Pars Iran

Grinches among Canadian politician

Folco Raymonde David Gilmour

Canadian politician Grinches

There are a few Canadian politician such as Mrs. Folco, Quebec MP, and David Gilmour , former MPs who consistently are supporting Mojahedin Khalgh, MKO an undemocratic cult and warmongers who are in alignment with neo cons . While the Neo cons policy has failed in at cost of hundred thousands of Innocent Iraqis it is a shame theses two Canadian politician supporting such a group.

Mrs. Folco and David Kilgour looks are getting paid by the banned organization in return for the support of the Mojahedin dictator<< Maryam rajavi leader who was illegally appointed by her husband as the president of Iran in 1994 . since we had requested from those to present the facts proving Mojaheidn are pro democracy which they failed to provide that makes it more strong the support is political not humanitarian as they claim.

We suggested them If you have any doubt on the popularity and legitimacy of MKO you can make an inquiry from Canadian Intelligent services and Canadian embassy in Teheran.

Mrs. Folco

Mr. Kilgour

It is Christmas time .

If you care about humanity and human rights then why you do not try to transfer some of the younger Mojahedin who are willing to leave Ashraf , to Canada instead of demanding a legitimate government such as Iraq to keep the Mojahedin who were part of Sadam Hussein ‘s brutal security services.

If you are telling the truth then you can bring some of those young victims who are not engaged in terrorist or military operation such as Somaye Mohammadi who was taken away from to US and while she had Immigrants status.

When the parliament will resume we will take legal action against Mrs. Folco who are violating ethical code of parliament .

Also, we request The minister of Security to shed light on any funding may have been contributed to Folco and David Kigour campaign and offices in exchange for their support and lobbying the fascist organization in which is violation of Canadian criminal code.

Folco and Kilgour can not sell Canadian soldiers to a fascist group because MKO claiming they are freedom fighters . Mojahedin and Iranian Government are both two sides of a coin while Mojahedin are loathed by so many Iranian . Also, Mko are isolated among of the new Iranian generation inside and .

However , to us you look as Grinches who want to deter peace in the Middle East by supporting a brutal and undemocratic organization such as Mojahedin.

December 28, 2008 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

The statement issued by MKO defectors on Mohammadi Family

We, named below, believing in the freedom of speech and tolerance, withdrawing the present actions and believes of people and politicians, without any political interest, focusing on humanity and our previous cooperation with MKO and regarding our personal experiences with MKO, declare that: A: gradually after the residence in Iraq, criticizing the leaders (Masud and Maryam Rajavi) and their policies became impossible.

Following the long residence in Iraq, insisting on one’s interests, opinions and critics were considered as anti-revolutionary action and were oppressed seriously. B: they organizationally encounter the private talks where the Mujahed friends were giving opinions within the organization. Every member had to submit a written report to his responsible, on the details of his talks. In the organization control and scrutinize of opinion were considered as normal and revolutionary. C: MKO’s leader consider the emotional contacts of family members as an obstacle to the policies of the organization and to the fall of Islamic regime and tries to weaken such contacts in any way. D: there is no possibility to access and transfer news, newpaper, T.V … freely, inside the MKO in Iraq.

Any news was canalyzed by the organization and it wasn’t possible to access the free world. According to the mentioned experiences, the position taken by Somayeh Mohammadi who has declared that she has “chosen living in Camp Ashraf on her own will’’ clearly opposes our personal experiences. While we respect everyone’s right including Somayeh’s right to choose her place of residence freely according to UN human rights charter, we ask MKO’s leadership to publish any document that they have, on Mostafa and Mahboubeh Mohamamdi’s link to Islamic Republic , so as to inform Iranian people.

Otherwise they should allow Somayeh who according to her father, mother and brother was taken to Ashraf when she was under legal age and now is under the psychological pressure and the news absolutism, to be transferred out of Ashraf to decide independently. UN human Rights Charter, article 12 : No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. We demand MKO’s leadership and Islamic Republic regime that A: they respect international laws on women, children and civilians and execute them B: they respect UN Human Rights Charter. UN Human Rights Charter

Article 3.

