Tag Archives: General Qasem Soleimani
2021/07/03
Irna, July 03 2021:... General Soleimani, former commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) and al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) were targeted near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020. The terrorist act was ordered by US President Donald Trump and carried out in a drone strike.Last year, Agnes Callamard,…
2021/04/30
Kourosh Ziabari, Asia Times, April 30 2021:... Whether the political tide is turning against the MEK under the Biden administration is yet to be decisively seen, but Washington’s official disassociation with the group will almost certainly be on Iran’s list of JCPOA negotiation points. The Facebook ban would seem to signal at least a tentative step in that direction. Biden…
2021/04/28
Mehr News, April 28 2021:... He further pointed out that today martyrs like Soleimani, Hejazi, and Sayyad Shirazi, who served as the commander of the Ground Force and was assassinated by terrorist MKO in 1999, are a role model for the young generation, declaring that the IRGC and the regular Army have joined hands to continue defending the country and…
2021/04/25
Iran Interlink, April 23 2021:... Fatahian says we have been clearly informed in France that Rajavi was given a few days limited visa on a piece of paper issued in Albania by the government there. All the time she was under observation, not allowed to come out of her compound or travel to anywhere else in the EU. She managed…
2021/02/06
Reza Moshfegh Interviews Mark Dankof, Tehran Times, February 06 2021:... As far as the bilateral relationship between the United States and Iran is concerned, Operation Ajax in 1953, the shootdown of Iran Flight 655, the utilization of the MEK-MKO terrorist organization against Iran and its government, the Soleimani and Fakhrizadeh murders, and the imposition of wartime economic sanctions on Iran…
2021/01/23
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…
2020/10/22
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…
2020/10/09
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…
2020/02/11
Deutsche Welle, DW, Tehran, February 11 2020:... "Not even the United States is counting on them," said Zeidabadi, referring to exiled Iranian opposition groups. According to Bloomberg news, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is said to have instructed US diplomats to limit all contact with Iranian opposition groups so as not to jeopardize US diplomacy with Iran. These include…
2020/01/22
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…
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…
2020/01/10
Tom Porter, Business Insider, January 10 2020:... The MEK — officially the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, or the People's Mujahideen of Iran in English — has waged war against the Islamist regime in Iran since it seized power in 1979. Formerly based in Iraq, the group is believed to have killed thousands of Iranians in terror attacks. But far away from the battlefields…