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About 23k Iranian civilians killed in terrorist attacks in 4 decades

Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has said that as many as 23,000 Iranian civilians have been killed in terrorist attacks over the past four decades.

Gharibabadi made the remarks on Tuesday on the sideline of the fourth court for the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) members in Tehran, adding that Iran is the biggest victim of terrorism in the world.

The terrorist group MKO alone has assassinated some 17,000 Iranians over the past four decades, he said adding that no country has been a victim of terrorism like Iran and the number of victims of terrorism in Iran is more than 17,000 people.

Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights emphasized that the documents and evidences of crimes committed by terrorist groups should be available to other countries and international organizations, and this is one of the important goals of the court.

February 4, 2024 0 comment

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MEK responsible for over 100 acts of terror against Iran

The Iranian Judiciary spokesperson says the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) has carried out more than 100 acts of terrorism and betrayal against the Iranian nation over the years.

Masoud Setayeshi made the remarks at a press conference on Tuesday on the sidelines of the seventh trial session for members of the exile terrorist group.

“The Judiciary, in accordance with legal standards, is effectively responding to the public demand,” he said. “In this case, the crimes and acts of terrorism by the central figures of this terrorist group, accompanied by numerous complaints and witnesses, are being addressed.”

The official said that the majority of the crimes and atrocities committed by members of the MKO terrorist group include the murder of ordinary people, including women and children.

“Additionally, the close relationship that this terrorist group had with the oppressive Ba’ath regime (in Iraq) and the Zionist regime in various fields has been presented with documented evidence in the court,” he added.

Setayeshi further said that the Judiciary has made sure that all the defendants in the case have access to legal representation.

January 24, 2024 0 comment

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Iran court holds sixth trial session in MEK terrorism case

The sixth session of the trial of the members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group has been held in Tehran.

At the beginning of the open session chaired by Judge Dehqani in the 11th branch of the criminal court of Tehran province on Tuesday, the prosecutor’s representative named Masoumeh Bolourchi, Yaser Jahannezhadi, Faezeh Khayat Hesari Mohammadi, among others as the main suspects of today’s session.

The prosecutor’s representative had in the fourth session highlighted the connection between the group and the French government.

He pointed out that documents have revealed the MEK’s ringleader Masoud Rajavi’s connection with France and the role of the French intelligence service in the explosion at the headquarters of the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) in Tehran in June 1981.

After the armed action of the terrorist group in June 1981, Rajavi and several members of the MEK discussed whether they should declare that the group had entered the military phase and finally decided to make that announcement, he said.

Afterward, he continued, Rajavi proposed to blow up the office of the IRP and the group decided to make preparations for the move.

Then Rajavi traveled to France, and the bombing happened after his trip, he further explained, adding that Mehdi Abrishamchi, Abolhassan Banisadr, Rajavi, and several others then hijacked a plane to depart Iran for France, the prosecutor’s representative added.

According to the criminal court, the MEK and 104 members of the terrorist group are being sued in the trial for committing inhumane crimes.

The MKO has carried out numerous terrorist attacks in Iran against ordinary people and officials since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, killing thousands of people over the past four decades.

January 16, 2024 0 comment

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Prosecutor likens MEK’s blind terror attacks to those of Daesh

An Iranian prosecutor has said crimes committed by the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO) terrorist group against the Iranian nation are similar to those carried out by the Daesh terror group because both groups resort to blind attacks to inflict more casualties upon civilians.

The prosecuting attorney made the remarks in the fifth session of the trial of 104 members of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization, which was held in absentia in the capital Tehran on Tuesday.

According to the legal official, both terrorist groups use explosive materials with the same features; for instance, Daesh terrorists use suicide vests filled with shrapnel and nails, causing more casualties, and MKO elements utilize bombs and other explosives to kill more individuals as well.

Pointing to the history of assassinations conducted by the MKO terrorist group in Iran, the prosecutor noted that the group was aided and abetted by Iraq’s Baath regime during Saddam Hussain’s dictatorship and then created connections with the United States Congress.

Earlier, the Tehran criminal court held hearings concerning atrocities committed by 33 MKO terrorists based on visual and written documents, and the court announced that fugitive members of the MKO terrorist group must introduce their attorneys to the court to represent their clients’ cases.

The indictment of the crimes committed by ringleaders and members of the MKO terrorist group is comprised of over 700 pages, and the court is attended by journalists, and some of the families of the victims affected by the MKO terrorism. Furthermore, five lawyers of the defendants also attended the trial.