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4.

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Article 5.

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 9.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 13.

(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state

Article 16.

(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Article 19.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Article 20.

(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association

February 1st, 2008 1. Saeed Soltanpour, journalist, human rights activist, Canada

2. Mohammad Mohammadi,Canada

3. Mohammad Houshmand, Socialist ,former member of NLA,USA

4. Soheila Behboudi-Germany

5. Mahboube Baraati- Netherlands

6. Batoul Maleki – Switzerland

7. Nasrin Behboudi – Netherlands

8. Kazem Husseini – Netherlands

9. Mohammad Hussein Sobhani – Germany

10. Jaafar Baqalinezhad.Norway

11. Siamak Gilani – Norway

12. Soheila Nowrouzi – Canada

13. Elham Nowrouzi – Canada

14. FArideh Baraati – Netherlands

15. Mother Rezwan – Sweden

16. Behzad Alishahi

17. Habib Khorami – Netherlands

18. Edward Termado – defector , former prisoner of Abu Qoraib

19. Ali Qashqavi – defector ,former prisoner of Abu Qoraib

20. Seid Amir Movasaqi- defector , former prisoner of Abu Qoraib

21. Masud Khodabandeh, Britain

22. Ann Singleton, Britain

23. Azra Asadi , Netherlands

24. Reza Asadi , Netherlands

25. Majid Farahanian, Netherlands

26. Roya Rondsaz , Netherlands

27. Karim Haqi, Netherlands

28. Naser Razavi , Sweden

29. Mitra Yousefi ,Sweden

30. AliReza Nabavi, wounded in MKO operation ,Sweden

31. Masud Jabani ,writer and human rights activist

32. Ali Shams, writer and human rights activist

33. Javad Firouzmand, human rights activist, France.

February 10, 2008 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Awareness to Canadian on MKO attacks

Requesting Minster of Canada Public safety for immediate action

Awareness to Canadian on MKO attacks We are informed that some human rights activists were attacked by the Mojahedin-e- Khalq (MEK)-MKO_ members during a panel on Refugees and Humane Rights issues in Paris, France on Sunday June 17, 2007. We, ex-members of MEK, are not surprise by the actions to terrorize the critic but the Paris attack warning that MEK is shifting the violent from Iraq to EU cities against the political opponents. Mohammad Hayati The violence action in Paris on June 17, 2007, was orchestrated by Mr. Mohammad Hayati who is a top aide to Mr. and Mrs. Rajavi, who recently left MKO Military base in Iraq , Ashraf , Mr. Mohammad Hayati was one of the top commander of National Liberation Army who are responsible for many human tragedy during Iraq and Iran war . As Canadian citizenship we are concern on the safety of our families.

We expect Canadian government fully implement the restriction against MEK as long as they have not denounced violence. MEK must stop violation of Human Rights in the organization and respect freedom of speech for their opponents. We urge Canada to take the treat of MEK against Canadian principal seriously.

Pars – Iran June 22, 2007 Press Release June 22, 2007

Canada, June 22, 2007

June 25, 2007 0 comment

Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force

The Terrorists Swearing an Oath to Democracy

Greg Elich believes that the provision of aid to anti-government forces offers certain advantages to the Bush Administration because covert operations are a cost-effective means for destabilizing a nation, relative to waging war. In his article of March 23 published in Global Research, he states that according to a former CIA official, funding for armed separatist groups operating in Iran is paid from the CIA’s classified budget. The aim, claims Fred Burton, an ex-State Department counter-terrorism agent, is “to supply and train” these groups “to destabilize the Iranian regime.”

