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Atefeh Sebdani: the world will know more about this fanatical, terrible cult

Following the premiere of the documentary, “The Children of Camp Ashraf”, Atefeh Sebdani, wrote about her feelings on her Likedin account. Sebdani is one of the four children of Mujahed parents whose life story is documented by the director, Sara Moien.

Atefeh has recently debuted with the gripping autobiography My Hand in Mine. It is a story about growing up with no one to hold on to but yourself, of abuses that are skillfully covered up by the Mujahedin-Khalq (MEK) and a society that fails to see the vulnerable child.

Read her post on Linkedin after Sara Moien’s film was finally played in the Swedish Goteborg Festival:
They say you should face your fears. I don’t know how many times I’ve done it in my life, or how many more times I’ll have to do it.

It was a full circle when the world premiere of our documentary happened to be in my hometown.
It feels strange that years of recording and hard work from the production have now led to this. That the world will know more about this fanatical, terrible cult. That I kept this project a secret for so long and now can finally talk about it!

The cult did everything in its power to stop the film, harass the festival and production, and smear us protagonists. They have put out terrible press releases about us and their fear is seeping through.

I’ve felt every emotion imaginable this week. Fear, sadness, shock, joy, euphoria. It’s been overwhelming.
But what an important and beautiful documentary film. Sold out every day and a historical chapter. Don’t miss it when more chances come next, keep your eyes open and please support us.

This is what I wrote on my Instagram the day before the premiere:
Will I feel scared tomorrow?

I wanted to lie and say no to you, that I am now invincible. For, I am not alone. For, history is carried by more people now.
But I will be in the same city where those who hate me the most are, the cult member I grew up with. I wouldn’t be human if I didn’t care.

They say you should face your fears. I don’t know how many times I’ve done it in my life, or how many more times I’ll have to do it.
One thing at a time. Tomorrow, is a day to remember, a day to celebrate.

Many thanks to SVT Sara Moein Parwin Hoseinia Amir Vafa Linda Mutawi Hanif Bali Nima Sarvestani Iraj Mesdaghi Max Sebdani Jacobson Tell Aulin and so many more.

February 5, 2024 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

Report on the Premier of “Children of Camp Ashraf” at the Goteborg Festival

The new documentary Children of Camp Ashraf was screened at the Gotenborg Film Festival in Sweden. On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, Sara Moin’s documentary was screened at the Goteborg Documentary Film Festival.

Children of Camp Ashraf deals with the story of 4 out of 900 children of Mujahedin_e Khalq (MEK) who were separated from their parents in 1991under the order of Masoud Rajavi and were smuggled from Camp Ashraf, Iraq to Europe and North America. Amir Yaghmai, Parvin Hosseini, Hanif Bali and Atefeh Sabdani are four of the 120 children of the MEK who were smuggled to Sweden at that time.

According to the information available on the festival’s website, the tickets for the first screening of the film at 5:45 pm on Wednesday were completely sold out about three weeks ago.

At the end of the movie, the crowd of Swedish spectators in the hall faced the tumult by the supporters of the MEK who were trying to convince the jury and the audience in the hall in non-Swedish languages that the film not based on truth.

https://dla.nejatngo.org/Media/Report/Children-Ashraf/Doc-Children-Ashraf-202402-1.mp4

Tumult by the supporters of the MEK after the doc’s screening

Hanif Heideranjad, a former member of the MEK and a journalist, wrote in his report on premier of the Children of Camp Ashraf: “Instead of being responsible and accountable, instead of addressing the subject and content of the film and responding to the facts and documents and instead of addressing the testimonies of four people interviewed in the film, the MEK resorted to blind and baseless accusations against these four people.”

On his Face Book account, Siamak Naderi, a former member of the MEK, refers to the “disturbance and hooliganism of the forces sent by the Cult of Rajavi”. According to the statements of Siamak Naderi, Amir Yaghmai told him in a call that due to the commotion of the supporters of Rajavi, the question and answer session that had been held with the presence of the film crew was disrupted in the cinema hall.

