Tag Archives: MEK History
2022/03/07
Iran Interlink, March 07 2022:... As the world wakes up to the realisation that more than a quarter of the world’s wheat exports come from Russia and Ukraine, the MEK ( Mujahedin e Khalq ) are in familiar territory. During the MEK’s four decade stay in Iraq (1983-2016), they had to learn how to exist under the various U.S. sanctions…
2022/02/20
Iran Interlink, February 20 2022:... Lapsi.al and Syri.net – reveals the extent of MEK criminal activity and links to mafia in Italy and Albania as well as alleged links to Middle East smuggling rings. State police provided information that from 2019 to 2021, the MEK have attempted to illegally traffic 400 MEK members from Albania to France. The police also…
2022/02/04
Iran Interlink, February 04 2022:... Gjergji Thanasi wrote about the trafficking activities of MEK being revealed in Greece which are a repeat of the drug and human trafficking which led to the arrest of two high ranking members in Albania. Thanasi wrote that Greek police and journalists have raised concerns about the long term activities of Mehdi Mazloomi and Bahman…
2022/01/06
Jack Turner interviews Dr. Hanieh Tarkian , Geopolitica, January 06 2022:... The United States have repeatedly faced a double standard in dealing with the issue of terrorism, such as what we have seen in Syria and Iraq, attacking the forces that confronted ISIS or other terrorist groups, even in the case of the MEK, with the regard that they were…
2021/11/25
Jack Turner interviews Robert Fantina, Geopolitica, November 24 2021:... In the present interview with Mr. Robert Fantina, we address a few questions about the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), which are an epitome of these inconsistencies and dual policies of the Western political community and media. Mr. Robert Fantina is a journalist and political analyst, and an author of wonderful books that…
2021/10/14
Anne Khodabandeh (Singleton), Iran Interlink, October 14 2021:... Clearly, the MEK are no longer needed as a brand either for funding or fronting anti-Iran efforts. To make matters worse, in Albania, Maryam Rajavi is beset by internal dissatisfaction among the members. Whether as a reaction to losing political and monetary support or as a distraction to divert the attention of…
2021/10/06
Jack Turner, Geopolitica, October 06 2021:... At the direct request of the Iraqi army, Massoud Rajavi sent troops to the Kurdish areas to save Saddam's regime, under the pretext of the Islamic Republic of Iran's forces attacking the MEK bases, and suppressed the Iraqi Kurds until the Iraqi Ba'athist forces which all gone south, return to northern Iraq. Rajavi claimed…
2021/09/25
Iran Interlink, September 25 2021:... Meeting with Iran’s delegation at the UN General Assembly was, despite western media disinterest, of great interest to many countries, which did in fact hold meetings with foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Those countries, in particular, which support the restoration of the JCPOA. Even the UK foreign minister Liz Truss met with him. Which kind of…
2021/08/23
Dalia Al-Aqidi, Arab News, August 23 2021:... After the war in Iraq in 2003, the MEK lost its major supporter, and was under attack by both US troops and Iraqi security forces. The group is no longer welcome in Iraq since most Iraqi people remember it as another brutal faction that Saddam’s Republican Guards used to crack down on Iraqi…
2021/08/18
Janes North, Mondoweiss, August 18 2021:... The People’s Mujahadeen of Iran (MEK) is a cult organization, based in Albania with no real presence inside Iran, other than small groups of commandos who are probably responsible for sabotage and assassinations. The MEK does have funds — the rumours are that Saudi Arabia contributes — which it has used to lure people like…
2021/08/12
France 24, Paris, August 12 2021:... Mujahedin fighters have claimed responsibility for several operations in Iran, including against oil installations in 1993, and have been blamed for dozens of murders. After Saddam was toppled in 2003, the Mujahedin was disarmed by US forces and allowed to regroup at the Ashraf refugee camp north of Baghdad, which became the PMOI's largest…
2021/08/11
Christian Mamo, Emerging Europe, August 11 2021:... “Albania will continue to host the MEK paramilitary base on its soil for as long as the Americans need them to,” says Olsi Jazexhi. “If one day the United States makes peace with Iran, MEK will be forgotten, dismantled, de-radicalised and its remaining members will finally live a peaceful civilian life. But for…