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Press Conference in Paris

Captives of Maryam Rajavi’s Mojahedin Khalq in Iraq

Are Human Rights Victims Says Iran-Interlink;

Press Conference in Paris Sept. 22

9/20/2006 10:00:00 AM

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To: International and Assignment desks

Contact: Anne Singleton of Iran Interlink, +44 113 278 0503 or email info@iran-interlink.org

PARIS, Sept. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ — Following is a statement of Iran Interlink on captives in Iraq:

For three years U.S. forces have protected a terrorist group in Iraq even though most of them want to return home to their families.

Mojahedin Khalq combatants are being held against their will in Camp Ashraf say former members who have returned home in the past two years.

Now, a seven member delegation from the Iranian NGO, Nejat Association, has arrived in Paris to alert public opinion to the situation of 3,000 men and women held against their will in an Iraqi base of the Iranian Mojahedin Khalq under the leadership of Maryam Rajavi.

U.S. forces say they cannot intervene inside the camp, leaving residents unable to access humanitarian help from the ICRC and the UNHCR.

Several cases of retention by force have been confirmed by personal testimony from former captives in the MKO camp who say that basic human rights are being violated daily. Significant among these cases are Iranian prisoners of war (POWs) captured by the Iraqi forces during the eight year Iran-Iraq war and who were then delivered by Saddam Hussein to the Mojahedin to boost numbers.

Nejat Association comprises former members and families of the Camp Ashraf captives. They demand the immediate and full implementation of UN Protected Persons status so that they can have free and unfettered contact with their relatives inside the camp.

Arash Sametipour, a former combatant of the MKO who spent several years in Evin prison says: "We know that the majority of people trapped inside Camp Ashraf would like to leave. We hear this from those who have recently escaped the group. What we are asking is for the international community to implement all the conditions of the Fourth Geneva Convention so that the residents of Camp Ashraf can get help from their families."

Nejat Association says this is a grave humanitarian crisis and that Camp Ashraf residents should not be used as pawns in political wrangles between western governments and Iran.

The Iraqi government has announced that Camp Ashraf must be dismantled and the residents removed from Iraqi territory. Responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of these individuals now rests with western governments and international humanitarian agencies.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: A press conference will be held in Paris on Friday, Sept. 22, at 10 a.m.

http://www.usnewswire.com/

September 23, 2006 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Elham Motehamel and Sattar Salazehi joined their families

According to Nejat Society’s reporter, on Monday, July31 Mrs. Elham Motehamel and Mr.Salazehi who had defected terror cult of Rajavi and returned to Iran a few days ago, were delivered to their expectant families.

The ceremony that was held at Nejat Society building in Tehran was accompanied with tears and smiles of the families who are the members of Nejat Society.

Their hatred toward Rajavi’s terror cult that could be seen in their eyes, promises the return of their other beloveds.

The complimentary report with photos of the ceremony will be subsequently published on the website.

Nejat Society

August 5, 2006 0 comment

Iran Interlink

Symposium on Fate of Individuals in Rajavi Cult

Iran-Interlink Hosted Iraq Symposium on Fate of Individuals in Rajavi Cult

To: National Desk

Contact: Anne Khodabandeh of Iran-Interlink, 44-113-278-0503 or 44-787-654-1150 (cell), or http://releases.usnewswire.com/redir.asp?ReleaseID=69516&Link=mailto:info@iran-interlink.org

LONDON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ — Iran-Interlink hosted a symposium on Iraq: Camp Ashraf in Westminster on Wednesday, July 19. The focus of the symposium was "What Will Be the Fate of Individuals Trapped in the Rajavi Cult in Iraq?" The Rajavi cult is recognized in the West as the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq or National Council of Resistance of Iran.

Since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Iranian terrorist group Mojahedin have been held captive in Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad.

The Symposium examined the fate of individuals in terrorist cults with particular reference to the Mojahedin Khalq and its members in Iraq.

Experts in the fields of cult behavior, terrorism and the Mojahedin gave presentations, followed by discussion of the issues by delegates from various organizations.

