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Naime Gjongecaj visited the representative office of the Nejat Society in Tirana

At the invitation of the Nejat Society Albania, Ms. Naime Gjongecaj, a politician and activist of human rights and women’s rights, as well as a candidate for parliamentary representation from the Democratic Party, on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 6 pm, was present at the office of the representative of Nejat Society in Tirana as the first guest after the opening. While visiting the villa of the representative office, she discussed and exchanged opinions with the officials of this society.

In this visit, Mr. Sarfaraz Rahimi, Mr. Khalil Ansarian, and Mr. Ebrahim Moradi, as well as Mrs. Erisa Rahimi and Mrs. Mirlinda Ansarian were present and each of them gave detailed explanations. The message of Ebrahim Khodabandeh, the CEO of Nejat Society, was given a to Ms. Gjongecaj in this meeting, and in return, she sent a message that: “I will do everything I can to help you and the families and the former members, and I would never fail.” She promised to use all her capacities in parliament and other political and media circles to introduce the cause of the families.

Ms. Naime Gjongecaj at the Nejat office of Albania

In this meeting, Ms. Gjongecaj pointed out that she was greatly influenced by the speeches of Mother Soraya Abdollahi at the meeting of the Nejat Society held in Tirana on March 8 this year. She said that she was deeply affected by Ms. Abdollahi’s words, so that the tears in her eyes have not dried since that day.
Ms. Naime Gjongecaj added in the meeting with the officials of the representative office of the Nejat Society in Tirana that “with our cooperation, we can secure the release of the captives in the Manez camp and make the hearts of mothers and families happy.” She pledged to be the voice of the mothers and families as well as the trapped members of the MEK in Albania and bring it to the public opinion of the Albanian people.

Nejat Society Albania

September 20, 2023 0 comments

Missions of Nejat Society

Ali Zamani escaped the MEK and joined the Nejat Society Albania

We are pleased to inform the respected families and the general public of Iran that another of the children trapped in the MEK was able to be rescued from the captivity of this terrorist cult and regained his freedom.

Ali Zamani at the office of Nejat Society Albania

Mr. Ali Asghar Zamani Varkaneh, a former member of the Rajavi Cult, was able to escape in a brave situation on Thursday 14th of September 2023 and introduced himself to the Tirana No. 4 Police Station and subsequently joined his friends.

Tirana No. 4 police station

The Nejat Society Albania would like to first of all express its gratitude to the authorities of the government and police of Albania, especially the officials of Tirana No. 4 Police Station, and secondly, to congratulate all the families on the rescue of Mr. Ali Zamani and his joining the great family of Nejat.

Nejat Society Albania

September 20, 2023 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

Opening of the Nejat Society Albania in Tirana

Some time ago, a group of former members of MEK in Albania, and their Albanian companions, who were working under the title “Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA)”, sent a letter to the CEO of Najat Society, requesting to continue their activities under the title “Nejat Society Albania”.
The text of this letter is as follows:

Mr. Ebrahim Khodabandeh
CEO of Najat Society
Greetings and regards

From the beginning, the activities of the Nejat Society in Albania, under the title “Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA)”, have been under the unhesitating support of the Nejat family members in Iran. Families in Iran fully supported their children in Albania, and on the other hand, those who separated from the Rajavi Cult in Albania, and their Albanian companions, have used their efforts to fulfill the human rights demands of the families.
But in our opinion, at this point in time, especially after passing the turning point of June 20, 2023, in line with the pursuit of the goals of the Nejat Society and the wishes of the families, some people created disturbances and disruptions, whose actions were against the principles of the association, and therefore ASILA has no capacity to fulfill the human rights demands of the families. Currently, we can safely say that we could not achieve the desired results in this forum.
Therefore, after coordination with the police and the Ministry of Interior of Albania, we request to agree to the new constitution and with the same goals of the human rights of families in the Nejat Society, and as the official representative of the Nejat Society in Albania. In this new form we can continue our activities to reach the desired results as soon as possible.
Many thanks
List of signatures:
(including 25 signatures)

Subsequently, the CEO of the Nejat Society sent the following letter to the former members of the Rajavi Cult in Albania.

Dear friends
Greetings and may God bless you all

On behalf of the expectant families of members trapped in the Rajavi Cult in Albania who have always supported their children, and on behalf of the board of directors of Nejat Society, I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude for your sincere activities during this time.
If you do not see any obstacles or problems, and the necessary arrangements have been made, your activities under the proud banner of the great Nejat family, which has been working for the human rights of suffering families, both inside and outside Iran for two decades, is our privilege.
I hope all of us can, with a correct understanding of the turning point of June 20, 2023, which brought families much closer to their human rights goals, take more effective steps towards the satisfaction of God and our dear and respected families.
Sincerely
Ebrahim Khodabandeh

Office of the Nejat Society in Tirana

After receiving this letter, the Nejat Society Albania announced its presence in a new villa in the center of Tirana, which the address and location will be announced later:
The text of the declaration announcing the opening of the Nejat Society Albania is as follows:

Respected families, dear compatriots
With great pride and ultimate pleasure, we would like to announce the opening of the activities of the Nejat Society Albania in the center of Tirana.

