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Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Appeal from the Family of Mehraban and Kiumars Balaei

To the Representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Albania
To the Honorable Representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Albania,
Greetings and respect,
Dear sir,
I, Ghorbanali Balaei, the eldest son of my family, respectfully write to you on behalf of all my family members. We sincerely request your assistance in arranging a meeting with my brothers, Mehraban Balaei and Kiumars Balaei, who are currently held in Manza Camp (known as Ashraf 3) in Albania.
If arranging a physical meeting is not immediately possible, we urgently ask that you at least facilitate a telephone connection between us.
My family and I have been waiting for over forty years without any information about the well-being and conditions of my brothers. My brother Mehraban, who was married and father to a son, was captured during his military service. Sadly, until today, he has not been allowed to make even a single phone call to his child.
We respectfully request that—based on your humanitarian mission and legal responsibility to support victims of enforced separation and violence—you assist in restoring communication with our loved ones. We ask that they be permitted, at the very least, to make a telephone call to us.
Thank you for your attention and consideration.
With respect,
Ghorbanali Balaei
+989111848827

November 11, 2025 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Letter of Houshang Pour Ebrahim’s sister to the UN

To: United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Subject: Request for Investigation into the Whereabouts of My Brother, Houshang Pour Ebrahim

Dear Members of the Committee,
My name is Soghra Pour Ebrahim, and I am the sister of Houshang Pour Ebrahim. My brother, Houshang Pour Ebrahim, was captured by the forces of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) on October 16, 1987, while serving his mandatory military service in the Baneh region of Kurdistan Province, Iran. Since that time, we have had no information about his fate, whereabouts, or condition.

Over the years, our family has made repeated efforts through various organizations and unofficial channels to obtain any news about him, but no clear answer has ever been received. My mother and I remain waiting and hopeful for his return. Sadly, our father passed away after years of grief and uncertainty over his disappearance.

I respectfully request that the esteemed Committee to use its mandate to investigate the fate and current status of Houshang Pour Ebrahim and to inform our family of any findings.

With sincere gratitude and respect,
Soghra Pour Ebrahim

November 10, 2025 0 comments

The Italian parliament building (illustrative photo)

Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

Families of Iranian victims of terrorism protest Italian support for MKO

The families of Iranian victims of terrorism have issued an open letter to Italy’s judiciary and top lawmakers, condemning the reception given to the ringleader of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) during her visit to Rome on July 30.

The letter, sent by the Habilian Association, which represented over 23,000 victims of terrorism, denounced the support shown by several Italian politicians and parliamentarians for the MKO, a group with a long history of violence and currently on trial in Tehran for acts of terrorism.

The letter outlined the MKO’s record, including its collaboration with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the Iran–Iraq War and its involvement in attacks on Iranian and Iraqi civilians, which resulted in thousands of deaths.

Although the MKO was removed from the EU’s terrorism list in 2009, the letter said the group remained implicated in money laundering, internal human rights violations, and continued acts of sabotage in Iran through its so-called “rebellious units.”

The letter stated that the MKO’s former ringleader, Massoud Rajavi, had repeatedly incited armed violence against both military and civilian targets in Iran.

The families expressed deep concern over the actions of Italian officials, including the deputy speaker of parliament reportedly presenting an award to an MKO member and plans to host the group’s ringleader at the Italian parliament.

According to the letter, these events, which also included exhibitions and political propaganda, violated Italy’s anti-terrorism laws and the EU’s legal framework, both of which criminalized support for terrorist organizations, including promotion and provision of resources.

The letter argued that such actions not only contradicted Italy’s international obligations but also threatened public safety and risked damaging the historically friendly relations between Iran and Italy.

The Foreign Ministry summoned the ambassador over the Italian parliament’s decision to host the ringleader of the MKO terrorist cult.
“These actions called into question Italy’s commitment to fighting terrorism,” the letter stated, “and could negatively impact the psychological security of Italian citizens by enabling a group that openly promoted violence and sabotage.”

