Sometimes some scenes are so expressive that they no longer need a lecture or analysis. The images and videos released from the funeral of the leader of the Islamic Republic, whatever they are, have been before the eyes of millions of people. The news media reported that “huge” crowds flooded the streets of Tehran for the funeral procession of Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war with the US and Israel.
However, for Massoud Rajavi the leader of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), reality is always what is narrated behind the walls of Ashraf 3, not what people see with their own eyes. It is as if every time an important event happens in Iran, the group leaders jump into a fantasy contest, instead of analyzing the reality. One day they link everything to internal disputes in the government of Iran, the other day they condemn monarchists fabricating stories to convince their isolated members at their remote camp Ashraf 3, that they enjoy the support of Iranian people.
It is a bizarre tactic; when reality does not fit the MEK’s narrative, instead of correcting the narrative, they deny reality. For the Rajavis erasing the very the problem is easier than accepting the truth or solving the problem.
There are certain important questions to ask Massoud and Maryam Rajavi: If your claims are so strong and defensible, why shouldn’t the members inside Ashraf 3 see the images and films of the IRI’s late leader’s funeral? Why must there always be an “organizational lens” between their eyes and reality? Why are the MEK leaders afraid of their members’ seeing a few images and films?
Just publish a few images and leave the judgment to the audience!
Hey Mr. Rajavi,
If you still believe that the truth is in your favor, show these images to the members inside Ashraf 3! For the first time, let the truth enter the camp uncensored!
Hamid Atabay, defector of the MEK in Albania
Translated by Nejat Society