As we mentioned in the letter to the CEO of Nejat Society, the previous form of our activity, namely the Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA), was not compatible with the type of our activities at this time, and there were many cumbersome obstacles in terms of the statute and management which slowed down our activities.
Therefore, it was decided that with the permission of the Nejat Society, these activities will continue within the framework of a new constitution and goals under the title “Nejat Society Albania” as the official representative of the Nejat Society in Tirana to support Iranians.
We pledge to expectant families to advance our efforts and activities in this new form, without any hindrances, with multiple acceleration to realize the rightful wishes of the families.

Nejat Society Albania
September 20, 2023

September 20, 2023 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

Smuggling Medicine from Germany and Italy by the terrorist group of MEK

How are the Medicines of the Terrorist Group of the MEK supplied?

The terrorist group of the Mujahedin-e Khalq, was on the list of terrorist groups in the United States and Europe from 1997 to 2012 due to the killing of 17 thousand of innocent people, after leaving the FTO list in 2012 and with extensive consultations between the United States and Albania, finally entered Albania in 2016. This terrorist group, which has a record of more than 40 years of killing and torturing innocent people, has now lost its operational capacity and is passing its old age. According to the statistics taken from these people upon entering Albania, it shows that more than 70% of the members of this terrorist cult are between the ages of 70 and 80, and with a simple calculation, it can be understood that a person at this age is facing many diseases that require considerable medical services.

On the first day of this group’s presence in Albania, it was found that about 3 thousand people from this group have settled in Albania from Iraq, now it can be concluded that the medical services of Camp Ashraf 3 alone, require more than a few hospitals in Albania. According to a simple assessment, an average surgery in Albania requires 2,000 euros, and post-operative costs such as medicine and daily medical care should be added to this amount. Now, with the lack of some medicines in Albania and also the lack of some medicinal items, the preparation of medicines is done at a high cost for those who do not have insurance. According to these cases, the question that is raised would be, considering the old age of members of this group, where would the cost of this amount of medical services be provided? Why do these expenses and the amount of money spent on these services by the terrorist group of MEK have no source?

According to the evaluation done by different physicians and researchers on elderly people between 60 and 80 years old, obtained results show that people of this age suffer from diseases such as blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, immobility, rheumatism, neurological problems, and cancer. Now the question is that 3,000 people who are in an isolated environment that has a military status and according to the members separated from this terrorist group, there is no emotional feeling between the members and they are kept without spouses and in separate dormitories. How do they do their medical affairs? According to the information obtained from the Mother Teresa Hospital, which is located near the camp of MEK, it shows that none of the MEK members was admitted to this hospital even for a single day. It should also be taken into account that after the operation of Forough Javidan and the heavy defeat of the terrorist group of the MEK in the attack on Iran, which led to the destruction of thousands of people from this group, many of these people are disabled and have to spend the rest of their lives with a disability. As you know, disabled people must always be under medical care and use special medical equipment. In fact, Albania, with a population of about 3 million people, is not ready to provide this amount of medical equipment and special and expensive drugs for disabled people. How do these 3 thousand people get their medicine and medical equipment? Where do they perform their surgeries? In which medical service center are they hospitalized?

Two theories can be considered for this group, one is that medical equipment and medicines are not provided for the people inside the camp, and it isn’t logical that the members of this terrorist cult, who are busy with their activities and preparing fake news every day against Iran to continue their lives without medicine and medical equipment, because many of the diseases that have been mentioned before, without medicine and disease control, lead to the risk of death for people. The second case is that this amount of medicine and medical equipment be provided by the group of MEK and the companies established by this group in European countries. The second theory is more likely, because some time ago, the group of MEK organized ophthalmology services for the residents of the villages around the camp and provided contact lenses and glasses, and distributed a large number of prescription glasses to the people for free, and all these events happened inside the camp. Therefore, inside the camp, the terrorist group of the MEK has provided the possibility of medical services for its members and people living in the villages around the camp, in this case, the theory that the members receive their medical services inside the camp is proven, but members of the MEK need a large amount of medicine and it is not clear where this amount of medicine comes from. According to the review of the pharmaceutical system of Albania, it is clear that all imported drugs are distributed among pharmacies, and the interesting thing is that the MEK members did not use these pharmacies. So how do they get their medicines?