The families claimed that at least 12 MKO-affiliated front organizations operated in Italy and urged a thorough investigation into their activities.

The letter demanded that Italian authorities enforce anti-terrorism laws by investigating politicians who supported the MKO, banning its members from entering Italy, and prohibiting all forms of propaganda events associated with the group.

It urged the Italian parliament to provide a platform for the victims’ families to share their firsthand accounts of the MKO’s atrocities, equal to the space afforded to the group’s representatives.

“Italy, as a key member of the European Union, had the opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to combating terrorism and to prevent actions that promoted violence and instability, even when those actions targeted countries other than Italy,” the letter concluded, calling for immediate measures to halt unlawful support for the MKO.

The MKO has carried out numerous terrorist attacks against Iranian civilians and government officials since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

A top Iranian criminal court has held dozens of hearings into the group’s crimes and is expected to continue its trial sessions.

August 9, 2025 0 comments

Families of MEK hostages- Kermanshah province - Iran

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Families of MEK hostages from Kermanshah pen letter to the ICRC

Dear Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross,
With respect and best wishes for your success,
we, the families whose names are listed below, in Iran and Kermanshah province, would like to inform you that one of our family members was captured by the Iraqi army during the Iran-Iraq war four decades ago.

Each of them spent the war and the end of the ceasefire in camps and detention centers in Iraq. During those years, we, the families, were informed of the status of our captive members through letters from the International Committee of the Red Cross based in Iraq.

We would like to inform you that 37 years have passed since the ceasefire between Iran and Iraq and the government has changed in Iraq, but our family members have not yet been exchanged and returned to their families.

According to Article 118 of the Third Geneva Convention, prisoners of war must be released and returned to their country immediately after the end of active hostilities. Despite this article, our children have not been exchanged 37 years after the end of the war.

According to the information we have received from the released prisoners, we learned that our children were injected by the dictatorial regime of Saddam in a deal with the terrorist group Mujahedin-e-Khalq, which was based in Iraq at that time, and the International Red Cross was deceived into believing that they freely chose to join this group. And now, for several decades, this injustice has been done to our prisoners.

Therefore, we, their families, ask you, as the International Red Cross, whose duty is to free our captive children, to take action regarding the release of our children. It is necessary to clarify that the Mujahedin-e-Khalq organization, which has taken our children into second captivity, has left Iraq and has a camp called Ashraf 3 in Albania, so we ask you for help in freeing our loved ones.

Thank you in advance,

Names of prisoners:
Ali Sepah Amiri/Yahya Moradpour/Nowrooz Darvishi/Alireza Jafari/Ali Ashraf Maleki/Houshang Moradi/Abdolkarim Karimi/Mohammad Ali Parva/Ali Asghar Darvish Tabar/Alimorad Lotfi/Mosayeb Rashidi/Alireza Khalo Kakaei/Ali Yousefi.

June 2, 2025 0 comments

Conference of the Albanian Nejat Society in Tirana

Missions of Nejat Society

Message from the President of the Nejat Society Albania

Greetings to all my dear compatriots and also to all the Iranian families of the members trapped in the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) camp in Manz.

I congratulate you on the arrival of the year 2025, I wish it to be a year full of goodness and blessings for all of you.

We also hope that the year 2025 will be the year of the connection of Iranian families with their loved ones trapped in the People’s Mujahedin Organization camp in Manez and the realization of the fundamental rights of the current members of this organization and that good and new events will take place in this year.

I take the opportunity to review some of the important activities carried out by Nejat Society Albania in 2024

The documentary film “Mother, Love, Separation”, which is the result of our meeting with several mothers grieving due to distance and separation from their children, was produced and screened this year under the direction of Aldo Sollulari, Director of the Albanian Rescue Media. Society. This very strong and influential documentary expresses our problem well and we pledged by producing this documentary that we will continue our struggle until we achieve our goal.

During this year, many television interviews were conducted on prominent Albanian channels to clarify the nature of the MEK and the demands of families for human rights.

