{"id":14331,"date":"2022-10-17T15:06:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T11:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/?p=14331"},"modified":"2022-10-17T15:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T11:41:03","slug":"maryam-rajavi-keeps-her-cyber-army-under-systematic-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/14331","title":{"rendered":"Maryam Rajavi keeps her cyber army under systematic monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the disarmament of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization by the US military in 2003, the group has been focused on a cyber warfare against the Iranian government. The war includes cyber attacks on computer systems and a disinformation campaign based on fake accounts in social media. The rank and file of Maryam Rajavi are actually soldiers of the cyber army that once was the actual army of Rajavi to launch terrorist acts. In the cult-like structure of Rajavi\u2019s army, members are always under supervision by different layers of the hierarchy.<\/p>\n

In 2013, when the group was relocated in Albania, it started building its headquarters in Manez, North of Tirana. The group leaders built equipped halls with hundreds of computer systems connected to the Internet in order to launch fake news. In April, 2021, Facebook removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to the MEK\u2019s \u201ctroll farm\u201d in Albania. According to the Associated Press, \u201cthe accounts posted content critical of Iran\u2019s government and supportive of Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, a dissident group known as MEK. In many cases, the Facebook and Instagram accounts used fake profile names and photos.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MEK members working in the \u2018Twitter troll factory\u2019 in Manez Camp, Albania<\/p><\/div>\n

However, the computer halls of the MEK\u2019s troll farm are potential places to motivate members to defect the group regarding that members of the MEK are not allowed to have any access to the outside world. Mostafa Beheshti a recently defected member of the group speaks of the amplified monitoring on busy work days, like these days that protests go on in the streets of Iran and MEK agents are more active to launch misinformation about the actual protests high jacking the true demand of Iranian protesters.<\/p>\n

\u201cLarge screens are hung on the wall of each computer hall,\u201d Mostafa Beheshti told in interview with the Association for the Support of Iranian Living in Albania (ASILA). \u201cThe screens are connected to each persons\u2019 computer. Commanders in the command room, security room and the room of top command of security of Camp Ashraf are able to monitor each member\u2019s activities on his or her PC.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Mostafa

Mostafa Beheshti in an interview with ASILA head<\/p><\/div>\n

According to the testimonies of Mostafa, whenever there is an increase in the protests in Iran, security check and monitoring over members are eventually increased. \u201cThey are afraid that members use an opportunity and contact their families outside the camp. They are also afraid of any penetration in their group. They do not want any one from the outside world to know about their internal affairs.\u201d However, there are always dissidents in the group who use various tricks to bypass the commanders\u2019 monitoring system. cellphones do not have SIM cards
\n\u201cAt the time of protests, when connections rise, commanders confiscate members\u2019 tablets or cellphones although their cellphones do not have any SIM cards,\u201d Mostafa recounts. He states that the MEK\u2019s rank and file are not allowed to use smartphones. He witnessed that the group supervisors would destroy the SIM card tray to prevent members from using it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MEK leaders are obsessed with power in Iran but they are never representative of Iranians\u2019 aspirations,\u201d he told.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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