*The websites seized include the American Herald Tribune, edited by **Anthony Hall,* *a Canadian professor, retired from teaching at the University of Lethbridge (where* *he came under fire for "anti-semitism"). *
*This is a very dark development (foretold recently by Whitney Webb, vis-a-vis the* *propaganda line re: Russia and Iran as threats to "our" elections). * *MCM* US DOJ Seizes 27 Websites Claiming They Are ‘Controlled by Iran’ NOVEMBER 5, 2020 BY NEWS WIRE <https://21stcenturywire.com/author/21wire/> 0 COMMENTS <https://21stcenturywire.com/2020/11/05/dangerous-precedent-us-doj-seizes-27-websites-controlled-by-iran/#disqus_thread> [image: Iran Cyber] *Antiwar.com <https://news.antiwar.com/2020/11/04/doj-seizes-27-domains-claims-they-are-controlled-by-iran/> reports…* *The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it seized 27 online domains <https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-seizes-another-crop-of-iranian-propaganda-domains-masked-as-news-outlets/>, claiming the websites were controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The DOJ seized the domains under the guise of enforcing US sanctions against Iran and the IRGC.* Wednesday’s announcement followed the seizure of 92 domains <https://news.antiwar.com/2020/09/03/us-govt-seizes-websites-belonging-to-iraqi-govt-backed-militia/> in October that the DOJ also claimed were operated by Iran. The DOJ purports that the domains were being used to spread “Iranian propaganda” and “disinformation.” The DOJ and the FBI work with US tech companies to make these seizures. “Thanks to our ongoing collaboration with Google, Facebook, and Twitter, the FBI was able to disrupt this Iranian propaganda campaign and we will continue to pursue any attempts by foreign actors to spread disinformation in our country,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair said in a statement. <https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-seizes-27-additional-domain-names-used-iran-s-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps> Among the domains seized on Wednesday were four news websites the DOJ seized under the guise of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The claim against the websites is that they targeted US audiences without disclosing ties to a foreign government. “Here, the four domains purported to be independent news outlets, but they were actually operated by or on behalf of the IRGC to target the United States with pro-Iranian propaganda in an attempt to covertly influence the American people to change United States policy concerning Iran and the Middle East,” the DOJ said. One of the news sites taken down was the American Herald Tribune (AHT), a website whose editor in chief, Anthony Hall, is based in Canada <https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/tony-hall/>. It’s not clear how the US government decided that AHT or the other websites are affiliated with Iran. *Click on the link for the rest.* --- Support News from Underground: https://bit.ly/NFUSupport Visit News from Underground: https://markcrispinmiller.com You received this email because you are subscribed to News from Underground. To unsubscribe from this email list, please go to: http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=pIdjNUgiG2h8yxbhC54SSy4SEskAoEMs For archives, please go to: https://archives.simplelists.com/nfu
