Washington Post
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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force
Judge Barrett Mujahedin-e-Khalq Ties
Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to join the Supreme Court, once represented an affiliate of an Iranian exile group as it challenged its State Department designation as a foreign terrorist organization. “With today’s actions, the Department does not overlook or forget the MEK’s past…
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Mujahedin Khalq Organization's Propaganda System
Rudy Giuliani and MEK
Inside Giuliani’s dual roles: Power-broker-for-hire and shadow foreign policy adviser The president’s personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani was on the phone in late 2018, pressing administration officials about his latest agenda item. a man and a woman standing in front of a building: President-elect Donald…
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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force
Never knowingly engage with the Mujahideen-e Khalq
Trump, Iran’s Rouhani descend on same corner of New York but remain far apart After months of lobbing threats and vowing military reprisals, President Trump will find himself on the same block of midtown Manhattan as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this week at the annual…
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USA
MEK loses its ally in the White House
Bolton’s departure will fundamentally alter Trump’s Iran policy Whether national security adviser John Bolton was fired by President Trump or he quit is irrelevant. The change in foreign policy leadership will have a profound impact on how this administration’s Iran policy is shaped and implemented.…
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Mujahedin Khalq Organization's Propaganda System
Trolls to make US Iran Case
Why does the U.S. need trolls to make its Iran case? This weekend, a new wrinkle was added to the ongoing saga about the information war over Iran policy: the stunning revelation that an online persona that was cited by the Trump administration to justify…
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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force
In U.N. speech, Trump fails (again) to make his Iran case
The MEK is widely considered a cult because of its suspected brainwashing and torture of its own members — especially those who attempt to leave the organization — so current and former U.S. officials working on Iran have quietly ....
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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force
Giuliani works for foreign clients while serving as Trump’s attorney
Rudolph W. Giuliani continues to work on behalf of foreign clients both personally and through his namesake security firm while serving as President Trump’s personal attorney — an arrangement experts say raises conflict of interest concerns and could run afoul of federal ethics laws. Giuliani…
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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force
The MeK has paid Giuliani handsomely for years
Rudolph W. Giuliani, a Republican Party grandee and President Trump’s newly appointed lawyer, made a telling remark over the weekend. At a gathering organized by a group of activists opposed to Iran’s government, the former New York mayor seemed to suggest that the nuclear deal…
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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force
John Bolton wants regime change in Iran, and so does the cult that paid him
In the seven years I lived in Iran, many people expressed criticism of the ruling establishment — at great potential risk to themselves. .... In all that time, though, I never met a person who thought the MEK should, or could, present a viable alternative.…
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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force
Giuliani was paid advocate for shady Iranian dissident group
Throughout the first term of the Obama administration, Iranian American organizations with extensive links to the MEK/MKO/PMOI paid prominent U.S. national security officials to speak on behalf of the group. They also contributed heavily to the campaign coffers of lawmakers on both sides of the…
