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Iran Interlink, September 11 2020:… MEK are on overdrive to fetch up anyone who can string a sentence together to attack Olsi Jazexhi, Gjergji Thanasi and other journalists. As usual, these MEK members are people who are not accessible, who are confined to the camp. MEK knows that anyone outside the camp – lobbyists and others who still have a place in society – will be questioned and challenged. The people in the camp have no stake in society. Analysts say this a panicked reaction by Rajavi because she is confined to Albania and has nowhere else to go.. Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Sep 11, 2020
Remember: MEK was an American excuse to invade Iraq
Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Sep 11, 2020
++ Unconfirmed reports from medical personnel in Mother Theresa hospital in Tirana suggest that at least one MEK member has died of COVID-19 in the past week.
++ MEK are on overdrive to fetch up anyone who can string a sentence together to attack Olsi Jazexhi, Gjergji Thanasi and other journalists. As usual, these MEK members are people who are not accessible, who are confined to the camp. MEK knows that anyone outside the camp – lobbyists and others who still have a place in society – will be questioned and challenged. The people in the camp have no stake in society. Analysts say this a panicked reaction by Rajavi because she is confined to Albania and has nowhere else to go. She is spending all the money and energy that she used to spend elsewhere in Albania to keep her foothold there. An Iranian analyst says it’s like she’s in solitary confinement and every now and then the door opens, and a plague of journalists is poured in. Rajavi is phobic about journalists and she is screaming with fright. Some analysts say Albania is the last graveyard of the MEK, they will sit there and rot.
Lucrative MEK Fake Accounts Interfering In American Politics
++ This week marked the anniversary of the killing of 51 people in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, 10 Shahrivar 1392. Some former MEK members who were there and are now out have written about the situation. Many write about Massoud Dalili who was the 52nd victim; tortured and killed and his face burned so he would not be recognised. He was identified by the Americans from his DNA. Rajavi kept these one hundred members in the camp to get money – as leverage. Some writers remember that when they were killed, Mohsen Rezai said “never mind about 51 people, just see how much coverage we have got. If we do a hunger strike as well, we’ll get more coverage. That’s more important.” They tried to sell this to us as a victory – as they tried to sell us deportation from Iraq to Albania as a historical victory, comparing it with prophet Mohammad going from Mecca to Madina.
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++ MEK has been left reeling from the inescapable reaction by Albanians to its attacks on journalists and academics. In particular, Olsi Jazexhi, who is a well know academic with a strong media presence, has invited Maryam Rajavi to a public debate about her activities in his country. In another interview, he pointed out that MEK were imposed on Albania by the US and that Albanians, since then, have protested and demanded that MEK should not be located in their country.
++ Nejat Society CEO Ebrahim Khodabandeh and member Soraya Abdullahi have both written to Maria Arena, MEP, Head of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), describing the situation of MEK members in the camp in Albania, the families’ efforts to make contact with them and the Albanian government’s silence over their pleas.
++ Mazda Parsi writing for Nejat Society says
‘Families of the MEK members should plant the seed of hope for their loved ones’. Parsi points out that cults work vigorously to break family ties to create insecurity. “Family relation is important since our mental growth, well-being, and stability all depend on our family relations. Children brought up in a healthy family will be able to establish better bonds outside their home… A family makes all its members feel safe and connected to one another. It provides them with the comfort of having people by their side during tough times, helping them to manage and control the stress. A family allows its members to feel safe, protected, accepted and loved despite all shortcomings. Families are the basic units of the society that teach children about relationships. Now imagine the children who lived and grew up in a cult-like system. Children in the MEK – who are now in their thirties or forties—do not know how to build trust in others.” Parsi relates a parallel situation to MEK. Glenn Stok helped free his sister from Scientology. Stok had an opportunity to reach out to his sister at a family funeral. But MEK families have no way of contacting their loved ones. And their loved ones have no way of contacting them. “Glenn Stock knows that some destructive cults prevent any possibility for their members and their families to communicate. ‘If you have a family member or a friend in Scientology, or any religious cult, and you’ve lost the ability to communicate, plant that seed and wait for the opportunity to help’, he suggests. ‘Do it before it’s too late, and be ready to do whatever you can when the call for help arrives’.”
++ Yaran Iran Association in Paris reported that a delegation of former MEK members visited the Albanian embassy in Paris to present over 11,000 letters and signatures of the families and friends of MEK members who have been taken hostage by the Rajavi cult. They demanded that the Albanian authorities take action to end MEK human rights abuses and enable the families to make contact with their loved ones in Albania.
Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Sep 11, 2020
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Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate, vows to keep exposing terrorists
Jim W. Dean, Veterans today, September 07 2020:… Jezexhi said Balkan countries like Albania are mandated to prosecute those who used to engage in fighting abroad after their return, and have jailed and charged hundreds of the Takfiri returnees as a result of the imperative. “However, in the case of Albania and since the United States is at war with Iran and Israel as well [is at war with Iran], the Albania-based Mujahedin are pampered by the Americans and the Albanian government,” he noted. Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate, vows to keep exposing terrorists .