According to the information received from the Albanian customs, it was found that no medicine is allowed to be sent separately to the camp, and the medicines can only be distributed after being transferred to pharmacies and must be legally purchased from inside the pharmacy. So the main question arises: how do these 3,000 people get their medicines? The answer to this question can be expressed as, if you need medicine and you have to get it from the pharmacy and this action is not done, there is only one way left and that is to import the medicine into the camp. Since the camp of the MEK does not have any license to establish a pharmacy, the result is that the drugs needed by the camp of the MEK are smuggled into this country without the knowledge of the government of Albania, for this purpose, the government of Albania should be more sensitive to the amount of medicines smuggled into its country by the MEK.
https://www.geopolitika.ru/en/article/how-are-medicines-terrorist-group-mek-supplied

Second part

Smuggling Medicine from Germany and Italy by the terrorist group of MEK

Alireza Niknam

In the first article, it was mentioned that the terrorist group of the MEK, who were on the list of foreign terrorist organizations in America (FTO) and Europe from 1997 to 2012 due to the killing of 17 thousand innocent people, after leaving this list and with extensive consultations between the United States and Albania, finally entered Albania in 2016. This terrorist group, which has a record of more than 40 years of killing and torturing innocent people, has now lost its operational capacity and is passing its old age. According to the statistics taken from these people upon entering Albania, it shows that more than 70% of the members of this terrorist cult are between the ages of 70 and 80, and with a simple calculation, it can be understood that a person at this age suffers from many diseases that require many medical services.

On the first day of this group’s presence in Albania, it was found that about 3 thousand people from this group had settled in Albania from Iraq, now it can be concluded that the medical services of Camp Ashraf 3 alone require more than a few hospitals in Albania. Another point is the medicines that this terrorist group needs and the history of these people’s presence in pharmacies has not been recorded so far. According to the information received from the Albanian customs, it was found that no medicine is allowed to be sent separately to the camp, and the medicines can only be distributed after being transferred to pharmacies and must be legally purchased from inside the pharmacy. So the main question arises, How do these 3,000 people get their medicines? The answer to this question can be expressed as if you need medicine and you have to get it from the pharmacy and this measure is not taken, there is only one way left and that is to import the medicine into the camp. Since the camp of the MEK does not have any license to establish a pharmacy, the result is that the medicines needed by the camp of the MEK are supplied and smuggled into this country without the knowledge of the Albanian government.

In this article, we have tried to express significant points about this terrorist group with field research from Albania and the previous country where the MEK lived, Iraq. The terrorist group of the MEK, according to the records obtained from them in Iraq, mostly have diseases for which medicines, according to the research carried out in Albania, are not available in this country. Among the common diseases that appear in the medical records of the members of the MEK group are Alzheimer’s, severe osteoporosis, diabetes, various cancers, digestive system problems, heart problems, and high blood pressure. Since the terrorist group of the MEK has always been a puppet or a military tool for the Western governments and for that reason, it has participated in military operations against its country and the people of Iraq, it has certainly received a lot of damage from these operations to the extent that after the operations of Forough Javidan, Anfal, Morvarid 1 and 2, a large number MEK members have suffered physical and mental disabilities and have to use rare medicines to control or treat themselves. According to research, most of these medicines are not available in Albania, and to supply them, they must be imported from the U.S., England, Germany, Italy, and India. According to the investigation of medicine import in Albania, it seems that this country has not imported medicines for these diseases due to the ban on the import of some medicines, so as a result, these items must be smuggled away from the eyes of the Albanian government, but how does the terrorist group of MEK import their medicines into Camp Ashraf 3 in Manza?

The answer is simple, under the guise of humanitarian measures such as importing contact lenses and eyeglasses for the residents of the villages and under the pretext of helping the needy people in the vicinity of the camp, this terrorist group has smuggled its medicine. Based on the investigation, the lenses and glasses sent to Albania were produced in China, and with a simple look at the glasses and medical lenses, you can see its brand as Wenzhow M&I Eyewear Co., LTD, and the country of their manufacture, but the shipment first went from China to Germany then to Italy and from there it entered Albania. Well, the question is why a shipment of medical equipment that comes from China should go to Germany, then to Italy, and then enter Albania? The answer is that the terrorist group of MEK has registered several companies and associations in Italy and Germany to provide medical and pharmaceutical equipment and send them to the Mujahedin-e Khalq camp in Albania. For example, the Association of Iranian Political Refugees living in Italy and the Association of Iranian Youth in Italy are two associations that use the guise of the association to do money laundering and finance the MEK to buy medical equipment. Previously, many money-laundering activities were carried out in Germany, England, and France, and many cases of these activities were revealed in these countries, examples of which were the identification of an orphanage in England, which used the guise of an orphanage to separate children from their families, who were members of this cult, then they transferred them to European countries such as England, Germany, France and so on. These charities received money from the government and international organizations and this money was sent to the headquarters of the MEK. Maryam Rajavi herself was arrested in her home in France for the crime of money laundering along with a large number of MEK members.

