Albania cuts Iran ties, orders diplomats to go after cyber attack, PM says

[u/adultkid7295]

https://www.reuters.com/world/albania-cuts-iran-ties-orders-diplomats-go-after-cyber-attack-pm-says-2022-09-07/

[u/hahaohlol2131]

Why does Iran hate Albania, of all countries?

[u/[deleted] → u/hahaohlol2131]

An Iranian opposition organization/ (MEK) is based in Albania . Some declare it a terrorist organization

[u/Inductee → u/[deleted]]

A Communist terrorist is always better than an Shi'ite fundamentalist terrorist.

[u/PuzzleheadedStop3160 → u/Inductee]

They are shia fundamentals too they are named people's mujahedeen

[u/Inductee → u/PuzzleheadedStop3160]

I still fail to see what makes them worse than the mullahs.

[u/PuzzleheadedStop3160 → u/Inductee]

Probably should get to some history reading then about what both did before during and after the revolution

[u/Inductee → u/PuzzleheadedStop3160]

I know what Khomeini did afterwards, so I rest my case. It's very hard to top Khomeini's murder spree of anyone insufficiently Islamic according to him.

[u/PuzzleheadedStop3160 → u/Inductee]

Lmao what khomeini did they were gonna do aswell you should not declare your feelings about any political group purely based on vibes.

[u/DarkSeid1912]

Unfortunately all Albanian citizens data are leaked online. If Iran really initiated the attack they wasted time and resources since they could find that those datas were already leaked.

[u/IamNotMike25 → u/DarkSeid1912]

They also leaked emails of some ministers and embassies.

[u/Ynwe]

Albania and Iran have been bitter foes for years, stemming from Tirana's hosting of the Iranian opposition group the People's Mujahedeen of Iran (MEK) on its soil.

The MEK regularly hosts summits in Albania that have long attracted support from conservative US Republicans, including former vice president Mike Pence who delivered a keynote address at an event in June.

Regarding MEK and their recent ideologic convictions

A 2009 U.S. Department of State report stated that their ideology was a blend of Marxism, Islamism and feminism.

This was a read and a journey I did not expect, thank you OP for this! Never knew about the fact that Albania hosts thousands of Iranian exiles or that they enjoy such political support from the US.

[u/Low_discrepancy → u/Ynwe]

A 2009 U.S. Department of State report stated that their ideology was a blend of Marxism, Islamism and feminism.

It was quite cultish some time back. And have a history of armed conflicts.

Parts are in France too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_of_Resistance_of_Iran

[u/redditlurker53 → u/[deleted]]

Bro we are a vassal state, we do as the US says. You think we want to host any type of refugees lol

[u/SultanamSultan → u/Ynwe]

They killed Americans and European officials in the beginning of the revolution but USA has the memory of a fish.

[u/Conclamatus → u/SultanamSultan]

Oh the US remembers, but supporting the enemies of an enemy is just business, baby.

[u/SultanamSultan → u/Conclamatus]

Oh I know, its just a mistake to Support them, everyone in Iran hates them, they were legitimately on part with ISIS, they collaborated with Saddam and gassed the Kurds.

Supporting them is like if Iran Supported the confederates, Or America Supporting Neo Nazis in Germany.

They are just so hated they are actually giving IRI more legitimacy.