Iranians condemn Maryam Rajavi’s presence in the European Parliament
Maryam Rajavi’s presence in the European Parliament playing the part of a defender of human rights was a disgraceful and contradictory performance that drew criticism from many Iranians around the world.
Maryam Rajavi, as a person who is severe suppresser of critic and dissent in her organizational structure, caused shame and scandal to certain officials of the European Parliament on April 22 by being received at one of the halls of this institution in Brussels.
In response to such a scandal, some former members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) expressed their anger at this move by the European Parliament, condemned it, and published some of their memories on social networks, testifying about the gross violations of human rights in the MEK’s cult-like structure.
A defector of the group, Reza Gooran while condemning the European Parliament’s action, referred to the psychological repression of dissident members of the group. He cited from Massoud Rajavi the disappeared husband of Maryam Rajavi that “a dissident member deserves death sentence, but we don’t have a death sentence because we are in Iraq”.
This former member of the Cult of Rajavi, who himself experienced imprisonment and torture in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, also testified that “the cult’s torturers murdered a protester and critic who was a prisoner in the Ashraf Camp torture chamber.”
Some other Iranian users of social networks sent letters to the European Parliament, making the authorities aware of their reprehensible behavior in accepting the leader of a terrorist group with a long history of violence, terror, betrayal and sectarianism.
One of the letters from Iranian users addressed to the European Parliament, which is being circulated on social media, is as follows:
Subject: You invite Maryam Rajavi – Are you endorsing a terrorist cult?
To: Members of the European Parliament
Dear Members of the European Parliament,
On April 22, 2026, you invited Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the MEK (Mujahedin-e-Khalq), to speak in your parliament. You applauded her.
Let me ask you directly:
Do you actually support what she represents?
Because her organization has a documented history of:
Killing over 17,000 innocent Iranian civilians including a 3‑year‑old girl.
Fighting alongside Saddam Hussein during the Iran–Iraq war – the same Saddam you later condemned for genocide
Murdering 25,000 Iraqi
Kurds and Shias in 1991.
Running a cult (not a political group) – with forced divorces, brainwashing, and documented sexual exploitation of women by Masoud Rajavi, her husband.
Yet you invite her. Give her a stage. Applaud her.
So my question is simple
Are you thinking exactly like her? Are you her supporter?
Or did you simply not care to check the crimes behind the applause?
I used to believe the European Parliament stood for human rights.
Now I see for you, some murderers are acceptable as long as they are useful.
Shame on this double standard.
Sincerely,
A citizen who still remembers what human rights actually mean
In all the years that the Nejat Society and many other human rights organizations have been trying to shed light on the terrorist nature of the MEK and the human rights violations within this organization, the number of documents and evidence available in the global information space has increased day by day.
Despite all the accusations that the Rajavis have made against the whistleblowers, they still reveal that whenever MEK members refused to continue cooperating with the group and asked to leave it, they were subjected to physical attacks, humiliation, threats, and peer pressure at the instigation of commanders, mostly led by Massoud Rajavi. In these situations, the victims are subjected to severe verbal and physical abuse
Maryam Rajavi’s pro-democracy gesture is in complete contrast to the violent and ruthless actions of her five decades of organizational activity. Her presence in the European Parliament means using the issue of executions and human rights violations as a tool for political purposes. We cannot claim freedom, democracy, and the defense of the rights of the Iranian people and turn a blind eye to the behavior of Maryam and Massoud Rajavi against their fellow Iranians.
Mazda Parsi
