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Iran Disinfo & Heshmat Alavi

2020/11/2
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Negar Mortazavi speaks with Murtaza Hussain from The Intercept and Eli Clifton from Responsible Statecraft about a State Department project called IRAN DISINFO that attacked journalists and academics who were critical of Trump's Iran policy, as well as a fake online persona called Heshmat Alavi that is run by the MEK and has been retweeted by Donald Trump.

*This episode was made possible with support from Heinrich Boll Foundation. Music by 127.


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