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Sep 17, 2018 7 tweets 7 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
This could explain Javad Zarif's anxiety:
"It should be noted that on the Internet, especially Telegram, the enemy and especially the [#MEK], have gained complete control… The terminology of regime change is gaining complete control in social media networks." -Tehran Press #Iran
The mullahs have always been fearful of #MEK's connecting to citizens. Here is what @NYTimes wrote in 1996: "Gov officials said the number of banned sites was not available, but they include those with information distributed by opposition groups like the [MEK]..." #CyberSecurity
The @NYTimes continued: ''The brains of the young are very impressionable, so the Mujahedeen Khalq [#MEK] might be able to brainwash people to join them, or they might be able to influence an election,'' said a senior Gov official familiar w/ the Internet project. #CyberSecurity
To better understand why Tehran is now gunning for the #MEK in Albania & elsewhere using PR, terror, diplomatic & cyber attacks, also read this analysis by the regime on increasingly "game-changing" role of MEK in directing & evolving the #IranProtests.
ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-r…
Here is also a great comment by the @isjcommittee's president, @VidalQuadras on Javad Zarif's ask from @Twitter to silence the regime's opponents.
AP (@AP): "An Iranian government-aligned group of hackers launched a major campaign targeting Mideast energy firms and others"
Look @jack! This is the gov whose Foreign Min is asking you 2 silence the dissidents aiming 2 free their homeland.
#CyberSecurity
mynews13.com/fl/orlando/ap-…

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Aug 21, 2018
DOJ's (@TheJusticeDept) Criminal Report on 2 #IranianRegimeSpies is damning. #Thread highlights via @WashTimes:
1- "Court documents raise the possibility that Tehran’s hard-line Islamic regime is hunting for bombing and assassination targets." #Iran #MEK

go.shr.lc/2NawQvG
2- @WashTimes: "On a wiretap, Mr. Ghorbani, a California resident, is heard singling out an opposing figure for assassination. “M…..F needs one, one shot,” he said. He is scheduled for a detention hearing on Tuesday." #Iran #IranianRegimeSpies #MEK

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
3- @Washtimes: "European police broke up an alleged #Iran|ian plot to ignite a bomb at an #MEK rally outside Paris this summer.
"Documents show how easily Iranian saboteurs can move in and out of the U.S."
#IranianRegimeSpies

justice.gov/opa/pr/two-ind…
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