Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

The MeK Badly Needs Rebranding Makeover

On May 13, The Wall Street Journal published an article, MEK Banned Terror Group Seeks U.S. Rebirth, on MKO propaganda Campaign, in the United States, that hopes “to convey the image of a popular, democratic alternative to Tehran’s ruling clerics.”

Keith Johnson, Jay Salamon and Scott Greenberg, disclosed in the WSJ article that American supporters of MKO were paid high fees to speak at the group’s events to advocate for its cause.

The article also suggested that the campagne for delisting MKO is the result of a fact that was revealed by anti-secrecy group Wikileaks which reported that the then-secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wrote in a 2009 internal cable:”The most powerful myth the MEK has been able to lodge in minds of most supporters is that they are the democratic alternative to the current regime in Tehran.” She also referred to the MEK’s “terrorism and Cult-like repression of its members.”

This May13 article on WSJ resulted in the publication of a letter by MKO’s counselor for its delisting efforts, Andrew Frey on the very newspaper. Mr. Frey accused the article of conveying “misleading impressions” regarding MKO. He claimed that the group “seeks a democratic, secular, nonnuclear Iran”, justifying his partners’ support for a terrorist designated group as a position not inimical to their national security interests.

Following the publication of Mr. Frey’s letter on May 24, Bart Blessing of Foster City, California replied him by a letter titled “The MEK badly needs Rebranding Makeover.”

The writer of the letter offers solution to supporters of MKO in order to succeed in selling their cause. He also notices the difficult path they have to take to purify the background of MKO,” like trying to get opium qualified as “all natural” :

Regarding Andrew Frey’s letter”It’s Time to Take the MeK off the U.S. Terrorist List”(May 24): The solution to the Mujahedin e-Khalq problem is Marketing 101. Rename the organization”Democratic Party of Iran”(or something like that), and adopt a charter respectful of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Continuing to promote yourself as”mujahedin”to local hot-heads while renouncing violence for appeal in the West is an uphill battle, like trying to get opium qualified as”all natural.”
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USA

Retired US Officer: No Country Willing to Shelter MKO Members

No country in the world is ready to shelter the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization

Colonel Steve Hasty warned about severe sexual misconduct, abuse and deviation in Mojahedin Khalq (Rajavi cult) Camp Ashraf

(MKO) members and their only left option is a return to Iran, a retired US intelligence officer said.

"We have talked with several countries via the US State Department but no one is willing to accept them in his country, "Steve Hasty said, addressing the audience at the ‘International Policy Institute’.

"And the only way left for them might be a return to Iran," he added.

Hasty also warned about the MKO members’ severe sexual misconducts, abuse and deviations and cultic tendencies, and said they have committed many crimes against the Iranian and Iraqi nations and the people of these two countries hate them all.

The MKO, whose main stronghold is in Iraq, is blacklisted by much of the international community, including the United States.

Before an overture by the EU, the MKO was on the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations subject to an EU-wide assets freeze. Yet, the MKO puppet leader, Maryam Rajavi, who has residency in France, regularly visited Brussels and despite the ban enjoyed full freedom in Europe.

The MKO is behind a slew of assassinations and bombings inside Iran, a number of EU parliamentarians said in a recent letter in which they slammed a British court decision to remove the MKO from the British terror list. The EU officials also added that the group has no public support within Iran because of their role in helping Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988).

Many of the MKO members abandoned the terrorist organization while most of those still remaining in the camp are said to be willing to quit but are under pressure and torture not to do so.

A defected member of the MKO recently unveiled that the ringleaders of the group are using every means within their reach to control their dissident members, including life threats, to keep members in the group’s main stronghold in Northern Iraq.

"Massoud Rajavi has announced many times that if anybody wants to escape from (the camp) Ashraf (in Iraq), he/she will be killed or executed," Abdollatif Chahardari said.

He reiterated that the ringleaders of the MKO also prevent the members who are residing in Camp Ashraf from taking refuge in other countries, saying, "Ashraf is the only place you have."
Also in March, another defected member of the MKO revealed that the female members of the group have been living under captivity for more than 25 years and are not even allowed to appear in public places alone.

"It can be firmly said that 95% of the women in Ashraf Camp (the terrorist group’s resort in Iraq) have not even been allowed to step in Iraq’s public and recreational places alone all throughout the last 25 years," the defected member said.

