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All the President’s foes

All the President's foes

By the arrival of Hassan Rohani as new president of Iran, three persons have expressed their worry, saying that Rohani is not moderate. These persons are:

1. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli PM

2. John Bolton, America’s former ambassador to the UN

3. Maryam Rajavi, Wife of the leader of the terrorist group MeK

The first represents the Zionist Regime which is the main cause of war, murder and pillage in the Middle East and accounts Iran an obstacle to its goals.

The second, who is a "friend of Israel", represents a range of extremist warmongers in the U.S and also considers the IR a barrier to America’s dominance over the region.

The third represents a range of Iran’s opposition that support military attack on Iran, and is a practical ally of the two aforementioned above.

The first stream undertakes the task of impact on the U.S policy toward Iran; the second seeks to extend Iranophobia, and impact on U.S internal currents and figures (especially legislators) In line with that policy; and the third undertakes spreading anti-Iran rumors and making scenarios against Iran. All the three streams agree that negotiation with Iran produce no result. They assume the sanctions inefficient measures and Warn about the loss of time.

August 7, 2013 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force

People’s Mujahedin or Intel’s Mujahedin

Following the publication of reports on the then Secretary of state, Hillary Clinton’s decision to delist the People's Mujahedin or Intel's Mujahedin Mujahedin Khalq Organization from the US State Department list of foreign terrorist organizations in September 2012, one of the group’s high profile advocates, Congressman Ted Poe welcomed the Secretary’s intention stating that, the group “has been actively working with US intelligence agencies” (!)

”Some believe that one factor to facilitate the MKO’s removal from terror list was the amounts of money paid to groups like the MKO in order to destabilize the Iranian government,” suggested Mohammad Alavi a blogger of anti-MKO Aria Association "before the MKO was delisted, there was legal prohibition to use the group for that goal". He notices that the US Congress has approved a 3 billion dollar budget for influential efforts to overthrow the states labeled as "rebel" by the United State. The money is paid in cash or for example in exchange for the MKO’s social and political activities.

The fact leads us to the conclusion that the speaking fees the neo-con figures received for their speeches in pro-MKO rallies – which mounted from 3000$ to 16000 $ for a ten minute speech– were actually guaranteed by the US intelligence services that have already fed the MKO for its spying operations against Iran!

Indeed, American warmonger efforts to delist the MKO and the NCRI were useful in many ways. The dirty business of the MKO and its sponsors is now legally (!) registered under the guise of Democracy for Iran. The MKO opened its office across from the White House to facilitate such financial deals with its intelligence masters and congressional sponsors.

Following the confessions and reports on large amounts of money circulated and laundered among American donors and sponsors of the MKO ,the group so-called analysts assert that lobbying activities and paying money to Guiliani, Tep Poe ,Kennedy, Michael Mukasey , Bob Filner and … will stop bloodshed in the MKO camps. They claim that it will be a move for the sake of "people" and we should regard such payments as the Blood Money of "people"!

Speaking of “people”, you may remind the group propaganda that the MKO and NCR have not been on the side of “people” for over 35 years; the MKO is stranger to the “ people” of Iran. By regarding the MKO on People’s side, the MKO has to answer many questions over its cooperation with the Israeli and American Intelligence Service and over the 25 years of Massoud Rajavi’s obedience to Iraqi Intelligence chief under Saddam Hussein, General Taher Al Jalil Haboush.

Thus, Labeling the MKO as a popular group and assuming its acts as struggle for people is no honest as well as its paid advocates’ support for “Ashraf” and “Democracy in Iran”. As Michael Rubin former Pentagon official puts, "Mujahedin Alkhalq is a dishonest creepy cult". Even the opposition to Islamic Republic views the MKO as atraitors, spies, terrorists and mercenaries. Based on significant evidences and confessions of the group sponsors, the most meaningful term to address the so-called People’s Mujahedin is "Intel’s Mujahedin".

