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2019/09/21
Iran Interlink, September 20 2019:... Commentators’ reactions to the MEK’s anniversary celebration of the founders of the MEK say ‘how ridiculous it is to attach yourselves to the founders as they have nothing to do with what you are now. You are now mercenary force for Israel, Saudi and the US. The reason you can’t move beyond your own past…
2019/08/27
Ebrahim Khodabandeh, Iran Interlink, August 27 2019:... The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO, NCR, NLA, Rajavi Cult), an armed opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran, faced dramatic changes after Iraq was invaded by US forces in 2003, and Saddam Hussein, the only state sponsor of the leader Massoud Rajavi, was toppled. John Bolton, who served as the US government…
2019/08/20
Anne Khodabndeh (Singleton), The Iranian, August 19 2019:... President Rama is unrepentant. In an interview with FaxNews (see translation below), journalist and activist Aulon Kalaja commented that Rama has used hosting the MEK for America as an excuse to remain in power and delay the reforms to the judicial system which are necessary if Albania is to accede to the EU.…
2019/08/19
Professor Tim Anderson, Balkans Post, August 19 2019:... Yes it is quite possible that Albania will de destabilized by U.S. proxies the MEK, and also by DAESH members. Between 2013 and 2016 Washington moved the 2,900 Camp Ashraf MEK members to Albania, where they had also moved some former DAESH/ISIS fighters (Spahiu 2018; Khodabandeh and Khodabandeh 2018). The U.S. and…
2019/08/11
Jonathan Harounoff, Haaretz, August 11 2019:... Massoud Khodabandeh, tells Haaretz in an email interview that the group was no longer the highly organized and influential student-led movement of the ’70s that opposed the shah. By the ’80s, Khodabandeh says, the MEK had evolved almost unrecognizably into a violent, anti-ayatollah and pro-Saddam guerrilla organization that had no clear objectives other than…
2019/08/07
Zeng Ziyi, CGTN, August 07 2019:... Over the years, the self-described "pro-American" John Bolton has fostered a close relationship with the MEK, which the U.S. designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization partially for assassinating six American citizens during the Iranian Revolution. For the uber-hawk, almost any means is justified for waging war. John Bolton MEK Desperate Attempt to Awaken the U.S.…
2019/08/05
Iran Interlink, August 05 2019:... Maryam Rajavi paid for an advert to answer an article in the Los Angeles Times. Evidence that neither she nor her group have any credibility, otherwise a fact based reply would have been possible in the newspaper. Rather than answer the allegations against the MEK, Rajavi twists the facts to blame Iran for its lack…
2019/08/01
Iran Front Page, August 01 2019:... Rouhani has denounced the United States’ imposition of sanctions on Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, saying the move ran counter to Washington’s claim it is ready for unconditional talks. On the other hand, it seems that a visit by Maryam Rajavi, leader of the MKO terrorist group, and the launch of the recent…
2019/08/01
Eli Lake, Bloomberg, August 01 2019:... Milani recommends for example that Trump make clear that the relationship between his personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, and the People’s Mujahedin, or the MEK, does not reflect U.S. government policy. This exiled opposition was once designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department and is largely reviled by Iranians because it sided…
2019/07/27
Iran Interlink, July 27 2019:... It’s become a fashion. Every week someone in the MEK’s Albania camp dies. This week two people died in the camp. Interestingly there is no doctor, no coroner, no investigation and no involvement with any Albanian whatsoever. When asked about it the authorities say they are afraid of the Americans and that anyway the inside…
2019/07/27
Iran Press, July 27 2019:... The commemoration ceremony of the 31st anniversary of MKO defeat anniversary (Mersad operation) held in Strait of Mersad, Islamabad, Western Iran with the presence of provincial officials, commanders and combatants of the eight years imposed war of Iraq against Iran. The MKO has a dark history of assassinations and bomb attacks against the Iranian government…
2019/07/26
Nejat Society, July 26 2019:... Bolton has always been the star of the show,” according to the Open Secrets News website. “Records show that the MEK has paid Bolton at least $180,000 in speaker fees to attend the group’s annual Paris conference for more than a decade . The Magic Formula to Turn MEK Terrorists to Proxies for False Flag…