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There is a billboard right outside the headquarters of The New York Times, and the message it carries shows the placement is no accident. “Do not listen to Mullahs’ apologists in the US media”. The signage is embossed with a portrait of Iranian leader Ali Khamenei packing a gun, explaining the atrocities of the Iranian gov.
Iranian dissidents billboard in Manhattan, April 30, 2021.
Members of the Iranian opposition commissioned a billboard in Midtown Manhattan, opposite the offices of The New York Times last Friday, calling on Americans to ignore the media warning Americans not to trust their media which serve as apologists for the Iranian regime and endorse a return to the nuclear agreement with Iran, a.k.a. Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
âDonât trust the Mullahâs apologists in the U.S mediaâ Iranians wrote on the billboard in front of @nytimes building. Canât think of a worse disgrace for a newspaper than this. pic.twitter.com/7gjRNl3cZb