A May 2005 Human Rights Watch report accused the MKO of running prison camps in Iraq and committing human rights violations.

According to the Human Rights Watch report, the outlawed group puts defectors under torture and jail terms.

The 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 the 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 also argue for the MKO to be taken off the US terror list.

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The MEK Expulsion from Iraq

Zebari: Iraq pursues expulsion of MKO members

Zebari made the remarks in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Ali-Akbar Salehi on the sidelines of the ongoing 16th NAM ministerial meeting which started on May 25 and will continue for three days.

The two officials reviewed latest developments in the Middle East region and in North Africa as well.

Zebari said while in Tehran, his talks with the Iranian officials would be focused on following up the implementation of the previously made agreements between the two countries.

The Iraqi foreign minister said that Baghdad was pursuing expulsion of members of the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) from Iraq.

He further referred to bilateral cooperation between Tehran and Baghdad saying that it was growing in all fields.

Meanwhile, the Iranian foreign minister said that Iran and Iraq have enjoyed cordial relations which should be fostered.

Criticizing big powers’ double-standard policies on the regional and international developments, the two ministers stressed the need to hold further talks on taking due stand on the regional questions.

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The MEK Expulsion from Iraq

Iran, Iraq stress Washington backed MEK exit

Iranian and Iraqi foreign ministers stressed Iraqi government should pursue withdrawal of terrorist Mujahidin Khalq Organization (MKO) from its soil.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari met on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Indonesia, where the two sides expressed satisfaction over growing bilateral cooperation.

During the meeting Zebari referred to his upcoming trip to Tehran for further talks and pursuit of bilateral agreements and said, "Iraqi government is pursuing withdrawal of MKO members from its soil."

The two sides then discussed recent Middle Eastern issues including Bahrain, Libya and Yemen and criticized the US dual-track strategy on the developments.

Iran and Iraq also highlighted necessity of further mutual consultations to take appropriate stances on the Middle Eastern matters.

Salehi then held talks with Brunei’s Foreign Minister Prince Mohamed Bolkiah on expansion of mutual ties.

Iranian Foreign Minister said his country is ready to boost ties with Brunei on economic, cultural, political and educational domains.

Salehi also met with Pakistani advisor minister and Chinese deputy foreign minister as well.
Foreign ministers from the 118-member bloc started a three-day meeting on the Indonesian resort island of Baliwhich started on Tuesday to discuss reinventing the NAM’s global role as it marks its 50th anniversary.

The bloc was created in 1961 at the height of the Cold War as a solidarity movement among developing countries not aligned to either the United States or the Soviet Union.
The group will welcome Fiji and Azerbaijan as new members .

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Maryam Rajavi

Maryam Rajavi threatens to massacre the hostages at Camp Ashraf

Addressing a symposium of like-minded guests in the European Parliament on May 25, Maryam Rajavi, second-in-command of the Mojahedin-e Khalq cult, issued a stark threat to humanitarian agencies and the Government of Iraq.

What Rajavi is really threatening is that the MEK leaders will massacre their own people if any external agency should attempt to interfere with the MEK’s totalitarian control over the camp’s residents.

"Any forced displacement in Iraq would be a prelude to a massacre of the inhabitants of Ashraf. And I warn the international community and the United States, they would be responsible for the consequences," said Maryam Rajavi.

Rajavi’s threat carefully omits to identify who will perform this massacre. By referring to the clashes of April 8, when MEK Special Forces violently resisted a pre-agreed mission by the Iraqi army to legally reclaim land from the north of the camp, she deliberately implies that the Iraqi army would “massacre” the residents.

This is certainly not the case however. What Rajavi is really threatening is that the MEK leaders will massacre their own people if any external agency should attempt to interfere with the MEK’s totalitarian control over the camp’s residents.

Her real message is that the residents of Camp Ashraf are being held as hostages and the MEK leaders will kill them if anyone tries to rescue them.

It must be understood that the threat is real. The MEK leaders Massoud and Maryam Rajavi have a history of shedding the blood of ordinary MEK members for political gain. In 2003 two MEK members died in Paris and London after setting themselves on fire to satisfy the needs of the cult. MEK leader Massoud Rajavi has already threatened a Jonestown-like mass suicide to ward off any attempt to close Camp Ashraf.

