".An advocate of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), McCain appeared at their gatherings.In February 2015, "The Intercept" published an investigative work by Ali Gharib and Eli Clifton, assisted in part by the work of independent researcher Joanne Stocker, indicating that he has received $11,350 from the MEK between January 2009 and September 2012, when it was listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.