Tag Archives: middle east strategy consultants
2022/02/19
Massoud Khodabandeh, MidEast Discourse, February 19 2022:... The KSA has of course been backing the enemies of Iran for years (for example, Saddam Hussain during the 8 years of war and financing and supporting anti-Iranian terrorist groups like the Mujahedin Khalq and others) to balance regional power. Even though Iran has not been the cause of imbalance or at least…
2020/04/25
Ali Harb, Middle East Eye, April 25 2020:... The US president's post was celebrated by an MEK-linked account. Trump retweeted that response, taking a dig at the presumptive Democratic nominee, former vice president Joe Biden. "The mullahs' regime ruling Iran harasses UN [sic] Navy ships for propaganda purposes," Heshmat Alavi, a popular MEK-linked Twitter account, responded to Trump's post. "Thank…
2018/07/05
Emaddedin Baghi, Baghi site, July 05 2018:... After joining the Saddam’s Army, and now using the Saudi Arabia’s funds and coalition with Israel and Trump, with the slogan requesting that people scarifies themselves for a fight in the Paris rally, they want to destroy the process of gradual political progress and changes in Iran.Surprisingly, the group has not yet formally…
2017/09/18
Massoud Khodabandeh, Huffpost, September 18 2017:... While it is by no means clear that Donald Trump actually wants war with Iran – given the huge risks involved for the whole region – his strategy of brandishing the threat to destroy the JCPOA is certainly an attention-grabbing negotiating tactic. So too is brandishing the MEK as a terrorist threat against Iran. It…
2017/01/10
Iran Interlink, January 10 2017:... The MEK tried on several occasions to assassinate Rafsanjani. The first attempt in 1981 came when the MEK planted a bomb at the Hezb Jomhouri headquarters resulting in the deaths of 72 leading personalities of the new Islamic Republic. Rafsanjani was targeted but hadn’t turned up that day. After the fall of Saddam Hussein, MEK leader…
2017/01/10
Gazeta Impakt, Albania, January 10 2017:... You have to treat a group like Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, NCRI, ....) as dangerous. Because for one thing they are all radicalized. Until we de-radicalize them they are a danger. But in terms of their behavior. OK. There are many many levels to this danger. The group has been trained by Saddam ... Qytetarët shqiptarë…
2016/01/14
Massoud Khodabandeh, Iranian.com, January 14 2016:... Ebrahim’s only dying wish is to speak a few words with his estranged wife who is still trapped in Camp Liberty in Iraq. Sepher, who is now twenty, would also like to renew a relationship with his mother. Since 2010 he has only been able to speak by phone to his mother three times, and…
2015/09/07
Anne Khodabandeh (Singleton), Middle East Strategy Consultants, September 07 2015:... Now, whether in response to the lack of response to her bizarre persuasion techniques, or whether stung by the ridicule of her critics, or whether she is genuinely out of touch with political reality, Maryam Rajavi's cult websites are now awash with attacks on the British Foreign Secretary ... ‘No…