One of these groups blacklisted by the US as a terrorist group is MKO. Giving more details on the group Greg Elich writes:

The largest and most well known of the anti-government organizations is Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), operating out of Iraq. For years MEK had launched cross-border attacks and terrorist acts against Iran with the support of Saddam Hussein. Officially designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department in 1997, and disarmed of heavy weaponry by the U.S. military six years later, Washington has since come to view MEK in a different light. Three years ago, U.S. intelligence officials suggested looking the other way as the MEK rearmed and to use the organization to destabilize Iran, a recommendation that clearly has been accepted.

Accusing MEK of past involvement in repressive measures by former president Saddam Hussein, the current Iraqi government wants to close down Camp Ashraf, located well outside of Baghdad, where many of the MEK fighters are stationed. But the camp operates under the protection of the U.S. military, and American soldiers chauffeur MEK leaders. The Iraqi government is unlikely to get its way, as the MEK claims to be the primary U.S. source for intelligence on Iran.

U.S. officials “made MEK members swear an oath to democracy and resign from the MEK,” reveals an intelligence source, “and then our guys incorporated them into their unit and trained them.” Reliance on the MEK began under Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with the direction of Vice President Dick Cheney, and soon MEK soldiers were being used in special operations missions in Iran. “They are doing whatever they want, no oversight at all,” said one intelligence official of the MEK’s American handlers.

March 26, 2007 http://pars-iran.com/en/?mod=view&id=2334

April 2, 2007 0 comment

The cult of Rajavi

The MEK’s solidarity with a fallen dictator

MEK’S solidarity with a fallen dictator who is a role model for ” Rajavi”

MEK sympathy for Saddam’s death

The execution of dictator of Iraq was greatly welcomed by the majority of the people in the Middle East, particularly by Iraqis, Kurds and Shia and some Sunnis such as Turkmen that had suffered mostly under the Saddam’ Regime.

There was joy among Iranians and Kuwaitis whose countries were destroyed by Saddam when he attacked Iran in 1980 and Invaded Kuwait in 1991.

Overall most people around the world believed that Saddam Hussein was a notorious, bloodthirsty, tyrant and thug and a cruel dictator like Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot who had to stand before an international war tribunal for his crimes against humanity and war crimes.

There is some disappointment by the execution due to the opposition to the capital punishment in general.

Saddam killed thousands of Iraqis, Sunnis and Shias. Saddam’s time was full of cruelty, suppression and massacre of Kurds such as town of “Halabche” by Chemical gas which killed 5000 civilians instantly. Saddam closed his eyes on his sons who were systematically raping women, killing opponents as a hobby and controlling the funds coming from Oil for food program by the U.N.

There are small portion of Sunnis in Iraq and Palestinian (due to the false support of Palestine) Saddam was an Arab nationalist who believed he was ” Salahedin” and would capture Jerusalem. His wrong strategy resulted in the strong presence of U.S. forces in the region under the plan of new Middle East and Democracy for the region.

Also, there is a group of Iranian so-called opposition called MEK (Mojahedin-e khalgh) who are extremely upset by the death of Saddam because Saddam was the main financial and arms supplier of the group. Saddam allocated millions of dollars in funds and military equipment and provided training camps such as Ashraf for the group who moved to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war in 1986. MEK associated with Saddam intelligence services to collect information on Islamic Republic of Iran (I.R.I.) military and economical sites during the war. Also, MEK promoted the terror campaign against I.R.I. from the bases inside Iraq that increased the cycle of violence and bloodshed in Iran.

MEK succeeded in gaining some support in Washington by lobbying US Congress. The lobby was not successful if there was any financial support by Saddam Hussein as it is indicated by US State Department report on MEK when it was listed as a terrorist organization.

MEK’s media sites banned any news on Saddam since his capture in 2003. Just 2 days after death of Saddam, they finally broadcast the news.

For the first time in three years the NCRI, the political cover group of MEK made a short announcement in Persian condemning Saddam’s execution and called it in favor of the regime of Iran. They also claimed that Saddam should have been handed over to his people for final decision.

