Controversy
Critics state that the website is one of the web outlets of the MKO, a group identified as a terrorist organization by USA, Canada and European Union. Some say that the MKO uses Iranfocus.com, Iranterror.com and other websites to advocate its position, rather than present objective and accurate news reports.
They suggest that these websites are trying to remove MKO's terrorist status through biased articles, and that the director of "Iran Focus", Mohammad Hanif Jazayeri, has actively engaged in campaigns to remove MKO from the terror lists.
However, Mohammad Hanif Jazayeri denies MKO is a terrorist group, stating that he is trying to clear his fathers name, whom he says has been killed by the Iranian government. Mohammad Hanif Jazayeri is from the family of Laila Jazayeri who sacrificed herself by fire in London in 2003 for the MKO cause.
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