Mohammad Reza Torabi, a former member of the MEK and a former child soldier of the group, who now lives in Germany, published a video on social networks about the troubles that the supporters of the MEK made during the screening of Sara Moin’s documentary in front of the festival cinema and inside the screening hall. According to his report, the Cult of Rajavi used other child soldiers who are themselves victims of Massoud Rajavi’s cult of personality to disturb the cinema hall.

The documentary Children of Camp Ashraf is also scheduled to be played at the Tempo Festival in Sweden in March.

February 4, 2024 0 comments

Iran

About 23k Iranian civilians killed in terrorist attacks in 4 decades

Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has said that as many as 23,000 Iranian civilians have been killed in terrorist attacks over the past four decades.

Gharibabadi made the remarks on Tuesday on the sideline of the fourth court for the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) members in Tehran, adding that Iran is the biggest victim of terrorism in the world.

The terrorist group MKO alone has assassinated some 17,000 Iranians over the past four decades, he said adding that no country has been a victim of terrorism like Iran and the number of victims of terrorism in Iran is more than 17,000 people.

Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights emphasized that the documents and evidences of crimes committed by terrorist groups should be available to other countries and international organizations, and this is one of the important goals of the court.

February 4, 2024 0 comments

Iran

Report on the eighth session of the MEK’s trial

The eighth session of the trial of commanders of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and the group as an entity was held in Tehran. The court was chaired by Judge Dehghani in the 11th branch of the criminal court of Tehran province on Tuesday, January 30th. The court was held in two parts in the morning and in the afternoon.
Vaziri, the prosecutor’s representative read the indictments of the 90th to 105th defendants who include: Morteza Fakhar, Assadollah Faqih Dezfuli, Iraj Feiz, Parviz Karimian, Ahmad Golpaygani, Farid Mahootchi, Mehdi Madadi, Mahmood Ahmadi, Javad Ahmadi, Esmail Mortezai, Mahmood Moayeri, Roghayeh Malek Mohammadi, Hassan Nezamolmolki, Nasrin Nazari Aliabadi, Ali Hadizadeh, Allahkaram Hooshangi.

Accusations of the MEK as an entity

15 charges were read aloud to accuse the Mujahedin Khalq organization as an entity. According to the court the MEK has been the instigator of a large number of crimes that has led to intimidation, insecurity, injury and death of civilians.
The crimes have been committed by the MEK’s agents to disrupt national security of Iranians from 1979 until now inside Iran, from Iraq, France and Albania.
Instigating intelligence cooperation in organized espionage with the foreign and hostile government of the Iraqi Baath regime in order to damage national security, especially during the 8 years of war imposed by former Iraqi dictator on Iran.
According to the court, numerous organized kidnappings combined with torture, physical and mental harassment were instigated by the MEK as an entity. They include intentional destruction, setting fire on people’s property, public property, theft of public property, armed robbery of public and private properties and organized terrorist acts leading to assault and intentional killing of people, airplane hijacking, propaganda activity and publication of lies and financing of terrorism.

Maryam and Massoud Rajavi’s accusations

The accusations of Massoud and Maryam Rajavi as the second and third defendants of the trial were also read aloud for the audience. The leadership, command, planning, design, facilitating and direction of the extensive and criminal actions of the organized and coherent group, MEK.
The Rajavis’ charges include: Fighting through cooperation with the hostile foreign government (Baath regime of Iraq), commanding and participating in military-terrorist operations known as Aftab, Chelcheragh, Forough Javidan, Marwarid, cross border operations known as patrolling and clearing the way for the lives of people, intimidating them and creating insecurity in Iran, collusion and espionage against the internal and external security of the country and against people’s lives and property, including terrorist operations and organized actions for street riots…Massoud Rajavi is accused of participation in the hijacking of Boeing 707 on August 6, 1981.

101 other defendants of the court

Then the accusations of 101 accused members and commanders of the MEK were read aloud in detail. The crimes they have committed briefly include murder, robbery, torture, acts of terror, inciting riots and creating insecurity. Separate accusations were presented for Mehdi Abrishamchi, Mehdi Baraee, Farhad Olfat, Mahmood Fakharzadeh, Alireza Bahrami.

