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The Guitar! One and only!
With Rear Admiral Paul Becker, Lead Landing Team for the Office of Director of National Intelligence 2017.
I designed the paisley guitar. Matt Shaub made it!
Alone , at Quantico J. Edgar Hoover’s private reading room looking at my brother’s pictures. He graduated from 72nd session of FBI Academy in 1963.
With Attorney General Edwin Meese 2016
November 8, 2016, BBC studios Washington DC. It was the election night.
Got his backpack! He is happy. Iraq Kurdistan Region. Near Mosul.
Filling up the backpacks
ISIS drove these children from their town. Teachers left with them but no books and no school supplies. Somehow, a thousand backpacks filled with books and supplies were delivered to them. Look at their eyes.. filled with joy.
We were at Birthday Party of my friend Jim Woolsey, former Director of CIA. Jim has a nice voice and sang at his own Birthday. The musician insisted that I should sing a song. I told him I don’t remember any lyrics! He pulled out a card from his pocket with the lyrics of a famous Persian song (Gole sangam) “I am a stone flower”. I asked Dr. Kissinger if I should sing? He said: it is too late to ask for my advice!! I sang...
With my mentor, 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. I had hair!
With The Honorable Robert MacFarlane, National Security Advisor to President Reagan, a fellow Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipient.
With VADM Bob Harward on his retirement day. He jumped from 12000 feet and landed with his full uniform under his jumpsuit.
With my dear friend Navy SEAL Vice Admiral Bob Harward. He and I were in High School in Tehran at the same time. He used to say: Bijan I want you to be my swim buddy because if sharks attack, I will stab you and the sharks will eat you!
With Admiral William McRaven, Commander of Navy SEALS. “You want to change the world? Start off by making your bed”.
With Secretary of Defense General James Mattis USMC ret.
Thinking about so much work left to do, so little time...
At the United States Senate. Summer of 2009, remembering Neda Agha Soltan, the beautiful young woman whose heart was pierced with a bullet from the murderers of the Islamic Republic IN Iran.
Words of wisdom from the 41st President of the United States. The first time I had the honor of meeting him, he looked at my name tag that said “Bijan”.. he asked so you are the fashion guy? May the famous Bijan’s soul rest in eternal peace. He made it easy for people to prounounce my name. I chose Public Service to my country, The United States of America.
With my dear friend Sir Eldon Griffiths, Member of British Parliament for 26 years and head of the Iran Desk at the Parliament. May he rest in eternal peace. He loved Iran.
And our flag is still there. Flying proudly for what it stands for... Liberty and Justice for All.
With young musicians from Afghanistan at the Italian Embassy Washington DC.
At the House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, London on the first day of Olympics, 2012
East India Club
London, at the East India Club
Reading up on the next mission
At Voice of America producer and Anchor of Hesab va Ketab (checks and balances)- 100 year audit of Iran’s history.
Riding the Harley at the Naval Postgraduate School, Senior Fellow for Global Public Policy 2011-2013
With Masoud Shojai Captain of the Iranian Soccer Team.
At the Export-Import Bank of the United States. In the service of American workers.
At the US Senate.
On May 1st 2011 I was with Vice Admiral Sean Pybus Commander of Navy Seals. He gave me his coin. It was a special Day. It was just past midnight in Abbotabad in Pakistan. The inscription on the back says Ho Olau Lima. It means “let’s row together”.
The back of the coin...
I was Chairman and CEO of a company that built the world’s smallest, most powerful, least energy consuming, programmable computer. That computer could go into this tiny helicopter. This tiny helicopter can saves lives.
Someone said something funny!!
At the White House
With Major General John Singlaub, founding member of Central Intelligence Agency. President Carter relieved him of his duties after he criticized Carter for his national security policies and pulling troops from the Korean Peninsula. What a national hero.
In a Seahawk going somewhere
At the White House. Under the portrait of my mentor.
With General Ann Dunwoody, the first Four Star General in US Army and a fellow Ellis Island Medal of Honor Recipient.
The day I had lunch with the President. He said: Bijan I wore the California Bear cuff links for you! And then, he showed me his tie tack, a Golden map of California. I said: Mr. President you have the cuff links and you have the tie tack, you need the lapel pin! He said: but if you give it to me, they won’t let you in! I said Sir, I will get another one! He said: OK, take it off your lapel and put it on mine.. as he saw me hesitate, he said I will make it easy for you.. it is an order! I had no idea someone was taking this photo. He knew. He always knew where the camera was! I miss him ... for America.
With my friend Senator Joe Lieberman
We were at Birthday Party of my friend Jim Woolsey, former Director of CIA. Jim has a nice voice and sang at his own Birthday. The musician insisted that I should sing a song. I told him I don’t remember any lyrics! He pulled out a card from his pocket with the lyrics of a famous Persian song (Gole sangam) “I am a stone flower”. I asked Dr. Kissinger if I should sing? He said: it is too late to ask for my advice!! I sang...
With Marietje Schaake member European Parliament after her return from a trip to Iran at Freedom House.
