, Kamil Ekim Alptekin and Michael Flynn are accused of conspiring to conceal that the Turkish government was paying for Flynn and his company, which was co-founded by Kian, to advance Turkey’s interests about Fetullah Gulen, according to federal prosecutors. Flynn is identified in court documents as “Person A” and his company, the Flynn Intel Group, is named as “Company A.”
The Justice Department said in a press release, “According to allegations in the indictment, the two men were involved in a conspiracy to covertly influence U.S. politicians and public opinion against a Turkish citizen living in the United States whose extradition had been requested by the Government of Turkey.”
Kian, while working for the Flynn Intel Group, provided services based on Flynn’s national security expertise, prosecutors say. According to the indictment, the conspiracy aimed to “delegitimize” Gulen “in the eyes of the American public and United States politicians, with the goal of obtaining his extradition, which was meeting resistance at the U.S. Department of Justice.”
Prosecutors say Kian and Alptekin sought to hide the fact the Turkish government was directing their work. “However, not only did Turkish cabinet-level officials approve the budget for the project, but Alptekin provided the Turkish officials updates on the work, and relayed their directions on the work to Rafiekian, Person A, and others at Company A,” prosecutors said.
According to the indictment, Kian and Alptekin made it seem a Dutch company owned by Alptekin was the client of Flynn and the Flynn Intel Group. Alptekin’s company paid a fee to Flynn’s company of $600,000.
“Alptekin made the payments from an account in Turkey. The indictment alleges that after Alptekin made the payments to Company A, it was to kick back 20 percent of the payments to Alptekin’s company in the Netherlands, and two such kickbacks were made,” prosecutors said.
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2. He Was Born in Iran, Studied at the University of Brighton in the UK & Later at Oxford University & the Harvard University Kennedy School Of Government

Bijan Kian, whose full name is Bijan Rafiekian, was born in Iran and studied engineering in Tehran. According to his Linkedin profile, Kian then completed his master’s degree in management studies at the University of Brighton in the UK in 1979.
He later studied national and international security at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 2008 and political philosophy at the University of Oxford from 2011 to 2012. Kian also completed a certificate in FINTECH and blockchain technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2016.
From 2011 to 2013, Kian was a senior fellow in global public policy at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. According to his Linkedin profile, Kian, “Has lectured at National Defense University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, American University, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, California State University, Fullerton, California State University, Dominguez Hills and Chapman University.”
He received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2009 and has been a fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in the United Kingdom, according to his Linkedin profile.

3. Kian, Who Describes Himself as an ‘Internationally Recognized Diplomat,’ Served as a Board Member of the Export-Import Bank From 2006 to 2011 & Started a Persian Cultural Nonprofit

Kian, who describes himself as an “internationally recognized diplomat for the United States,” served as a board member of the Export-Import Bank of the United States from 2006 to 2011. He was first nominated by President George W. Bush. He is the highest ranking Iranian-born American to serve in the U.S. government, according to his Linkedin profile.
“At USEXIM, he served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and Member of the Credit Committee as well as a Member of the White House Business Council,” Kian said on Linkedin. “From 2006 to 2011, his portfolio included the Middle East, Central Asia, The Caucasus and Russia. A former director of Foreign Investment for California, he directed the global attraction, retention and expansion of California’s $92 billion portfolio from Europe, Asia, Africa, The Americas and The Middle East.”
Kian also served as an official in the California state government, including as an Economic Development Commissioner and Commissioner of Housing Finance. He also worked as California’s Director of Foreign Investment.
Kian has also been an advocate for regime change in his native Iran.
He founded the Flynn Intel Group with Michael Flynn in 2015 and served as its vice chairman. After President Donald Trump won the 2016 election, Kian was named to his transition team as intelligence community deputy lead. According to his Linkedin profile, he “Served as Deputy Lead in directing the efforts of a volunteer group that connected with all 17 elements of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Supported providing policy input, strategic guidance and operational counsel to prepare new Directors National Intelligence, CIA and other Cabinet Secretaries for roles in the Trump administration.”

4. He & His Wife Live in California & Have 2 Daughters

Kian and his wife, Gissou Kian, live in California. They have two daughters, Christine Rafiekian and Alexandria Rafiekian. Along with his wife and others, Kian founded the Nowruz Commission, a nonprofit Persian cultural organization in 2010. He is currently the vice chairman of the nonprofit. His wife, Gissou Kian, is the president of the nonprofit.
According to the Nowruz Commission website, “With 25 years of experience at America’s largest financial institutions, Gissou is a seasoned banker and risk manager. As the first President of the Nowruz Commission, she was instrumental in coordinating the participation of eight governments as well as the Iranian American Community in the United States. She lead the efforts on the inauguration of the commission in March 2010 at the Library of Congress, together with the Ambassadors of participating countries and members of the United States Congress. Throughout her life, Gissou has been dedicated to philanthropic causes and organizations.”

5. Kian Was Released on Bond & Faces Up to 15 Years in Federal Prison if Convicted

Bijan Kian was arrested and made his first appearance in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday, December 17. He was released on personal recognizance bond. If convicted of the charges against him, Kian faces up to 15 years in federal prison.
Kian and his attorneys have not commented about his arrest.
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8:02 AM 1/23/2019 - M.N.: What was the cause of this FBI's unprecedented historical blindness?! Mueller discovered tons of evidence, even if largely circumstantial, at this point. The second Independent Counsel to investigate the FBI itself for this and other blunders, which apparently are too many, is absolutely needed. | How did we get to a place where the FBI wondered if an American president was a Russian asset? - Bangor Daily News

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M.N.: What was the cause of this FBI's unprecedented historical blindness?! Mueller discovered tons of evidence, even if largely circumstantial, at this point. The second  Independent Counsel to investigate the FBI itself for this and other blunders, which apparently are too many, is absolutely needed, if we want to learn the truth. 


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RT @Telegraph: FBI 'probed whether Donald Trump secretly worked for Russia after he fired director Comey' telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/1… 

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