Olsi Jazexhi Ghergji Thanasi Discuss The Threat Of MEK To Albanians
Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate, vows to keep exposing terrorists
Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
[ Editor’s Note: These two Albanian journalists writing about MKO, when it is under the full protection of the US and NATO, is a ballsy thing to do. They could be VT guys covering and saying what no one else will. We salute Olsi Jazexhi and Gjergji Thanasi.
When Western countries are harboring ‘useful’ terrorist groups, they generally want them to be low profile. But the US is the exception, as Trump buddy Rudy Giuliani has been a big promoter of the group.
US and Western media give them a free pass, so it was a surprise to see these two Albanians taking MKO on in a country where you can get someone killed for a very reasonable price.
I was surprised to see him claim that the MKO forces in the country outnumber the army and police. Wikipedia seems to disagree with about 6,000 regular and 5000 reserves, not counting the police.
But the bottom line here could be said that this long love affair the US has had with the MKO terror group, and never having been sanctioned for it formally or even in the media, might have led to the flood of proxy terror wars we see going on.
It reminds me of my mother, after spanking me, educating me as to why…”Give a kid an inch and they will take a mile”. That was a bit over my head at the time, but it was not a good time to argue or ask questions, or I would get a ’round two’ for being ‘sassy’… Jim W. Dean ]
An Albanian journalist, committed to exposing the criminal activities of the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) terror group, responds to the threats he has received from the group’s ringleader, Mariam Rajavi.
“I really want to have an open debate with you,” Olsi Jazexhi told Rajavi in a video posted on YouTube on Monday.
He said he had made the video after the MKO ringleader finally dared to verbalize threats against him and Gjergji Thanasi, a similarly outspoken Albanian journalist, through two of the group’s “commanders.” The terrorist top brass conveyed the threats in two articles that have appeared on MKO-related websites.
Jezexhi expressed surprise that the ringleader had chosen to target him in this fashion this time around after three years of “attacking me from behind” by pressuring him through the Albanian government and his employer.
“I’m very happy that you have come out with the face of your commanders to attack me,” he said, adding that the covert attacks had “caused so many troubles for my life, and destroyed it economically.”
‘Never to be silenced’
The journalist, however, pledged that he would not stop probing the group and revealing information about it.
“I want to tell you, Mariam Rajavi, that Albania is a democratic state, and we are a liberal democracy, where we have freedom of speech,” he said.
“We’re never going to be silenced. We’re going to investigate and expose to the international and Albanian community, the crimes and the illegal things that you’re doing in my country,” Jezexhi said.
The MKO has a squalid history of assassinations and bombings against the Iranian government and nation. It notoriously sided with Saddam Hussein during the former Iraqi dictator’s 1980-88 war on Iran.
Out of the nearly 17,000 Iranians killed in terrorist assaults since the victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, about 12,000 have fallen victim to the MKO’s acts of terror.
Western countries, topped by the United States, have, nevertheless, taken the group out of their terror blacklists.
Currently based in Albania, the group throws lavish conferences every year in Paris, with certain American, Western, and Saudi officials as its guests of honor. These include former US national security advisor John Bolton, US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, and former Saudi Arabian spy chief, Prince Turki Al Faisal.
The MKO was relocated from Iraq, where it used to enjoy the US’s protection, to Albania in 2016, where it was allowed by Tirana to set up a paramilitary camp.
Jezexhi said since then, the cult’s membership has grown from some 3,000 to around 7,000, identifying himself as one of the first public speakers in Albania to ever ask his government not to bring in the terrorists.
‘Good terrorists, standing army’
Jezexhi said the group has attained the “good and useful terrorist” status because of the support it gets from the US, the NATO military alliance and Israel, as well as the money it receives from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
This, he added, was because “they’re being kept as a standing army, ready to be used and deployed at any moment…whenever the United States and Israel wants them to.”
“NATO needs to use [them] in the future war that the Americans and Israel plan to wage against Iran,” the journalist said.
In Albania, the MKO now outnumber even the army and the police, the number of whose overall forces stands at some 6,000.
The MKO terrorists have told the people in Albania that they have come there “on humanitarian visas” while their status does not differ at all from those returning from fighting alongside Takfiri terrorist groups such as Daesh, al-Nusra Front, or Tahrir al-Sham against the Syrian government and people.
Jezexhi said Balkan countries like Albania are mandated to prosecute those who used to engage in fighting abroad after their return, and have jailed and charged hundreds of the Takfiri returnees as a result of the imperative.
“However, in the case of Albania and since the United States is at war with Iran and Israel as well [is at war with Iran], the Albania-based Mujahedin are pampered by the Americans and the Albanian government,” he noted.