January 13, 2024 0 comment

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MKO received oil from Iraq’s Saddam in return for killing Iranians: Prosecutor

Documents obtained by Iran’s intelligence bodies show that the members of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group received oil from Iraq’s former dictator Saddam Hussein in return for killing the Iranian people, says the prosecutor’s representative.

The third session of the court investigating the crimes of the MKO members was held publicly on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Judge Dehqani in the 11th branch of the criminal court of Tehran Province.

During the hearing, the prosecutor’s representative laid out the details of the documents against the MKO members and their relations with Saddam.

“Intelligence and judicial investigations show that the MKO members, as mercenaries of Iraq, carried out terrorist acts against the people. Also, the intelligence officials have obtained information showing that they took oil from Iraq in exchange for the terrorist acts,” he said.

Judge Dehqani then asked the prosecutor’s representative whether the said documents have been included in the lawsuit raised against the MKO members, to which the representative responded in the affirmative.

“The documents related to this meeting that was held in 2001 in the Iraqi Intelligence Service between the head of the Iraqi intelligence and Masoud Rajavi in the presence of Mehdi Abrishamchi have been documented and included in the lawsuit,” he said.

“In this meeting, the indictment of a number of other defendants in this case was read out. In the first and second session of the court, the charges brought up against 23 defendants were read out.”

January 13, 2024 0 comment

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Terrorists panicked by Iran’s historic trial

After more than four decades of expectations by several thousand families of Iranian terror victims, the first session of the historic trial of 104 members of the terrorist group Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) is scheduled to be held in Tehran on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, Habilian Association that protects families of terrorism victims in Iran said.

However, it seems that this event is more important for this group which is responsible for those horrible acts of terror in the country, Habilian Association said in a report which was cited by the IRNA on Tuesday.

Since the day Iranian judicial authorities announced that they plan to prosecute fugitive members of the MKO, we have been witnessing hysterical reactions by this terrorist group which indicates the extent of their concerns regarding the consequences of this trial. As the most recent example of this hysteria, the MKO announced via its official media that it has called its members to carry out 100 terrorist operations in different parts of Iran as a reaction to the trial, whose first session was set to be held three days later.

Following the MKO’s forced disarmament after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the fall of Saddam Hussein, the main supporter of the group, it has attempted to pose as a democratic group that advocates a peaceful regime change in Iran to deceive some Western politicians.

Activation of the MKO’s terrorist cells known as “rebel centers” in the country reveals how fake its democratic and peaceful slogans are. However, perhaps no event could arouse this hysteria in the MKO than holding an unprecedented and historic trial over their crimes during the 1980s, namely the killing of thousands of innocent civilians through bombing and armed activities, to the extent that they have called for 100 terrorist acts to be carried out in the country.

Undoubtedly, a nation that has put behind such a harsh and cruel period not only will not give up on the prosecution of the murderers of its children, but it will be more determined to do such actions to shed light on the nature of this terrorist group for the world public opinion.

December 13, 2023 0 comment

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MKO member arrested while entering Iran

An informed security source in Iran has said that a member of the terrorist group, the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), has been arrested while entering the country.

The security source made the announcement on Saturday, saying that the MKO member was arrested while trying to enter Iran from Albania on April 4.

The MKO is responsible for the deaths of more than 17,000 Iranian citizens, including civilians, over the past years.

The group is based in Albania and has been trying to create unrest inside Iran.

Iranian authorities have blamed the MKO for the riots that broke out in the country in September 2022 following the death of young woman Mahsa Amini.

April 11, 2023 0 comment

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Iran’s interior Minister on the terrorist act in Shah Cheragh Shrine

Shiraz, IRNA – Interior minister said combination war plot of enemies against Iran will lead nowhere, and terrorist act in Shah Cheragh Holy Shrine by shooting at innocent people and their children was a sign of enemies’ desperateness.

Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi who is visiting Shiraz after Wednesday terrorist attack in Shah Cheragh Holy Shrine, said, “The October 26 terrorist attack in Shah Cheragh Holy Shrine was a phased in the enemies’ project, whose objective is intriguing insecurity and instability in the country.”

He emphasized that in that terrorist act the United States, Israel, the monarchist groups, the MKO, the ISIS and some western countries were involved, and this event is a complete file of the intriguers of corruption, darkness, and terror.”

The interior minister said that martyring a number of defenseless women, men and children was the last scene of a scenario of the enemies of the system and the revolution, and the criminal act showed that they are not committed to any rule of humanity.

Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi is accompanying the First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber in this visit to Shiraz, and their host is the Governor of Fars Province Mohammad-Hadi Imaniyeh.