The reasons for persecution of the group and its commanders

Some of the reasons are the followings: Complaints of private complainants whose names were read in the court, reports of general and special justice officials (21 reports) focusing on the crimes committed by the MEK and its agents, confessions of the accused ones in speeches, and public and private meetings of MEK, claiming the responsibility of the crimes by the MEK, statements of other arrested defendants regarding the group and its commanders, the testimonies of the witnesses who were present at the scene of the terrorist attacks, testimonies of former members of the group…
Besides, based on the words of the representative of the prosecutor, the MEK and 104 of its commanders are now brought to justice because they started an illegitimate armed struggle against a legally established government. They killed 17 thousand of Iranian people, including children and women, and several of the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran including President Rajai and his prime minister Bahonar. Saddam Hussein sponsored the MEK financially and logistically to form its private army which was called National Liberation Army by the group.

Why the MEK is considered a terrorist group?

The prosecutor’s representative said, “Terrorist acts are realized when they are intentional and related to an individual or collective action and have the goal of severely disrupting public order by creating terror, which is realized in the context of the following crimes: Deliberate damage to the life and dignity of people, extortion, theft, torture and brutal acts, violence leading to death, amputation or permanent disability, kidnapping or imprisoning people, as well as hijacking a plane, stealing a ship or any other means of transportation, money laundering. , disabling as well as computer crimes, violation of freedom of movement, manufacturing, selling, storing, transporting or maintaining war machines, lethal and explosive weapons, any type of crime using bombs, grenades, rockets, automatic weapons, letter or explosive package under individual or collective action to cause serious disturbance of public order through terror. Financing terror acts by providing, collecting, or managing assets, cash, or providing recommendations for this purpose with the intent of acquiring these assets and cash are regarded as works of terrorist groups. All assets or a part of it are used in order to commit terrorist acts.”

According to Vaziri, significant number of armed actions of the MEK, such as mortar attacks in residential areas, an attack on the Faculty of Literature in Ahvaz, and bombing a bus in Shiraz, in public places, places of education and training of young people for launching terror acts in residential areas of civilians, as well as public vehicles that has been carried out by the group has seriously disrupted the public order, it has caused intimidation and terror and the deliberate killing of ordinary citizens of the society. Therefore, these few cases will be enough to prove the terrorist nature of the Mujahedin-e Khalq organization and its commanders.

January 31, 2024 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

Hanif Bali in the documentary Children of Camp Ashraf

The Hanif Bali is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party and a former board member of the party whose life experience with the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) was documented by an Iranian-Swedish filmmaker in the documentary, Children of Camp Ashraf.

As one of the four case studies of Sara Moein’s new documentary, Hanif Bali arrived in Sweden when he was three years old. He spoke of his several moms in an interview with Manoto TV in 2016. “When I was told “Your mom”, I had to ask “Which mom?” because I had several moms,” he told Manoto.

He was one of the 120 children of MEK parents who were smuggled from Camp Ashraf, Iraq to Sweden. He was then moved between eight different foster families until he turned 18. He is a Swedish politician now because he is one of those few lucky MEK children who was not returned as a child soldier to Camp Ashraf to receive military training.

Hanif recounted the heartbreaking stories of his childhood as an orphan in a foreign country, in the interview. About his biological parents, he said, “Mothers were allowed to call their children only once a year. My father has called me only twice in my entire life.”

Children of Camp Ashraf narrates the story of the environmental scientist Amir, the actress Parvin, the politician Hanif and the influencer Atefeh who are four of over 700 children of MEK parents who were separated from their parents and smuggled from Iraq to Western countries under the order of the group’s leader Massoud Rajavi.

January 30, 2024 0 comments

Albania

Options for Albania: either to expel or extradite the leaders of the MEK

When we defected the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and planned to return to Iran, it was said that except for 50 MEK leaders who are on the black list, the rest were included in amnesty and can return to Iran. Most of the families who were worried about If their loved ones decide to leave and return to Iran, will they be in danger of being arrested and tried or not? Now this list has increased to 104 people who are being tried in Tehran court.