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Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate
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After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians
D. Olsi Jazexhi, Tiranan, Albania, September 01 2020:… The ex-terrorist Mujaheden el-Halk organization has attacked Olsi Jazexhi and Gjergji Thanasi two Albanian journalists who investigate the illegal and terrorist activities of MEK from Albania. They level a number of accusations against Olsi. He responds to all these accusations and invites the Mojahedin military command and their supreme jihadi leader Maryam Rajavi to face Olsi in a public debate about their criminal and illegal activities in Albania. After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians
Gjergji Thanasi Olsi Jazexhi Ask For Protection Against Mujahedin Terrorists In Albania
After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians
Olsi Jazexhi responds to threats @ slander that Maryam Rajavi and her ex-terrorist gang make to him
The ex-terrorist Mujaheden el-Halk organization has attacked Olsi Jazexhi and Gjergji Thanasi two Albanian journalists who investigate the illegal and terrorist activities of MEK from Albania. They level a number of accusations against Olsi. He responds to all these accusations and invites the Mojahedin military command and their supreme jihadi leader Maryam Rajavi to face Olsi in a public debate about their criminal and illegal activities in Albania.
Remember: MEK was an American excuse to invade Iraq
After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians
Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate
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Radicalized Mojahedeen In Albania Use Government Prisons
Olsi & Gjergji discuss the threats that Maryam Rajavi & MKO do to media and democracy in Albania
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Anne Khodabandeh, Iranian.com, July 17 2020:… MEK leader Maryam Rajavi boasts that she can organize a Zoom conference from Albania on July 17th to link up paid pundits she would normally invite to her annual rally – a cut price event. On July 16th families from every province in Iran linked up by Zoom to talk and asked ‘if Rajavi… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
Nejat Society, Tehran, June 27 2020:… From Alborz province (north of Iran), a number of families of members trapped in the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) camp in Albania, sent separate messages and letters to the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama simultaneous with the petition of over 11,000 signatures, urging him to lift the obstacles in order to let them meet their… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
Iran Interlink, June 17 2020:… Maryam Rajavi’s arrest on 17 June 2003 and its aftermath gave the states and the public opinion the opportunity to see behind the pseudo-democratic face of Mojahedin. Accused of terrorist activities, association with a terrorist organization and financing terrorist operations, the French Police raided the office of MKO at Auvers-sur-Oise and arrested 164 suspected Mojahedin… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
Gjergji Thanasi, Balkans Post, May 10 2020 :… I love my country and I consider the MEK a security threat to my country,” investigative journalist Gjergji Thanasi tells the Balkans Post in an exclusive interview. I have chosen to do my bit for my country regarding the MEK threat to Albania and Albanians,” said Gjergji, who lives in Durres county… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
Press TV and TLAV, February 19 2020:… Oddly empty. Inside the group, they (the former members) said romantic relationships and sexual thoughts were banned, contact with family highly restricted, and friendships discouraged,” the correspondent reported. “All recounted being forced to participate in self-criticism rituals, whereby members would confess to their commanders any sexual or disloyal thoughts they had. “Little by… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
Iran Interlink, January 31 2020:… In Albania, former MEK member Hasssan Heyrani wrote a note which explained that “MEK used to lobby the Albanian security services with tales, saying that we ex-members are agents of the Iranian regime and are plotting against them and up to no good. The security services would come and interview us. Little by little they… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
DW, Deutsche Welle, January 22 2020:… The US and Albania reached a humanitarian agreement and in 2013, thousands of MEK members were resettled to the Balkan country. Indeed, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said following Khamenei’s threats the resettlement resulted from his country’s “unwavering alliance” with the US. Rama concedes that taking in the MEK members poses a risk for… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
Inside Over, Tirana, Albania, January 01 2020:… The headquarters of the People’s Mojahedin of Iran A further problem on Albanian soil is linked to the presence of the headquarters of the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (MEK), established in Manez (near Durres) since 2016, after years of activity in Iraq. A presence that has created many headaches for the institutions of… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
Eldar Mamedov, Lobe Log, November 07 2019:… NCRI is an umbrella for the Mujahedeen-e Khalk, or MEK, also known as MKO, and People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI), an organization of Iranian dissidents in exile that seeks to overthrow the Islamic Republic. It was on the European Union list of terrorist organizations until 2009 and on the U.S. list until… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
Nejat Society, September 03 2019:… “So whether or not the elderly leader of this cult is alive, when the MEK is facing a lot of challenges, may not matter much,” Alghurabi determines. The collapse of the world’s most powerful dictators like Hitler, Stalin, Saddam and Ghaddafi is the proof. Maryam Rajavi’s hard work to trigger her troll farm in Albania… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
Nejat Society, August 13 2019:… This year’s so-called “grand gathering” of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (the MKO/ MEK/ PMOI/ the Cult of Rajavi) was held in Albania, instead of holding it near the group’s headquarters in Paris. The group held a five day ceremony to inaugurate its lavish headquarters in a rural region in Albania. The newly built camp is… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
Iran Interlink, August 05 2019:… Maryam Rajavi paid for an advert to answer an article in the Los Angeles Times. Evidence that neither she nor her group have any credibility, otherwise a fact based reply would have been possible in the newspaper. Rather than answer the allegations against the MEK, Rajavi twists the facts to blame Iran for its lack… EU Denies Rajavi Entry – Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – Aug 28, 2020 After Being Deported From EU, Maryam Rajavi Threatens Albanians Albanian journo challenges MKO ringleader to open debate Iran Interlink Weekly Digest