On Wednesday (Oct 26) a terrorist armed with a machinegun opened fire on the pilgrims and evening prayer worshippers at Shah Cheragh holy shrine, martyring 15 innocent people, including some women, children and elderly folks, and seriously wounding 26 others.

October 30, 2022 0 comment

Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia funds Iran International TV

Since the beginning of Al Salman’s reign over Saudi Arabia in 2015, the country has been seeking to establish media networks to hurt countries opposing its policies in the region.

Saudi Arabia which sees Iran as the key factor in its failures in the region from Syria and Iraq to Yemen has been using all tools to hurt Iran since 2015, according to Iranian official newspaper “Iran”.

Therefore, various media outlets and news networks with a fully anti-Iran approach were launched in different countries after 2016, from which Iran International is an example.

Iran International TV

Iran International is a network formed by Saudi Arabia in 2017 in London and adopts a completely anti-Iran approach.

Owner of Volant Media Ltd which runs Iran International is a Saudi man, named Adel Al-Abdulkarim.

Al-Abdulkarim has a long record of cooperation with individuals and companies in Saudi media and newspapers.

One of the staff members of Iran International has revealed that the network’s stories are influenced by some anonymous investors.

According to the British newspaper The Guardian, Saudi Arabia has provided a 250-million-dollar fund for Iran International in 2018.

The British weekly The Economist revealed that the investors of Iran International are Saudi nationals.

Also, the American newspaper the Wall Street Journal reported that individuals in Saudi Arabia have established and funded Iran International in order to compete against Iran’s influence in the region.

The Guardian says that former royal advisor Saud al-Qahtani who was fired after the 2018 murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is one of the under-the-curtain financial supporters of Iran International.

“… Saudi Arabia shows zero tolerance for criticism of its absolute monarchy, as underlined by Khashoggi’s murder, it is setting up media organizations in other languages promoting free speech, particularly about Iran,” the Guardian has reported.

Massoud Khodabandeh, former member of Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), disclosed some issues about the anti-Iran news network in an interview about two months ago.

According to Khodabandeh, Iran International is not an unknown network because its owner and its company had already been broadcasting the MKO programs.

Iran International has been established to be the MKO language, he noted, adding that the MKO session was covered live through Iran International two years ago.

For years ago, Iran International gave its tribune as an amateur move to the terrorist group who killed people in southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz in September 2018.

Although Iran International claims that it has no links with Saudis, its financial resources reveal that Saudi Arabia financially supports the network to follow Saudi regional policies.

October 22, 2022 0 comment

Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

British sociologist sees hands of foreign terrorists in Iran unrest

The recent unrest in Iran has its roots in foreign terrorist organizations’ attempt to provoke people to pursue their own agenda, which is overthrowing the political establishment, a British sociologist believes.

David Miller told IRNA on Monday that some foreign elements who pursue their own geopolitical agendas fanned the flame of the recent protests in Iran to pursue a regime change policy.

“The first key thing is that the premise for the protests such as they are, has been a false story about the cause of death of a young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini,” he said, adding, “It was said by certain sources that she was killed or murdered by the police, which isn’t the cause for death.”

British sociologist; David Miller

As to the scenario made by foreign forces to wreak havoc in Iran, Miller noted that it was invented by sources who had a reason to invent such things, which is that they are connected to entities with specific geopolitical interests, especially the US, the Zionists, and the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO).

According to the expert, the reason that sparked the situation was a “deception,” which was invented because of geopolitical objectives.

You can see that some of the people are agents of foreign powers and agencies like the foundation of George Soros, which is dedicated to regime change in Iran, he noted.

The British thinker also stipulated, “If these were women’s rights demonstrations simply over the question of the compulsory hijab or similar issues; then, we would not have been seeing immediate attacks, including killings of police officers and Basiji, we would not have seen the systematic attempt to target ambulances, which of course are not for woman’s rights in Iran.”

He also referred to “the attacks on IRGC personnel,” adding, “That is not the act of a woman’s rights demonstration, that is the act of a foreign terrorist organization.”

“This is a clear sign, this is not a kind of internal opposition,” he said, arguing that “the internal opposition is not allowed to carry gun” and “engage in armed attacks on state personnel.”

Comparing the incident in Iran with the case of Chris Caba, 24-year-old, who was shot dead by armed police in Streatham Hill, the UK, Miller said that the African-British citizen’s death sparked protests, but mainstream media tried to introduce the protests as participation in mourning for Queen Elizabeth, while they were demanding justice for the murder case.

“There is a desperate need for Russia, for China, for Iran, and other countries to develop their own social media infrastructure,” he said, arguing that the existing social media platforms are instruments for Western appearance.

October 15, 2022 0 comment

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