Rajavi’s threat comes only days after the cult’s Western backers sent out a flurry of contradictory messages about the future of the camp’s residents. Clearly, MEK supporter Struan Stevenson was not party to the MEK’s latest tactic when he suggested the group could simply be moved to Europe. It is only the cult leaders who can order these killings.

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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force

West uses MKO terrorists to intimidate Press TV in London

UK paper calls Press TV ‘enemy within’
Some British right-wing media, including a pro-Zionist newspaper, plan to aid Ofcom to mount pressure on Press TV, in line with the UK government’s measures against the Iranian English-language news channel.

Media giant Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper, The Sunday Times, is among the media supporting Ofcom plan to put more pressure on Press TV.
In an article published on the paper, they tried to demonstrate a complete one sided image of Press TV to distort the facts for prompting more pressure on the Iranian news channel.
The writer of the article, considering himself as a judge and before giving any facts, described Press TV as the “domestic enemy,” accusing the Iranian news channel of broadcasting unfair images of Britain.

Dipesh Gadher, 36, who became the deputy news editor at the paper in 2008, has accused Press TV of adapting non-professional news-writing regulations.
This is while Gadher has ignored the definite rules of free and fair journalism. He could not give any documented facts for his claims against Press TV, and could not even name those he claimed to be the Foreign Ministry’s officials.

Presenting fake statistics and distorting the documented facts on Press TV are visible all through his politically motivated article.
The administrative documents could easily dismiss Gadher’s claims that Press TV’s British presenter George Galloway is paid 25,000 pounds a month and that Press TV Ltd — a firm which makes programs for the channel — had £2.7 million in savings.

Gadher claimed that Press TV’s programs are politically motivated and risk the reputation of the British government.

Press TV’s coverage of student protests in Britain has shed light on the dark, undemocratic aspect of the British political structure, especially the hereditary rule of the royals.
The article has also criticized Press TV over a public opinion poll about the royal wedding. The results of the poll revealed that 65 percent of people felt the royal wedding was an unnecessary official expense imposed on tax-payers.

Gadher has ignored the fact that by criticizing the poll, it has criticized those Press TV readers who have participated in it, simply for expressing their opinions.
The US State Department cables published by WikiLeaks demonstrate that the British Foreign Office told the US embassy in London back in February 2010 that it was "exploring ways to limit the operations of… Press TV."

The WikiLeaks documents revealed that the British authorities reconsidered their decision in the face of legal difficulties at the time but were still looking at other means to address the issue, including the possible use of new anti-Iran sanctions to justify such measures.

This comes as British authorities have failed in their efforts to point to any legitimate problems with the quality or content of programs produced by Press TV. The Wikileaks report clearly shows that the British government has got no other way but to seriously disrupt press TV’s activities in Britain.

Last month, the National Westminster Bank, Commercial Banking office froze Press TV Ltd’s business account without any prior notice, claiming the accounts would be permanently closed in February 2011.

The staff at Press TV Ltd have been intimidated and threatened by members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group in London. Yet, the British government has turned a blind eye to such incidents and may have even facilitated them as the MKO are continuing their threats.

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Iran

Iran: Americans should stop using Mojahedin Khalq terrorists

The official pronouncement of Osama bin Laden’s death by the US president means that Washington has no more excuse to keep its military buildup in the region, a senior Iranian official reiterated.

"Now that they (the Americans) claim they have managed to kill the leader of the al-Qaeda, they have no more excuse for their presence in the region," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said in a televised interview Saturday night.

Meantime, he stressed that the double-standard policies showed by the US and certain western countries have convinced the world people that the western states are not serious about campaign against terrorism.

"This question has remained in the minds of the people that if Americans really wanted to fight terrorism, then why they cooperated with those terrorist moves which targeted the regional people," Mehman-Parast asked.

His remarks came after a recent call by the EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, on Iraq for ignoring the terrorist activities of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).
The European Union has lately changed approach towards the terrorist MKO in a move to pressurize Iran to stop its progress in the civilian nuclear technology.

Some ranking members of the MKO who have had a role in the assassination of a large number of Iranian citizens and officials are currently living in France.

