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Most MKO members can return to Iran

Nejat SocietyMay 2, 2011064 views

Tehran has pardoned all the residents of the Camp Ashraf except for less than 100 individuals who have criminal records, and ”the rest can return to the country or travel to wherever they want,..Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Hassan DanaifarIran’s Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Danaeifar says Tehran has pardoned most of the residents of Camp Ashraf except those with criminal records.“Currently 3,400 people reside in Camp Ashraf, 1,000 of them have already returned to Iran and 750 have requested to leave the camp through the [International] Red Cross,” Danaeifar said on Sunday.

MEK brainwashes members

Nejat SocietyMay 1, 2011079 views

The members have described life at their Camp Ashraf base in Iraq as miserable saying the organization has been brainwashing its members for the last two decades.They say that the MKO/MEK/PMOI members who reside in the camp are deprived of basic human rights. For example, they are not allowed to use the phone or internet or even communicate with the outside world by any means. They further added that the residents of the camp have to show blind obedience to their leaders or face the death penalty.

12,000 Iranians victims of MKO terror

Nejat SocietyApril 28, 2011097 views

Iran has criticized the West’s support for the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) despite the group’s deadly attacks and crimes against thousands of Iranians.At a meeting with the head of South Korean Supreme Court in Tehran on Tuesday, Iranian Justice Minister Morteza Bakhtiari said “12,000 Iranians have fallen victim to MKO’s acts of terror but the U.S. and Europe keep supporting the terrorist group,”..

Mujahedin Khalq members deprived of basic rights

Nejat SocietyApril 27, 2011078 views

A former member of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) who has defected says MKO members are deprived of basic human rights at their Camp Ashraf base in Iraq.Maryam Sanjabi told Press TV on Tuesday that MKO members have no freedom and are not allowed to decide whether to stay with the organization or leave it. She said, “According to the organization’s regulations, members must follow orders and have no rights to ask any questions or make any comments,” she explained, adding, “Inside Ashraf, there is no access to the free world. Members are not allowed to read newspapers..

Justice Minister: Iraq determined to expel MKO

Nejat SocietyApril 24, 2011073 views

The Iraqi justice minister says Baghdad is determined to expel members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from Camp Ashraf.Hassan al-Shammari made the remarks on the sidelines of a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Morteza Bakhtiari in Tehran..He went on to say that the parliament has voiced support for the move, and at a cabinet meeting, it was decided that the prime minister would oversee the process.Al-Shammari also said that the MKO members are living in a very bad situation and the leaders of the organization do not allow them to leave the camp..

MKO, an inside look

Nejat SocietyApril 24, 2011068 views

New defections in anti-Iran group Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization. Some former members of the MKO give us some insight into what is happening in the group which is designated terrorist by much of the international community

MKO defectors offered suicide option

Nejat SocietyApril 21, 2011081 views

A Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) defector says any member of the terrorist group who wishes to leave has no choice but to commit suicide with a cyanide pill…“It is a custom within the organization to exterminate its defectors. Such a measure on occasions has been emphasized by [MKO leader] Massoud Rajavi. Two members of the MKO leadership council were killed some 2 years ago when they wanted to desert the organization.” ..Abdullatif Shadvari, a former MKO member…

Ex-MKO members recount ordeal in Iraq

Nejat SocietyApril 21, 20110105 views

he official said that the defected members have provided the Iraqi government with the evidence required to shut down the camp according to the international laws.The former members of the terrorist group say the residents of Camp Ashraf are completely cut off from the outside world, and are tortured and traumatized, but are also afraid to escape.

MKO defected members in a Press Conference in Iraq

Nejat SocietyApril 20, 2011084 views

The spokesperson of the Iraqi defense ministry said members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization, MKO, escaped Camp Ashraf and surrendered themselves to the Iraqi forces.He said the defected members have given useful information and the Iraqi government now has the required evidence to shut down the camp…The former MKO members said many residents of Camp Ashraf, who are under immense pressure, want to escape but are afraid and unsure of the future. The said scores of MKO/MEK/PMOI members have been killed by the organization recently.

Iraq: MKO presence violates constitution

Nejat SocietyApril 20, 2011056 views

Iraq’s foreign minister says his country will not allow the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) to use Iraq’s soil as a launchpad to conduct its terrorist activities. ..“So they have to abide by Iraqi rules and regulations, and we have called on European countries and others to resettle these peoples in their countries, for them to go on and continue their struggle. In Iraq, their presence is unacceptable,” Iraq’s top diplomat added.