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2020/06/08
Human Rights Watch (HEW), June 08 2020:... Gholamhossein Esmaili, the judiciary’s spokesperson, accused the two students, without citing any evidence, of having ties to anti-revolutionary groups, including the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), and of pursuing “destructive” actions. The MKO is an Iranian opposition group currently based in Albania. In 2005, Human Rights Watch documented abuses by the group against its own members when it maintained…
2020/06/06
Nejat Society, Tehran, June 06 2020:... A number of families of the members of the Rajavi cult from Markazi province (central Iran) have written separate letters to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, calling for communication with their loved ones at the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) camp in the country. They also called for the abolition of visa bans for Iranian citizens…
2020/06/02
Nejat Society, June 02 2020:... Alongside the 11000 signature petition, a number of families of the members trapped in the MEK camp in Albania from Khuzestan province (southwest of Iran), have sent separate messages and letters to the Albanian Prime Minister, urging him to let them to have a visit or at least a phone call with their loved ones.…
2020/05/28
Nejat Society, May 28 2020:... In Iran, the estranged families of Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK or Rajavi Cult) members who remain trapped inside the MEK camp in Albania created a petition appealing to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama for help to contact their loved ones. The petition has attracted almost eleven thousand signatures. The MEK responded by attacking the families, calling…
2020/05/25
Mehr News, Tehran, May 25 2020:... Mousavi then pointed to the US’ all-out support for the terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), which has assassinated 17,000 Iranian citizens and officials over the past four decades. He also cited the creation of and support for the savage and bloodthirsty ISIS terrorist group as another example of the historic American crimes in recent years.…
2020/05/10
Gjergji Thanasi, Balkans Post, May 10 2020 :... I love my country and I consider the MEK a security threat to my country,” investigative journalist Gjergji Thanasi tells the Balkans Post in an exclusive interview. I have chosen to do my bit for my country regarding the MEK threat to Albania and Albanians,” said Gjergji, who lives in Durres county…
2020/04/30
Ebrahim Khodabandeh, Nejat Society, April 30 2020:... A few days after the campaign was launched, the MEK fearfully reacted on April 23, 2020 in its website ‘Iran Probe’ with a lengthy article titled: “Iranian regime is campaigning for Albanian entry visas for its terrorists”. The article is a stream of fabricated lies trying to persuade the Albanians not to issue…
2020/04/28
Balkans Post, April 28 2020:... Murtaza Hussain: Heshmat Alavi is a persona used by the MEK to continue its public relations work in the Western countries, aiming to sway elite and public opinion by placing news articles and running social media campaigns promoting its vision for itself as the future government of Iran. The MEK is a very secretive organization…
2020/04/27
Tehran Times, April 26 2020:... U.S. President Donald Trump has shared an appreciative tweet for his anti-Iran policies by a fake account belonging to the terrorist group of Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK). The tweet, posted by Heshmat Alavi on Wednesday, read: “The mullahs' regime ruling #Iran harasses UN Navy ships for propaganda purposes.” “Thank you, President Trump, for reminding this regime that…
2020/04/25
Iran Interlink, April 25 2020:... covid-19 MEK Albania . In Albania MEK has ceased all financial support for some of its former members. MEK used to give small payments to some of those who abandoned the cult on condition they do not speak about their experiences in the cult and/or to perform certain activities, such as spying on other former…
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…
2020/04/15
Wayne Madsen, Strategic Culture Foundation, April 15 2020:... The influence of the cultish terrorist organization, Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), which used the pandemic to increase pressure on Tehran, is strong within the Trump White House. In addition, the right-wing Florida Republican senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, used the pandemic to coordinate with wealthy Cuban and Venezuelan expatriates in south Florida to…