Tag Archives: Albanian EU accession Bid Damaged By MEK Fake News Scandal
2020/02/08
Helen Buyniski, Russia Today, February 08 2020:... While this would seem to outlaw the tactics of groups like Sleeping Giants whose literal goal is to get those it unilaterally deems ‘fascists’ deplatformed by ginning up outrage mobs against them, Twitter is unlikely to defend the victims of such groups, if pastbehavior is any indication. Which begs the question: what constitutes ‘serious harm’, or…
2020/02/06
Nejat Society, February 06 2020:... We write this so that your excellency, as the high representative for foreign affairs in the European Union where human rights is considered attentively, to assist us. We are looking for the most basic right that a human must have. We are only seeking to visit our children and close relatives. We have so far…
2020/01/31
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…
2020/01/11
Fax Web, Albania, January 11 2020:... The Prime Minister responded to this question, which included the topic of the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation (aka MEK, MKO, NCRI, …) housed in our country, saying that we are safe in the hands of the allies' intelligence. On the issue of the Mojahedin Khalq , Rama said that the agreement with the US stipulates…
2020/01/10
Iran Interlink, January 10 2020:... After the illegal assassination of general Qassem Soleimani, videos and audios in support of president Trump flooded Farsi social media. These all turned out to be fake. The only ones that were true were MEK outlets, which genuinely support Trump. Very quickly an audio emerged from Massoud Rajavi – presumed dead – as the only…
2020/01/07
Gjergji Thanasi, Gazeta Impakt, Tirana, Albania, January 07 2020:... First: we are not dealing with 3 (three) Iranians, but only with 2 (two) Iranians, namely: Mr. Seyed Mohammad Alavi Gonabadi and Mr. Firouz Baghernezhad Zenjanabi. The reader can view copies of the passports of the 2 Iranians at the link above. I challenge journalist Arsen to check the Passenger List…
2020/01/04
Matt Novak, Gizmondon UK, January 04 2020:... What is even more mysterious is the person or people behind Alavi’s Twitter account. The Intercept reported in June that Alavi, who has been used as a source by the White House, does not appear to be a real person. A former member of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), an anti-Iranian organization, told the Intercept that…
2019/12/30
The Statesman, December 29 2019:... Earlier this month, the US said that Iranian authorities may have killed more than 1,000 people in a crackdown on demonstrations in mid-November. In his series of tweets, Pompeo cites to a much higher death toll that has already been listed by certain media outlets, as well as the exiled Mujahedin-e-Khalq, the formerly armed opposition…
2019/12/27
Gazeta Impakt, Tirana, Albania, December 27 2019:... At the mass that took place at St. Paul's Catholic Cathedral in Tirana for Christmas, besides many corrupt personalities, thieves and criminals who went on to pardon sins and appear on television as good men, there were also representatives of the former terrorist Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq organisation (MEK). On the left of Maryam…
2019/12/04
Tasnim News December 04 2019:... Dankof: All of the published reports over time indicate that the Saudi-backed terror groups are involved in (Sistan and) Balouchestan Province terrorist operations coming across the Pakistani-Iranian border. In Khuzestan Province, where unofficial reports indicate Iran has discovered a new potential deposit of oil in southwestern Iran, both groups and the nefarious Muhajedeen-e-Khalq (MEK-MKO) are…
2019/11/11
Linda Pressly and Albana Kasapi, BBC News, Tirana, November 11 2019:... For six years, Albania has been home to one of Iran's main opposition groups, the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, or MEK. But hundreds of members have walked out - some complaining about the organisation's rigid rules enforcing celibacy, and control over contact with family. Now, dozens languish in the Albanian capital, Tirana,…
2019/11/09
Survivors of MEK Cult in Albania, Iran Azadi, November 09 2019:... Ehsan Bidi has lived in your country for 6 years, has a 10-year residency permit from the Albanian government and is a refugee by all international standards. He, as a human being, has the right to know why and with what legal authority and with what permission and for…