The expert panel consisted of:

— Ian Haworth of the Cult Information Centre

— Anne Singleton, author of "Saddam’s Private Army"

— Alain Chevalerias, journalist and director of Centre du Recherche Sur la Terrorisme

— Soheila Nowroozi, sister of an MKO member recently killed inside Camp Ashraf

Delegates in the discussion represented:

— Peyvand Association, Netherlands

— Awaa, Germany

— Iran Sabz, Germany

— Family Network Association, Sweden

— Pars Iran, Canada

— Negahe-no, Norway

— Pers et Avenir, France

— Rahai, Netherlands

The symposium concluded that the individuals trapped in Camp Ashraf need urgent humanitarian help only to meet the rights granted to them as Protected Persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention — which are currently being denied to them.

The symposium message to Western governments is to abandon the idea of keeping Camp Ashraf intact. These individuals are victims of a cult and do not want to be there. Since 2003, over 1,000 of the total 3,800 captured people have used the opportunity of the presence of American forces to escape the cult. The remainder are waiting for help.

Although some individual conservatives believe they can use the Mojahedin in confrontation with Iran, they must abandon the idea that they can use an army of 50-year-olds to fight. Western governments should not be considering using the victims of cult manipulation for their own ambitions.

The individuals in Camp Ashraf need to be rescued. They need to be given immediate unrestricted opportunity to leave the camp and take up residence in a protected facility beyond the reach of cult leaders. The three-year delay in dismantling the camp has left the situation for the individuals critical.

They should be given the opportunity to renounce their membership of the organization and receive structured and appropriate help to de-program them, the symposium concluded.

The full report of the symposium with recommendations will be published in September.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/redir.asp?ReleaseID=69516&Link=http://www.usnewswire.com/

Newswire – 7/20/2006

July 22, 2006 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Nejat Meeting in Isfahan – return of MR. Hatami

On Tuesday, May 16th the tenth meeting of Nejat Society Isfahan Branch was held on the occasion of the return of Siamak Hatami, a defector of MeK, to Siamak Hatami dispatched of the MKO Cult Iran.

During the meeting, Mrs Yazdan Parast a member of the Society presented the schedule of the meeting and invited the audience to watch the film of Mrs. Marzie Qorsi’s Return.

The film imprisoned the audience a lot since she hadn’t seen his son for ten years.

During the other stage of the meeting Mr. Hashemi the President of Isfahan Nejat Society, presented a report of the Society ‘s activities in recent months including a meeting in Kashan on the occasion of the return of Mr. Najafizadeh, a meeting with several German lawyers, foundation of Nejat Society office in Kerman and also visits with some European researchers…

Then Mrs. Baba Safari the sister of one of defectors who had returned to Iran previously, explained her efforts to meet his brother and convince him to return home. She noted the correspondence of families with international organizations. Mrs,Yazdan Parast also declared why the process of separation has become slower recently. She noted that”… MEK has distributed some forms among the members and asked them to fill them out in order to get refugee status.

However we welcome any factor that causes the members leave the Camp Ashraf…

She also read an appeal letter to Iraqi and British embassies. US interests office in Swiss Embassy and UN office and IRC office in which a member of families asked to have the permission to visit their children, contact them by telephone. The families signed this letter.

Behrouz Nazarian, another former member who had been a member of MEK for 17 years explained how he joined the MeK and separated from them.

Siamak Hatami was another person who addressed the audiences during this meeting, he described the 14 years he passed in Ashraf and appreciated Islamic Republic’s efforts to liberate the members.

At the end the families talked to defectors showing the pictures of their children in order to get information of their beloved ones.

on the occasion of return of Hatami

May 25, 2006 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Report on delivery ceremony of Mrs.Marzieh Qorsi

On Monday,May 15th,Mrs. Marzieh Qorsi, nicknamed Arezoo who after years of tolerating challenges and unbelievable mental pressure separated from Rajavi’s terror cult and returned to Iran, through an impressing and exciting ceremony and with the presence of a large number of her relatives at the office of Oroumieh Nejat Society, was delivered to her parents.

When she was visiting her brothers ,sisters and parents, her elder brother hugged her and while he was crying said :" My sister, you were so brave to defect from Rajavi’s group, you did good work, we are very happy that you separated from Rajavi’s cult and came back to us, God’s damnation be on Rajavi."

During this impressing meeting, Marzieh’s family members especially her sister shedding tears of happiness were very excited to have her among them. They declared their serious hatred toward Rajavi’s goup since for ten years its leaders had kept their sister against her will and by force in Camp Ashraf and had prevented her from contacting her son, Saeed, in Iran.

During the ceremony, Mrs.Qorsi’s family members appreciated the efforts of Nejat Society,Azarbaijan branch in order to liberate their sister.

