Tag Archives: human rights
2021/09/09
Habilian Association, September 09 2021:... In the history of religious and destructive cults, children have always been the first victims. Whereas, among militant political groups around the world, there are few cases whose stories are as tied to children as the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MeK). In 1990 and 1991, the MeK separated about 700 children from their parents and sent…
2021/09/06
Human Rights Watch, September 06 2021: (Originally Published 2005):... Ali Ghashghavi joined the MKO as a fighter in Iraq in 1989. He was arrested in February 1995 during the “security clearance” phase and was imprisoned for four months in Camp Ashraf. He told Human Rights Watch of his experience during this period.. Human Rights Watch Report - MEK Survivor: I…
2021/09/01
Tasnim News, Tehran, September 01 2021:... Governments and international organizations which chose to keep quiet about the most heinous terrorist acts in Iran and have turned a blind eye to the assassination of tens of thousands of innocent people in Iran over the past 42 years, and made their country a safe haven for terrorists by granting them immunity and…
2021/08/13
Maziar Motamedi, Aljazeera, Tehran, (Published 21 Jun 2021) :... Asked by Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig about the executions at a press conference on Monday, Raisi did not directly confirm or deny the allegations. “Everything I’ve done in my time of holding office has been to defend human rights,” the hardline Muslim scholar said. He added that he has dealt with…
2021/08/11
Nejat Society, August 11 2021:... The entire documents related to the ICC including the verdict issued in the Iranian court, the petitions, the documentations and testimonies were officially translated.” Khodabandeh added. “The copies were equalized to the original documents. They were sent to our friends in Europe. Three of our friends [ex-members of the MEK] Aliakbar Rastgou, Ghafoor Fatahian and…
2021/05/28
Habilian Association, Tehran, May 28 2021:... The Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MeK) is one of these cults which has confined hundreds of women to its walled compound, once in northeast Iraq and now in southeast Europe, on the pretext of protecting their rights. A number of violations of women’s rights have been reported so far by a number of its defected…
2021/04/29
Aljazeera, April 29 2021:... Moreover, it says the EU should have unequivocally condemned the January 2020 assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani by the United States as a “clear example of state terrorism” that Iran believes was assisted by elements within the German government. Among other things, the council also holds that a number of European countries continue to shelter…
2021/04/11
Jack Turner, Geopolitica, April 2021:... Mohammad Rajavi describes this incident as follows: I want to reveal about a dirty and illegal ransom to put pressure on me. Some time ago, the foreign employer of the company I work for, following a series of previous attempts to pressure me, sent me a letter asking me to copy and sign it. The…
2021/03/17
Massoud Khodabandeh, Iran Interlink, March 17 2021:... Rajavi announces from Albanian: I call on all my compatriots to provide the names and addresses of intelligence agents, mercenaries, secret servicemen, executioners, judicial operatives, the Basij elements, and the IRGC to the insurgent centers for the great day of justice and law. During the anti-monarchy revolution and at the beginning of Khomeini's…
2021/03/13
Anne Khodabandeh (Singleton), Iran Interlink, March 13 2021:... Dr Illir Nezaj from the Albanian embassy in Geneva found himself reading a prepared statement defending the MEK presence in his country. In this speech, Nezaj claims ‘MEK is not a terrorist organization’. That will be news to the many thousands of victims of MEK terrorism in Iran, Iraq and beyond. Delighted…
2021/03/09
Geopolitica and Press TV, Tehran, March 09 2021:... According to Batool Soltani, another member of the leadership council of the group, women in this cult are deprived of the most basic rights, they do not have the right to marry, let alone choose a husband, in this cult because having a social life, having private things like a private bedroom,…
2021/02/28
Iran Interlink, February 28 2021:... The recent disappearance of former MEK member Hadi Sani Khani from Albania is not a new phenomenon as this Special Briefing shows. Ten years ago, Ambassador Daniel Fried, US Special Advisor for Camp Ashraf in Iraq, acknowledged that Camp Ashraf had been “a kind of independent, self-governed, autonomous, extraterritorial facility… for many years”. This state…