Iran Disinfo & Heshmat Alavi

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.