With the MEK however, and the ad they ran in the *New York Times*, there was little or no resistance to its presence simply because not many people know about the MEK aka MKO/PMOI and not many people care. There was no dialogue to speak of, and yet there seems to be a growing concern over Iran. Why isn’t any one questioning this group?Here’s what you should know about the MEK. The group is a cult and it is true that members’ rights are being violated–by their own leaders, Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, not the US government, not the Iranian government and not the Iraqi government…
delegation of Nejat Society, Khuzestan office were welcomed by families of MKO captives..Members of Nejat Society reported the recent activities and situation of families picketing at Ashraf gates.Families appreciated efforts of Nejat NGO to release their loved children. Besides, they told their memoirs of visits with their beloveds at Camp Ashraf where they were not allowed to visit their children freely without the control of MKO officials. Families also declared their readiness to offer help to Nejat Society with their activities for salvation of Rajavi’s victims.
A delegation of Nejat Society, Khuzestan office including Mr. Hamid Dehdar Hassani, Mr. Ali Ekrami , Mr. Ali Sorkhian and Ms. Khabazan were welcomed by families of MKO captives on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011.
For those US policy makers who make efforts to invest on MKO as a tool against Islamic Republic, the group seems to be a potential means to advance US policy regarding Iran.”To think of the MEK as some kind of policy tool to use against Tehran is both foolish and bizarre,”Paul Pillar writes. He reminds them that MKO has”virtually no support within Iran”. [3]But US warmongers seem to be very choosy about their allies..Indeed, whether or not MKO has left violence or poses any threat to the West, it is a harmful policy to harbor a destructive cult that always poses a potential threat to Iran-US relations. ..
A number of Isfahani and Mazandarani families join others picketing at Ashraf Gate.The families set off for Iraq Camp Ashraf along with the one-year strike of picketing families at Ashraf gates. They endeavor to visit their loved ones taken as hostages by MKO cult leaders.They called on humanitarian communities and the Red Cross to aid them to visit their brainwashed children.
The West used to support notorious killers—Saddam Hussein and the Taliban—because they had the same enemy. And now, in an attempt to disrupt Iran, the West is befriending and supporting the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO). The West should learn from their disastrous experiences. The Arabic proverb”the enemy of my enemy is my friend”offers a seemingly innocuous short term logic which the US and Europe has bought into—but banding together with militant radicals to demolish a common enemy doesn’t work.
A group of fourteen people of families of Ashraf residents left Tabriz for Baghdad along with the one-year strike of picketing families at Ashraf gates. They endeavor to visit their loved ones taken as hostages by MKO aka MEK/PMOI/PMOI cult leaders. It is of importance to call on Iraqi authorities and international human rights bodies to assist these families ..
A number of Gilani families join others picketing at Ashraf Gate on February 9th,2011 set off for Iraqi Camp Ashraf chanting their motto”Open the doors of Ashraf”in order to visit their beloved ones captured by the cult of Rajavi. The 30-people group of family members of Ashraf residents are determined to tolerate all difficulties on their path to achieve their human, legal requests. They also called on humanitarian communities and the Red Cross to aid them to visit their brainwashed children..