User:MarioGom/sandbox/MEK characterization proposal

This space is a sandbox by to prepare a new proposal to replace Talk:People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran/Archive 57.

Draft RFC
The lede currently states It is also Iran's largest and most active political opposition group., and it recently stated It is Iran's largest and most active armed dissident group.. What should be done with this statement?


 * Option A (current): Keep the previous text: largest and most active political opposition group
 * Option B (previous): Keep the current text: largest and most active armed dissident group
 * Option C (remove): Remove this claim from the lede.

Independent sources

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Excluded sources
Some of these sources have been brought up in previous discussions but I have excluded them from the main source list:


 * Rationale: The text Peoples Mojahedin Organisation, Iran’s main opposition appears in an image caption by Tribune India. It is not an aspect discussed in the body of the article, and it does not appear in the original Reuters piece.
 * Rationale: This comes from the Associated Press newswire. While the text main opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) appears in the caption of an image of Times of Israel (not by AP), this hardly constitutes serious political analysis or reliable, given that it is not an aspect discussed in the text by the Associated Press.
 * Rationale: This comes from the Associated Press newswire. While the text main opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) appears in the caption of an image of Times of Israel (not by AP), this hardly constitutes serious political analysis or reliable, given that it is not an aspect discussed in the text by the Associated Press.
 * Rationale: This comes from the Associated Press newswire. While the text main opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) appears in the caption of an image of Times of Israel (not by AP), this hardly constitutes serious political analysis or reliable, given that it is not an aspect discussed in the text by the Associated Press.

Possibly usable

 * (politician and pro-MEK advocacy)
 * (regular NCRI speaker and guest)
 * Rationale: Not in the voice of the author, but of Paulo Casaca, who was a politician lobbying for the NCRI as chair of the Friends of Free Iran.
 * (politician and pro-MEK advocacy)
 * (regular NCRI speaker and guest)
 * Rationale: Not in the voice of the author, but of Paulo Casaca, who was a politician lobbying for the NCRI as chair of the Friends of Free Iran.
 * Rationale: Not in the voice of the author, but of Paulo Casaca, who was a politician lobbying for the NCRI as chair of the Friends of Free Iran.
 * Rationale: Not in the voice of the author, but of Paulo Casaca, who was a politician lobbying for the NCRI as chair of the Friends of Free Iran.

MEK-connected sources

 * This isn't just connected; it's a self-published source and totally worthless. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:52, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree. I'm just being exhaustive in the sandbox, probably this will need a lot of trimming for a proposal. However, I think it is interesting to note that the repetitive claims about "the main opposition group" is almost a ritual for the MEK. MarioGom (talk) 13:01, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * This isn't just connected; it's a self-published source and totally worthless. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:52, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree. I'm just being exhaustive in the sandbox, probably this will need a lot of trimming for a proposal. However, I think it is interesting to note that the repetitive claims about "the main opposition group" is almost a ritual for the MEK. MarioGom (talk) 13:01, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * This isn't just connected; it's a self-published source and totally worthless. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:52, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree. I'm just being exhaustive in the sandbox, probably this will need a lot of trimming for a proposal. However, I think it is interesting to note that the repetitive claims about "the main opposition group" is almost a ritual for the MEK. MarioGom (talk) 13:01, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * This isn't just connected; it's a self-published source and totally worthless. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:52, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree. I'm just being exhaustive in the sandbox, probably this will need a lot of trimming for a proposal. However, I think it is interesting to note that the repetitive claims about "the main opposition group" is almost a ritual for the MEK. MarioGom (talk) 13:01, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree. I'm just being exhaustive in the sandbox, probably this will need a lot of trimming for a proposal. However, I think it is interesting to note that the repetitive claims about "the main opposition group" is almost a ritual for the MEK. MarioGom (talk) 13:01, 20 May 2023 (UTC)



Unsorted

 * http://www.esisc.org/publications/analyses/15870
 * https://www.eureporter.co/world/albania/2022/08/03/iran-agents-source-of-misinformation-against-opposition-interrogated-expelled-from-albania/
 * https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/OXAN-DB277958/full/html
 * https://iran-freedom.org/index.php/bpcif-in-the-media
 * https://sot.com.al/english/bota/irani-paralajmeron-serish-trazira-ne-manez-te-durresit-ja-kercenim-nga-tehe-i528945
 * https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/saudi-arabia-not-prepared-play-nice-iran-95091
 * (TBD: quote not verified, page not verified)
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 * (TBD: minimal footnote)