A declassified 2004 FBI document from 2004 details how the MEK was responsible for the killings of multiple American citizens and U.S. military personnel in Iran during the 1970s. The document titled “Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) Criminal Investigation” was published on November 29th, 2004.
According to the FBI report, the American victims of the MEK included:
• U.S. Army Colonel Lewis Hawkins
• U.S. Air Force officers Paul Shaffer and Ja Turner
• Three American Rockwell International employees: William Cottrell, Robert Krongard, and Donald Smith
• American executive Paul Grimm
The document also references attacks against U.S. interests, including the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Yet today, the same organization desperately tries to present itself as “pro-American,” democratic, and aligned with Western values.
The irony is unbelievable: a group once investigated by the FBI for murdering Americans now attempts to market itself as a trusted ally of the United States and the West.
Amir Yaghmai