{"id":8725,"date":"2018-09-08T10:29:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T05:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/?p=8725"},"modified":"2021-06-07T11:59:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T07:29:07","slug":"the-shadowy-cult-trump-advisors-tout-as-an-alternative-to-the-iranian-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/8725","title":{"rendered":"The shadowy cult Trump advisors tout as an alternative to the Iranian government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump sees the Iran as America\u2019s biggest enemy. And before assuming office, his National Security Advisor John Bolton said US policy should be regime change in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>He and other Trump advisers have long touted a shadowy exiled cult as an alternative to the Iranian government. The Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) has had a very active propaganda wing for years, but now they have influence at the highest level. They also have a secretive camp in Albania, 30km from the capital, Tirana.<\/p>\n<p>Trump sees Iran&#8217;s regime as America&#8217;s biggest enemy \u2013 and his advisers have long touted a shadowy exiled cult as an alternative to the Iranian government. LindseyHilsum has been to their secretive camp in Albania to investigate. https:\/\/t.co\/4npOdh5obE<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-8725-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/dlb.nejatngo.org\/Media\/Documentary\/Channel4_Shadowy_Cult_MEK.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dlb.nejatngo.org\/Media\/Documentary\/Channel4_Shadowy_Cult_MEK.mp4\">https:\/\/dlb.nejatngo.org\/Media\/Documentary\/Channel4_Shadowy_Cult_MEK.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Channel 4 News, Lindsey Hilsum &#8211; International Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump sees the Iran as America\u2019s biggest enemy. And before assuming office, his National Security Advisor John Bolton said US policy should be regime change in Iran. He and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[24521,680,52,642,20,185],"module":[353],"ctype":[26],"blog":[109],"class_list":["post-8725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mujahedin-khalq-proxy-force","tag-alternative","tag-mko-members-in-albania","tag-mujahedin-khalq-destructive-cult","tag-paid-advocacy-for-mko","tag-third-view-mek","tag-the-threat-of-cults","post_format-post-format-video","module-document","ctype-videos","blog-western-bloggers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8725"},{"taxonomy":"module","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/module?post=8725"},{"taxonomy":"ctype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctype?post=8725"},{"taxonomy":"blog","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog?post=8725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}