Nejat Society Azerbaijan Branch

May 17, 2006 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Large Gathering in Paris

"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:”>"Families of victims of MKO’s internal suppression ask for the trial of MKO leaders"

"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:”>On April 8, 2006, during a large gathering in France, former members and the families of those suppressed inside the cult of Mojahedin-e Khalq commemorated their loved ones and stressed the need for bringing the leaders of the cult- especially Massoud and Maryam Rajavi- to the court of justice.

"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:”>The event started with the speech of Massoud Khodabandeh; he welcomed the guests and introduced a book by Iran-Peyvand Association, which includes the names and details of nearly 100 victims of MKO’s internal suppression.

"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Then, Ms. Janet and Mr. Rafael, honorary members of Perseet Avenir Association announced the programs of the meeting and asked the families and witnesses to talk about these crimes.

"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Mother Rezvan, Behzad Alishahi, Mohsen Abbaslou, Ms. Noroozi, Abbas Sadeghi, Ali Ghashghyee and Mr. Amir Atefe were among the speakers. A film of Ms. Mohtaram Babayee’s mourning in which, against all claims by the MKO, mother of the late Mohtaram Babayee openly points to the role of Mojahedin in the crime.

"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Several Iranians, families of the victims, former members, political figures and parties, including Kurdish parties, had taken part in this gathering.

"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Photos from the meeting can be seen here.

April 20, 2006 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Paris Meeting

Former members of the MKO have published the names of nearly 100 victims in the MKO: interview with a former member

Now the former members of the MKO in Paris have published a pamphlet containing the names and details of nearly 100 members who they claim were killed by the MKO- under torture, by hanging, forced to commit suicide or had suspicious deaths.

Karim Haghi, former member of the MKO, said to Radio Farda: "the names have been gathered in a pamphlet, which was published in both Farsi and French by Iran-Peyvand Association."

Former members and families of MKO commemorated the victims of internal suppression in MKO on 8th of April. We have decided to hold the ceremonies annually and commemorate those who were killed innocently and in loneliness," he added.

Ali Sajjadi (Radio Farda): in the final days of Saddam Hussein rulership in Iraq, prisons of Mojahedin-e Khalq organization in Iraq were inspected by humanitarian groups and some reports were published on the violation of human rights inside the group. Now, a number of former members of the MKO have published the names of nearly 100 members who were allegedly killed under the torture of MKO, died in suspicious cases, or were forced to commit suicide. Karim Haghi, former member of MKO, talked to Radio Farda and gave explanation about the publication of the victims’ names:

Karim Haghi: several years ago, we started efforts to gather the names and details of those members who were killed or executed (or died in suspicious cases) inside the MKO due to their opposition and protest to the policies of the group. We could collect the names of nearly 100 members. The pamphlet containing these names was published in Farsi and French last week by Iran-Peyvand Association. The pamphlet presents the names, some with photos, of the victims and how they were killed. Of course, the list is not complete and reflects only a small part of those who were killed due to MKO’s internal suppression. These people were killed in different ways. Some of our friends died under the torture of Mojahedin in Iraq. Some of them were delivered to Iraqis and were executed by Baathists. Some were killed in suspicious cases; the MKO claims they committed suicide or due to friendly fire. Others include those who could escape the hell of Rajavi in Iraq and get to Europe but committed suicide because of psychological pressure and pain of MKO’s tortures. Former members and families of MKO commemorated the victims of internal suppression in MKO on 8th of April. We have decided to hold the ceremonies annually and commemorate those who were killed innocently and in loneliness. We want to keep their memory alive and try to pursue their cases through humanitarian communities. This issue is humanitarian rather than political.

Radio Farda

April 20, 2006 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Rai’s Report on MKO Defectors

Italy’s channel 1 (Rai Uno) broadcast a report on MKO and pardon of its defectors in its news section, which is the most important news program in Italy with 25 million viewers.

The report says: "Members of the terrorist MKO can return to their country with recent public pardon [issued by Iranian leaders]. With the fall of Saddam Hussein, MKO lost its supporter. MKO is a dangerous group that conducted armed operations against Iran. It has a dangerous ideology that has turned it into a religious cult.

MKO, which is on the US and European terror lists, has conducted many attacks against Iran during past years."

Then a picture in "Nejat Associaion", illustrating the captivity of MKO members in the organization, is shown and the anchor adds: "With the fall of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, military camps of the group were shut down and their weapons were confiscated.

