Posted on 06/23/2021 1:02:42 PM PDT by ransomnote
Iranian president's chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi told reporters Wednesday he condemned the seizures.
TEHRAN — The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday seized 36 Iranian-linked news website domains, accusing them of spreading disinformation, amid continued tensions between Tehran and Washington.
The Justice Department said 33 of the seized websites, owned by a U.S.-based company, were used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU), which it said was among components of the Iranian government targeting the United States with disinformation campaigns and malign influence operations.
Three other seized websites were operated by one of the main Iran-aligned Iraqi militia groups, Kata’ib Hizballah, which more than a decade ago was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S, the department's statement added.
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It’s not the first time that the U.S. has seized the domain names of sites it accuses of spreading disinformation.
Last October, the Department of Justice announced the takedown of nearly 100 websites used by the Revolutionary Guards. It said the sites, operating under the guise of genuine news outlets, were waging a “global disinformation campaign” to influence U.S. policy and spread Iranian propaganda around the world.
Tuesday's seizures come just days after hardliner Ebrahim Raisi was elected as Iran's new president and as world powers try to resurrect the 2015 nuclear accord.
Relations between Iran and the U.S. have deteriorated for years following President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal and the return of devastating sanctions.
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“Can you imagine the screaming and tearing of garments that would be taking place had Trump done this?”
He did do it. This stuff was started during Trump.
“Last October, the Department of Justice announced the takedown of nearly 100 websites used by the Revolutionary Guards. It said the sites, operating under the guise of genuine news outlets, were waging a “global disinformation campaign” to influence U.S. policy and spread Iranian propaganda around the world.”
Targeting disinformation websites... let’s see
CNN
MSNBC
ABC
CBS
NBC
PBS
Twitter
Instagram
Facebook
Amazon
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just preparing the battlefield to take down conservative sites..
“see, we are so fair...”
I heard a story this week that the Bitem Admin asked Iran to return to the nuclear talks and Tehran told them to pound sand.
We'se is gonna haf a a-tum bum; we'se don needs no stinkin' noocleer tawks!
I suspect the U.S. eased Prez Trump's sanctions on Iran and got nothing in return (ask Guatemala and Vlad Poootin)... their usual foreign policy scheme. Total treason, total stupidity, total responsibility for the coming deluge if some other factor does not intervene.
And I understand buying oil from Iran. Here is true American 'Dem'rats' patriotism: block Amer energy independence, close the Keystone XL Pipeline, approve Putin's Euro pipeline, and then buy oil from our #1 enemy: Iran, the top world sponsor of terrorism.
John Kerry is green with envy.
Stop doodling around with web sites.. Sanction the hell out of Iran just like PDJT did.
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