The Iranian Americans for Liberty condemn the hypocrisy of Ms. Masoumeh “Masih” Alinejad in welcoming Khamenei to be part of Facebook’s platform in 2013 while accusing Iranian dissidents of being advocates for the freedom of speech for Khamenei.

The Iranian Americans for Liberty have been notified of a video interview of Ms. Alinejad dated January 7, 2013 with US-funded Voice of America, where she welcomes the opening of a Facebook page by Ali Khamenei the supreme leader of the Islamic Regime.

She shamelessly framed the presence of a mass murderer on Facebook as a “positive development” for dialogue. Ms. Alinejad has a long track record of such behavior dating back well over a decade.  In an opinion piece she penned for reformist-owned “Etemad Melli” newspaper, she called the United States the enemy, and spoke out against the United States labeling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

Astoundingly, she recommended coordinating the media and non-governmental organizations for a show of support in order to hide the true terroristic nature of the IRGC. In the interview, she goes on to praise the notorious Basij General Hassan Firouzabadi who was responsible for the violent suppression of protests and endless harassment of women and religious minorities in Iran. In one fell swoop, she backed the Basij and defends the IRGC terrorists.

IAL Board Members, staff and supporters were attacked by Alinejad’s camp when we asked her to retract her false claim that she lied about Trump supporters being Islamic regime trolls. We received an unprecedented level of vile attacks ranging from verbal abuse to threats to the safety of our advisory board members and supporters.

Ms. Alinejad is at least partly funded by US taxpayer television Voice of America. We call upon the Congress to conduct a full investigation of the funds funneled to Alinejad’s camp to ensure none went to a campaign of harassment and threats to Ms. Alinejad's critics.