August 6, 2013 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force

To be in the terrorist list, or not to be

To be in the terrorist list, or not to be;

This is not the question

Undoubtedly, the MeK leadership is pleased by Ted Poe’s claims about the group collaboration with U.S intelligence agencies. On the other hand, probably, he is sorrowful why media in the U.S did not cover it. To be in the terrorist list, or not to be; This is not the question

Mr. Poe’s statements has being delivered in line with main policy of the MeK, which is closeness to the U.S and gain support from it, and meets two basic components: first, it seeks to hide the undemocratic and Stalinist nature of the MeK organization by pretending that they have renounced violence. Second, seeks to bring up group’s capacity to espionage against Iran, in order to attract U.S authorities’ attention to apply this group.

It is evident that, according to a general security rule, if the MeK was intelligence colleagues with the U.S, the Congressman was not allowed to speak a word about it; furthermore, such an action would be considered as whistleblowing of security secrets and it would yield serious consequences for him.

In fact, Mr. Poe just mentions to the same lies that Rajavi’s remnants through western media propagate against Iran. In other words, his statements are touting for the Rajavi’s gang in the U.S.

The main point in Ted Poe’s statements is that the MeK has renounced terrorism. Such efforts by U.S officials like Mr. Poe to cover up the group’s terrorist nature indicate U.S statesmen reaction against the proposal to recognition of the MeK as a democratic and non violent opposition of the Iranian government. So, once again it becomes clear that despite Rajavi’s illusions, getting out of the U.S terrorist list has changed nothing.

August 5, 2013 0 comments

MEK Camp Ashraf

Iraq to Expel All MKO Members from Camp Ashraf

All members of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as MEK, NCR and PMOI) will be expelled from Camp Ashraf after the holy month of Ramadan, police sources said. Iraq to Expel All MKO Members from Camp Ashraf after Ramadan

"Based on a decree issued by Diyala provincial court, Camp Ashraf which now shelters about 100 MKO members will be closed completely next week and after the end of the holy month of Ramadan," Spokesman of Diyala province’s Police Commander Qaleb al-Atiya told FNA on Sunday.

"The Iraqi government needs the large area of the Camp for trade and military uses and can no more give time to the MKO leaders for the full evacuation of the Camp," he added.

Earlier, the local administration of the Iraqi town of Khalis declared plans to build a mall in Camp Ashraf – the main training center of the MKO – after all members of the terrorist group are expelled from the Camp.

Khalis Mayor Uday AlKhadran told a press conference in July that an Iraqi court has transferred the authority of the site to the local administration of Khalis which plans to build a mall in there once all MKO terrorists are expelled from the Camp.

"The Camp of New Iraq (Ashraf) still accommodates 100 members of the MKO members, and the rest have already been transferred at the order of the UN to (the transient facility in Camp Liberty in Northern) Baghdad during the last year in preparation for housing them in other countries.

He further pointed to "the suspicious political activities of Ashraf residents who refused to sell the property of Camp Ashraf in accordance with their earlier agreement with the Iraqi government, despite receiving attractive offers from Iraqi and foreign traders and companies".

The Iraqi government evacuated Camp Ashraf almost completely last Summer and moved more than 3 thousand MKO members to Camp Liberty, and kept only 100 members in the Camp of New Iraq (Camp Ashraf) to complete the sale of property and transfer the money to the MKO.

The Diyala province which hosts Camp Ashraf has on several occasions declared its intention to invest in the Camp to turn it into a tourist site and build a large commercial exchange center for trade between Iraq’s Kurdistan region and Baghdad.

The MKO was a long-standing member of the US State Department’s list of terrorist organizations, but after heavy lobbying the group was dropped from the list last year. The group was allied to Saddam Hussein and retains a significant presence at Camp Liberty, and formerly at Camp Ashraf (its main training camp) during the US occupation.

The MKO group, founded in the 1960s, blended elements of Islamism and Stalinism and participated in the overthrow of the US-backed Shah of Iran in 1979. Ahead of the revolution, the MKO conducted attacks and assassinations against both Iranian and Western targets.

