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Document proves role of MKO in AMIA case accusations

January 27, 2013 will probably be remembered decades from now as a new starting point in relations between Argentina and Iran.

That date the governments of both countries decided to turn the page of a history besmirched by accusations that have not served to find the truth about the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in the Argentine capital city.

The Memorandum of Understanding signed between Buenos Aires and Tehran earlier this year has been praised by many here, from ruling party MPs and experts to social, political and religious leaders who have long-battled foreign interests’ interference in the investigation.

But the MoU has also found strong resistance that has hindered efforts to know the one thing that matters: Who is truly responsible for the killing of 85 Argentineans?

AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman blamed Tehran and issued arrest warrants for top Iranian officials in 2006. But what did he base his certainty on?

According to the recently released arrest warrant document, Nisman solely listened to the testimonies of members of Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization, which is an anti-Iran terrorist group.

The MKO-with a history of bombings in Iran and which has been paradoxically removed from the US State Department’s list of terrorist groups- seems to have convinced Nisman regarding AMIA center killing.

Did they convince him? Or are there other players in this case?

The MoU sets the creation of a Truth Commission and will allow Argentine judicial officials to question the alleged suspects targeted by prosecutor Nisman. The MoU has been approved by both the Congress of Argentina and the government of Iran.

Despite the information revealed by the intelligence document, a 500-page report released by Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman claims that Iran is increasing its influence in Latin America. This has provided pro-Israel lobbies with a new pretext to continue their condemnation of the AMIA Memorandum.

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August 24, 2013 0 comment

Albania

A report on MKO members in Albanian refugee camp

Seventy-one members of Mujahedin Khalq Organization have been relocated to Albania.

The resettlement is due to protracted efforts by the UN to move the around 3,000 members of the former rebel People’s Mujahedeen at Camp Liberty, on Baghdad’s outskirts, outside of Iraq.

The Video File is one of several reports published by Albanian Media on the resettlement of these 71 MEK members in Tirana Refugee Camp .

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July 15, 2013 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Ex-MKO members recount ordeals at Camp Ashraf

The MKO – listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community – fled Iran in 1986 to Iraq, where it received the support of Iraq’s executed dictator Saddam Hussein, and set up its camp near the Iranian border.”

“What I saw and endured at the MKO’s Camp Ashraf is opposite of what they say here in Europe. There is no freedom for women. They cannot talk to men, wear make-up and are even forced to have abortions… I wanted to leave there for a long time and finally escaped,” said Nasrin Ebrahimi, a former MKO member, in the French capital, Paris.

The Iraqi government later transferred MKO terrorists from Camp New Iraq, formerly known as Camp Ashraf, to Camp Liberty, located at the north of Baghdad. They are currently being relocated to other countries such as Albania.

The group is notorious for carrying out numerous acts of terror against Iranian civilians and officials and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds in the country’s north under Saddam.

Edward Termado, another former member, said, “We did not have [access to] internet, we did not have [access to] news, news was under their control. When I came out [of Camp], I did not know what a mobile is… in 2001.”

He added that the MKO leaders “do not understand democracy… they are dictators, and I call her [an MKO leader Maryam Rajavi] small dictator.”

Jahangir Shadanlou, a social worker for former MKO members, said executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein paid the terrorist group USD 30 million dollars a month to attack and spy on Iran.

“They made a lot of foreign investments with this money. The MKO is a group of Fifth columnists, which has spied and fought against the Iranian people in hopes that one day foreign powers would reward them by putting them in charge of Iran,” Shadanlou added.

In the past few years, MKO and its sympathizers have invested considerable financial resources to bring high-profile speakers to rallies and gatherings in the United States and Europe to back the terrorist group.

In 2012, the US Treasury Department investigated former Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell for receiving USD 150,000 or 160,000 from the MKO in return for his speeches in favor of the group.

Rendell was among a group of former US officials who accepted money to deliver speeches calling for the removal of the MKO from the State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

The group included former FBI Director Louis Freeh; two former CIA directors James Woolsey and Porter Goss; former attorney general Michael B. Mukasey; President George W. Bush’s first homeland security secretary Tom Ridge and President Obama’s first national security adviser Gen. James L. Jones as well as prominent Republicans, including Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, and Democrats like Howard Dean, a former governor of Vermont.

According to a report by New York Times, these officials received fees of USD 10,000 to USD 50,000 for speeches on behalf of the Iranian group.

The MKO was taken off the State Department’s blacklist on September 28, 2012.

