Hossein Ali Rigi, the brother of Barat Ali Rigi asks him to leave the Mujahedin-Khalq (MEK/ PMOI). Barat has been taken as a hostage by the MEK for over three decades. He has never been allowed by the group leaders to visit his family. In the Video message, his brother asks him to think independently and leave the group in order to have a normal life in the free world.
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Hassan Heyrani sent a video message from Karrec detention center to voice his complaint to the Albanian citizens and authorities. Heyrani who is a former member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and a current member of the Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA) is on hunger strike to protest his unlawful detention.
On January 7th, 2023, Hassan Heyrani is on his twentieth day of his hunger strike to draw attention of the Albanian authorities to his case and the case of five other ASILA members who have been detained by the Albanian border and immigration Police since November 11th.
Hassan Heyrani left the MEK seven years ago and began building a new life in the Albanian community. He is married to Margarita Balco, an Albanian girl. They are going to have a baby while Hassan’s fate in Albania is not clear.
In his video message from custody, Hassan calls on the Albanian government to give them a clear answer on the reason of their detention otherwise deliver them to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees that transferred them from Iraq to Albania seven years ago.
As a defector of the MEK, Hassan Heyrani wonders why the Albanian government first received him on the base of humanitarian reason as a member of the MEK but now that he has defected the group, he is no more welcome in their country. “I joined the MEK for freedom but after I found out that they were lying I separated myself from them,” he explains about his former membership in the cult of Maryam Rajavi.
“I continue hunger strike until receiving a clear answer from the government” he says. “How long should we be here and what future is waiting for us?”
Fatemeh Hosseini, the mother of Hassan Heyrani asked the Albanian government to end detention of her son. In a video message she asked for the release of Hassan, member of the Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA) who together with 5 other ASILA members have been detained in Karrec detention center.
Regarding the uncertain situation of her son after two months of detention, Fatemeh Hosseini is seriously concerned about his health because they have gone on hunger strike to protest the limbo he has been kept in.
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She asks the Albanian government, the UN High commissioner of Refugees and the mass media not to remain passive about violation of the rights of the detained members of ASILA.
In the last two months ago, Hassan and 5 other members of ASILA have been imprisoned by the Albanian border and immigration Police without being accused of any charge.
The book tour of the Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA) was held in Përmet, Albania. Members of ASILA exhibited the books published by the association.
In order to develop cultural relations between Iran and Albania and to enlighten Albanian citizens about the true nature of the Mujahedin-e Khalq , ASILA members including their Albanian director Mr. Dashamir Mersuli traveled to Përmet to donate the books to the citizens.
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As an active member of ASILA, Miranda Mersuli the wife of Dashamir presented explanations about the books and introduced the authors of two of the books who are former members of the MEK, Rahman Mohammadian and Khalil Ansarian. They eventually would sign their autobiographies and donate them to the visitors.
Posters of tourism attractions of Iran and its historical monuments were also exhibited by the side of the book stand. Erisa Rahimi and Dashamir Mersuli explained about them for the visitors and gave them information on the activities of ASILA and its missions.
Përmet is a city and municipality in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. It was the sixth city in which ASILA hold book fair.
Hurting and effective message of Ms. Mahnaz Sepahpour, Nasser Sepahpour’s sister killed by the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), to Albanian government officials and the World Health Organization (WHO):
…The Mujahedin-e Khalq killed my brother and called him martyr. Then the MEK wrote a will on his behalf and abused his injured body and lifeless body…
The Mojahedin-e Khalq terrorist group has been constantly changing its face since 2003 with the fall of Saddam Hussein, and has used every means to abuse its host, and always turning its back on its host in critical moments.
They have used every means to strike at their country, such as collaborating with Saddam in the war against Iran, collaborating with the United States and Israel and killing Iranian nuclear scientists, spreading lies, and claiming human rights abuses while stationed in Iraq, France and Albania. These are all part of the dark face of the MEK, a group that has assassinated more than 12,000 Iranians, thousands of Iraqi Kurds, and Americans.
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it worth mentioning that the MEK has always betrayed its host countries, such as betray Saddam and left him alone in the war with the American coalition and threatening the Albanian people to remain silent in the face of MEK’s illegal actions and widespread fraud and money laundering in France, which once ended in the arrest of Maryam Rajavi, and now in 2020 their case is being investigated for fraud in France. In this regard, we have an interview with a former member of the Mojahedin-e Khalq, Mr. Yaghoub Me’raji, who has a history of translating Mojahedin correspondence with French officials.
Alireza Niknam: You claim that you witnessed the financial corruption of the organization and the terrorist criminal acts of the MEK group. Why, after all these years, have you recently revealed the nature of the MEK?
Yaghoub Meraji: Silence was enough since the true nature of the cult of MEK became clear to me that they seek to gain power in any form and by any means.
This cult, and especially its leadership, have become the enemies of the existence of Iran and the people of my country.
