Tag Archives: Lord Alton Mojahedin Khalq Lobby terrorism
Amil Imani, .Israel national news, July 07 2017:... Both NCRI/MEK are controlled by Masoud and Maryam Rajavi, a brutal couple who are no strangers to torture, terror and assassination. They both are responsible for numerous killings of Iranians and even murdering and abusing members of their own group for trying to defect or escape from the MEK (Camp Ashraf in Iraq). After long and… 2017/07/07
Mohammed Haider Ghuloum, Arebiadeserta, July 05 2017:... Ever since, the organization has moved even closer to the Al Saud rulers, eventually they also got close to the Israeli Mossad. The Iranian regime often accuses MEK/MKO agents of committing violent acts overseas for which the regime gets blamed. Eventually Hillary Clinton and various Republican and Democrat politicians in the USA helped take… 2017/07/05
Press TV, May 10 2017:...“All the families of the victims of terrorism are shocked by how [US] senators and officials are linked with and support the MKO leaders and consider it as a blatant support for terrorism in the international arena,” an ADVT member said at the meeting. Another activist underlined the important role of international organizations in alleviating the problems… 2017/05/10
Nejat Society, March 26 2017:... The myth often is connected to a faith in exile groups as instruments for quick transition to a completely different type of regime. Many of those hoping for regime change in Iran look in this way to the Mujahedin-e Khalq, a cult-cum-terrorist group that actually has almost no popular support within Iran. Some of the same… 2017/03/26
Associated Press, February 16 2017:... The group at one point successfully infiltrated the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, according to a State Department report. And a series of bombings attributed to the MEK accompanied visits by presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter to Iran, including one to target an American cultural center. In 1973, MEK assailants wearing motorcycle helmets shot dead U.S.… 2017/02/16
Iran Interlink reporting from Top Topic and Huffington Post, January 25 2017:... Articles mention the MEK as a potential advisor for the new US Administration, no government apart from that of dictator Saddam Hussein has ever openly engaged with them at any time during their four decades of existence. NIAC and the other groups mentioned in these articles are properly… 2017/01/25
Sina Azadi, Sputnik news, January 22 2017:... During the 1970s, MEK led a guerilla campaign against the US-backed Shah of Iran, and launched attacks on American targets. However, in a recent letter to Trump, former US officials claimed that the designation of MEK as a terrorist group was done at the request of Tehran. The signatories of the letter also urged Trump to close the loopholes standing in the way of the Iranian ... … 2017/01/22
Iran Interlink, January 20 2017:... In Tirana, the MEK have printed and distributed maps and plans for the members. These show that the MEK is purportedly planning to build a replica of Camp Ashraf in Albania. The MEK claims they will be given the land soon by the Albanian government and that the Albanians have got no say in this ‘because… 2017/01/20
Iran Interlink, January 17 2017:... Sources close to the MEK have revealed that Maryam Rajavi has promised the Saudis that if she gets paid enough, the MEK, NCRI (whatever they call themselves), will be able to gather all the Iranian opposition under their wing and be the voice of all these various groups - whether based in London and Washington writing… 2017/01/17
Iran Interlink, December 30 2016:... The reaction to an open letter to Donald Trump from thirty “members of the Iranian opposition, including human rights activists and former political prisoners” has been quite precisely divided. Only the MEK felt jealous and wished they had also jumped on this bandwagon. They even got frontman Ali Safavi a slot on Fox News to say… 2016/12/30
Iran Interlink, December 16 2016:... A further backlash occurred in Tirana. Maryam Rajavi has been pumping up her followers with promises that now Donald Trump has been elected as US President he has ‘personally assured me’ that he will help the MEK. However, now that Rudy Giuliani is out of the picture, it is clear there is no substance to her… 2016/12/16
Anne Khodabandeh (Singleton), Open Minds, December 12 2016:... As a Farsi speaker I am sure you will understand when I describe Lord Alton’s contribution as throwing a mouse in the stew (moosh andakhtane Lord Alton dar dige hoghoogh bashar); he ruined it for everyone. Rather than enjoying a free and productive discussion about human rights in Iran, the whole debate was… 2016/12/12