Thread by @HanifJazayeri

THREAD @PatrickKingsley's @nytimes piece on Iran's MEK is contradictory, fails to offer an objective view & oddly enough has no "scoop". It's just slander. PK says he was allowed in MEK's camp for 9hrs, which in itself undermines his attempt to portray them as secretive & closed.

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept .@PatrickKingsley's piece on the Iranian opposition in 🇦🇱 just doesn't make sense:
He both claims the MEK deny the media access to their camp, but says he was allowed in
He claims he wanted to interview MEK ppl, but then describes their remarks to him as "propaganda sessions"
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@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept Question to @PatrickKingsley: How could you be somewhere for 9 hours, talk to people privately, photograph them & quote them in an article, yet claim the place is secretive? The MEK gave @nytimes unfettered access to their camp. Is this journalism or pursuing a different agenda?

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept Somayeh Mohammadi's family say she's held against her will. MEK says they're Iran regime agents. @nytimes' @PatrickKingsley asked for & got a private interview. She explicitly denied being there against her will. Ironically he scoffs at her statement & says “For what it's worth”!

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept .@PatrickKingsley seems to suggest the MEK should create a 2nd museum to help propagate the Iranian regime's misinformation against the group. Bizarre.
Incidentally, why would the MEK have a huge museum if, as the @nytimes reporter suggests, they seldom allow ppl into their camp?

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept Of course, @PatrickKingsley deliberately leaves out key facts such as the US Court of Appeals, UK Court of Appeal, French High Court & European Court of Justice rulings that the Iranian MEK were not involved in terrorism. He insinuates that their delisting was due to lobbying.

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept One striking omission from @PatrickKingsley's @nytimes piece are quotes from all the MEK officials he says he met at the group's camp Ashraf 3 in Albania. Rather odd for a piece that's meant to be an 'exclusive' look into the group.

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept Also noteworthy, one of the sources for @PatrickKingsley's hit-piece on the MEK is a website affiliated with the regime's Intelligence Ministry (Iran-Interlink). That detail is not mentioned in the @nytimes report

(Iran-Interlink & state media outlets have republished the piece)

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept It's dishonest of @nytimes' @PatrickKingsley to claim MEK's camp in 🇦🇱 is SECRETIVE. Visitors at public events inc President Ilir Meta, party leaders/ministers + 100🇪🇺lawmakers @RudyGiuliani @stephenharper @Baird @bobtorricelli @JoeLieberman @MAlliotMarie @LBJunior @ProfSheehan…

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept @RudyGiuliani @stephenharper @Baird @bobtorricelli @JoeLieberman @MAlliotMarie @LBJunior @ProfSheehan @BobBlackman @ramayade @ambmcg @MdeVaucouleurs @Baroness_Verma @LTWoodCDMedia @STRUANSTEVENSON @VidalQuadras @StetinaEP @RidgeGlobal .@PatrickKingsley gives himself away as to his biased mindset in his @nytimes hit-piece on Iran's MEK when he says he “agrees” with an MEK detractor that the MEK are “universally despised” & that this is not up for debate. Impartial journalist? I think not

https://twitter.com/PatrickKingsley/status/1229365983539875841

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept @RudyGiuliani @stephenharper @Baird @bobtorricelli @JoeLieberman @MAlliotMarie @LBJunior @ProfSheehan @BobBlackman @ramayade @ambmcg @MdeVaucouleurs @Baroness_Verma @LTWoodCDMedia @STRUANSTEVENSON @VidalQuadras @StetinaEP @RidgeGlobal .@nytimes did achieve something from @PatrickKingsley's hit-piece on the MEK. Iran's state media inc Fars News Agency (run by the IRGC) & Press TV (banned in UK for broadcasting forced confession of political prisoner) welcomed it. I wonder why? Certainly not for being objective.

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept @RudyGiuliani @stephenharper @Baird @bobtorricelli @JoeLieberman @MAlliotMarie @LBJunior @ProfSheehan @BobBlackman @ramayade @ambmcg @MdeVaucouleurs @Baroness_Verma @LTWoodCDMedia @STRUANSTEVENSON @VidalQuadras @StetinaEP @RidgeGlobal Despite the negative slant, @PatrickKingsley's hit-piece in the @nytimes confirms:
- MEK's site in 🇦🇱, Ashraf 3, is not secretive
- He spoke freely & privately with MEK members
- The Iranian regime's claim that Somayeh Mohammadi is held against her will is bogus as she denied it

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept @RudyGiuliani @stephenharper @Baird @bobtorricelli @JoeLieberman @MAlliotMarie @LBJunior @ProfSheehan @BobBlackman @ramayade @ambmcg @MdeVaucouleurs @Baroness_Verma @LTWoodCDMedia @STRUANSTEVENSON @VidalQuadras @StetinaEP @RidgeGlobal While @nytimes/@PatrickKingsley did a hit-piece on the MEK, other reporters who've been to its 🇦🇱 site have given unbiased coverage
Shout out to @WashTimes @Daily_Express @NatGeo @topchanneltv @vrtnws @ScotNational @Tsarizm_com @DebbieAAldrich @LToddWood @MediaNetScot @marcogiann

@PatrickKingsley @nytimes @nytimesworld @amsafavi @iran_policy @USEmbassyTirana @StateDept @RudyGiuliani @stephenharper @Baird @bobtorricelli @JoeLieberman @MAlliotMarie @LBJunior @ProfSheehan @BobBlackman @ramayade @ambmcg @MdeVaucouleurs @Baroness_Verma @LTWoodCDMedia @STRUANSTEVENSON @VidalQuadras @StetinaEP @RidgeGlobal @WashTimes @Daily_Express @NatGeo @topchanneltv @vrtnws @ScotNational @Tsarizm_com @DebbieAAldrich @LToddWood @MediaNetScot @marcogiann @WalidPhares @gatewaypundit @newtgingrich @RJBrodsky @RobManess @SaraCarterDC @MariaRyanNH @KJTorrance @USAmbAlbania The MEK isn't so secretive after all. Albania's @topchanneltv went to its site & interviewed members of Iran's main opposition group. Have a quick look. It exposes @PatrickKingsley's hit-piece in the @nytimes as #FakeNews.

CC: @USAmbAlbania @rickgladstone