Extensive and innumerable betrayals against my country cannot be compromised and silenced, and every Iranian who cares about the interests of his country, with all his or her might to stand, has a duty against any religious-political current of thought that seeks to impose more sanctions on the people and even demand bombing and military attack on my country’s infrastructure.
Do you confirm that the organization does the brainwashing?
During the life of the cult, two factors are considered the most important strategic goal, one is extensive and permanent brainwashing concerning members and supporters within the cult and one is betrayal and cooperation with the enemies of Iran’s existence in relation to the outside of the cult.
Recently, some American officials in the post-election era have taken positions against the cult of MEK. Have your actions been along with the new American government, or was it your personal or voluntary action?
The strategy of the cult of MEK is to live in the gap between the problems of the countries with the Islamic Republic of Iran and to advance this strategy, everything is allowed, even betrayal and sedition, and cooperation with any individual or group or foreign government, whether democratic, republican, or dictatorial regimes such as Saddam Hussein, King Abdullah, or King Salman. The cult is even willing to cooperate and support ISIS to gain power.
I could not accept that the Rajavi cult would one day support ISIS to achieve its goals and cover their terrorist operations with the media and call them the Free Army.
Recently, a program was broadcast on Radio Farda about the social status of the MEK, in which the participants attacked the Mojahedin Khalq Organization. First, what is your opinion about the participant’s beliefs, and then what is your personal opinion about the social status of MEK?
I was not aware of this plan, so I cannot comment on it, but I am sure that since June 1981, the cult has been fighting for power by declaring an armed struggle against the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran, which was also defending the country against the armed invasion of the Iraqi army, entered a phase of miscalculation and strategic error and confused Iran with Latin American countries.
After the failure of this strategy and the disappointment of the Iranians’ cooperation with this cult during the urban guerrilla war phase, the cult was forced to betray, according to the idiom,”My enemy’s enemy is my friend”, and has comprehensive cooperation with other countries that had problems with Iran.
Considering your presence among the MEK members for many years, in your opinion, which figures and European governments support the Mojahedin Khalq Organization?
As far as I know, before the fall of Saddam Hussein, the main arms-financial-logistical supporter of the cult was Iraq, after that, due to the nature of the group which was based on living in the problems of the countries with the Islamic Republic of Iran, it changed to a trading cult, now Saudi Arabia has filled the empty place of Saddam Hussein for the MEK and gives the most media coverage in the soft war against Iran to this cult.
I do not know that this treacherous cult has reliable support among Western governments or not, but it invests in the way of infiltrating the body of Western society and reaching the Parliamentarians. In this case, the Albanian government, under pressure from the US government, has agreed to cooperate and serve the cult.
You have been one of the main translators of the organization for correspondence with the French authorities. How much do you think the French authorities pay attention to the opinions and letters of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization?
The cult has different sections, I worked with an affiliated NGO under the name and abbreviation of AVDH (Association for the Defense of Victims of Human Rights Violations) for a year.
By pointing to Western sensitive subjects like human rights, the cult tried to influence Western parliamentarians and representatives to take a stand against Iran with misleading news and content, which, of course, was more for the cult’s domestic usage than its dubious international influence. There is no doubt that the concerned countries also acted against Iran for their national interests.
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In the correspondence that you translated for the organization to reach the European authorities, were there any cases of falsehoods and lies? Explain in this regard?
After the disconnection between the cult and the Iranian society, to compensate for this lack, the cult inevitably turned toward foreign sources and in return, to gain the support of these governments, was willing to cooperate and even betray their own country.
In one of your last tweets, you claimed that some parliamentarians and mayors and their representatives received gifts from the organization. Was this gift a bribe? Please explain in this regard.
The cult is willing to make any concessions to advance its goals, and it does so in a variety of ways, whether in the form of bribes, holding parties, or other means.
Yes, it was bribery, this is a common practice in the cult, and in this way, the cult has infected a large number of deputies and parliamentarians.
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Olsi Jazexhi and Gjergji Thanasi respond to allegations that the Mojahedeen, MEK, #FreeIran, #MaryamRajavi cult command which is based in Albania makes against these two Albanian journalists.
They reveal how MEK threatens journalists in Albania. MEK like ISIS, Al-Qaeda, PKK, Jahbat al-Nusra, PJAK is a violent organisation of Foreign Fighters. It is hosted in Albania and from there it wages media war against Iran, Iraq and a number of other countries. However the organisation has many internal problems. It keeps against their will many Iranians – some prisoners of war from the Iran – Iraq war. It attacks its opposition in #Albania by calling the defectors as agents of Iran. It uses Albanian security services to intimidate and jail those Iranians who want to live in freedom and abandon jihad. MEK runs a number of Fake News websites and thousands of Fake Twitter accounts from where it attacks with Fake News the government of Iran but even journalists and international media who investigate their crimes.
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Olsi and Gjergji reveal the #Covid19 infections inside the paramilitary camp of MEK, their mass deaths because of the infections and the happy life that the deradicalized MEK defectors live in Tirana and #Iran.