The terrorist group of MEK has proven many times that they will continue their terrorist and illegal actions in any way; it does not matter if the Albanian government restricts them or not, history has proven that they will continue their actions for years. a few years ago, by separating children from the members of this cult, they used them for money laundering in Europe under the guise of orphaned children, and now they smuggle their medicines under the guise of supporting the people of the villages around the camp in Albania. From the records of medicine smuggling by MEK, which was also included in the media, we can refer to the news of the Italian news agency LaRedazione with the title “I vaccini migrano via mare, il primo caso di fuga di Astrazeneca, da Bari verso l’Albania” on May 23, 2021, mentioned about the arrest of 2 of MEK members while smuggling vaccines to Albania by the Italian Coast Guard. These two people were 73-year-old Qasim Farhadi and 70-year-old Abdolrahim Orangi, both of whom were members of the MEK in Albania, who were at the sea border of Italy with Albania and arrested before leaving the border of Italy by the coast guard of this country along with the cargo of smuggled vaccines.

These are only a part of the chain of medicine trafficking by the terrorist group of MEK, which was mentioned in this article, and the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, and the anti-terrorism court of this country are requested to intensify monitoring the entry and exit of smuggling equipment to the headquarters of the MEK in Manza to prevent drug smuggling to Albania. Albania should know that the arrest of the MEK members who have political asylum in Albania, which is also on the borders of Italy, is considered a danger for this country, because every time the people of this terrorist group are arrested, Albania will be one step away from the European Union.

By Alireza Niknam – Geopolitika

September 19, 2023 0 comments

Canada

The names and pictures of the activists of the MEK’s front organizations in Canada

The documents obtained from the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) show that the group has set up a large network in Canada since the past years and these networks are easily operating in line with the illegal and criminal goals of the group.

According to the political reporter of Fars News Agency, this news agency has recently revealed documents from the human network and cover organizations of the MEK in Canada. In that report, it was emphasized that hosting the MEK due to its terrorist nature is always a danger to the security of the host and other sponsoring countries. In addition, the Islamic Republic of Iran does not stand any government supporting terrorism, especially the organization that has the blood of 17 thousand Iranians on its hand.

However, despite receiving various warnings from our country, the Canadian government has insisted on hosting the terrorist group of the People’s Mojahedin Organization and preparations for the transfer of these criminals are underway.

Fars news agency, which in the previous report disclosed the names of 20 associations and front organizations of the MEK in Canada, as promised in this report, following the acquisition of new documents, the names of officials and active supporters and some other front associations of this It will disclose the group in Canada as follows:

The MEK’s official in Canada:
Shahram Golestaneh

The group’s activists in the MEK’s office in Otava:
1. Shahraokh Zanjani and Massoud Shahidzadeh, financial and administrative official of the group’s projects in Toronto
2. Mojtaba Dolati, the office administrator
The group’s officials and activists in Toronto:
Fereshteh Rahmati, Shahrokh Zanjani, Morteza Mehrabi, Simin Boorchi, Ali Behroozian, Behrooz Rezai, Hooshang Qasemi, Amin Zamani, Mojtaba Dolati, Mehri, Mohammad Hassan, Parisa, Mahnaz Etemadi, Sara Jahromi, Shahin Songhori, Mehrdad Heidar Bozorg, Saeed Atatshbar, Asi Shafi, Ahad Khoshbatan, Nader Khabazi. They all have several members under their authority.
1. Hamid Qarache, Hossein Beizai, Mahnaz Etemadi and Maliheh Salehyar are the MEK’s political and press officials in Toronto. Maliheh Salehyar is also responsible for recruiting forces.
2. Morteza Mehrabi pour is responsible for rallies, providing flyers and other printed items.
3. Kavos Nasiri and Asi Shafi are responsible for the sound affairs of the campaigns, and Shafi is also a member of the Nadir Khabazi’s team
4. Akram and Amir Moshfeq are in charge of decoration in projects, idea generator and review of ideas
5. Ali Behroozian is responsible for the political warfare department in the whole of Canada and specifically responsible for the political warfare in Toronto
6. Behrouz Rezaei, who is in charge of monitoring and monitoring television channels, is on his side in the political war department as an auxiliary element alongside Behrouzian. (Each has a separate team for their affairs).
7. Shahnaz Qaracheh, Mohammad Darwish, Sara Jahromi, Shaheen Sanghari, Akram Mirafazli who are active in the field 1: publishing tweets and 2: launching and shaping Toronto forums.
8. Nader Khabazi, producer of clips and content
9. Mehrdad Ansari, responsible for photography and a member of Nader Khabazi’s team

The names of a number those MEK members who attended the group’s rally in France in June 2023:
Hamid Qarache, Mohammad Darvish, Shohreh Ehsani, Mother Ehsani, Mehdi Garmroodi, Shakoor Ghafoorimanesh, Ali Asghar Pahlavanloo, Lida Shaheedzadeh, Fereidoon shrazi, Sepideh Thrani Parsa, Morteza Mehrabi pour, Jalal Kiani. Mehri Naeemi, Safdar Ghaffarifard, Karim Akbari, Hamid Mashayekhi, Mehdi Salehi, Kavoos Nasiri.
The documents obtained from the MEK show that this group has launched a large network in Canada since the past years and these networks are easily operating in line with the illegal and criminal objectives of the group.