Before an overture by the EU, the MKO was on the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations subject to an EU-wide assets freeze. Yet, the MKO puppet leader, Maryam Rajavi, who has residency in France, regularly visited Brussels and despite the ban enjoyed full freedom in Europe.

The MKO is behind a slew of assassinations and bombings inside Iran, a number of EU parliamentarians said in a recent letter in which they slammed a British court decision to remove the MKO from the British terror list. The EU officials also added that the group has no public support within Iran because of their role in helping Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988).

Many of the MKO members abandoned the terrorist organization while most of those still remaining in the camp are said to be willing to quit but are under pressure and torture not to do so.

A May 2005 Human Rights Watch report accused the MKO of running prison camps in Iraq and committing human rights violations.

According to the Human Rights Watch report, the outlawed group puts defectors under torture and jail terms.

The 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 the 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 also argue for the MKO to be taken off the US terror list.

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Former members of the MEK

Mr. Darius Balafkandeh escaped Rajavis’ Cult Camp Ashraf

Mr. Darius Balafkandeh (Ghaffar) could bravely manage to escape Camp Ashraf where he was imprisoned for ten years. He dared to break physical and mental bars the cult of Rajavi had imposed on their life for years.

He is now tasting freedom among his family especially his beloved old mother who had been awaiting his return for years.

Nejat Society congratulates Mr. Balafkandeh‘s family on salvation of their beloved son from terrorist destructive cult of MKO.

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Iran

Iran should help Iraq shut Camp Ashraf

Tehran should offer assistance to the Baghdad government in shutting down Iraq’s Camp Ashraf that houses members of terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri said, Press TV reported with reference to Mehr News Agency.

Jazayeri told that the Iraqi nation would like to see Camp Ashraf closed, but the US keeps making efforts to impede the process.

Saying that Iran must aid Iraq in closing down Camp Ashraf, the general added that when it comes to the closure of the camp, Washington’s falsehood further becomes apparent.
"This camp has served as the base for the world’s most notorious terrorists over the recent decades," he further explained.

"Unfortunately, this camp has been fully backed by Americans and Israelis and the hated [former] Iraqi regime [of Saddam Hussein]; thus, in case the [current] Iraqi government gets the required authority over that compound, it will soon shut down the place ..," said the top general.

"We expect international organizations and circles, as well as all those that claim to advocate human rights, to seriously deal with crimes committed by these terrorists and mete out the punishment that fits their crimes," he noted.

Earlier in May, the US proposed a plan to relocated Camp Ashraf residents to other parts of Iraq before their final resettlement in third countries.

The U.S. designated the MKO a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 1997; the group is still on the list. Britain and the European Union took the group off their terrorist lists in 2008 and 2009 respectively after court rulings that found no evidence of terrorist actions after the MKO renounced violence in 2001.

On April 11, Iraqi government spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, said the cabinet was determined to shut the camp down.

The MKO fled to Iraq in the 1980s, where it enjoyed the support of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and set up Camp Ashraf in the eastern province of Diyala, near the Iranian border.

Over 3,000 MKO members are currently residing at the camp. Since Saddam was deposed in 2003, the Iraqi government has set numerous deadlines for the group to leave the country.
Iran has repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to expel the group.

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Iran

Iran: We cannot confirm killing of MKO ringleader Rajavi

Iranian Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi has not confirmed news reports claiming that Masoud Rajavi, the ringleader of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization, has been killed.
“We have not yet come to the conclusion that he has been killed,” Moslehi told reporters in Tehran on Saturday.

Commenting on the situation of the MKO members based at Camp Ashraf, Moslehi stated that the United States and its allies are making attempts to save the MKO, but the members of this terrorist organization must be aware that they have no place in Iraq.

The Iraqi government has decided to expel all MKO members within six months.

According to Habilian Association website, a number of the Iraqi families, who have lost their beloved ones in attacks carried out by the MKO, plan to file a lawsuit against this terrorist organization at the Department of Justice Activities in Iraq.

Habilian Association is a Human Rights NGO comprising of a group of families of the victims of the terrorist attacks.
According to the report, a number of the families of the victims of the March 1991 massacre seek the prosecution of the perpetrators of the massacres and want the leaders of the organization to be brought to justice.

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