Tag Archives: Mujahedin-e-Khalq MEK terrorists
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…
2021/08/20
Anne and Massoud Khodabandeh, Iran Interlink, August 212021:... MEK was allowed to build a closed camp to house its members in the same conditions of modern slavery as they had lived in Iraq. Soon after, there was talk of Albania being used to house widows and orphans from Syria. This was a different proposition to the repatriation of Albanian women…
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…
2021/08/16
Philip Giraldi, Islamic Times, August 16 2021:.. Given the fact that Iran continues to be the Biden Administration’s enemy du jour, it is perhaps not surprising to observe that the US also supports terror groups that are capable of attacking targets in the Islamic Republic. To that end, recently a number of former senior government officials and politicians were involved…
2021/08/15
Habilian Association, August 15 2021:... The “Heshmat Alavi” persona had a strong presence on Twitter and harassed Iranian journalists, academics, and activists who are critical of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq organisation, a one-time armed guerilla group now holed up in Albania. There is no known link between the Iran Disinfo programme and the fake persona. At least one was cited by the…
2021/08/13
Maziar Motamedi, Aljazeera, Tehran, (Published 21 Jun 2021) :... Asked by Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig about the executions at a press conference on Monday, Raisi did not directly confirm or deny the allegations. “Everything I’ve done in my time of holding office has been to defend human rights,” the hardline Muslim scholar said. He added that he has dealt with…
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
Nejat Society, August 11 2021:... The entire documents related to the ICC including the verdict issued in the Iranian court, the petitions, the documentations and testimonies were officially translated.” Khodabandeh added. “The copies were equalized to the original documents. They were sent to our friends in Europe. Three of our friends [ex-members of the MEK] Aliakbar Rastgou, Ghafoor Fatahian and…
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…
2021/08/10
Middle East Eye, August 10 2021:... Swedish prosecutors accuse Hamid Noury of "intentionally" taking the lives of many prisoners sympathetic to the MEK while serving as the deputy governor of Gohardasht prison in Karaj, near Tehran. In 1988, an estimated 5,000 people were killed across Iran, allegedly under the orders of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini in response to attacks carried…
2021/08/08
Nejat Society, August 08 2021:... First day of a nationwide conference was broadcast by Nejat TV. Dozens of participants in the conference sought to peruse the international trial of MEK leaders. The five-day online conference started on August 7th, 2021. The conference was hosted by Ali Moradi former member of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (the MKO/ MEK/ PMOI/ cult of…
2021/08/05
Fars News, August 05 2021:... Al-Ahwaziyah, an Arab separatist group, has long has ties with Saudi Arabia and has run joint operations by the ISIL in the last several years as well. Human Rights Lawyer and Director of Partners for Rights Elahé Sharifpour-Hicks, a member of the US-backed opposition of the Islamic Republic based in the western countries, wrote on…