Although everyone in their organization knows if they were directly involved in a crime or not? Or they were just members who were deceived and taken to the group, and it can be concluded that all the defectors who decided to return to Iran know that they did not participate in any crime against the Iranian people, and they do not have private complaints.

But from the point of view of international law, now the question arises as to why the Albanian government has sheltered the members of this black list in its country with the participation and direct order of the American government? We, the defectors, are also complaining to the Albanian government that why has the MEK been settled in their country as a legal entity that violates our rights? Why should the group be formed in Ashraf 3 in a coherent way and no one has the right to enter and leave freely?

The government of Albania was supposed to fulfill the preparations for de-radicalizing of MEK members in the path to free life, but now, more than 7 years have passed since the members of the organization entered the territory of Albania, this task has not been realized. When the Albanian police entered the Ashraf 3 headquarters on June 30 this year, we all saw that the leaders of the terrorist organization were reminiscing about their previous and terrorist organizations and had no idea of releasing the captive members of the organization.

As always and like what the French government did on June 17, the MEK leaders should be treated by force, after examining all the shameful records of the organization, it is important to conclude that in the first place we, defectors, should complain to the Albanian government that they are torturers and corrupters. The givers of our life and youth have sheltered us in their country, now that the government of Iran has started the trial of 104 of the heads of the MEK and the organization itself as a legal entity, it is appropriate that the complaint of us is also related to this case between the governments of Iran and Albania should be annexed and our complaint, which is now between the two governments of Iran and Albania, should be submitted to the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the government of Albania should be held accountable for sheltering the leaders of the MEK in its territory.

The MEK has always spent its life in the gaps and conflicts between Iran and its enemies. There is a gap between the definitions between a liberation movement and terrorism! It is obvious that a group that has killed 17,000 Iranian people and has thousands of its members killed or tortured and imprisoned within the group is not a liberating organization.

The Albanian government is blamed for harboring terrorists. Masoud Rajavi, who escaped and if he is still alive, is in the rat hole, but Maryam Rajavi and the heads of the group, as the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization, which is a legal entity, should not travel freely between countries, international criminals should not travel freely, and the judges of the Hague Court should oblige the governments not to shelter terrorists, the Albanian government has no right either. If it tolerates the terrorists any more, the Albanian government has two options: either to expel or extradite the leaders of the MEK.

The heads of the Albanian government should be held accountable in the Hague court. They should be asked why they gave shelter to the terrorists? Those terrorists who are organized and conduct terrorist trainings in their organizations including bomb making and launching explosives in public places.

Some of these terrorists received political asylum and cannot be extradited or tried, although such people do not have the right to be members of a formerly terrorist designated organization. Giving shelter to a group of rebels with a violent background means that if an opportunity is provided, they will continue their terrorist acts again. Before granting asylum to asylum seekers, governments have been asked by the United Nations to ensure that these people have not been involved in committing terrorist acts, and after granting asylum, they must take care of the status of asylum seekers.

For these reasons, even their political asylum should be canceled, and granting the right of political asylum should not create immunity for terrorists to continue their terrorist acts. Violence in any form is prohibited, and the Albanian government has no right to support terrorists from its territory and openly endanger the interests of other countries.

The Albanian government seems to be indifferent to the actions of the MEK in its territory. The 1937 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism (1937 Geneva Convention) can be considered the first international convention on terrorism. This convention defines the act of terrorism as “criminal actions against a government with the aim of causing terror in certain individuals and groups or at the level of society.”

Conspiracy, incitement to commit a criminal act, incitement of people to do something, even if it is not successful, or voluntary participation and cooperation in criminal acts are among the things mentioned in this convention. The government of Albania allows the MEK to finance terrorists from the Albanian territory, now the government of Albania is accused of supporting a terrorist group.

The fact is that terrorism is one of the main threats to international peace and security. This action has a criminal aspect and cannot be justified in any way and under any circumstances.