The group started assassination of the citizens and officials after the revolution in a bid to take control of the newly-established Islamic Republic. It killed several of Iran’s new leaders in the early years after the revolution, including the then President Mohammad Ali Rajayee, Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar and Judiciary Chief Mohammad Hossein Beheshti who were killed in bomb attacks by MKO members in 1981.

The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it was protected by Saddam Hussein and where it helped the Iraqi dictator suppress Shiite and Kurd uprisings in the country.

The terrorist group joined Saddam’s army during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988) and helped Saddam and killed thousands of Iranian civilians and soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi imposed war on Iran.

Since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the group, which now adheres to a pro-free-market philosophy, has been strongly backed by neo-conservatives in the United States, who eventually took the MKO off the US terror list.

The US formally removed the MKO from its list of terror organizations in early September 2012, one week after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent the US Congress a classified communication about the move. The decision made by Clinton enabled the group to have its assets under US jurisdiction unfrozen and do business with American entities, the State Department said in a statement at the time.

In September 2012, the last groups of the MKO terrorists left Camp Ashraf, their main training center in Iraq’s Diyala province. They have been transferred to Camp Liberty which lies Northeast of the Baghdad International Airport.

August 5, 2013 0 comments

Nejat Publications

Pars Brief – Issue No. 73

Inside This Issue:

AP Interview: UN Iraq rep urges exile cooperation
Iraq: UN envoy welcomes relocation of dozens of Iranian exiles to Albania
The Shameless Pro-MEK Lobbying Continues
Bob Filner now claims he was fooled by fake MEK charity in U.S.
Why Is There Bipartisan Support for the MEK? Because Politicians Like Getting Paid
MEK Stirs Pot in Iran Despite Improved Negotiation Outlook After Rohani’s Election
Michael Rubin: Yes, Mujahedin al-Khalq Is a Dishonest Cult
How to pack a Mujahadeen-e-Khalq rally: spend thousands on Western politicians, less on (non-Iranian) students

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August 4, 2013 0 comments

Iraqi Authorities' stance on the MEK

The MKO has no way but to leave Iraq

Referring to the pressure from MKO leaders on their group’s members to stay in Iraq, an Iraqi parliamentarian said the MKO has no way but to leave the country.

As reported by Habilian Association, accusing the terrorist MKO group of undermining their expulsion process, Qayda Kambash, Iraqi parliamentarian of Al-Iraqiya list said: "The reason of delay in expulsion of MKO members from Iraq is the pressure from MKO leaders on their members."

Ms Kambash also accused MKO leaders of misusing their group’s members as human shields and a pressure leverage to remain in Iraq.

The Iraqi Parliament member added: "The Mujahedin e-Khalq Organization has no way but to leave Iraq." She continued: "MKO leaders’ fear of devastation of their group has led them to use Ashraf and Liberty residents as human shields to protect their own lives. That is why the group has resorted to lies, deception and suppression of own members."

The UN has frequently criticized MKO leaders for their pressure on group’s members to stay in Iraq and also for the lack of cooperation in finding a way for them to leave the country.

August 4, 2013 0 comments

Iran Interlink Weekly Digest

Iran Interlink Weekly Digest- 13

++ A great deal has been written this week prompted by the anniversary of the Forough Javidan (Eternal Light) operation, mostly focusing on the suffering and disaster caused by Massoud Rajavi’s recklessness and his living in his own dream world.

++ Hojat Seyed Ismaeli, former Mojahedin Khalq intelligence officer at the time of Saddam Hussein, has gone into detail about how Forough Javidan contributed to the change of the organisation into a full cult.

++ Another writer, Hanif Heydar Nejat, in number 4 of a series of articles goes into detail as an eye witness to events just before, during and after Forough Javidan from the point of view of someone who was in contact with both the high ranks and lower ranks at that time.