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June 26, 2013 0 comment

The MEK Expulsion from Iraq

Last group of MKO terrorists relocated

The Iraqi government has announced the relocation of MKO terrorist group members. The relocation comes according to an agreement signed between Iraq and the UN to evacuate the camp and hand it over to the Iraqi authorities.

The Iraqi government has announced that 680 members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) have been moved from their original residence in the eastern province of Diyala to a new camp near the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

Diyala provincial officials said the seventh group of the MKO terrorists was transferred from Camp New Iraq, formerly known as Camp Ashraf situated about 120 kilometers west of the border with Iran.

The sixth convoy of about 400 residents of Camp Ashraf was moved to another camp on August 29.

Diyala’s Police Chief stated that the remaining 168 MKO members will be relocated very soon, he further added that the MKO members who are in Iraqi wanted list for committing Humanitarian crimes against civilians will be rechecked in their new camp in Baghdad.

The spokesperson of Diyala’s headquarter said that the relocation of the MKO members has been implemented according to an agreement between the Iraqi government and the UN and under the supervision of the UN representatives in Iraq.

The MKO members fled to Iraq in 1986, where they enjoyed the support of Iraq’s executed dictator Saddam Hussein, and set up their camp near the Iranian border.

The group is also known to have cooperated with Saddam Hussein in suppressing the 1991 uprisings in southern Iraq and carrying out the massacre of Iraqi Kurds.

The MKO has carried out numerous acts of violence against Iranian civilians and government officials.
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September 17, 2012 0 comment

Iraq

Iraqi government requests for MKO evacuation

The Iraqi government has announced that the time table which was given to the Mojahidine Khalq Organization has ended.

In a meeting with the representatives of eight foreign counties the Iraqi national Security Advisor stated that the MKO members have never shown any cooperation with the Iraqi government and Iraqi has accepted the six months period in response to request of the UN.

the meeting which was organized and headed by the Iraqi national security advisor included the United States, UK, EU, China, Russia, Canada, Australia and the representative of the Arab League.

During the meeting the Iraqi national security advisor stated that the Iraqi government will deal with the MKO members as an Anit-Iraqi Sovereignty group.

On the other hand the Iraqi national security advisor stressed that Many MKO members are on the Iraqi wanted list for committing crimes against humanity in the country during the 1991 popular uprising, the list containing 38 MKO members including Masoud Rajavi and Mariam Rajavi.

He said that the Iraqi justice system will do its duty in bringing the wanted criminals to justice to be prosecuted according to the Iraqi law.

The representative of the UN’s Secretary General Mr. Martin Coupler stated that the time is up and urged the MKO members to pack up their properties and be prepared for the next move.

He further said that the United Nation is directly involved in the issue and called for finding a peaceful solution for the MKO issue in Iraq.
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The MKO is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community, and is responsible for numerous terrorist acts against both Iranians and Iraqis.The group is especially notorious in Iran for siding with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war

Wisam al-Bayati, Baghdad
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August 1, 2012 0 comment

The MEK Expulsion from Iraq

MKO members evacuating Ashraf camp

In a first step toward evacuating the anti-Iran MKO terrorists’ camp and expelling its members from Iraq, the Iraqi government has announced the transfer of 400 MKO members from Ashraf camp to a former US Military base.

The transfer procedures were under the supervision of the UN representatives and the Iraqi government.

The military operation center in Diyala deployed security forces all the way down from the MKO camp in Diyala to Baghdad to secure the movement of the MKO members.

Relocating the MKO members is according to an agreement reached between the United Nations and Iraq in December, which is expected to facilitate the MKO’s complete exit from Iraq.

The Iraqi National security advisor stated that under the deal, the UN and the Iraqi government agreed to relocate 3,400 MKO members living in Camp Ashraf.

He further added that Baghdad has decided to close Camp Ashraf in Iraq’s Diyala province by the end of 2011, but the government later agreed to extend the deadline to April.

The head of the UN envoy to Iraq said that all the MKO members will be interviewed to find a host country for those refugees.

Iraq considers the MKO base and its residents a threat to its national security but, has been pressured by the west to extend the existence of the camp on its soil.

The MKO is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community and is responsible for numerous acts of terror and violence against Iranian civilians and officials as well as anti-Saddam Iraqi civilians mostly in the 1990s. Iraqis hold the MKP responsible for acts of terror under Saddam Hussein’s regime.
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February 20, 2012 0 comment

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Families of MKO members repeat calls to see their relatives

The Iranian families said they have come thousands of kilometers to see their relatives, and now they are few meters away and are unable to meet them.