In this regard, many articles, discussions and online conferences were also produced, in addition to the fact that members of Nejat Society Albania were very active on social networks in cyberspace.

Online programs of meetings and talks with Nejat Society inside Iran and talks with families to resolve their problems with MEK were organized, which were very well received by the suffering families.

A public rally was held in Tirana to demand human rights for the residents of the Manez camp, as well as conferences in various cities, such as Shkodër, Elbasan, along with a photo and cartoon exhibition and a documentary screening, as well as meetings and discussions with local personalities were held.

Three books have been written by three Albanian authors and one book has been translated from Persian into Albanian, which is expected to be published, presented and distributed in the new year.

I participated in a revealing conference in Italy and met and talked with Italian personalities, which caused a hysterical reaction from the MEK and false accusations, which have been proven to be the opposite in practice. Our response to the lies spread by the leaders of the MEK is that we continue our work to protect the rights of members who are under pressure but are afraid to voice their demands.

The members and officials of the Albanian Salvation Association pledge to mothers who want to see their children and families who want to connect with their loved ones, to continue their journey in the new year more than before and with double energy.

Although we know that the MEK wants to close our association and is hostile to us in every way, we also know that all this is happening because we are telling the truths that many people do not know. We raise the voice of families who have been deprived of the right to communicate with their loved ones.

We want the people imprisoned in the MEK camp in Manez to have the right to self-determination and return to normal life and real freedom.

Here I should thank all members Nejat Society Albania for their tireless efforts despite all the difficulties and shortcomings. Although these people are often threatened or accused by the leaders of the People’s Mujahedin organization, they still show the truth of their lives and the reality within this organization.

Also, on behalf of all the members of Nejat Society Albania, I would like to appreciate the efforts of Mr. Ebrahim Khodabandeh, the CEO of Nejat Society in Iran, for leading our efforts to free the members trapped in the MEK. I also want to thank all mothers and families who have supported us in these years and I hope that in the end we will all succeed.

Once again, I congratulate everyone on the new year and wish you happiness and prosperity.

Thank you and respect

President of Nejat Society Albania

Erisa Idrizi

January 1, 2025 0 comments

Missions of Nejat Society

Aldo Sulollari’s New Year’s greetings to the CEO of Nejat Society and his reply

Aldo Sulollari’s New Year’s greetings to the CEO of the Nejat Society

To: Ebrahim Khodabandeh, the best boss in the world,
Happy New Year 2025!
I am beyond grateful to have you, not only as a boss but as a mentor, a leader, and a friend.
Your guidance, wisdom, and unwavering support have shaped so much of my journey.
You inspire those around you with your dedication, vision, and kindness.
May this new year bring you continued success, happiness, and all the achievements you deserve.
Thank you for being the incredible leader you are.
With great respect and appreciation,
Aldo Sulollari

Response of the CEO of the Nejat Society to Aldo Sulollari

Mr. Aldo Sulollari, Media Director of the Nejat Society of Albania
I congratulate you and your esteemed family, especially your dear mother, who has always supported the Nejat Society of Albania and understands the pain and suffering of Iranian mothers who have been separated from their children in the Manz camp, on the New Year, and I hope that the new year will be a year full of blessings and success.
I have heard many times from families that they are grateful to God that people like you and your family are friends and helpers of the Nejat Society of Albania and sincerely work towards the goals of the Nejat Society and bear the problems arising from this type of activity.
In the last conference call we had, we reviewed many plans together, which I hope we will carry forward one by one in the coming year with the help of God and the efforts of you, the members of the Nejat Society of Albania and the support of families in Iran.
What you wrote in your message was only your kindness and grace for me, otherwise I do not consider myself worthy of these definitions.
Thank you very much.
Good luck
Ebrahim Khodabandeh

January 1, 2025 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

The letter of Esmail Bazkiai’s parents to their son in the MEK

Dear son,
Why don’t you relieve us from distress with at least one call!? We are fine thanks to God, but we miss you and are waiting for you. Your mother is very sick and so am I, but I have to take care of us and try my best. Of course, your brother takes care of us a lot and loves us. I wish you were here and we could have a happy life together.