The MEK, alongside pro Saddam Iraqis, is challenging the legitimacy of the Iraqi Government which has been elected in a free election. They have forgotten if Saddam was handed over to Iraqi’s then he would be cut in pieces because of the hate and pain people had suffered under his regime.

Saddam’s execution and trial procedure was not ideal but it was just for a butcher who did not let many of his people to stand before a court since they were slaughtered in the prisons. Saddam’s execution was not perfect but it was a gift for Saddam because in Iraq hundreds are dead daily by explosion, and under torture.

Saddam’s execution was a gift for a dictator whose life was based on ruining lives of hundreds of human begins in Iraq and neighboring countries.

If Saddam was never lived, the world was a better and safer and more peaceful place to live. Now, Saddam’s death opens the door for a new era in Iraq since pro Saddamists are losing their hope for the return to power. Saddam thought the US would bring him back to power.

Are Rajavi and MEK realizing the situation? The game has changed and they have lost the game.

MEK politically is dead and has no legitimacy or support among Iranians inside and abroad. Are they smart enough to understand that US are not betting on losing horses? The past proves the answer is ‘no’.

Massoud Rajavi vanished since March 2003. There is unconfirmed information that he is in the custody of Israel and US in the region. (Jordan or Qatar).

MEK are at the weakest point after Saddam because they have to face the consequence of collaboration with Saddam. Also, to answer to Iranians for their crime against humanity, and promoting violence alongside the I.R.I. and committing violation of human rights among the members that cost lives of some dissidents.

Pars Iran, January 4, 2007

January 11, 2007 0 comment

Richard Armey

Open Letter to Mr Richard K, Armey about MEK

Mr Richard K. Armey

Senior Policy Adviser

Co-Chair, Homeland Security

DLA Piper Rudnick

Gray Cary

1200 Nineteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC , 20036-2412

United States of America

Dear Mr. Richard Armey,

We are writing to you, as former members of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), to express our serious concerns regarding the MEK’s recent increased activities within Western countries. We are especially shocked to hear that you and some U.S. Senators are offering their support to MEK in the hope of using them as the instrument of change in Iran . In doing so, you are being completely indifferent to the past history of this organization as a terrorist group with a long trail of violence and militant actions even against its own members.

We would appreciate it if you could make public your own definition of terrorism. On what basis do you claim that the MEK is not a terrorist group after killing so many innocent Iranian civilians and committing many crimes including military training of under age children and using them by force in military actions? In your opinion are terrorists only those who commit acts of terror against Western countries and their citizens? Are you exempting the rest of the world from this equation and do not consider atrocities against their citizens to qualify as crimes? As we follow the news and read the official statements about global terrorism, specifically since September 11, 2001, we are fully convinced that MEK should be at the top of your list by any definition. Your diversion from globally accepted definitions of terrorism can only translate into double standards and discrimination.

Here we offer some examples that may assist you to have a better picture of MEK so you can think twice before placing your bet on them and investing your credit on a lost cause.

As Iranians, and former members of the organization, we have first hand experience of both the mullahs of the Iranian regime and the MEK leadership, and with full confidence we can claim that they are both following the same ideology. It is a known fact that MEK was the biggest supporter of Ayatollah Khomeini during the revolution in Iran and for a definitive period after that. They were also the architects of, and directly involved in, many of the extreme measures taken by the new regime including the U.S hostage crises in Iran in 1979. The MEK has also assassinated seven Americans during the Shah’s regime. One of their major conflicts with the Shah’s regime was the opinion that the Shah was himself the puppet of the U.S.A.

As you are well aware, MEK has been designated as a terrorist group since 1994, and they are on the terror list of the United States , Canada and the European Union. We also trust that you are informed about the Human Rights Watch Report on MEK in 2005 and an additional report in 2006. The MEK has violated human rights in their bases in Iraq and elsewhere by torturing and imprisoning their own members who criticized their wrong doings or voiced their decision to detach themselves from that organization. However, we are enclosing a copy of that report for your reference.

