{"id":212448,"date":"2020-01-25T19:41:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T19:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=212448"},"modified":"2023-01-21T23:03:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T22:03:20","slug":"cnn-american-herald-tribune-is-run-by-irans-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/cnn-american-herald-tribune-is-run-by-irans-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN: American Herald Tribune Is Run by Iran\u2019s Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is an example of how Iran regime runs its disinformation campaign and abuses Western democracy in order to interfere and manipulate public opinion to shape their views to secure their own interests and spread Fake News.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In an article on Friday,\u00a0CNN revealed<\/a>\u00a0how the Iranian regime has been\u00a0operating the\u00a0\u201cAmerican Herald Tribune.\u201d This website which describes itself as a \u201cgenuinely independent online media outlet\u201d was founded in 2015, published in English and pays Americans to write articles.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Facebook spokesperson told CNN Business that company staff who looked into the website’s Facebook page say it was linked to Iranian state media. Facebook removed the page in 2018. FireEye, a top cybersecurity company, says it assessed with \u2018moderate confidence\u2019 that the website originates in Iran and is part of a much larger influence operation,\u201d read the CNN report.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new details about alleged Iranian ties to the American Herald Tribune shed light on how the country has attempted to run a years-long covert online influence campaign targeting the United States,\u201d CNN added.<\/p>\n

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What else is new. It was obvious from the outset that this outfit was a Tehran conduit. US Treasury must act! @NCRIUS<\/a> @Iran_Policy<\/a> #IranProtests<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/pl3mzVMEWB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ali Safavi (@amsafavi) January 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since its set up in 2015, American Herald Tribune has focused mainly on demonizing the\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a>.\u00a0This website\u00a0has already published\u00a0more than half a dozen\u00a0articles\u00a0against the MEK and\u00a0NCRI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In its articles, this website has repeated the Iranian regime\u2019s lies about the\u00a0MEK\u00a0<\/a>and has given coverage to the regime\u2019s fake news. Regurgitating these allegations, that had been rejected by\u00a0the\u00a0highest courts in Europe and the United States, only confirms that this website is a mere front website for the Iranian regime\u2019s Ministry of intelligence and Security (MOIS).<\/p>\n

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"For too long #Iran<\/a> lobbies have worked to divide us through lies& by propaganda, this must stop. We must put an end on the MOIS disinformation &stop the lobbies' echo-Chamber against the #MEK<\/a> &the #NCRI<\/a>.We need 2b focused on the threat of the #Iranian<\/a> regime.#IranConferenceNYC<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5RDlsamZRG<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) September 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n