Tag Archives: Lobby Mojahedin Khalq Rajavi cult
2018/09/09
Mazda Parsi, Nejat Society, September 09 2018:... At the end of June, they both traveled to Paris for the annual conference of Mujahadeen-e-Kak (MEK), an Iranian opposition-in-exile group..Somehow installed on a preconference panel, Ryan struck this person as generally intelligent, but clueless about foreign policy. Later, at the private dinner hosted by MEK leader Maryam Rajavi ... Senate Democrats Ask the…
2018/09/07
Dan Friedman, September 07 2018:... The senators note that Giuliani also lobbied to help the Mujahedin-e-Khalq, an Iranian opposition group, win removal from a State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations, and has advocated for regime change in Iran, one of the group’s top goals. His recent clients include the government of Qatar, which is aggressively working to influence Trump, and he ... National…
2018/08/09
Ken Klippenstein, TYT Network, August 09 2018:... Perhaps the most controversial of Trump’s associates to have met with the MEK is Walid Phares, who served as Trump’s adviser on counterterrorism and the Middle East during his presidential campaign. This was hardly a symbolic post; Phares was compensated $13,000 per month by the campaign. Phares has come under criticism for Islamophobic ... The MEK’s dirty past includes…
2018/07/29
Panorama online, July 29 2018:... The couple arrived in Albania at the beginning of July, but after 20 days of trying, are still unable to meet with her. They say that she left the family, aged 17, without their knowledge and went to Iraq to join the MEK organisation. The daughter, called Somayeh Mohammadi, was born on September 8, 1980. She…
2018/07/26
Muhammad Sahimi, Anti War, July 26 2018:... Those who attended were mostly supporters of "regime change" in Iran by imperialist military intervention: old monarchists who still dream of going back to power in Iran; supporters of the MEK, the opposition organization that is universally hated by the Iranian people due to the many treasons committed by it, an organization that up…
2018/07/25
Iran Didban (From CODPINK), July 25 2018:... Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin and national director Ariel Gold dropped in on MEK members in their Washington office, trying to meet with their officials. Ali Safavi, a senior member of MEK, surprised by the unexpected visit, did not let them in the office, saying, "go to our website". He went onto say…
2018/07/24
Michele Kelemen and Alex Leff, NPR, July 24 2018:...called the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, which means People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, also known by its initials MEK. "Their message is that the place is on the verge of overthrowing the Islamic Republic, which has been a claim for the last 40 years and that they, in particular, are the logical democratic, pluralistic replacement.…
2018/07/24
IRNA, New York, July 24 2018:... The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns in the strongest terms the illegal measures of the United States Government against Iranian people including through supporting and financing of MKO as terrorist group, and considers this unlawful action in violation of international law, the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations as well as…
2018/07/21
Mahsa Rouhi, Foreign Policy, July 21 2018:... Even if the current turmoil did lead to regime collapse—as unlikely as that is—the forces that Bolton, Rudy Giuliani, and some others hope to see in power, such as the exile group Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK), are the least likely to take the helm. The MEK has no support base inside Iran; in fact, its members are viewed as…
2018/07/20
Iran Interlink, July 20 2018:... This week another MEK member, Hassan Shahbaz, separated from the cult. His main message is that “we have been living as slaves for decades. Nobody would help us, and we had no access to anything. We were totally at the mercy of the internal laws of MEK.”. Other writing in Farsi is about the meeting on…
2018/07/16
Tony Cartalucci, New Eastern Outlook, July 16 2018:... Brookings would elaborate regarding its terrorist background, stating (emphasis added): Undeniably, the group has conducted terrorist attacks—often excused by the MeK’s advocates because they are directed against the Iranian government. For example, in 1981, the group bombed the headquarters of the Islamic Republic Party ... The MEK’s man inside the White House (Maryam…
2018/07/11
Iran Interlink, July 11 2018:... Washington Editor of Al Monitor, Julian Pecquet, tweeted “Revealed: @AmbJohnBolton ‘s speaking fees for last year’s #MEK / NCRI #Iran regime-change dinner in Paris: $40,000 (#31) h/t @aaronjschaffer”. Aaron Schaffer also highlighted another payment in September last year; “Another one: Bolton was paid $20,000 (#49) by the US Foundation for Liberty for two speaking appearances, including ... …