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Iran grants amnesty to members of Mojahedin Khalq

… In an interview with ISNA, Iran’s ambassador to Iraq Hasan Dana’ifar said that”except for nearly one hundred individuals, against whole cases have been filed at the judiciary, other residents of the camp can return to our dear Iran or travel anywhere else they prefer.”Dana’ifar also said:”Most of those who are at Asharf camp are veteran [members] and [MKO] has not recruited any new member in the past six years; the most recently joined members have been from Europe and Iran.”Elsewhere in his remarks, Dana’ifar dismissed the idea that the Mojahidin are refugees in Iraq and said …

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Unmistakable similarity of Sawers language with MKO terrorists

… Reflecting a little on the language used in the course of the talks by Sawers, one would notice that his literature has an unmistakable similarity to that of the Monafeqin [Mojahedin Khalq Organisation opposed to the Islamic Republic]. ..Sawers has deep ties with the Monafeqin terrorist group for 10 years now. And, in the course of these 10 years he has rendered great services to this group by removing them from the blacklist of terrorist groups. In reality what Sawers says is not gaining intelligence but creating news in the style of Monafeqin. This is because the fabrication of news …

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Massoud Rajavi accused of”sexual exploitation”of women

… She pointed to the plans for the sexual exploitation of the women in this cult and added:”To enable Mas’ud Rajavi to achieve his desired objective, we were directed to a lounge called the ‘X saloon.’ The floor was covered by white sheets that were attached to the carpet. The entire saloon was white. Two white armchairs were also placed in the middle of the room. …

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Rajavi, Rigi to make Joint Terror front

… In this meeting, [head of the Rigi group] Abdolmalek Rigi has met with a number of the operatives and commanders of the Hypocrites grouplet and has held talks with them. He announced that he would be ready to have any sort of cooperation [with MKO] in line with making a terrorist group under the name of the Armed Forces Organization of Mojahedin …

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Al-Ja’fari:Mojahedin should not be given refuge

… He expressed understanding for”the Saudi fears regarding the situation in Iraq,”and said:”deep dialogue should be conducted with it to give it the necessary reassurances. Likewise, Iraq should not be turned into a springboard for hurting any neighbouring country and that terrorist organizations such as the Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq or the Turkish Kurdistan Workers’ Party should not be given refuge.”…

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Two terror groups join to create new organization

… Meanwhile, there were reports from Pakistan that some Iraq-expelled MKO elements by contacting the absconding, bandits and anti-system groups in Pakistani regions, particularly in Karachi and Islamabad, are in pursuit of attracting forces [manpower] to form a new armed organization that may likely lead to the creation of this organization …

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Iraq FM: Mojahedin Khalq deportation based on Iraqi law

…”I should tell the people of Iran and Iraq that the two countries have very amicable ties… and no one can undermine those ties,”he said. Hoshyar Zebari also said that the presence of Iranian armed opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) and Kurdish PKK could not continue in the country based on the Iraqi law. The news conference ended at 0816 gmt…

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History and fate of Mojahedin Khalq if expelled from Iraq

a day before the anniversary date of Abolhasan Banisadr’s flight from Iran with [Mas’ud Rajavi] the head of the MKO (seventh Mordad 1360) [29 July 1981], the Iraqi army surrounded Camp Ashraf to begin the countdown to the end of the MKO’ 23-year residence at the base.. It seems that one of the most important reasons for the attack was the MKO’s collaboration with Saddam Hussein in attacks on areas including Khalisiya and killing of various innocent Iraqi Kurds and Shi’a …

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Iran mulls repatriation for MKO members

Hasan Kazemi-Qomi said,”Apart from their criminal leadership, many members of this little group [PMOI / MKO/MEK] are repentant and regretful. In the past couple of years we have witnessed a number of them repatriated and returned to their families. What they explained is a picture of dejection and suffering. Many have endured hardship and they would have taken any opportunity to remove themselves from this grouplet earlier had it been available. Currently, many of them those who were duped and are repentant, would like to return to Iran and we would have to review this matter.”

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