Iran Policy Committee

The Iran Policy Committee (IPC), formed in January 2005, is a pressure group meant to influence US government policy towards Iran. IPC is made up of former White House, State Department, Pentagon and CIA officials. Several of the principals are affiliated to AIPAC and its related think tanks.

Platform
On the grounds that Iran poses a threat to US National Security, the IPC advocates that the US should favor "regime change" through a process of "destabilization" and "coercive diplomacy", while keeping the full military option open. Suggested policies include economic blockades, military support of the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) or the MEK, and precision strikes of selected targets within Iran. They describe this as "providing a central role for the Iranian opposition to facilitate regime change". 

Principals, directors, and personnel
Source
 * James Akins
 * Bill Cowan (CEO of private military corp the WVC3 Group, Inc.)
 * Paul Leventhal
 * Neil Livingstone
 * Clare M. Lopez - Executive Director. Also a senior intelligence analyst at Hawkeye Systems, and a former CIA operative.
 * R. Bruce McColm
 * Thomas McInerney
 * Charles T. Nash
 * Edward Rowny
 * Raymond Tanter – Founder and Co-Chair
 * Paul E. Vallely

Affiliations

 * Committee on the Present Danger
 * Council on Foreign Relations
 * Nuclear Control Institute (hosts the only web presence of IPC, and shares some principals).
 * Washington Institute for Near East Policy
 * National Council of Resistance of Iran

US Congressmen promoting IPC

 * Bob Filner – (D, CA)
 * Tom Tancredo – (R, CO)
 * Dennis Moore – (R, KN)
 * Ted Poe – (R, TX)
 * Kay Bailey Hutchison – (R, TX)
 * James Talent – (R, MS)

Contact
Iran Policy Committee 3700 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 507, Washington DC 20016 Phone: 202-333-7346 Fax: 202-333-4126 (fax) Web: http://www.iranpolicy.org

Organizations: Iran-Related

 * Friends of a Free Iran
 * Iran Democracy Foundation (IDF)
 * Iran Freedom Foundation (IFF)
 * Iran Freedom Foundation (Maryland)
 * National Council of Resistance of Iran
 * People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran, also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/MKO/NCR)


 * For further info on Iranian opposition groups.

Organizations: Other

 * Alliance for Democracy in Iran (ADI)
 * American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
 * American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
 * Bilderberg
 * Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
 * Committee on the Present Danger (CPD)
 * Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
 * Hudson Institute
 * Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA)
 * Trilateral Commission
 * US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce (USACC)
 * Voice of America (VOA)
 * Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP)

People

 * Zbigniew Brzezinski
 * Anthony H. Cordesman
 * Jerome Corsi
 * Bill Cowan
 * Douglas Feith
 * Larry Franklin
 * David Frum
 * Reuel Marc Gerecht
 * Manucher Ghorbanifar
 * Henry Kissinger
 * Michael Ledeen
 * Richard N. Perle
 * Harold Rhode
 * Michael Rubin

Miscellaneous

 * Axis of evil
 * China-Iran-Russia axis
 * Iran Freedom Support Act (HR 282) – IPC and its supporting Congressmen are pressing for HR 282, and it will likely have the same effect as the Syria Accountability Act, in essence, imposing a US embargo on the country.
 * Freedom Walk, May 2005: Iran Freedom Walk
 * Hawkeye Systems
 * Iran
 * Iran/Contra scandal
 * Iran-Contra II
 * Iran's oil industry
 * regime change
 * war in Iran
 * WVC3 Group, Inc.