++ Bijan Niabatti, who has occasionally written critically about the MEK with the hope of correcting them, has now reached a dead end as this week the MEK has reacted by lumping him with all the other critics and started labelling him. Instead of answering him they now treat him as their enemy.

++ In an interview with the Reporters’ Club in Tehran, Ebrahim Khodabandeh has talked about many issues including the collective marriage of all the women in the MEK to Massoud Rajavi. Under the title ‘Forced Marriage Of All MEK Women’ he confirms this action and goes on to explain that the purpose behind the Ideological Revolution was to facilitate Rajavi’s ownership of all the MEK’s women members.

++ Many blogs and articles have been written about how the MEK have tried to re-create the closed environment of Iraq in the camp in Albania and how operatives have been sent there to try to isolate the newly arrived refugees.

++ The United Nations has announced that the MEK have again stopped co-operating with the UNHCR interview process in Camp Liberty.

++ Many articles have questioned why Massoud Rajavi is still in hiding after ten years and speculate on the various possible reasons for it.

++ Karim Ghassim (former NCRI member) was interviewed by Ahmad Rafat on Raha TV. This created a stir as he spoke publicly and openly about what was happening inside the MEK. Ebrahim Khodabandeh published an article about the internal problems of the Mojahedin Khalq and how they have become more and more desperate as they realise that the separation of people like Ghassim is having an effect on the people inside and around the MEK. He says this interview has really panicked them. In the same vein, a few Iranian personalities have published articles about the separation of formerly loyal supporters and have criticised the MEK for resorting to viscous character assassination instead of simply answering people’s concerns.

++ Karim Ghassim has also published an article this week complaining that Massoud Rajavi is postponing the answer to every question until ‘after the overthrow’. Ghassim says this is unacceptable and that the overthrow of Iran’s regime is a serious issue, not something to be played with by the MEK who have to answer for their deeds today, not later.

++ Mahnaz Ghezlou’s article for Pejvak Iran is titled ‘Mr Rajavi, you have been shaking hands with your own ignorance’. She details his words and actions and asks ‘what has Iraj Mesdaghi done apart from ask a few questions which made you get so hysterical?’ She goes through Rajavi’s audio speeches in which he accuses the survivors (escapees) of being homosexual and sleeping with Iraqi workers. She reminds Rajavi that in this day and age, being homosexual is not regarded as something to be held against someone or to use to whitewash the questions they ask, and says this kind of reaction fools nobody and he has to answer people.

++ The Government of Iraq has issued an announcement that the Mojahedin Khalq have to be removed from Iraq more quickly. A copy has been sent to UNAMI asking the UN to get more serious about this issue according to the agreements they have signed up to.

++ A statement from Ted Poe’s website from 2012 has been translated into Farsi. In it he welcomes the removal of the MEK from the US terrorism list and claims “The MEK long ago renounced violence, and in recent years, has been actively working with US intelligence agencies to get information on activities inside Iran. Ted Poe, Congressman for 2nd District of Texas is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

++ Mohammad Karami continues his series on the suspicious deaths inside the Mojahedin Khalq. This week he focuses on the death of Mohammad Norouzi and some others as they lived and died, or were allegedly killed, inside the MEK.

++ Arash Sigarchi an American/Iranian journalist who contributes to Voice of America and other media, writes in his weblog ‘The Mojahedin Khalq swears its innocence but is caught red-handed.’

He details the reports of the United Nations and other international bodies which allege human rights abuses inside the MEK; sources which all say the same thing. Sigarchi compares the MEK’s propaganda machine to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s television. When anything is said in their favour the source is always reliable, but if it is against them they either ignore it or claim the sources is not reliable, even when it is the same source as for a previous issue.

++ Writing for U-T San Diego, Trent Seibert reports that San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, a long term MEK lobbyist, now claims he was unaware that the group which paid for his trip to Paris was not a real charity. He will “pay out of his own pocket the nearly $10,000 it cost for his trip to France last month.”