The transfer of the remnants of the MEK from Albania to Canada, the government’s lack of attention to Iran’s warnings and the disagreement of the opposition living in this country, shows the existence of common interests between these terrorists and some officials of the Canadian government, that will endanger the national security of Canadian people.
Below are images of the offices and operatives of the MEK in Canada:

Translated by Nejat Society

Also read: Open letter to Minister of Immigration Concerns Regarding Potential Immigration of MEK Members to Canada

September 18, 2023 0 comments

Iran

Iran questions Belgium’s resolve in fighting terror after MKO ringleader given platform

Tehran has cast doubt on the Belgian government’s seriousness in fighting terrorism after the ringleader of the terrorist cult Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) was given a platform to deliver an anti-Iran speech in the Western European country.

“Given serious crimes and assassinations committed by the MKO terrorist group against Iranian people and their deceitful nature, acknowledged by institutions like the European Parliament, how can the Belgian government, claiming to fight terror, give tribune to the leader of the sect on its soil?” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani wrote in a post published on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Friday.

This file photo shows families of victims of terror at a national conference held in Tehran to commemorate 17,000 Iranian martyrs of terrorist attacks. (By IRNA)

The post came on the same day MKO leader Maryam Rajavi addressed a group of demonstrators in the Belgian capital of Brussels on the occasion of foreign-backed riots in Iran that broke out last September, when 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini died in a hospital in the capital Tehran, three days after she collapsed at a police station.

Last week, the Branch 1 of Tehran’s criminal court announced that 104 fugitive members of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MKO) terrorist group must introduce their attorneys to the court to represent the cases of their clients.

The MKO has carried out numerous terrorist attacks against Iranian civilians and government officials since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Out of the nearly 17,000 Iranians killed in terrorist attacks over the past four decades, about 12,000 have fallen victim to the MKO’s acts of terror.

The European Union, Canada, the United States and Japan had previously listed the MKO as a “terrorist organization.”

In 2012, the group was taken off the US list of terrorist organizations. The EU followed suit, removing the group from its list of terrorist organizations.

September 18, 2023 0 comments

The cult of Rajavi

Ray Torabi: People of Iran should hate the MEK more!

Mohammad Reza (Ray) Torabi, a former child soldier of the People’s Mujahedin Organization (PMOI/ MEK), once again spoke about his distressing experiences of captivity in this cult to inform Iranian people.

Having spent the best part of his youth, from the age of 16 to 35, in what he calls the “evil cult,” he lost his father under the torture by the cult’s leaders, and now he speaks of a mother who is has been terribly brainwashed by Masoud and Maryam Rajavi.

Ray Torabi, the son of Ghorban Ali Torabi and Zahra Siraj, says that his mother gave him the label of being a mercenary of the Islamic Republic. With a bitter smile, he calls his mother “the follower of Massoud and Maryam Rajavi” who has been so brainwashed and deprived of human values by their destructive cult that she seeks denies the love of her son.

Ray’s reaction to this difficult situation and the unpleasant news that his friend brought him from Albania, is reflected in his video message on hi8s Facebook account with a sense of sadness or resignation. His self-confidence helps him with the unkind words by the side of his mother.

As a matter of fact, he regards MEK leaders the criminals who have drained all human values from the hearts and minds of their members. He calls Maryam Rajavi “dishonorable” and “traitor” and not only considers her claims about human rights and democracy false, but also finds her deserving of trial and prison for her crimes against her members.

In the end, Torabi calls on the people of Iran to have a deeper understanding of the MEK and eventually hate this destructive cult more than before.

September 17, 2023 0 comments

Canada

MEK goes from terrorist list to Canadian politicians’ best buddy

Canada’s political establishment has become increasingly close to a group it once banned as a terrorist organization. Reports that the violent cult Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) may set up shop here reflects this country’s increasingly conflictual relations with Iran.

Recently Iranian government aligned media reported that the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) is considering a move to Canada. The Albanian government has begun to restrict the group’s operations. In June, a camp inhabited by over a thousand MEK members was raided by the Albanian police and MEK leader Maryam Rajavi has been blocked from entering the country. As a result, there’s speculation the group wants to leave Albania, which has hosted it since 2016. The MEK denies it plans to relocate to Canada, which would be geographically and logistically, if not politically, difficult.

Liberal MP Judy Sgro speaks at an MEK-aligned Canadian Friends of a Democratic Iran and National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) event, on February 4, 2023. Image credit: NCRI site.

