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Iran: Politics, Persian Gulf Security, and US Policy; Congressional Research Service

Nejat SocietyOctober 6, 20160628 views

On September 28, 2012, maintaining there had not been confirmed acts of PMOI terrorism for more than a decade and that it had cooperated on the Camp Ashraf issue (below), the group was removed from the FTO list as well as from the designation as a terrorism supporter under Executive Order 13224. However, State Department officials, in a background briefing that day, said “We do not see the [PMOI] as a viable or democratic opposition …

US Democratic Leader entirely misled about “Families” in the MKO

Nejat SocietySeptember 27, 20160109 views

Ironically, Ms. Pelosi is right because families in the camp of the MKO such as Liberty, Ashraf and other camp of the group have always suffer horrible experiences. As a matter of fact “Family” is meaningless inside the MKO/MEK/PMOI. Family is against the values of the organization –Massoud’s cult of personality.According to a large number of reports and testimonies celibacy is mandatory in the MKO….

Nothing to celebrate – MEK leader Maryam Rajavi pretends forced move to Albania is a great victory

Nejat SocietySeptember 26, 20160257 views

This is what the Washington Times reported in March 2013: “…The U.S. wants the MeK aka MKO/PMOI leadership to ‘accept the government of Albania’s humanitarian offer immediately, and urges the residents of Camp [Liberty] to resume participation in resettlement interviews to ensure that individuals avail themselves of safe and secure relocation opportunities outside Iraq,’ said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. The dissidents are housed at Camp Liberty …

Iranian Opposition Ex-Fighters ‘Transferred to Albania’

Nejat SocietySeptember 25, 2016080 views

The People’s Mujahedin of Iran aka MKO/MEK/PMOI is a controversial resistance group. Founded in 1965 as a left-leaning opposition to the Shah’s regime, it turned against the Islamic Republic following the 1979 Revolution. The US listed it as a terrorist organisation in 1997 but it was removed from the blacklist in 2012 after it renounced violence. Several thousand of its members left Iran for Iraq, where former dictator Saddam Hussein, used them …

Iran’s approach toward Saudi hostility

Nejat SocietySeptember 25, 2016096 views

Saudi officials have also explicitly expressed support for an anti-Iran terrorist group known as Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO). The MKO/MEK/PMOI terrorists have carried out numerous attacks against Iranian civilians and government officials since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, killing thousands of people.

The MKO relocation; victory for who?

Nejat SocietySeptember 24, 2016099 views

While Maryam Rajavi calls the departure from Iran’s neighboring territory “a hammer that will descend upon the ruling theocracy”, Mustafa Saadoun of Al Monitor asserts that the Islamic Republic was the winner of the recent move criticizing the Iraqi government for its failure to take more advantages from the case. “Of course, the MEK’s aka MKO/PMOI departure….

How much does it cost to keep Iran’s enemies in Albania?

Nejat SocietySeptember 21, 20160147 views

The Albanian page of Pars Today Website published a report by an Albanian periodical Parrena on the recent relocation of the Mujahedin-e Khalq members in Tirana, Albania. The report is titled “the result of receiving Mujahedin, Albania on the verge of war.”Parrena criticizes the Albanian government for accepting the MKO/MEK/PMOI in its territory. Like the Zionists who settled in the Palestinian territory…

US Resettles Last MEK Members in Albania

Nejat SocietySeptember 19, 20160137 views

The MEK helped Hussein’s forces suppress Shiite and Kurdish uprisings after the 1991 Gulf War. It also attempted an attack against the Iranian mission to the United Nations in 1992 and was thought to be responsible for attacks on Iranian officials in the 1990s. The State Department designated it a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 1997.

State Department Removes Last MEK Members from Iraq

Nejat SocietySeptember 17, 20160237 views

.. the MEK fled to Iraq and supported Saddam in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. That decision earned the undying enmity of most Iranians – a fact that MEK/MKO/PMOI leaders sought to conceal in their efforts to cultivate support in the United States…it is hard to find Iranians who would switch from the current system to one led by the MEK. Hopefully, the former residents of Camp Ashraf will be able to construct new lives outside Iraq and memories of the movement will fade.

What’s next for Baghdad-Tehran ties as last MEK members leave Iraq?

Nejat SocietySeptember 17, 20160138 views

Fatima al-Zarakani, an Iraqi member of parliament for the State of Law Coalition led by Nouri al-Maliki, told Al-Monitor,”The MEK is a terrorist group. They had great cooperation with the Baathist regime to exterminate the Iraqi people. Their departure from Iraq is a major positive step toward getting rid of the Baathist regime’s affiliates in the war against Iraqis.