According to reports by Iraqi NGOs and the defected MKO members, the group’s members inside the camps have been living in dire conditions and deprived of their basic rights.

Meanwhile, Iraq has agreed to United Nations demand to extend by six months a year-end deadline to close the MKO camp on its soil.

The UN and the Iraqi government signed a deal to relocate more than 3,000 MKO members living in Camp Ashraf while their refugee status is determined.

The MKO is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community, and is responsible for numerous terrorist acts against both Iranians and Iraqis.

The group is especially notorious in Iran for siding with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and fighting alongside Iraqi troops during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

Wisam al-Bayati,
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December 28, 2011 0 comment

The MEK Expulsion from Iraq

Iraqis demand promised MKO expulsion

Thousands of Iraqi people held a demonstration in Tahrir square in central Baghdad to demand the immediate expulsion of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from their country.

Condemning MKO acts of terror, Iraqi protesters on Friday gathered outside Camp Ashraf, the base of the exiled group, to urge the government to close the notorious camp as scheduled for December 31.

The protest rally came one day after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rejected a UN appeal for the extension of the year-end deadline to shut down Camp Ashraf, saying that the Iraqi government cannot permit a criminal gang to remain in the country.

Baghdad considers Camp Ashraf and its residents as a threat to its national security and insists it is determined to close down the terrorist base by the end of 2011.

Camp Ashraf, about 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) west of the Iranian border, houses some 3,400 MKO members. The terrorist group has carried out numerous acts of terror and violence against Iranian civilians and government officials after they fled to Iraq in 1986, where it enjoyed the support of Iraq’s executed dictator Saddam Hussein.

The terrorist group is also known to have collaborated with Saddam in the bloody repression of the 1991 Shia Muslims in southern Iraq and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds in the country’s north.
Iran has repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to expel the group, but the US has been blocking the expulsion by mounting pressure on the Iraqi government.

While the MKO is designated as a terrorist organization under the United States law, and has been described by State Department officials as a repressive cult, The New York Times recently reported that Washington is mulling over removing the MKO from its terrorist watch list and giving refuge to its members.

Last month, European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said she would urge EU member states to accept the residents of Camp Ashraf.
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December 25, 2011 0 comment

Iraq

Anti-MKO protest held in Iraq

Hundreds of Iraqis from different parts of the country held a protest to show their support for the Iranian families who have been waiting for more than six months to see their family members and relatives who reside in the camp Ashraf.

Camp Ashraf, has been the principal home of the anti Iranian group known as Mujahedeen Khalgh organization or MKO since the group allied itself with Saddam Hussein in the 1980s, receiving weapons and training from his regime.

A number of Iraqi officials and tribal leaders were among those who had gathered to have their voice heard. The protesters carried banners with anti-MKO slogans on condemning the MKO presence.

A number of defected MKO members were among the Iranian families, they stated that they have been living in dire conditions and deprived of their rights.

During the protest the Iraqi officials urged the government to expel the MKO members from Iraq as scheduled, saying any delay in doing so may give members of the group enough time to launch attacks against the civilians living near their camp.

Many here are concerned about the possibility of interference by the UN to keep the MKO in the country.

The MKO is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community, and is responsible for numerous terrorist acts against both Iranians and Iraqis. The group is especially notorious in Iran for siding with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

Wisam al-Bayati
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November 20, 2011 0 comment

Iraq

Iraqi government do not allow MKO to remain in Iraq

The Iraqi government has announced that the end of 2011 will witness the evacuation of the MKO camp and expel of its members from Iraq.

In a press conference held at the Iraq Cabinet building with the presence of the representative of the UN’s Secretary General Mr. Martin Coupler and a number of International Human Rights organizations and ambassadors, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s advisor stated that the Iraqi government will not allow the MKO members to remain in Iraq after 2011.

During the press conference, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Advisor stressed that the Iraqi constitution is not permitting such terrorist organization to remain in Iraq.

The United Nations stated that the Iraqi government is acting according to the International standards and the Iraqi constitution.

The representative of the UN’s Secretary General said that the United Nation is directly involved in the issue and called for finding a peaceful solution for the MKO issue in Iraq.

The MKO is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community, and is responsible for numerous terrorist acts against both Iranians and Iraqis.

The group is especially notorious in Iran for siding with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

Wisam al-Bayati
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November 17, 2011 0 comment

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