January 29, 2024 0 comments

Albania

letter of the CEO of Nejat Society to the authorities in the Albanian government

Ebrahim Khodabandeh, CEO of the Nejat Society, wrote a detailed letter to the authorities in the Albanian government, which was delivered by the Nejat Society of Albania on January 24 of this year, along with some attachments. This letter contained new information as well as requests from the Albanian government.
Parts of this letter are summarized as below:

To the responsible authorities in the Albanian government
Greetings and respect

I would like to present some issues as follows:
On June 20 of last year, the isolated and remote camp of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO, Rajavi Cult) in Albania was inspected by police forces with a judicial directive. Of course, the reaction of the organization was violent and illegal, as it appears from its cultic nature and has been repeated in Iraq and other countries in the past.
Before that, the respected Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania announced in various interviews and statements that the MEK members were accepted in Albania for humanitarian reasons, but they did not adhere to their commitments and became a threat to national security. It is not a secret to anyone that the MEK targets the psychological and physical security of the Iranian people from the territory of Albania.

During the 7 years that the MEK has enjoyed the unrestricted hospitality of the country of Albania, the families of its members have been deprived of receiving visas and traveling to Albania and visiting their loved ones. After the turning point of June 20, the families expected that, firstly, an opening would be provided for the suffering families to travel to Albania, and secondly, the hostile actions of the MEK against the people of Iran would be prevented, but in both cases, the expectations were not fulfilled.

The ban on families entering Albania, which is said to have been at the request of the MEK, is still in force months after the violent and cultic nature of the MEK was exposed, and as far as the families are concerned, the conditions in Albania has not changed after June 20 and this cult is fully allowed to firstly violate the most basic human rights of its members and secondly to threaten the security of the Iranian nation from the territory of Albania.

The government of Albania has announced that it does not provide the Internet to the MEK camp in Albania, but the MEK continues to widely attract individuals from the Albanian soil through the Internet with deception or inducement or even threats, and leads destructive and abusive actions according to those who recently left the organization. This process continues with all intensity from the organization’s camp in Albania, as it was in the past. Several cases of recent confessions to such actions from the organization’s own propaganda machine are attached.

As you are aware, since the MEK entered Albania, many members have separated and some have begun to expose the internal affairs of the organization. Some of these former members have organized themselves in Albania and have been supported by their families and the Nejat Society. These people want to return to normal life as soon as possible with the help of Nejat Society and responsible authorities. The people who are under the protection of the Nejat Society fully adhere to the laws and regulations of the country of Albania and avoid political and intelligence activities; and based on their sense of responsibility towards the families, they engage in human rights activities to fulfill the wishes of the family.
. . . . . . .
Below, I will summarize the demands of the families and the Nejat Society:
A policy be adopted so that the families be pleased after years of sorrow and hardship. There are people inside the MEK camp who want to leave. Respected authorities can create a space for these people to have access to their families and to the Nejat Society so that they can choose and experience a free life if they wish. The people inside the camp have been in an isolated environment and under cultic brainwashing for years, and they have no image of the world outside of the cult, and they are unnecessarily afraid of it and consider themselves unable to face it.

An arrangement be made to give visas to the families of former and current members of the MEK. These families and the Nejat Society pledge to firstly obey the laws and regulations of the Albanian government and the rules set by the responsible authorities, and secondly, their stay in Albania is limited to the duration of their visas.

A procedure be taken to remove the bans and cultic boundaries of the camp of the MEK in Albania, so that the members stationed there can communicate freely with the outside world. It means that the MEK should treat its members like all other organizations, groups and parties, and should not violate the basic human rights of its members and their families and recognize them.

Sincerely,
Ebrahim Khodabandeh
CEO of Najat Society

January 28, 2024 0 comments

Iran

Victims’ families ask for full investigation of MEK crimes

Families of Iranian citizens who lost their lives during terror group’s attacks in the 1980s have called on Iran’s Judiciary to fully investigate the entity’s crimes and make a just and accurate ruling.

Victims’ families stated their demand prior to the first public hearing on the Mujahedin-e-Khalq’s terror organization’s crimes in the Iranian capital of Tehran. The trial reportedly addresses the conduct of group’s main ring leaders.

“Unfortunately, the MKO has not been tried in any domestic or international court so far, and have never been held accountable for their lifetime of inhumanity, betrayal, and crimes. Instead, they freely move around in European countries (the self-proclaimed supporters of human rights) and are even based in many of them,” the families said in a joint statement.

