Ali Safavi, NCRI, 24 February 2020 A short letter to the editor was sent to the New York Times the day after its February 16, 2020, biased and distorted report about life at Ashraf-3, home to thousands of members…
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Rebuttal to NBC News Hit Piece Against MEK and Its Popular Support in Iran
Oct 21, 2019, 9:01 AM 0
Ali Safavi, NCRI, 20 October 2019 THE FOLLOWING IS A REBUTTAL TO AN ARTICLE BY THE NBC NEWS ON OCTOBER 17, 2019, REPLETE WITH BASELESS AND THREADBARE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE MUJAHEDIN-E KHALQ (PMOI/MEK) AND THE SUPPORT IT HAS ENJOYED…
Shahin Gobadi, The Washington Post, 16 September 2019 Jason Rezaian, in his Sept. 10 Global Opinions column, “Bolton’s departure will fundamentally alter Trump’s Iran policy,” asserted, “The shake-up creates the first real opportunity for Trump to pursue a policy…
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Newsweek Rehashes Anti-MEK Propaganda
Sep 10, 2019, 8:50 PM 0
By Ali Safavi, September 10, 2019 The following is a rebuttal to an article in Newsweek about Iranian opposition groups, in particular, the main Iranian opposition, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK or PMOI). As Newsweek is yet to publish it,…
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Rebuttal to Fabrications by Richard Engel of MSNBC about the Iranian Resistance
May 26, 2018, 5:16 PM 0
NCRI-US Staff, 26 May 2018 On May 25, 2018, MSNBC’s “On Assignment” Program, narrated by Richard Engel, regurgitated a series of stale, unfounded, and repeatedly debunked allegations against the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), a member of the National Council of…
Benjamin’s repeats his defamatory MEK narrative Background As the President-elect’s transition team began to vet potential candidates in November for top cabinet posts, several key figures sympathetic to a more firm policy on Iran were reported to be leading…
The article, “Accused in ’70s of U.S. military slayings, Iran group has friends in Trump’s circle,” (McClatchy, DC, Nov. 17), a gross misrepresentation of indisputable historical facts, has rehashed a litany of stale and oft-repeated allegations, originally concocted by…
Iran Regime Apologists Grasp at Straws Regarding the MEK Text of the letter to the Editor of the Politico by Soona Samsami, the U.S. Representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, on November 23, 2016 Dear Editor,Daniel…
Soona Samsami, 17 November 2016 The article, “Accused in ’70s of U.S. military slayings, Iran group has friends in Trump’s circle,” (McClatchyDC, Nov. 17), a gross misrepresentation of indisputable historical facts, has rehashed a litany of stale and oft-repeated…