Tag Archives: MEK History
2019/11/19
. Nebojsa Malic, senior writer at RT, Russia Today, November 19 2019:... Support for the protests by US-backed exiles such as MEK, who are angling for regime change in Tehran, will do little to dissuade those in Iran inclined to see Washington behind the violence. It is no secret that Washington has been opposed to the Islamic Republic ever since…
2019/11/18
Terror Spring, November 18 2019:... Another issue was the hostage’s trial which MEK supported: “…so let us repeat for several times that if our disclosure does not proceed with complete assurance and without any fear or expediency of all the evidence you have obtained, if the hostage trial wouldn’t resolve properly and immediately wouldn’t promote to the break off colonial…
2019/11/12
Soraya Sepahpour-Utrich, Balkans Post, November 12 2019:... An expert on U.S. foreign policy believes the Mojahedin-e Khalq terrorist organization may carry out acts of terror and sabotage in Europe and place the blame on Tehran. “The group has had ample experience in carrying out killings and assassinations. The cult will not even allow members to defect,” said Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, in…
2019/11/11
Linda Pressly and Albana Kasapi, BBC News, Tirana, November 11 2019:... For six years, Albania has been home to one of Iran's main opposition groups, the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, or MEK. But hundreds of members have walked out - some complaining about the organisation's rigid rules enforcing celibacy, and control over contact with family. Now, dozens languish in the Albanian capital, Tirana,…
2019/11/10
Shqiptarja dot com, Tirana, Albania, November 09 2019:... Three Iranian refugees, former members of the Iranian opposition MEK in Albania, who have left the organization, deny the allegations made against them. Hassan Hayrani, Abdurrahman Mohammad Jan, Gholam Reza Shekari were all described by Ali Safavi, a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, as agents of the Iranian…
2019/11/09
Iran Interlink, November 09 2019:... MEK’s NCRI brand issued an official statement against Massoud Khodabandeh and Iran International TV. Khodabandeh was interviewed during the news segment for his opinion about the fake French tweets. He responded, “This news is not new. From last year the MEK was being curtailed and being sent to Albania. The two events that Maryam Rajavi…
2019/11/08
Michael Lipin, Voice of America (VOA), November 08 2019:... Speaking to VOA Persian, OIAC board member Alex Arzabak said the group’s social media team first noticed the suspension of their account as they were preparing to tweet about Wednesday’s event. They instead shared images from the event on a smaller account run by the group’s Texas affiliate. Arzabak said it…
2019/11/08
BBC World Service, Assignment, November 08 2019:... Who are Albania’s Iranian guests? In July, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani visited an Albanian village just outside Tirana. At a tightly-guarded encampment, he addressed the Iranian group who live there - the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), or People’s Mujahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI). Meanwhile, dozens of Iranian MEK members have defected but…
2019/11/08
TV Klan, November 07 2019:... Rahman Mohammadian, meanwhile, points out the problems with MEK and the Albanian youth. He says that through the MEK members, young Albanians are being drawn into dangerous ways. According to him, MEK is a mafia cult and chose Albania because since the country is not part of the EU, members cannot escape, and they can…
2019/11/07
Eldar Mamedov, Lobe Log, November 07 2019:... NCRI is an umbrella for the Mujahedeen-e Khalk, or MEK, also known as MKO, and People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI), an organization of Iranian dissidents in exile that seeks to overthrow the Islamic Republic. It was on the European Union list of terrorist organizations until 2009 and on the U.S. list until…
2019/11/03
Nejat Society, November 03 2019:... Mahin Habibi mother of Parvaneh Rabiee, Sedighegh Najafi mother of mohammad Jaafar Najafi, Montaha Zahraiee mother of Mostafa Qaedi, continued: “You call us mercenary while you are cooperating with Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States against Iran. You call us mercenary while you sold intelligence on Iranian soldiers to Saddam Hussein during Iran–Iraq war.”…
2019/11/01
Iran Interlink, November 01 2019: ... Maryam Rajavi’s outlets have hinted that the death of Al Baghdadi is a setback for Iran in Syria. Several articles have ridiculed her for this using quotes and screenshots from when ISIS and Al Baghdadi were started in Mosul. She used to call them “Iraqi Revolutionaries” rather than ISIS. Now she’s changed her tune.…