It is a public knowledge that MEK have no support in Iran for the role they played during the eight year war between Iran and Iraq . They moved their headquarters to Iraq during that time and supported, and worked closely with, Saddam Hussein against Iran . They were financed by the former dictator of Iraq for their service during that time and later when Saddam Hussein turned against the Iraqi people.

MEK also has no credit or connection with the other opposition groups of Iran because of the absolute leadership of Mr. Massoud and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi and their cultish culture that they impose on the organization and its members. As a result of their iron grip over the organization their members are not allowed to make any personal decision. They also have no voice or vote about or against the organizational decisions enforced by the leadership.

According to their past history and the records of their activities in the West they have been involved with various illegal activities such as money laundering, ideologically grooming youths and the illegal reallocation of these youths to Iraq as a militia for further terrorist activities. All this indicates the true nature of this organization as being unlawful and dangerous and detrimental for the credibility of your government. It would not, also, reflect positively on the U.S. government to support such group as an instrument of democratic change in Iran . On the contrary, support for an undemocratic and violent organization as the main alternative for the freedom movement in Iran will set a wrong precedent and will not reflect positively on U.S. intentions for the future of Iran .

We would strongly suggest that you meet with an individual who has witnessed the MEK in action and is able to provide you with supporting documents on our claims.

It is our collective belief that an organization which has no respect for the rights and well being of its membership and assumes no responsibility towards its origin or public statements can not be trusted. It is obvious that their main concern is to gain benefit and power, from any willing party whether being Saddam Hussein, George W. Bush or newly elected Democrats.

So, please reconsider your position and do not harm or delay the young and fragile freedom movement in Iran .

Sincerely,

Pars-Iran

Pars-Iran – December 8, 2006

December 12, 2006 0 comment

USA

Open Letter to the Head Office of the Pentagon

Dear Sir / Madam,

Following the recent news about the possible recruitment, and retraining, of the members of the Mojahedin-e- Khalq (MEK) by the head of the Pentagon, for the purpose of using them against the Iranian regime, created serious concerns within the Iranian communities in general and among the former members of MEK in particular. This guerilla Organization which operates under 125 different titles including Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), National Council of Resistance (NCR) and National Liberation Army (NLA) has a long history of changing hats and riding the waves in different climates that should be known to you after dealing with them for the past two decades.

In our opinion you are well aware of the 1994 State Department report which describes this organization as a terrorist group. The leadership of MEK, the Rajavis, ignored the report at the time since they were being supported and financed by the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and the MEK had total reliance on him. However, after the collapse of the despot they have tried to find a new ally, this time in the West, yet their main obstacle has remained the above mentioned report. In their efforts they knocked at every door and offered every service to reverse and null that classification.

We, as the former members of this group, wish to emphasize that the MEK is founded and based on violent principals and believes in militant solutions even against the current major developments of the International community which tends to be against the terror and violence.

The leadership of the MEK, Mr. Masoud Rajavi and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi and a few major players, has not officially denounced the militant operations and violence which has been the pillar of this organization in the past forty years since the original formation of the MEK. Recently, the Secretary General of MEK, in Camp Ashraf, requested that their status should be reconsidered and their arms, which have been confiscated by U.S Forces in March 2003, should be returned to them.

We also trust that you are well aware of this group’s past anti American activities in Iran during the Shah’s regime in which time the MEK has assassinated the six American Generals, while on a mission in Iran. Many Iranian innocent civilians were also the victims of the MEK terrorist activities inside the country.

In conclusion we feel obliged to assure you that this group will never be considered as an alternative not only for the existing regime but even a mere force of a regime change. Iranians have knowledge of this organizations activities and affiliations and will never bestow their trust on them.

Our sincere advice to you, as informed former members of this organization, is that you should follow the examples available to you. If the people of Iran in their desperate struggle for freedom refuse to ally themselves with a group that has proven not to be trustworthy why should you even consider trying it.