“Filner’s announcement came one day after U-T Watchdog reported that the IRS had no record of the organization Filner said paid his tab of being a U.S. tax-exempt nonprofit.”

“Filner said his $9,839 in travel costs to Paris were covered by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities, a group Filner initially claimed was a charity organized under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3).”

““I have become aware that the OIAC’s representations regarding its non-profit status were inaccurate,” Filner said in a news release late Wednesday. “For this reason, I will reimburse OIAC for all amounts it paid for my travel and expenses in its international conference in Paris, France, above the $440 gift limit.””

++ Javad Firouzmand’s article for Aryia Iran is titled ‘The Philosophy behind the MEK leader’s reaction to critics and ex-members’. He explains that from Massoud Rajavi’s point of view as a cult leader the only reaction he can have is to reject everyone and everything. This is because he would otherwise have to explain that he is sitting in the place of God for the MEK members, something he cannot do in the outside world. Rajavi only cares about keeping his cult members so he has to protect them from the outside world and he therefore relies on activating the cult phobia that keeps them in line.

++ Bahar Irani has published an article in the Mojahedin.ws website titled ‘MEK: capable of change or changed under pressure?’

He explains why the MEK are incapable of changing their ideology and how the apparent changes to their behaviour over the past thirty years are simply a reaction to the pressures on them not a deliberate change.

August 2, 2013

August 3, 2013 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force

Bob Filner now claims he was fooled by fake MEK charity in U.S.

Filner will pay group back for Paris trip

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner said Wednesday that he will pay out of his own pocket the nearly $10,000 it cost for his trip to France last month.

Filner’s announcement came one day after U-T Watchdog reported that the IRS had no record of the organization Filner said paid his tab of being a U.S. tax-exempt nonprofit.

Filner said his $9,839 in travel costs to Paris were covered by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities, a group Filner initially claimed was a charity organized under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3).

“I have become aware that the OIAC’s representations regarding its non-profit status were inaccurate,” Filner said in a news release late Wednesday. “For this reason, I will reimburse OIAC for all amounts it paid for my travel and expenses in its international conference in Paris, France, above the $440 gift limit.”

Filner filed a similar statement on a mid-year disclosure of gifts, filed Wednesday on the day it was due.

The tax status is important because, under city and state law, officials such as Filner are prohibited from receiving gifts totaling more than $440 in a calendar year from most sources. Nonprofits are allowed to exceed that limit if facilitating the official’s appearance or speech at an event — such as the Iranian resistance rally Filner participated in.

Filner’s trip to France has been controversial since he returned in late June.

The U-T revealed on July 16 that two top aides to Filner increased their city charge-card limits to $30,000 each in advance of Filner’s trip.

Councilman Kevin Faulconer sent a series of questions to interim Chief Financial Officer Greg Bych in response to that story, in large part because of the cost to the taxpayers for the trip.

Filner later released some details of the trip’s funding, including the cost of his travel covered by the outside group and the cost of his security detail’s travel, covered by taxpayers — $21,244. Filner has said that his fiancee, Bronwyn Ingram, paid her own way. The two have since broken up, and Ingram has not returned messages seeking confirmation that she paid her own way.

Filner’s spokeswoman did not respond to calls for comment seeking more information about Filner repaying the Iranian-American organization.

Faulconer, chairman of the city’s audit committee, said Filner’s actions in reimbursing the group for the trip confirm a suspicion Faulconer had — that the gift was illegal.

“As Chairman of the City’s Audit Committee, I’ve continued to ask questions about Mayor Filner’s junket because the story doesn’t add up,” Faulconer said. “Nothing makes sense about a San Diego Mayor taking this trip to France. I’m going to continue to investigate to determine if other rules meant to protect taxpayers were broken.”

Felipe Monroig, president of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, also said Filner’s action was inadequate.

“Mayor Filner has announced that he’ll cover the roughly $9,000 cost of his recent trip to Paris,” Monroig said. “Yet, there remains a much larger cost for his security detail that taxpayers are still on the hook for. Since it’s clear the Mayor’s trip to Paris was little more than a vacation, the Taxpayers Association calls on him to do the right thing and reimburse the full cost, which was upwards of $30,000.”

