The 34th court session examining the charges against 104 members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) as well as the organization’s nature as a legal entity, was held on May 27th, in branch 11 of the Criminal Court of Tehran Province, presided over by Judge Amir Reza Dehghani.
Judge Dehghani once more addressed the host countries of the defendants, saying: “According to international laws, terrorist crimes are separated from the rules on extradition of criminals. Based on Article 11 of the UN Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, these charges are excluded from the list of political charges and, regarding the extradition of the defendants, they do not enjoy the protection of the impossibility of extraditing political criminals.
According to Article 11 of the UN Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, none of the crimes stipulated in Article 2 of this Convention can be considered as extraditable crimes or legal cooperation between the parties. In Articles 1 and 2 of the 1997 European Union Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, if the perpetrator is arrested, he is tried or extradited.”
In the 34th session, Massoud Maddah, the plaintiffs’ lawyer filed a criminal complaint against the second defendant, Massoud Rajavi. Based on the testimonies of two members of technical staff of the flight that carried Rajavi to Paris, Massoud Rajavi was armed during the flight trip. He and his comrades forcefully stop the crew at gunpoint and take them onto the plane, effectively carrying out a hostage-taking and flight high jacking.
Iraj Salehi former member of the group, the then personal bodyguard of Massoud Rajavi, testified about the flight highjack. He stated that Massoud Rajavi admitted the fact in his speeches during the meetings in Camp Ashraf in 1994.
Three family members of victims of the MEK’s terrorist acts, also testified in the court, describing how their loved ones were killed by the MEK terror operators.
Mohammad Reza Goli was another former member of the MEK who testified about the MEK’s operations in Iran’s border areas in 1993, Mortar fire by MEK terror teams between 1998 and 2001.
In the end, the judge declared that the next session will be held on June 10, 2025.