Sincerely,

Pars- Iran

Pars- Iran – December 8, 2006

December 12, 2006 0 comment

The MEK Expulsion from Iraq

Letter to the Iraqi Prime Minister

Dear Prime Minister of Iraq, Mr. Nouri Al Maliki,

In very recent news, we were informed that you have decided to expel the Iranian terrorist group Mojahedin-e- Khalq from your homeland, Iraq.

We are delighted by your brave, democratic decision, and hope to see the real action which would be to review the criminal file of those 3,000 brainwashed followers of Rajavi in Camp Ashraf and bring them to justice with a fair trial.

As you are well aware, for over twenty-five years the Mojahedin-e- Khalq had a tight relationship with the former dictatorship of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, and they not only betrayed Iranians but also your nation of Iraqi as well. There is plentiful evidence to show and affirm that in 1991, the Mojahedin stood side by side with Saddam’s forces in suppression of the Kurdish population in the north and the Shiite population in the south of Iraq. There is also evidence of the Mojahedin receiving financial help from Saddam Hussein for their terrorist and betrayal activities. As you know well, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq during those periods of time, trained terrorists in Iraq and led them inside Iran for terrorist activities in which many innocent civilians were killed and some badly injured, and definitely our people in Iran will never forget such betrayal, and we are sure the betrayed Iraqi have the same feeling as we do.

Today, after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the Mojahedin-e Khalq as usual, have appeared in other form of betrayal to Iraqi and Iranian nations. Inside Iraq, they encourage the Iraqi citizens to expand the sectarian war, so they could benefit from the crisis, and in Western countries, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq encourage the Western governments to start a war in Iran.

So dear Prime Minister, at the time of Saddam Hussein’s rule, it was not possible for us, the Iranians, to claim any justice against the Mojahedin-e-Khalq, because of the dictatorship government in Iraq. But now, since democracy has been established in Iraq, we would like to sincerely ask you, please bring the leaders of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq to a justice for what they have done over the past 25 years against the two nations with a aid of Saddam Hussein and his Baath Party, and free those innocent followers who are trapped in Ashraf simply by being brainwashed by the cult methods of Rajavi.

We hope for peace, stability and democracy in Iraq and the whole Middle East region, and faster action on closing the Camp Ashraf, so that the two neighboring countries are able to continue building a relationship based on trust and mutual respect.

Sincerely,

Pars-Iran (dissociated Members of Mojahedin in Canada)

July 29, 2006 0 comment

Mujahedin Khalq Organization's Propaganda System

Open Letter to U.S. Ambassador in Canada

Open Letter to U.S. Ambassador in Canada and Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

Dear David H. Wilkins, U.S. Ambassador in Canada The Embassy of the United States of America 490 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 1G8 Canada Dear Joe Volpe, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration 6th floor, 400 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M7A 2R9

The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK), who are in U.S. Department of State Foreign Terrorist Organization list group, are forming a protest on Thursday January 19, 2006 in Washington D.C. in front of the White House. They try to gather Iranians from all over the world. In some cases, some of the Mojahedin-e- Khalq’s members enter into U.S. illegally by using fake identification. The MEK also perform this protest gathering under different names titles for their deceiving political activity protection such as:

The National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA)

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)

National Council of Resistance (NCR)

National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)

Muslim Iranian Student’s Society (MISS)

Description:

The MEK philosophy mixes Marxism and Islam. Formed in the 1960s, the organization was expelled from after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, and its primary support came from the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein starting in the late 1980s. The MEK conducted anti-Western attacks prior to the Islamic Revolution. Since then, it has conducted terrorist attacks against the interests of the clerical regime in and abroad. The MEK advocates the overthrow of the Iranian regime and its replacement with the group’s own leadership.