Filner has previously accepted travel from groups that are part of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. He went to Paris in June 2011 as a member of Congress. He also took a similar trip in June 2007, federal records show.

His 2011 trip cost $6,589 and was paid for by Colorado’s Iranian American Community, a group tied to the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq or MEK, the militant — and largest — arm of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

The 2007 trip to France, also paid for by Colorado’s Iranian American Community, cost $7,949. The plane ticket in that case was business class.

Filner is not alone in accepting travel from the Iranian groups. Others who have gone include former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island.

In large part, the trips were part of a lobbying campaign to remove the MEK from the U.S. State Department’s foreign terrorist organizations list. In a speech to the group, Filner compared their plight to the U.S. civil rights movement.

“This will happen,” Filner said in a speech to the group in 2011. “This will happen. The laws, the facts, are on our side.”

The de-listing effort succeeded last year.

Trent Seibert, U-T San Diago

August 3, 2013 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

I was trapped by the MKO for the love of Europe

The mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) is a political organization with paramilitary structure. It was founded by Muhammad Hanif Nezhad in 1965. The MKO launched armed struggle against the Shah of Iran. However, it was harshly oppressed by the then Security and Intelligence Organization of Iran (Savak). The group leaders were sentenced to death under the order of Shah’s military court. They were accused of committing acts against national security and assassination of Iranian and American nationals. Some were executed and the others were imprisoned.

After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the MKO could manage to recruit large number of people from different levels of society, under the leadership of Massoud Rajavi and Musa Khiabani. Many people were deceived to join the group and then they were not allowed to leave the organization any more. After the American invasion to Iraq in 2003 the group was disarmed and some of its member’s could endure ruthless efforts to escape the cult.

Ronak was tricked into the MKO when she was 15 years old and after bearing tough circumstance she could manage to escape the group’s camp and join the Red Cross. We briefly interviewed Ronak while she was visiting the 26the International Book Fair in Tehran.

Dreaming of Europe

– When and how did you join the MKO?

– After I finished middle school, I and my brother traveled to Turkey illegally. I was fifteen dreaming of going to European universities and my brother was seeking a job. My uncle who was an MKO supporter lived in Turkey. We left Iran in hope of going to Europe by the help of our uncle. My uncle said that we should have had passports in order to travel to Europe. We couldn’t go there illegally. He promised me that I would be sent to an Arabic country with a group and from there they would facilitate my trip to Europe. They sent me to Camp Ashraf before my brother was sent. When my brother found that I was sent to Iraq, he came to find me.

– In which year?

– In 2002 we entered the camp and in 2006 we escaped.

– Is your uncle still in MKO camp?

– My uncle distanced from the MKO and returned to Iran after he found out that all the organization had said was a conspiracy.

– How did you see Camp Ashraf when you arrived there?

– When I arrived in Camp Ashraf, I was shocked I got temporary dementia for four months.

– What did you think of Camp Ashraf as a military camp?

– I had left Iran in the love for Europe but I entered a military atmosphere. I was shocked due to extreme fear and anxiety. I was so heavily under pressure that I forgot everything. When I wanted to fill my biography form, I could not even remember my brother’s name until I gradually got familiar with the system rulling Ashraf and recalled my past.

– Did you have any contact with your family during that period of time?

– No, I had no contact with my family although I missed them a lot. This worsened my illness.

– And what about your brother?

– I was allowed to visit my brother every six months under the supervision of commanders and my superiors.

– Tell us about your life in camp Ashraf what classes were you supposed to take?

– The new comers were taught the history and the activities of the MKO. There were also some classes for brainwashing; they emptied all we had in our mind, instead they indoctrinated their own ideas in our minds. We also received military training in Camp Ashraf.

