Author Archives: Iran Interlink
2020/04/03
Iran Interlink, April 03 2020:... Sputnik Farsi published an article referring to some of these things MEK are claiming, placing them alongside Pompeo’s pronouncements and social media blocking of every account except the MEK and such like. This paints a picture of a cohort coming together for a misinformation and demonisation campaign against Iran of which MEK are part. For…
2020/03/21
Iran Interlink, March 21 2020:... Everyone in the world is affected by the Coronavirus crisis and the MEK are not excepted. Massoud Rajavi has issued yet another message ‘Payam number 22’, which prompted a lot of reaction. Commentators say, ‘there’s no way he’s written this because none of it matches up, every sentence is ridiculous’. For example, Rajavi claims “the…
2020/03/19
Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, March 19 2020:... The Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK) is an exiled Iranian opposition group with a sprawling complex in the hills of Albania. The United States labelled it a terror group until deciding to delist it in 2012. But while the MEK now has influential friends in Washington, others warn that the group is not…
2020/03/17
Happy Persian New Year – Happy Norooz (Nowruz) Happy Persian New Year – Happy Norooz (Nowruz) This ancient celebration marks the first day of Spring and occurs on the Spring Equinox. Norooz has been celebrated by people from diverse ethnic communities and religious backgrounds for thousands of years. A feature of the occasion is the Haftsin table on which are displayed…
2020/03/15
Financial Tribune, March 15 2020:... “A regime whose president proudly issues the order to assassinate the most decent children of Iran, and his accomplices … shamelessly host the most hated anti-Iran terrorist groups and attend their meetings, has nothing to do with the elevated concept of human rights,” the spokesman was quoted as saying by IRNA. Mousavi was referring to…
2020/03/08
Iran Interlink, March 08 2020:... For the last two weeks the MEK has been working hard on damage limitation over the New York Times article. Those answering back against the MEK point out that all the MEK’s attacks are against the reporter. The only thing MEK says is that ‘because the NYT published this, the regime will come and kill…
2020/02/27
Alireza Niknam, Geopolitica, February 27 2020:... MEK which was in the list of European terrorist organizations until 2009 and in the US list of terrorist organizations until 2012, to the testimony of many experts with the heavy costs of lobbying, and for the benefit of the US interests and their use against Iran, it goes out of the list. The…
2020/02/23
Iran Interlink, February 23 2020:... ++ With the elections in Iran, the MEK sided with Brian Hook, demanding that people don’t vote, etc. Farsi reaction to this included those who ask ‘why don’t you have elections? If Iran’s elections are not good enough for you, why don’t you and your benefactors in Saudi Arabia hold elections yourselves? None of you…
2020/02/21
Exit News, Tirana, Albania, February 21 2020:... The New York Times has published an article on the presence of the Iranian former Mujahedeen Khalq members in a camp near Tirana, questioning “what are they doing in Albania?”. Reporter Patrick Kingsley, one of the few journalists allowed inside the barracks half an hour drive from Tirana, was initially rebuffed but after…
2020/02/14
Catherine Shakdam, Citizen Truth, Feberuary 13 2020:... News resurfaced this February of political collusion between the infamous Iranian MEK group (Mojahedin-e-Khalq), also known as the MKO, a cult-type organisation centered around the quasi-worship of its two leaders: Maryam Rajavi and her spouse Masoud Rajavi, and Spain’s latest far-right outfit: Vox. As Vox made its entry into Spain’s political life by…
2020/02/11
Russia Today from Tehran and Radio Farda from Washington DC, February 11 2020:... Mujahedin Khalq organization known as MEK gathered outside the White House in Lafayette Park to show solidarity with dissidents persecuted in Iran and highlight the importance of the killing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commander Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. drone in Baghdad on January 3. They heard…
2020/02/09
Yuram Abdullah, Dissident Voice, February 09 2020:... Another internal threat, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK), was openly unhappy over the constitution, which, according to them, did not address their demands. In June 1981, the MeK declared an armed struggle against the standing government. On June 28, 1981 and again on August 30, the MeK carried out terror bombing attacks against the…