Dear Esmail
It has been almost fourteen years since you left us and joined the Mujahedin-e Khalq. Think about it! What have you gained in these years? except that you have wasted your life and youth and you have become far away from your homeland and family.

My dear Esmail
Do you remember our neighbor Sholeh Shadram (Akram)? In 1991, she left the Rajavis and moved to Turkey, and from there, she got refuge in Sweden where she started a family. Having a successful family, she has several children, and the interesting thing is that she returned to Iran and her hometown easily and without any problems. Since then, she travels to Iran and back to Sweden. She has a very good life.

Dear son,
You too can reach the free world by releasing yourself and choose a good and comfortable life. Of course, we are eager to meet and hug you in our warm arms in Iran. Come soon, I miss you so much.
Ismail, I kiss you from afar. Mother also greets you and asks you to call us with this 09919139801.

Your father
Mohammad Hassan Pour Mohammad Ali Bazkiai

November 16, 2024 0 comments

European Union

MEK former members write letter to Peter Stano

Chief Spokesperson of the European Union
Dear Dr. Peter Stano,

Organizations known as People’s Mojahedin (MEK & MKO) and all its associations in Europe, which have launched the defense of women, human rights, freedom, etc. under false guises, as well as the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) which is used to hide its nature of terrorism and deception from public opinion. They are both terrorist in nature. Actually, these organizations fight against humanity, human conscience, and rationality.

Such an anti-human group has killed its countrymen and fellow Iranian soldiers in alliance with the enemy of its country. This has been done by the MEK in cooperation with the former dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein.

This criminal group actually operates as a “destructive cult of mind control” with the mechanism of “personality cult leadership” and “sectarian brainwashing”. In the 21st century, it is supported by western progressive systems and European countries; it still holds its own members in captivity; it runs its violent activities and anti-human actions from the heart of the Europe.

Please ask your colleagues to analyze the content of this cult’s Persian website (“mojahedin.org”) and see its propaganda about crime, thuggery, arson, and disrupting the social order of Iranian cities. Unfortunately, the European Union is not only silent about this, but also supports this destructive cult of personality.

The sites and satellite channels of this aggressive and violent group (with the support of European systems) constantly give orders to their agents in Iran to make bombs and explode different places in Iran.

In France, Albania, and other European countries, where the Cult of Rajavi officially operates, it uses the Internet to create chaos inside the country, but the members of the group do not have personal access to the Internet to contact their loved ones.

The “war-seekers” lobby in America and a number of European officials and parliamentarians, whose common denominator is to create a war against the country of Iran, are trying to convince the European decision-makers that the MEK terrorist organization is a suitable alternative for Iran’s government. Meanwhile, all Iranian people know that the MEK and its front organizations in Europe, in the role of the fifth column of the Iraqi army, have been the most hated opposition group in Iran, which has killed more than 17,000 people since 1981.

The trapped and captive members in the cult who are kept in an isolated remote camp in Albania, cannot learn a foreign language and look for job and live like free people and refugees in Europe; they have to pursue violent actions against their own country in the troll farm of the group. They work as robots behind computers and in virtual space.

As former members of the MEK terrorist organization, who are aware of the depth of the human tragedy in the group, our request is this: please use your authority in order to inform your European colleagues in the member states of the Union to stop blindly supporting the terrorist MEK and do not serve the American warmongers and the owners of weapon factories.

Best Regards
A group of former members of the MEK from Ilam Province, Iran

November 13, 2024 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Families of MEK prisoners in Albania pen letter to Mai Sato the UN Special Reporter

Dr. Mai Sato,
We are a group of Iranian families in Ilam province. We would like to congratulate on your selection as the Special Reporter on Human Rights in Iran wishing you success.

1.I am Mohammad Taheri, Fereydoun Taheri’s brother. My brother is in Ashraf 3 in Albania. My brother has been in the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization for almost 20 years.