After the American invasion to Iraq, some gaps had appeared in the MKO relations so the leaders held English, Arabic and music classes. Before that, classes were only ideological and political.

They said: if you get back to Iran, you’ll be killed

– Did the classes have any impact on you?

– No, it was all fear and panic. They tried to make us forget our family and free life but Iwe never quit, I never kept calm.

I was all the time busy fighting. They intimidated us that if we got back, we would be hurt or killed or imprisoned. We were told that no one would believe that we hadn’t go there with our own free will. I was really terrified.

– Were there many new recruits?

– During the time I was there, there were not so many new recruits. Not many women were recruited but the few people who were deceived were brought there from Turkey or Europe.

– How about your living conditions?

– Everything was like a military camp. Uniforms, not so pleasant food and extreme fatigue that did not let members think of anything else. When you went to bed you just fell asleep.

They told my mother: come get your daughter’s body

– How did you escape?

– After the Americans arrived, Camp Ashraf was disarmed and some of prisoners [members] ran away. My brother went to American Camp from where he tried to help me get released. When the MKO saw I was determined to leave the camp, they told my mother that I committed suicide so she had to come get my dead body. When my mother came, she asked to visit my brother and after they met, they couldn’t leave each other. I was so scared that my Mom would get into trouble. They were likely to take my Mom as hostage in order to keep me in the group…

– Tell us about your feelings when you got back to home. What was your family’s reaction?

– I was so happy. It was like a dream. I could never get along with living in Camp Ashraf where I missed my loved ones and had no contact with them. [When I returned], I was under severe mental pressure because relatives used to ask me about what had happened to me in my trip to Europe. Most of them do not know about my experience in Iraq. They think that I went abroad to study but I couldn’t finish my studies because I missed my family!

– Didn’t you face any legal problem after your return to Iran?

– There is no legal problem. I just shouldn’t take jobs in security organizations.

– Do you still live with your love for Europe?

– No, when I got back to Iran, I continued my studies and I no more dreamed of Europe. My brother works with his car.

– Do you follow the news of the MKO?

– I used to watch their satellite TV with feeling of hatred and anger. I felt pity for those people who were imprisoned there.

Friendly chatting was forbidden in the MKO

-Did you have friends there?

– It was Unimaginable. In the MKO, it was forbidden to chat with your friends. They held meetings in which we were allowed to talk but not together.

– How was the meeting?

– They treated in a way that we felt guilty. They questioned us. they told us words like:” You are the regime’s mercenary”!

– How was your relationship with commanders?

– Terrible. I was a problem for them because I thought about my family. They put me under severe pressure in order to obey them. I was emotionally injured while that time could be best time of my life. Now, I’m happy because I could get released from their prison. Of course I still suffer the emotional injuries of that period of time.

– Did they torture you?

– I was not tortured physically but I was tortured psychologically. Sometimes, you were kept in Bangal. It was like solitary confinement. The life in Bangals was terribly hard.

– What is a Bangal?

– It was a place located far away in the Camp. You were imprisoned in a Conex which was so terrifying. You always panicked that they would harm you there.

There were no marriages in Camp Ashraf? How about sexual problems?

Men and women were separated but women in the high ranks were made Rajavi’s wives. Others had no right.

Translated by Nejat Society

August 1, 2013 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force

MEK actively working for our intel agencies

US Congressman Ted Poe: MEK actively working for our intelligence agencies

STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS OF SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON’S INTENTION TO DE-LIST MEK TODAY

Washington, D.C. – “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s expected decision to delist the People’s Mojahedin Ted Poe: MEK actively working for our intelligence agencies Organization of Iran (MEK) from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list is long overdue, but a much welcomed and warranted decision,” said Poe. “The MEK long ago renounced violence, and in recent years, has been actively working with US intelligence agencies to get information on activities inside Iran. …”

In March 2011, Congressman Ted Poe, a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced H.Res. 60, urging the Secretary of State to remove the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran from the Department of State’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The bill has 98 bipartisan cosponsors.

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