Avi Jorisch, National Security and Counter-Terrorism Analyst, Joins UANI Advisory Board

October 6, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 6, 2011

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Avi Jorisch, National Security and Counter-Terrorism Analyst, Joins UANI Advisory Board


New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is pleased to announce that Avi Jorisch, prominent author and former advisor to the U.S. Treasury and Defense Departments, will join UANI's Advisory Board.

 

Said UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace:

 

UANI is honored to add Avi Jorisch to our advisory board. Avi is widely respected among his peers for his expertise on Iran and its banking system, and he will contribute greatly to UANI's work. UANI will continue to pressure companies, banks, and nations that do business with Iran, until the regime stops pursuing nuclear weapons, sponsoring terrorists, and threatening the U.S. and its allies.

 

Jorisch is founder and President of the Red Cell Intelligence Group, a consulting and staffing firm that specializes in national security issues relating to terrorism, threat finance, and radical Islam. In addition, he is an Adjunct Scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a Fellow at the Air Force Special Operations School.

 

Jorisch previously served as a Policy Advisor at the Treasury Department's office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, and as a terrorism consultant for the Department of Defense. He is the author of several books, including Iran's Dirty Banking: How the Islamic Republic Skirts International Financial Sanctions, and Beacon of Hatred: Inside Hizballah's al-Manar Television. His writing is frequently published in international newspapers, such as his August 1, 2011 Op-Ed in The New York Times: "To Punish Iran, Seize Its Embassy."

 

Jorish earned a bachelor's degree in history from Binghamton University and a master's degree in Islamic history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has also studied Arabic and Islamic Philosophy at the American University in Cairo and al-Azhar University, and has traveled extensively in the Middle East.

 

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