2. I am Farahnaz Moradzadeh from Ilam Province, Satar Kheti’s Mother. My son is taken as a hostage in Ashraf Comp 3, in Albania. My son has been a prisoner of the destructive Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization for 21 years, and we have no information about his situation.

3. I am Sadegh Jalilian from Ilam Province, Holeylan District, Morad Jalilian’s brother. My brother is captive in Camp Ashraf 3 in Albania. My brother was captured in 1988 during his military service in Mehran region in Iran-Iraq war. He has been imprisoned by the Mujahedin Khalq organization for 36 years, and there is no information about him. we do not know about his status.

4. I am Dara Namdari from Ilam Province, Holeylan Districe, Yousef Namdari’s brother. My brother is imprisoned in Ashraf 3, Albania. My brother has been a captive of the destructive cult of Mujahedin Khalq for 25 years, and we have no information about his conditions.

5. I am Rouhollah Mirzaei from Ilam province, Satar Mirzaei’s brother. My brother has been taken as a hostage by the Mujahedin-e Khalq in Camp Ashraf 3, Albania. He has been trapped by the violent Cult of Rajavi for 29 years and we have no information about him.

6. I am Khadad Barani from Ilam Province, Dehloran City, Ali Akbar Barani’s father. Ali Akbar is in Camp Ashraf 3 in Albania in the mujahedin-e Khalq organization. My son left home and joined the Cult of Rajavi 18 years ago and we have no connection with him.

7. I am Mohammad Cheraghi, from Ilam Province, Badre City. I am Akbar Cheraghi’s brother. My brother is in Camp Ashraf 3 in Albania. He was taken as war prisoner by the MKO in Mehran City. He had no contact with us for 36 years.

8. I am Jahanbin Khademi from Ilam Province, Saleh Abad City, Jahangir Khademi’s brother. My brother has been imprisoned in the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization for 33 years and he had on connect with us during these years. My brother is a hostage in Camp Ashraf 3 in Albania now.

9. I am Ghazban Kheiri from Ilam Province, Hamid Kheiri’s brother. My brother in Camp Ashraf 3 in Albania. He has been involved in the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization for 18 years and has not had any contact with us during this long time.

10. I am AIi Heiwari from Ilam Province, Mehran City, I am the brother of Mohammad Heiwari. My brother is in Camp Ashraf 3 in Albania, my brother is in the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization for 43 years and we have no information about his status.

Dear Dr. Mai Sato, our children and the children of other families have no phone contact with us since they entered the Mujahedin-e Khalq organization The organization has restricted them. For what crime should they remain locked up and unmarried for the rest of their lives. This is genocide and war against God, we have already written numerous letters to international organizations and the Red Cross, but unfortunately, we have not gotten any results.

We have tried to meet our children several times, but the leaders of the Mujahedin-e Khalq organization have deprived us from this right. We and all families cannot meet our beloved children who are under the strict control of Masoud and Maryam Rajavi in Camp Ashraf 3 in Manz, Albania. May God makes us the subject of your unquestionable grace and merci.

May God bless you
Best Regards,
Some languishing families of MKO members

November 13, 2024 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Family of MEK hostage pens letter to the Albania’s authorities

Family members of a MEK hostage requested the Albanian’s authorities to help them visit their loved one captivated at the Mujahedin-e Khalq Camp in Manza, Albania.
The letter reads:

The Iranian freestyle wrestlers participating at the 2024 U-23 World Wrestling Championships in Albania, can be considered as a good opening to the deep relations between the two countries.
Good relations between the two countries, is what the Mujahedin-e Khalq leaders are afraid of.

We are families of MEK hostages in their Albania’s Camp. We are really worries about our loved ones’ situation. The MEK leaders prevent us from any contact with our children.
We plea you to accelerate our visit with our loved ones at the MEK closed camp in Manza.

Sincerely,
Family of a MEK hostage; Ali Madad Sadeghi

October 27, 2024 0 comments

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