A Global Affairs spokesperson responded to an inquiry by The Canada Files’ Editor-in-Chief, Aidan Jonah, on the matter by writing: “Canada continues to be gravely concerned with the systematic discrimination and harassment that women, men and youth face in Iran, and stands in solidarity with the courageous people of Iran, especially the women and girls of Iran, who are at the forefront of a powerful call for change based on equality, respect, and justice. With respect to the MeK, Canada does not recognize the Mek as being a credible political actor, does not endorse it, and does not engage in any communications with it.”

MEK’s history

According to US government sources, the MEK has teamed up with Israel to assassinate Iranians. In 2012, NBC News reported that the MEK was “financed, trained, and armed by Israel’s secret service” to assassinate Iranian scientists.
During the Iran-Iraq war the MEK fought with Saddam Hussein’s forces. In the mid-1980s Iraq armed and equipped a 7,000 strong MEK force. A World Beyond War article by Robert Fantina highlighted that, according to one report, by early 2016, ‘…out of the nearly 17,000 Iranians killed in terrorist assaults since the victory of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, about 12,000 had fallen victim to MKO’s (MEK’s) terrorist attacks.’”

Until a decade ago, MEK was listed as a terrorist group in the US and Canada. Their impact was felt in Canada, even during that era. In 2003, a 22-year old Iranian-Canadian woman, Neda Hassani, set herself on fire while in London, on the orders of MEK leaders, to protest Maryam Rajavi’s arrest.

MEK in Canadian politics since removal from Canadian terror list

In 2012, prominent pro-Israel activists worked with Iranian dissidents to convince the State Department to remove the MEK from the US terrorism list, which paved the way for Ottawa to follow suit. Two years after working to delist the organization then MP Irwin Cotler invited MEK leader, Maryam Rajavi, to speak at Iran Accountability Week on Parliament Hill. Cotler subsequently attended many events organized by the MEK-aligned Canadian Friends of a Democratic Iran and National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).

So has Stephen Harper since he was defeated in the 2015 election. Last month Canada’s former prime minister travelled to France to participate in the MEK’s Free Iran World Summit.
Canadian politicians are increasingly willing to openly identify with the MEK. In July of last year seven MPs attended the MEK’s Free Iran World Summit in Albania. Thought to be funded by Saudi Arabia, the group paid for the Canadian politicians travel and accommodation.

Each of the seven Canadian MPs who attended the summit were contacted by TCF EIC Jonah, to get their opinions on the GAC statement saying Canada’s government doesn’t recognize MEK as a credible political actor. None responded to the emails sent.

Melissa Lantsman, who is now deputy Conservative leader, participated in the delegation to Albania. During September 2022, Lantsman spoke at an NCRI event at Queen’s Park in Toronto.

During February 2023, former ministers John Baird and Tony Clement, as well as a half dozen sitting MPs and two senators, attended a Toronto event put on by the MEK-dominated NCRI. At the event Liberal MP Judy Sgro applauded “MEK, the NCRI and other movements trying to finally get rid of an oppressive group of Mullahs that do not deserve to be there.” A former immigration minister, Sgro even labeled MEK leader Maryam Rajavi’s 10–point plan a “model for the world”.
Sgro was also part of the Canadian delegation at last month’s Free Iran World Summit in Paris. According to a transcript, she gushed that “Madam Rajavi, your Ten-Point Plan is a true example of democracy, and I’m so happy to see so many countries have recognized that.”

Canadian officialdom’s growing dalliance with the reactionary group reflects the aggressiveness of Canadian policy towards Iran. Despite de-escalation in its first few years in office, the Liberals have reignited Harper’s low-level war on Iran.

Before being elected in 2015, Justin Trudeau promised to restart diplomatic relations with Iran that Harper severed in 2012. But Israeli nationalist forces scuttled the Liberals’ bid to restart diplomatic relations and there was never any serious bid to remove Iran’s designation as a state-sponsor of terror, which Harper imposed.

Nonetheless, there was still significant political support for restarting diplomatic relations with Iran through 2019. That year some 15,000 individuals signed an Iranian Canadian Congress petition sponsored by NDP foreign critic Helene Laverdiere calling for restarting relations.

But anti-Iranian sentiment grew sharply in January 2020, after the US assassinated top Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp General Qassem Suleimani and nine others at the Baghdad airport. In retaliation to the Trump administration’s brazen violation of international law, Iran launched a dozen ballistic missiles at US-bases in Iraq. On heightened alert for a US response, the Iranian military mistakenly downed Ukraine Airlines flight PS752, killing 57 Canadian citizens.

Relations soured greatly as a result. Israel lobbyists and long-standing opponents of the regime effectively drove grieving families to place all the blame for the tragedy on Tehran.

