Tag Archives: 1500 Victims? Pompeo Uses MEK Fabrications

Tasnim News, Tehran, January 23 2021:... The US officials have, furthermore, supported suppressive regimes in the region and their crimes against humanity and war crimes in Yemen, maintained active and full connection with the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group and provided it with political and cultural support, paving the way for several terrorist measures against the interests of the Iranian… 2021/01/23

Massoud Khodabandeh, Iran Interlink, October 28 2020:... leading up to the U.S. Presidential election, Iranian-American journalists and other commentators and campaigners are suffering an onslaught of online attacks. Some of these relentless Tweets include death threats. Targeting critics of Trump and his legacy like Jamal Abdi (Head of National Iranian American Council), Negar Mortazavi (prominent Journalist for The Independent and… 2020/10/28

Juan Cole, Common Dreams, October 22 2020:... The People’s Jihadis (Mojahedin-e Khalq or MEK, MKO), sometimes listed as a terrorist group by the US State Department, wants to overthrow the Islamic Republic, is active inside Iran and could easily set the government up in this way. Or I’m sure that Saudi or other anti-Iran government hackers could route the emails… 2020/10/22

Tasnim News, New York, October 09 2020:... It is a proven fact that the United States is spreading terrorism not only in our region but almost everywhere in the world. The United States has contributed to the creation of terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and Daesh through its interventionist policies in our region,” he added. “The country continues to train… 2020/10/09

Paul Sonne and Yeganeh Torbati, Washington Post, September 30 2020:... “With today’s actions, the Department does not overlook or forget the MEK’s past acts of terrorism, including its involvement in the killing of U.S. citizens in Iran in the 1970s and an attack on U.S. soil in 1992,” the State Department said upon delisting the group. “The Department also has… 2020/09/30

"Tehran Times" and "Iran International" (Saudi outlet from London), July 26 2020:... London-based TV channel was strongly criticized for its live coverage of a gathering of the MEK (Mujahedin-e Khalq) terrorist group, which is also known as “Monafeqin” (hypocrites) in Iran. “Unfortunately, we saw in recent days that one of the satellite channels named Iran International, which is broadcast by… 2020/07/26

Stephen Lendman, stephenlendman.org, July 23 2020:... During Friday’s conference, MEK leader Maryam Rajavi said its “mission…is to overthrow the mullahs.” The NCRI is an MEK front group. During Friday’s online session, Giuliani promoted regime change in Iran, saying the following: “(T)he mullahs are like the people who ran the mafia, the people I prosecuted who ran the mafia and extorted… 2020/07/23

Robert Fantina, American Herald Tribune, June 29 2020:... One group, the MEK (Mujahedin-e Khalq, or the People’s Muhajedin Organization of Iran), is one such opposition organization. It is a violent terrorist group that is currently supported by the U.S. government. Members of the MEK have never accepted the revolution, and on June 28, 1981, three years after the revolution, they… 2020/06/29

Tehran Times, June 27 2020:... Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has marked the 39th anniversary of an act of terror that killed over 70 senior figures by the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) terrorist group, saying the MEK has since remained under the auspices of the U.S. and Europe. “39yrs ago, today, Iran Chief Justice Ayatollah Beheshti & 72senior figures were assassinated… 2020/06/27

Mehr News and Press TV, June 26 2020:... Refuting brazen claims leveled against Iran in the US “Country Reports on Terrorism 2019,” Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday, “The Islamic Republic of Iran totally rejects and dismisses the US annual report on terrorism due to its clear dishonesty and the double standards applied by this regime to fighting terrorism.” “Iranians have… 2020/06/26

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Press TV, May 30 2020:... But Iran placed UANI on its own list of terrorist groups in 2019 after Mark Wallace and UANI hosted a meeting at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York that was mainly attended by supporters of the Mujahedin-e-Kalqh (MEK). The MEK is a group that the US government itself… 2020/05/30

Mehr News, Tehran, May 25 2020:... Mousavi then pointed to the US’ all-out support for the terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), which has assassinated 17,000 Iranian citizens and officials over the past four decades. He also cited the creation of and support for the savage and bloodthirsty ISIS terrorist group as another example of the historic American crimes in recent years.… 2020/05/25