Activities:

Believing in violence and terrorist activities, the group’s worldwide campaign against the Iranian Government stresses propaganda and uses of terrorism. During the 1970s, the MEK killed US military personnel and civilians working on defense projects in Tehran and supported the takeover in 1979 of the American Embassy in Tehran. In 1981, the MEK detonated bombs in the head office of the Islamic Republic Party and the Premier’s office, killing some 70 high-ranking Iranian officials, including Chief Justice Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, President Mohammad-Ali Rajaei, and Premier Mohammad-Javad Bahonar. Near the end of the 1980-1988 war with Iraq, Baghdad armed the MEK with military equipment and sent it into action against Iranian forces. In 1991, the MEK assisted the Government of Iraq in suppressing the Shia uprisings in southern Iraq and the Kurdish uprisings in the north. In April 1992, the MEK conducted near-simultaneous attacks on Iranian embassies and installations in 13 countries, demonstrating the group’s ability to mount large-scale operations overseas. In April 1999, the MEK targeted key military officers and assassinated the deputy chief of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff. In April 2000, the MEK attempted to assassinate the commander of the Nasr Headquarters, Tehran’s interagency board responsible for coordinating policies. The normal pace of anti-Iranian operations increased during "Operation Great Bahman" in February 2000, when the group launched a dozen attacks against Iran. One of those attacks included a mortar attack against the leadership complex in Tehran that housed the offices of the Supreme Leader and the President. In 2000 and 2001, the MEK was involved regularly in mortar attacks and hit-and-run raids on Iranian military and law enforcement units and Government buildings near the Iran-Iraq border, although MEK terrorism in Iran declined toward the end of 2001. After Coalition aircraft bombed MEK bases at the outset of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the MEK leadership ordered its members not to resist Coalition forces, and a formal cease-fire arrangement was reached in May 2003.

About 3,000 MEK members are currently confined to Camp Ashraf, the MEK’s main compound north of Baghdad , where they remain under the Geneva Convention’s "protected person" status and Coalition control. As a condition of the cease-fire agreement, the group relinquished its weapons, including tanks, armored vehicles, and heavy artillery. A significant number of MEK personnel have "defected" from the Ashraf group, and several dozen of them have been voluntarily repatriated to Iran.

Location/Area of Operation:

In the 1980s, the MEK’s leaders were forced by Iranian security forces to flee to France. On resettling in Iraq in 1987, almost all of its armed units were stationed in fortified bases near the border with Iran. Since Operation Iraqi Freedom, the bulk of the group is limited to Camp Ashraf, although an overseas support structure remains with associates and supporters scattered throughout Europe and North America.

External Aid:

Before Operation Iraqi Freedom, the group received all of its military assistance, and most of its financial support, from the former Iraqi regime. The MEK invested enough money during the present of Saddam’s regime, so they are still surviving on that investment.

Unfortunately, the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) skip all the above crime and are active to gain power under different names and titles while they do not have support in Iran. We strongly believe that Mojahedin still believes in violence and terrorism and are not a good choice over the present regime in Iran. However, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq are taking an advantage of the present situation in Iran and with the support of neo conservatives in the U.S. are trying to make the Pentagon, Congressmen and the Senate believe that the only way to stop the regime from attaining nuclear weapons is to refer Iran’s nuclear file to the Security Council. We would like to stop and condemn this action because by referring the nuclear file to the Security Council, which means to put Iran into a economic sanction, is not the best way to change the regime in Iran because this choice (sanctions and/or military action) will make the regime in Iran even more violent and will help the regime stay in power even longer.

We, Iranians aboard, would like to ask the Secretary for State in the U.S. to stop the Mojahedin-e- Khalq’s misleading protest gathering on Thursday January, 19, 2006 in Washington D.C. in front of the White House, and also to support the youth of Iran to change the present situation from the inside of Iran.

Sincerely,

Victims of the Mojahedin-e- Khalq

Pars-Iran

Saeed Hazrati

January 16, 2006

Saeed Hazrati, Pars-Iran, January 16, 2006

January 20, 2006 0 comment