Relations have deteriorated even further over the past year since the government suppressed a protest movement. Canada has adopted over a dozen rounds of sanctions, targeting hundreds of Iranians and entities including media outlets and universities. Ottawa has also banned 10,000 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp from Canada, condemned the country in various international forums and brought Iran to the International Court of Justice. Canadian courts have also seized tens of millions of dollars in Iranian assets and rendered judgments that would take even more.
In response, Iran recently took Canada to the International Court of Justice accusing Ottawa of illegally seizing its diplomatic assets.

Canada’s hostile policies and dalliance with the MEK take place as Washington seeks to destroy Iran economically. In April, the US seized an Iranian oil tanker and recently began unloading over $50 million USD of its fuel. Tehran responded by seizing two ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. Washington then dispatched more naval vessels to the region and is mulling placing armed personnel on commercial vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.

Reports that the MEK is moving to Canada may well be Iranian government disinformation, but the fact such a move is plausible highlights a remarkable turnaround for a group once listed as a terrorist organization.

Mujahedin-e Khalq’s growing respectability among politicians also demonstrates how much Canada follows in lockstep with the US Empire and its Israeli subsidiary.

THE CANADA FILES – by Yves Engler

September 13, 2023 0 comments

The cult of Rajavi

Ahmad Razani’s killing, the collapse of a family in the Cult of Rajavi

Ahmad Razani was a member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq organization (MEK), whose family of four fell apart in the cult-like structure of the group. He, who loved his wife and children, and during his years of captivity in Rajavi’s cult, the grief of his wife and children always made him against the leaders of the group. Under the pressure and accusations, he finally committed suicide.
Motherless children after Forough Javidan

Ahmad Ali Razani was from Lorestan, Iran. In 1367, on the eve of Forough Javidan operation, leaders of the Cult of Rajavi brought Razani and his family, like many other supporters from all over the world, to Iraq to take part in the operation. In a very short period of time with minimal military training and without the necessary physical and mental preparation, a large number of MEK suporters were sent to cross the Iranian border. Razani his wife and two children, Bahram and Shahnaz had joined the MEK from Germany, Europe. Batul Soltani, former member of the Cult of Rajavi, says about this family:

“Ahmad Razani is one of the thousands of unfortunate victims who were transported to Iraq and Ashraf by the organization along with his wife and daughter Shahnaz Razani and his son Bahram Razani. I remember well and I saw his wife in the meeting before Forough operation. He was crying and saying that he loves his wife, and she doesn’t even know how to use an arm. He complained that why the organization wants to send her to the operation. After the operation, I saw Ahmad Razani with tears in his eyes and he said that his wife was killed and his children became motherless. He said only one word that his wife was sent to the operation against his wishes and said that he felt the sadness of years on his shoulders and said that he wished I had died earlier and was not in this world. He considered himself guilty of his wife’s death and said that I dragged her along with me, and he was also crying, and the memory of his wife did not leave him alone for a moment.”

MEK members at the grave of Ahmad Razani

Thus, Ahmad Razani’s children lost their mother at the age of five. After Forough Javidan’s operation, the forced divorce order was issued by Masoud Rajavi. Eventually, family life in Ashraf camp was practically prohibited. Bahram and Shahnaz lived in the Mujahedin Khalq children’s team house under the supervision of Mujahed women. They were allowed to visit their father only on weekends. Qader Rahmani, a former member of the Cult of Rajavi, writes about Ahmad Razani:

“Ahmed was the one whose wife was killed in Forough Javidan without showing any desire to participate in this war, so he was angry with the organization on this issue. His two children Bahram and Shahnaz in Ashraf were considered his only spiritual support and gave him hope of a new life. Ahmad Razani’s children were almost 5 years old. They used to come to our unit on Thursday afternoons. Children were only allowed to see their parents on Thursdays. I remember that Bahram, the son of Ahmed always insisted on playing hand football with me. Not long after, the organization did not show mercy to the children and denied their parents and children two hours of visitation. Bahram and Shahnaz were also among the other children who were smuggled to Europe (Germany), under the order of the organization and not their parents.”

Bahram and Shahnaz, child
Bahram and Shahnaz were separated from their parents and smuggled to Europe and North America along with seven hundred other children of Mojahedin Khalq in 1369. Ahmad Razani’s children left Germany again, and this time without their parents, they continued to live an organizal life inMEK’s orphanages in German cities.
Eight years later, in 1996, Razani’s children were sent to Iraq from Germany under the pretext of meeting their father, and like other child soldiers of the MEK, they were recruited in the MEK’s army. At the age of 15, Shahnaz and Bahram were organized in the so-called National Liberation Army, wearing military uniforms and carrying guns.

