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Iran disinformation & the curious case of Heshmat Alavi

Nejat Society Jun 16, 2019

US-Iran debates: Fake writers and state-funded trolling | The Listening Post On The Listening Post this week: Taxpayer-funded smears and a well-published but fake activist - worrying twists in the US-Iran online battle. Plus, the YouTube…

Mojahedin Khalq keyboard warriors target journalists, Academics, activists

Nejat Society Sep 22, 2018

For a country that has been on the wrong end of United States foreign policy for nearly four decades, it is no surprise the debate over Iran has been polarising. The US’s decision to withdrawal from the nuclear deal this year has boosted…

Is Iran really a nuclear threat?

Nejat Society Apr 25, 2018

They were considered a terrorist organisation for many years, and most importantly the MEK was working hand in glove with Israel's Mossad during the period when these documents surfaced.

There are no viable alternatives that Trump could bring to power in Iran

Nejat Society Apr 9, 2018

Bolton advocates bringing to power in Iran a former “terrorist” group, Mujahedin-E Khalq Organisation (MEK), which he regards as a “viable” alternative to the Islamic Republic. Bolton’s belief in the MEK is ill-founded. The group with a…

MEK’s violent past looms over US lobby for regime change in Iran

Nejat Society Apr 3, 2018

On June 28, 1981, a huge explosion ripped through the headquarters of Iran's ruling Islamic Republic Party, killing at least 74 government officials, including the country's chief justice, Ayatollah Mohammed Beheshti and more than 20…

Ten things Iranians can do to preempt a Trump war

Nejat Society Feb 21, 2017

Second, denounce those treacherous forces among the expat opposition – now led by the cultic People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), and Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former Shah – that demand “regime change” in Iran. Neither of these characters…

When it comes to terrorising people, the US beats the Islamic Republic, hands down

Nejat Society Sep 9, 2015

According to Iranian calculations, more than 17,000 persons have perished as a result of terrorist operations in the country since the Islamic revolution of 1979. The majority of these were perpetrated by the anti-government…

Attack on Libery killed and wounded MKO and Iraqi policemen

Nejat Society Feb 11, 2013

The United Nations called for an immediate investigation and said monitors were following up on the deaths, the first confirmed fatalities as a result of violence at the group's new camp since they moved there last year. The MEK aka…

UN condemns attack on Mojahedin Khalq camp

Nejat Society Feb 11, 2013

Martin Kobler, the top UN official in Iraq, told Al Jazeera that he was "shocked" by the attack. "These people have to be protected," he said, calling on Iraqi authorities to "promptly conduct an investigation". ...

Has the MEK changed?

Nejat Society Sep 27, 2012

as the US made its case for invading Iraq in 2003, it cited the Iraqi leader's support for the MEK/MKO/PMOI as evidence of his support for terrorism.But now, after a two-year lobbying campaign that enlisted many prominent US politicians and…

Working the magic the ‘terrorcrat’ way

Nejat Society Sep 27, 2012

So how do you land an upgrade from terrorist to democrat? That's a no-brainer; you hire the best lobbying money can buy - and invest in effective PR. In MEK's case, that's been the job of three top Washington firms; DLA Piper; Akin Gump…

Iraqi Maysan residents reject presence of MKO

Nejat Society Dec 17, 2009

... There are documents proving that, over the past years, this organization and its affiliates were involved in criminal acts and in killing large numbers of Iraqi people in a flagrant manner...

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