Tag Archives: national post canada
2019/10/26
Shenaz Kermalli, Ricochet Media, October 26 2019:... And on Thursday, a highly followed but fake Twitter account associated with the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK), a cult-like group from Iran that has a history of engaging with Canadian politicians, added to an ongoing online smear campaign against Jowhari by tweeting a long thread urging Canadians to unseat him. MEK Trolls in Albania are activated against Canadian MP Secret…
2019/10/22
Iranian Canadian Congress (ICC), Octomber 22 2019:... On social media, fake accounts associated with MEK have distributed false information about Mr. Jowhari. Seemingly, the only reason behind the targeting of Mr. Jowhari by the MEK is that, aligned with PM Trudeau's promise in 2015 to re-engage with Iran and reopen the embassies, Mr. Jowhari supported this promise as well and…
2019/08/10
Shenaz Kermalli, Canada's National Observer, August 10 2019:... More recently, investigative reports published by The Intercept, British broadcaster Channel 4 and Al Jazeera English have depicted MEK “troll farms” where members create thousands of inauthentic accounts on a daily basis and promote hashtags and tweets, targeting anyone that favours diplomacy with Iran. Human Rights Watch has reported that MEK leaders force people to issue false confessions.…
2019/07/20
Jolson Lim, Ipolitics, Cananda, July 20 2019:... It’s opportunism in the most cynical way possible . According to a 2009 RAND Corporation analysis, the MEK turned toward cultlike practices after its leadership relocated to Paris in the mid 1980s. It included engaging in “near-religious devotion” to the married Massoud and Maryam Rajavi. Its members were said to engage in “public…
Albanian media Shqiptarja.com publishes Somayeh Mohammadi’s story – Why can’t she speak for herself?
2018/08/29
Iran Interlink, August 29 2018:... The following post republishes the story of Mostafa Mohammadi’s quest to free his daughter from the hands of MEK. The series of articles, originally published in 2006 by Stewart Bell in National Post, has now been translated into Albanian and published by one of the country’s leading newspapers, Shqiptarja.com. In 2006, MEK accused Stewart Bell of being…