Tag Archives: Trump Campaign Uses Mujahedin-e-Khalq
2020/11/22
Mohammad Sahimi, Anti War, November 22 2020:... In 2003 Iran proposed to the George W. Bush administration to exchange them with the leadership of the MEK, a cult-like group based in Iraq that opposed the government in Tehran and until 2012 was listed by the State Department as a terrorist organization. Because of its collaboration with the Saddam Hussein regime during Iran-Iraq war,…
2020/11/22
Mehr News, November 21 2020:... Referring to members of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group, it said, "For years he's been a devil advocate, pocketing $$ by whitewashing despicable crimes of terrorists." "He's melting down, literally!," Foreign Ministry added. The MKO terror group has cultivated close ties with Giuliani, among other close allies of Trump. The former New York City…
2020/11/21
Aawa Association (Mardom TV), November 21 2020:... With Trump gone it may now be possible to find workable solutions to the issues raised in this debate. The horrible situation of individual MEK members can be effectively resolved by providing them real choice about their futures. A cost effective and straightforward plan would be to issue visas to their families and…
2020/11/18
Aawa Association (Mardom TV), Novermber 18 2020:... Mr Parsa Sorbi will moderate an online debate on Mardom TV on Friday 20th November (at 11am New York time, at 17pm Germany time, at 19:30pm Teheran time). Part one: In this section, experts talk about the effect of the Trump administration on the fortunes of the MEK in America, Albania and Europe. Part…
2020/11/15
Iran Interlink, Novmeber 15 2020:... Throughout the U.S. election campaign, the whole of MEK from top to bottom, including Massoud Rajavi from his grave, backed Trump to the hilt claiming that there is no way he would lose. This, of course, was wishful thinking. When they found he had lost, MEK went quiet and didn’t make any statement. This is contrary…
2020/11/13
Nejat Society, November 13 2020:... Video message of Mr. Kazem Shahidi – brother of Jassem(Lefte) Shahidi who is captive in the MEK Camp in Albania, to Dr. Olsi Jazexhi a human right activist there. Jassem left Iran for India in 1979 before the Iran-Iraq war to continue his education . he was in touch with his family several years in…
2020/11/10
Robert Fantina, CounterPunch, November 10 2020:... “From 2000 to 2001, Barrett was part of a team that represented the National Council of Resistance of Iran. The council was seeking a review of its then designation as a ‘foreign terrorist organization’ by the US government.” In 2012, the ‘terrorist’ designation was removed, and since then the MEK has received the support…
2020/11/10
Nejat Society, Tehran, November 10 2020:... We, the family of Rahim Kaiyukan, including his wife Behjat Seddiqi and his children Mozhgan, Mehran, Mohsen, and Leila Kaiyukan and his grandchildren (a total of 12 individuals), want to lodge a complaint against the Albanian government under the United Nations International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance of which…
2020/11/07
Gjergji Thanasi, Ashraf News, November 06 2020:... To the Honorable Ombudsman Madame Erinda Ballanca. I am Gjergji Thanasi, an Albanian journalist working predominantly free lance and specialized in investigative journalism. I am addressing my concern to you regarding the ex terrorist Organization MEK (The Mujahedin of the Iranian People), now residing in the Administrative Unit of Manez (Durres Municipality), in…
2020/11/05
Ebrahim Khodabandeh, Nejat Society, November 05 2020:... On behalf of the suffering families of the members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO), whose loved ones joined this organization, and now have no information about their status, I would like to inform you that more than six months ago these families sent hundreds of complaints, with detailed documents and explanations.…
2020/10/31
Nejat Society, October 31 2020:... Once advocating the anti-American anti-imperialism stance of their early leaders and then designated as a terrorist organization by the US State Department, the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (the MKO/ MEK/ PMOI/ Cult of Rajavi) is now pretending to be a friend of the US government! The group’s U-Turn to serve the US has been its main…
2020/10/28
Massoud Khodabandeh, Iran Interlink, October 28 2020:... leading up to the U.S. Presidential election, Iranian-American journalists and other commentators and campaigners are suffering an onslaught of online attacks. Some of these relentless Tweets include death threats. Targeting critics of Trump and his legacy like Jamal Abdi (Head of National Iranian American Council), Negar Mortazavi (prominent Journalist for The Independent and…