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Iran Interlink, February 28 2021:... The recent disappearance of former MEK member Hadi Sani Khani from Albania is not a new phenomenon as this Special Briefing shows. Ten years ago, Ambassador Daniel Fried, US Special Advisor for Camp Ashraf in Iraq, acknowledged that Camp Ashraf had been “a kind of independent, self-governed, autonomous, extraterritorial facility… for many years”. This state… 2021/02/28

Nejat Society, Tehran, February 28 2021:... My wife, who is seriously ill, and I ask you to act immediately to find out about my forced disappearance son in Albania. The Albanian government must be held accountable. I am impatiently waiting for an answer from you to ask the Albanian government where Hadi Sani Khani is now and how his condition… 2021/02/28

Habilian Association, February 10 2021:... During the last four decades, more than 17,000 Iranian people have fallen victim to terrorist operations by various anti-government groups in Iran. These terrorist groups are all identified and almost all of them reside outside Iran. Their offices and headquarters are located in a number of foreign countries and overtly promote hatred and violence against… 2021/02/11

Mazda Parsi, Nejat Society, December 10 2020:... The MEK’s malicious attitudes can always be a big obstacle in normalizing and stabilizing relation between nations. That is why the President Biden’s ex-adviser on Middle East affairs, Daniel Benaim suggests the US’s next administration to relocate the MEK in Ethiopia or somewhere on the shores of the Red Sea in order to… 2020/12/10

Gjergji Thanasi, Ashraf News, Novmeber 13 2020:... What is the purpose of importing anti-drone rifles from Turkey for several thousand former terrorists?! In the agreement of the Albanian Government with the UNHCR for the admission of these former Iranian terrorists in Albania, it is written in black and white that they are accepted for humanitarian reasons as endangered persons (Sic!).… 2020/11/13

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… 2020/06/08

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… 2020/06/06

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.… 2020/06/02

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… 2020/05/28

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.… 2020/05/25

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… 2020/05/10

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… 2020/04/30