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James Longley on his ‘MEK and US Relations’

Nejat SocietyJune 7, 20090113 views

According to the Council on Foreign Relations, ‘The U.S. State Department lists the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq aka PMOI,MKO,MEK as a terrorist organization for its association with Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime until the dictator’s ouster by the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.’ It also states that ‘the MEK was blamed for Western targets in the 1970s and for supporting the 1979 American embassy takeover in Tehran. Over the last two decades, however, the group’s continued presence on the U.S. terrorist group list primarily involves its activities directed from Iraqi territory against Iran

The Mujahedin and US-Iran Relations

Nejat SocietySeptember 28, 20080133 views

This filmed report explores the history of the MEK / PMOI, their ideology, their participation in the Iranian revolution and exile from Iran, and their collaboration with Saddam Hussein’s regime. Using interviews with historians, journalists, and first-person accounts of former members of the MEK, their shifting role is tracked through to the present day, as they continue to play a central role in US-Iran relations and create sharply divided opinions between various branches of the US government.