The MKO has conducted numerous terrorist attacks against Iranian civilians and government officials following the Islamic Revolution’s triumph in 1979. Within the past four decades, close to 17,000 Iranians have been killed in terrorist incidents, with around 12,000 falling victim to the MKO’s brutal acts of terror, which tragically also targeted innocent women and children.

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

In 2012, the group was delisted from the U.S. roster of terrorist organizations, signifying Washington’s decision to engage with the notorious terrorist group in efforts aimed at undermining the Islamic Republic of Iran. Subsequently, the EU also removed the organization from its list of terrorist entities.

The group, however, has come under growing pressure in the past year, with Western countries deeming it dangerous for their own security as well.

The MKO, which was initially based in Iraq after fleeing Iran, had its headquarters raided by Albanian Police in June. Albanian authorities, who had been hosting the group under a US-brokered deal since 2016, accused the entity of “terror and cyber-attacks” against foreign institutions. They also imposed entry bans against MKO’s main ringleader, Maryam Rajavi.

The terror organization is now reportedly looking to relocate by transferring its members to Canada and Germany.

January 27, 2024 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

Amir Yaghmai in the documentary, Children of Camp Ashraf

Former child soldier of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), Amir Yaghmai is one of the relief subjects of the documentary Children of Camp Ashraf. The documentary was directed by Sara Moein and will be played in two Swedish film festivals.

Barnen från Camp Ashraf is the Swedish title of the film which has documented the lives of Amir Yaghmai, Parvin Hossein Nia, Hanif Bali and Atefeh Sebdani as 4 examples of about 120 children of the MEK parents who were resettled in Sweden. The number of MEK children who were smuggled from Camp Ashraf, Iraq to European and North American countries mounts to over 700.

Amir Yaghmai was smuggled back to Iraq when he was 14 years old and he was immediately given a military uniform and recruited as a child soldier of the group’s so-called National Liberation Army.
Amir has so far revealed facts on difficulties, segregation and mental pressure he suffered during his stay in the cult-like structure of the MEK.

Today, Amir has a PhD degree in Eco-logy, working as an environmental scientist. He lives in Sweden with his family.

The documentary, which partly develops on Amir’s testimony of what it is like to escape from a destructive cult, will premiere on January 31st at the Gothenburg International Film Festival and on March 4 at the Tempo Documentary Festival.

January 27, 2024 0 comments

Iran

Iran court holds seventh trial session for the MEK

The seventh session of the trial of commanders of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) was held in Tehran. The court was chaired by Judge Dehghani in the 11th branch of the criminal court of Tehran province on Tuesday, January 23rd.

The prosecutor’s representative called Hossein Dadkhah, Sepideh Ebrahimi, Sadat Bandari, Fatemeh Davaran, Azadeh Rezai, Hadi Roshan Ravan and 15 others as the main defendants of yesterday’s session.

According to the prosecutor’s representative, Hossein Dadkhah was responsible for identifying the target of the assassination, the address and hours of the assassination, as well as announcing this information to the MEK agents in the murder of Seyed Mohammad Hassan Beheshti Nejad.
Thus, in this terrorist act, in 1381, the members of a five-person team went to the door of the mentioned house and shot at him under the cover of delivering a letter, which led to the murder of him and his young child.

Based on the indictment of Sepideh Ebrahimi, she is one of the interrogator-torturer of the group’s dissident members. She has also been the organizer of the group’s terror teams for mortar attacks in the cities of Iran.

Vaziri, the prosecutor’s representative stated that in a classified document published by the US government, the MEK only seeks to create chaos, but also helps the American government to put more pressure on Tehran.

He added, “It is mentioned in this document that the terrorist MEK can play an important role for Washington as an agent of infiltration and espionage.”.
Mohammad Sadat Darbandi is the 78th defendant in the court investigating the crimes of the MEK. Inside the MEK, he is called Kak Aadel. His name is frequently mentioned as a notorious torturer of the group’s dissident members, in the testimonies of defectors of the MEK.

January 24, 2024 0 comments

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