The department said the work done by @IranDisinfo largely conformed to the guidelines it laid out for projects it funds to counter foreign government propaganda. The identity of the person or group contracted to run the account or how much money it had received was not immediately clear. The funding suspension was announced Friday after several people targeted by @IranDisinfo pointed out what they called harassment by a U.S. government-linked account. They suggested they were being targeted for criticizing or questioning the Trump administration's hardline stance on Iran. The project is funded by the State Department's Global Engagement Center, which was created by Congress to run online efforts to combat extremism.

Source: ABC News June 01, 2019 16:22 UTC