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2021/11/06
Iran Interlink, November 06 2021:... Several outlets reported on Mike Pence’s collaboration with the MEK. Daniel Larison, writing in the Anti War Blog, said “The willingness of so many prominent politicians and ex-officials to embrace such a group reflects how warped and toxic the debate over Iran policy is in this country.” He adds, “Any former official or retired officer…
2021/11/03
Nejat Society, November 03 2021:... Former member of the group writes of nine women of hundreds who were oppressed under the cult-like structure of the group. Maryam Sanjabi who escaped the MEK’s notorious base, Camp Ashraf, in Iraq in 2011, recalls the stories of these women under the abusive ruling of the MEK authorities. In her recent article she writes…
2021/10/30
Zeit Magazin, Germany, October 30 2021:... He says he involuntarily spent twelve years in Iraq in the infamous Camp Ashraf, the former headquarters of the People's Mojahedin. He is ready to make his story public, under his real name - as the first among the Cologne youth. “I want everyone to know what the People's Mojahedin did to me. So…
2021/10/30
Daniel Larison, Eunomia, October 30 2021:... Pence described the MEK as "a well-organized, fully prepared, perfectly qualified and popularly supported alternative" to the current government in Iran. Rajavi, he said, is "an inspiration to the world." The willingness of so many prominent politicians and ex-officials to embrace such a group reflects how warped and toxic the debate over Iran policy…
2021/10/29
Ali Alavi, Iran Interlink, October 29 2021:... Speaking at a NCRI meeting is one way to illustrate Pence's uncompromising stance on Iran and the JCPOA. Past speakers at NCRI events have included former national security adviser John Bolton, former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, and most recently Pompeo. His appearance is likely to draw criticism, too. Critics of the NCRI and MEK—both led…
2021/10/27
Massoud Khodabandeh, Middle East Strategy Consultants, UK, October 27 2021:... By 1996 it became clear Maryam was to be deported back to Iraq. She asked for one last face-saving event before going back. The UK granted her a 3-day visa, backed by a guarantee from France that they would take her back afterwards. The MEK announced a concert for the…
2021/10/26
Tasnim News, Tehran, October 26 2021:... Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations Zahra Ershadi delivered a speech to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly focusing on "item 74: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran", held on Monday. In her speech, Ershadi…
2021/10/24
Nejat Society, October 24 2021:... When we arrived in Camp Ashraf, a number of female commanders of the MEK received us. To our surprise, they gave us some military uniforms! We asked, ‘why’. We were answered ‘you are a member of Mujahedin Khalq now’. We protested and asked to leave the group but exit was forbidden. They said ‘You know…
2021/10/23
Iran Interlink, October 23 2021:... The MEK have gone fully overboard in trying to get their name associated with David Amess MP following his murder in the UK last week. From a different perspective, some of the MEK families have issued a warning and asked for intervention. They write that because there is a shortage of lobbyists for the MEK,…
2021/10/21
Nejat Society, October 21 2021:... Former member of the Mujahedin Khalq, Ehsan Bidi, was released from jail in Albania. Although the Albanian police had not explained his charge, he was kept in jail for two years. Ehsan Bidi was welcome by the defectors of the MEK in Tirana, Albania. They celebrated his freedom in a party in Hassan Heirani’s café,…
2021/10/20
Press TV, October 20 2021:... Gharibabadi said the activities of the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) are also among important issues for both Iran and Iraq and noted that Tehran would soon offer practical proposals to Baghdad in this regard. The MKO has conducted numerous assassinations and bombings against Iranian statesmen and civilians since the 1979 victory of Iran’s Islamic…
2021/10/18
Phil Simmons, Human Lives Human Rights, October 18 2021:... The Mujahedin-e Khalq Organizational (MeK or MKO) is an Iranian opposition group that have been openly confronting the so-called Islamic regime in the country through diplomacy and armed operations. The issue of access to personal hygiene products in an environment that women might be forced to have intimate relations with more…