Tag Archives: Iran Interlink Weekly Digest Anne Khodabandeh Singleton
2022/01/01
Iran Interlink, January 01 2022:... Interestingly, the Saudi outlet "Iran International" referred to the MEK as ‘the opposition’, in a way that suggests they want to use the MEK but not be seen to support them. On the other hand, Iran International also ran a piece on Mohammad Marandi, who is acting as an unofficial PR interpreter for the JCPOA…
2021/12/19
Iran Interlink, December 19 2021:... Albanians have reacted to news that the US State Department Country Reports on Terrorism 2020: Albania, goes full out in support for the MEK “opposition group” against “Iran’s state-sponsored activity directed primarily” against the MEK, and that “On July 23 a suspected agent sponsored by Iranian authorities was declared ‘unwanted’ by the Government of Albania…
2021/12/12
Iran Interlink, December 12 2021:... In Albania, Alice Taylor for Exit News reported the arrest of two senior MEK officials for drug trafficking, people smuggling and money laundering. While MEK experts and observers responded by saying it was about time the MEK’s crimes were exposed and the perpetrators brought to justice, a parallel scandal took place as the article was…
2021/12/04
Iran Interlink, December 03 2021:... Maryam Rajavi has found someone among the 348 Senators to hire a room in the French Senate for propaganda purposes. A few people are sent to attend and watch a link to Maryam Rajavi speaking from Albania where she was deported to. In English, French, Arabic, etc the MEK advertise that Maryam Rajavi sent a…
2021/11/28
Iran Interlink, November 28 2021:... On 24th November in Albania, the Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA) was launched. Founding members of ASILA, Dashamir Mersuli (president), Gjergji Thanasi (Secretary), Hassan Heyrani (Executive Head), with some former members of the MEK held their first meeting. In an interview for SCAN-TV on YouTube, Mersuli and Heyrani explained the…
2021/11/20
Iran Interlink, November 20 2021:... According to observers in Albania, the situation is “chaotic” as one witness was dismissed by the judge because he suffers dementia. Another MEK member claims they witnessed the “massacre of 30,000 people”. Certainly the legal teams on both sides will have a lot of work to sort out fact from fiction in this case. The…
2021/11/13
Iran Interlink, November 13 2021:... More on the Swedish court in Albania. Commentators ask why the court has gone to Albania to take witness testimony? Why didn’t they send the witnesses to Sweden? Some say that it is clear: if they get to Sweden they will run away and claim asylum there. Many know these people from MEK. They explain:…
2021/11/06
Iran Interlink, November 06 2021:... Several outlets reported on Mike Pence’s collaboration with the MEK. Daniel Larison, writing in the Anti War Blog, said “The willingness of so many prominent politicians and ex-officials to embrace such a group reflects how warped and toxic the debate over Iran policy is in this country.” He adds, “Any former official or retired officer…
2021/10/23
Iran Interlink, October 23 2021:... The MEK have gone fully overboard in trying to get their name associated with David Amess MP following his murder in the UK last week. From a different perspective, some of the MEK families have issued a warning and asked for intervention. They write that because there is a shortage of lobbyists for the MEK,…
2021/10/16
Iran Interlink, October 16 2021:... In Albania, the issuing of ID cards to all non-Albanians has started. Officials have entered the camp and one by one are taking fingerprints and identity details from each resident. The MEK and its backers are desperate to stop this, but it seems they can’t do much as this is a blanket issue covering everyone…
2021/10/10
Iran Interlink, October 10 2021:... As the court case of Hamid Nouri rumbles on in Sweden, several commentators reacted to the public rivalry between Maryam Rajavi and chief witness Iraj Mesdaghi. The MEK sites are totally allocated to him now and the MEK even published a thick book just to demonise him. Ironically, everything in the book and on the…
2021/10/02
Iran Interlink, October 01 2021:... Swiss media and the MEK’s own sites reported that the investigation into the assassination of Kazem Rajavi in 1990 has been re-opened. Last week, Massoud Khodabandeh wrote a lengthy piece outlining the various stages in which Massoud Rajavi and his family were slowly but surely ousted from their leadership of and involvement with the MEK.…