Due to the sufferings that the organization had imposed on Ahmad Ali Razani and his family, he was not happy with the organization and despite having a high organizational rank (MO rank), after his complained about the fate of his wife and children he was humiliated as a low-ranking member. He was always under supervision. After his children returned to Ashraf, his visits with his children were very limited and then completely stopped. Batul Soltani remembers how angry and sad Ahmed was at the time because of his children’s recruitment in the MEK army:

“Massoud Rajavi sent his daughter and son out with a lot of other children who had tricked their parents and dragged them out of Iraq. And again one day I saw him as if he was not in this world. And I asked, are you good brother Ahmed? He said, ‘what we thought and what happened…’ After his children were tricked and brought to Iraq to see their father, he felt that the organization had taken them as hostages. One day, in 1985, I saw him disappointed, and I asked him how he was doing. Ahmed said that there was no way forward or backward. He said that the sorrow he feels for his daughter and son does not leave him alone for a moment and he said, ‘they were brought to Iraq the pretext of visiting me here and first they tricked my son on the pretext of visiting and then by taking advantage of my son they also tricked my daughter’.”

Bahram and Shahnaz Razani did not easily cope with captivity in Ashraf. Batul Soltani says: “Shahnaz, his daughter, always had disagreements with the organization and did not accept the organization and its leadership and wanted to leave and was always under the influence of the organization’s officials.” And Bahram, according to Rahman Qadri: “He disagreed with the group and its leadership and wanted to return to Germany, where he was deceived and sent, and for this reason he was always under pressure from the authorities.”

Qader writes in a memory of Bahram Razani’s criticism on the leaders of the MEK, especially Mohammad Mohadesin, for deceiving child soldiers in the presence of Masoud Rajavi: “Bahram son of Ahmad revealed in the public meeting how Behnam (Mohammed Mohadesin) deceived them. Behnam told the children; I promise you will return to Europe and continue your education after meeting your parents in Ashraf. Bahram told him in the public meeting where Masoud Rajavi also participated: “Brother Massoud! Brother Behnam deceived us.”
Ahmad Razani’s mental breakdown

Ahmad Razani’s and his children’s criticisms against the cult leaders caused them to no longer be allowed to meet each other in the organization. Ahmad Razani was marginalized in the lower ranks. In the last years of his life, he was assigned to work in the kitchen of Ashraf Camp, where he finally hanged himself or maybe they hanged him at dawn on November 27, 2009.

At that time, the families of members of the MEK were protesting in front of the gates of Ashraf and demanding to meet their loved ones. They witnessed that the body of the victim was taken to the hospital at the exit door of the camp by several members of the organization. Then it was announced that Ahmad Razani hanged himself with a rope in the kitchen. After the initial examination, the Iraqi doctor of the hospital announced that the cause of his death could not be suicide. According to reports at that time, the doctor refused to issue a burial permit and the body of the victim was taken to Baghdad for an autopsy. The families protesting in front of Camp Ashraf, who were waiting to meet their loved ones, were moved and upset after hearing the news.

Razani’s children are still taken as hostages in the MEK. Bahram works for the propaganda machine of the group in the Internet. It is hoped Bahram and Shahnaz, like many other former child soldiers of the MEK, could manage to leave this destructive cult and return to the free world.

By Mazda Parsi

September 13, 2023 0 comments

Europe

MEK misled members of European Parliament

A report by the European Parliament has said that the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) terrorist organization has committed many non-transparent actions in dealing with the members of the European Parliament.

“Iran’s Mujahideen, an organization Human Rights Watch has accused of intimidating, torturing and sometimes murdering members of the Iranian diaspora, has been using aggressive and shady practices to meet MEPs, including by hiding their real affiliation,” said the report.

It added, “MEPs have been included by this organization as co-signatories of letters they had not co-signed or named as co-hosts of conferences they never endorsed.”

The report further said, “they were registered using over 45 different pseudonyms, such as ‘MEK’, ‘NCRI’, ‘ISJ’, ‘APA’, in order to mislead MEPs and the Transparency Register.”

The MEK group adheres to extremely opaque guidelines in their internal interactions, something that led many observers to liken the group to a cult.

The group has run into troubles with the Albanian government due to the non-transparent actions of its members which included hacks and other illegal activities.

The Albanian government has recently blocked the access of the MKO members to the Internet in their camp near Tirana.

The Albanian government has turned off Internet access at the Ashraf-3 camp outside Manze, a small hill hamlet 30 kilometers west of Tirana.

It is the latest restrictive measure by the Albanian government in the face of MKO cyberattacks.

According to an informed security source, the notorious cultish members have been compelled to use mobile Internet or illicit techniques for cyber operations since Albania is firm to keep a lid on the terrorist activities of the group also called MEK.

As a result of the MKO’s involvement in “terror and cyber-attacks” against international institutions, the Albanian police forces conducted a raid on the camp in June.

They seized 150 computer devices used for sabotage attacks.

During the clashes at the camp, at least one MKO terrorist was killed and several more were injured.

On August 12, Kazem Gharibabadi, secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, said Tehran had filed a huge case against more than 100 members of the cultish organization, which has killed tens of thousands of Iranians.

September 12, 2023 0 comments

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