Today, with the pardon issued by Iranian leaders, many of the members of MKO can return to their country."

Report goes on with interviews with some former members in Nejat Association in Tehran:

"Most of the former members have similar experiences: families who were left alone and people who accepted not to have an ordinary life by entering the MKO. Members were brainwashed so that they were ready to do whatever needed, even extreme duties.

Those who want to leave or escape the group will be punished and tortured severely."

"This man who has recently escaped to Iran (pointing to one of former members) describes the pressure in the organization and that how he was arrested and tortured when he wanted to escape the group," the report adds.

Rai Uno’s reporter points to the parents of a MKO member and says:

"This old parents come once in every two weeks to Nejat Association (that helps the return of MKO members to Iran) to hear about their son who was recruited by the MKO when he was 20." Still, there’s no word on him: "A missing person is a missing element who has destroyed the lives of thousands of human beings".

The term "religious cult" (Setta), used in this report to describe the MKO, has too much negative meaning in Italian language and reminds of extremist and deviant cults.

IRNA

April 12, 2006 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Victims in the MKO

Report of Awaa Club’s Research Committee

According to tens of reports received by Awaa Club, and also according to the families of the victims, there are numerous occasions of suppression in the internal relations of the MKO.

Awaa started to study this case two years ago and conducted interviews on disappearance of a number of victims. In this regard, a letter was sent to Iraqi president Mr. Jalal Talabani, asking for his help in the field of investigating this case. Following this case, large number of reports and letters show that the suppression and disappearance of people in the MKO has a long history. Those who disappeared were the victims of suppression policies of MKO leaders.

The victims are tens of members who disappeared inside the MKO. The case was opened 2 years ago in order for the illumination of public opinion and it’s still going on. In this regard, we ask all informed Iranians, former members of MKO, and particularly the families of the victims to help us complete the investigation on this historical disaster by sending news, reports, photos, information and other documents to one of the addresses of Awaa Club.

Below is the first report of our investigations for the families, humanitarian workers and organizations and the media. It should be noted that more information will be published about each victim in the future.

Postfach 90 31 73

D- 51124 Köln

Tel: + 49 (0) 2203 92 53 692

Fax: + 49 (0) 2203 92 53 694

Mobil: + 49 (0) 175 639 1365

Mobil: + 49 (0) 163 184 9145

Email: aawa_association@web.de

The list of victims and missing people in the MKO

(The list is being completed)

Name Date of Death Type of Death How announced by MKO

1 Mojtaba Mirmiran 1988 Hanging Suicide

2 Homa Bashardoost 1993 Self-immolation Due to fire

3 Saeed Norouzi 2003 Suspicious US bombing

4 Mir Hussein Moosavi Yeganeh 1998 Suspicious No comments

5 Parviz Ahmadi 1994 By torture Martyrdom during clashes

6 Davood Ahmadi 1989 Hanging Suicide

7 Mohamad Reza Babakhanlou 1997 Self-immolation Due to illness

8 Aalan Mohamadi possibliy1998 Suicide Unintentional shooting

9 Ali Khoshhal 1995 Suicide Unintentional shooting

10 Jalil Bozorgmehr 1994 Suspicious No comments

11 Karim Pedram 1998 Suicide Unintentional shooting

12 Ali Naghi Haddadi 1994 Suspicious No comments

13 Farman Shafabin 1999 Self-immolation Unintentional shooting

14 Mohamad Eftekhari 1994 Self-immolation Fire accident

15 Ghorbanali Torabi 1994 By torture Military operation

16 Mohamad Talebdost 1989 missing No comments

17 Javad Dehghan 1981 Suicide Suicide

18 Mehdi Sharifi 1981 Suicide Suicide

April 8, 2006 0 comment

Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

MKO’s Latest Terror Operation in Iraq

Members of the Mojahedin-e khalq organization, wearing the uniforms of Iraqi interior ministry officers and backed by US forces, took part in last week’s attack to Baghdad’s A’zamiah Sunni district.

Al-Bayenah Al-Jadidah newspaper wrote: "Security forces arrested a number of these people and realized that they were Iranians. In the investigations, they found that detained people belonged to the terrorist Mojahedin-e khalq organization.

A’zamiah in Baghdad witnessed clashes between armed men and popular forces last week.

IRIB News

March 27, 2006 0 comment

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