Treason Lobby: America’s Enemies Past Reception and Have Taken Seats in Boardrooms
Do you remember the case of Ariane Tabatabai? Mark Biltz, bestselling author of The Final Tyrant, does. A supporter of the Iranian regime, Tabatabai held a prominent position at the Pentagon during the Biden administration. In 2025, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) highlighted Tabatabai’s reporting to an IRGC Commander of Iran. Since that time, the Iranian regime’s Tabatabai remains in the U.S., holding a position of prominence that touts her experience at the Pentagon. This is going on at precisely the same time that the U.S. is engaged in war with the country she supports.
As the United States confronts Iran and its terrorist proxies abroad, an uncomfortable question is emerging at home: Why have so many individuals with troubling ties to Islamist movements, terrorist organizations, or hostile foreign regimes found acceptance, influence, and even prestige within America’s political and policy establishment?
Mark Biltz, bestselling author of The Final Tyrant, says the answer may be found in an ancient biblical warning that modern leaders have ignored.
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- Iran-linked figures continue finding acceptance within American institutions
- Biblical parallels reveal dangers of compromised leadership and discernment
- Foreign influence creates opportunities for manipulation, leverage, and blackmail (Iran)
- Trump supporters largely silent about controversial appointments and associations, including from Iran
- The Final Tyrant connects ancient warnings to modern political realities
Iran’s Agents Inside U.S. at top Levels
Consider the case of Ariane Tabatabai, who came under scrutiny after reports revealed her participation in an Iranian government-linked influence network before rising to a prominent position within the Department of Defense. Today, despite ongoing concerns raised by lawmakers and national security experts, she serves as Vice President of Research, Security and Defense at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, where her biography highlights her Pentagon service.
Or consider Imam Husham Al-Husainy, whose past statements supporting Iran’s Hezbollah have generated controversy, yet who was invited to President Trump’s inauguration festivities. Then there is Ismail (Randall) Royer, a former terrorism convict who served prison time on charges related to assisting jihadist causes overseas and was later appointed by President Trump to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
These examples span different administrations, political parties, and institutions. Yet they point toward the same troubling trend: a growing willingness among American leaders to embrace individuals whose histories should provoke greater scrutiny rather than acceptance.
Biltz argues that this phenomenon echoes the decline of King Solomon. Scripture records that Solomon’s wisdom was unmatched, yet his judgment became compromised when he increasingly embraced foreign influences and alliances that gradually distorted his discernment. What began as diplomacy ultimately became a source of corruption, compromise, and vulnerability.
Could the same dynamic be unfolding today?
In The Final Tyrant, Biltz examines how political leaders can become susceptible to deception when they abandon discernment in favor of expediency, influence, or perceived strategic advantage. He argues that foreign entanglements often create fertile ground for manipulation, coercion, and even blackmail.
Most striking, however, is the silence of many of the president’s strongest supporters. If national security concerns are legitimate when raised against political opponents, why should they be ignored when they involve individuals welcomed by one’s own side?
Biltz can discuss why biblical history offers a sobering warning for modern America, how spiritual compromise often precedes political compromise, and why accountability must apply equally regardless of party affiliation when national security and moral clarity are at stake.
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OPTIONAL Q&A:
- What does the Bible teach about leaders who surround themselves with people whose loyalties may be divided?
- How does King Solomon’s embrace of foreign influences compare to what we’re seeing in American leadership today?
- What concerns should Americans have when individuals connected to hostile foreign regimes are elevated to positions of influence and prestige?
- Why do you believe so many Christians and conservatives remain silent when troubling associations involve leaders they support?
- How can political loyalty cloud discernment and prevent people from asking necessary questions about national security?
- In The Final Tyrant, what warnings do you give about compromise, deception, and the gradual erosion of sound judgment?
- Does Scripture suggest that foreign influence and spiritual compromise often go hand in hand?
- What lessons can America learn from biblical examples of leaders whose wisdom and discernment were undermined by the people they chose to trust?
ABOUT PASTOR MARK BILTZ…
Pastor Mark Biltz was born and raised Catholic. He spent four years in a Catholic Seminary studying to become a priest. He not only knows Latin, but he knows how to conduct the entire Latin Catholic Mass. Biltz is also extremely familiar with the Catholic hierarchy, doctrine and culture.
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Today, he is the founder and Senior Pastor of El Shaddai Ministries in Washington State. He is a well-known and popular speaker on the Feasts of the Lord and has authored four best-selling books and videos on the Feasts that have gone global.
Mark Biltz has lectured at congregations and conferences all over the world including twelve countries on 5 continents. He’s been on the cover of several magazines and has been interviewed many times on national radio stations as well as appearing on several different television programs.
Pastor Biltz has a local congregation in Washington State and live-streams their weekly service on their website at www.esm.us as well as on face-book and you-tube to over 200 cities from 20 nations.
You can learn more about Pastor Biltz’s ministry and his book, America at War: 2024 – 2026 by visiting www.esm.us
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