Gjergji reveals the successful history of escape of Mr. Ghulam Ali Mirzaei a war prisoner of Iran – Iraq war who after suffering for many years under MEK yoke and Albanian police intimidations has finally succeeded to leave Albania and return to Iran.
Olsi and Gjergji respond to the questions that Maryam Rajavi and the mojahedeen command have about their connections to Iran. They respond about their salary, payments, orders and connections to the Iranian regime. Gjergji ‘asks for salary hike’ from the Mullahs. MEK alludes that Olsi and Gjergji get 1000 EURO per month salary for the articles. Gjergji makes irony and demands a 10.000 EURO payment and promises to pay Albanian government tax if Iran agrees to pay him that amount. A part of this pay will go towards the MEK security.
After making parody with the allegations of MEK, Olsi and Gjergji tell to Rajavi and her gang that she cannot silence this two Albanian journalists from doing their job and exposing illegal activities of MEK jihadis in Albania and their dirty war against the defectors. The Mojahedeens have managed to blackmail many medias and journalists in Albania, however Albanian journalists and security officials keep on revealing the illegal activities of MEK to free journalists like Olsi and Gjergji who are not afraid from their blackmail and to reveal the truth to the media.
Gjergji Thanasi warns Maryam Rajavi and her jihadi gang that freedom and democracy is the enemy of MEK. Mullahs of Iran are not a danger of the Rajavi cult, but freedom for the mojahedin slave soldiers whom Rajavi keeps inside her paramilitary camp is the real enemy which is going to destroy the MEK cult.
The discussion is a must watch for journalists, security officials, cult and geopolitical researchers who want to understand the serious problems that Albania has regarding its media freedom, democracy and human rights, which are seriously violated by the presence of this violent Iranian jihadi organization.
Olsi Jazexhi
In the past days Mr. Meraji has filed a complain with French police against MEK activities in France. He claims that MEK misuse the French state in order to take humanitarian aid and use it to fund their jihadi camp in Albania.
Mr. Meraji who has been a MEK member and translator describes the cultish nature of MEK, their crimes in service of the Saddam Hussein in Iraq and their killing of innocent Kurdish civilians in Iraq.
They analyze the nature of MEK, brainwashing of their members and the ways how Maryam Rajavi makes her organization to survive as a jihadist organization.
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They show the ability of MEK to create fake news against Iran in Europe. They explain how MEK creates fake news about fake ‘terrorist attacks’ against MEK by Iran. This is the case of March 2018 when MEK created a fake news about a terrorist attack in Albania which was not true.
The same should be the case of Asadullah Assadi and Emir Saduni who have been arrested in Belgium with fake charges created by MEK and used by the Trump administration to intimidate European governments to change their policies against Iran.
They discuss the possibility of the Mujahedeens’ participating in the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh an Iranian academic and senior official in the nuclear program of Iran and show how the Albanian government which jailed dozens of Albanian Muslims under funny and fake excuse of terrorism, when it comes to MEK it is afraid to implement the counter-terrorism legislation since MEK tells to Albanians that we are people of Donald Trump, John Bolton and Rudy Giuliani and if you mess with us you mess with America.
The political: How did the MEK end up in Albania, and what difference might the change in US president make to the MEK’s future – will the MEK’s role in cyber misinformation be curtailed, will the Iranian diaspora be enabled to flourish without MEK suppression. How should Albania treat the MEK now that relations with the US will change, and what approach has the European Union taken in the past few years in dealing with the MEK’s unwanted behaviour.
The MEK’s presence in Albania: How Albanians discovered that hosting the MEK has resulted in the toxification of their country’s government, media, judiciary and security services. Panellists question the MEK’s impunity – from building an extra-territorial, extra-judicial enclave in which its enslaved members are disappeared, to how senior MEK members enjoy access to the institutes of state that Albanians are denied in their own country. At the same time, ordinary members are denied basic human rights and are effectively stateless.

In conclusion: With Trump gone it may now be possible to find workable solutions to the issues raised in this debate. The horrible situation of individual MEK members can be effectively resolved by providing them real choice about their futures. A cost effective and straightforward plan would be to issue visas to their families and allow them to visit their loved ones in the camp. Once reconnected to this network of support, members can choose whether to remain with the MEK or live freely with their loving families for the remainder of their lives.
PART ONE – POLITICAL CONTEXT
In this section, experts talk about the effect of the Trump administration on the fortunes of the MEK in America, Albania and Europe.
Panellists:
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Mr Massoud Khodabandeh, Middle East Strategy Consultants, former MEK member, UK
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Mr Sina Toossi, Senior Research Analyst at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), Washington
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Dr Olsi Yazeji, Albanian-Canadian Historian, media presenter, Albania
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Mr Reza Jebelli Sadeghi, former MEK official in the USA, now working in the EU Parliament, Brussels
PART TWO – MEK IN ALBANIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
This section focuses on MEK activities and behaviour since arriving in Albania and local reactions. Panellists drill down into the behaviour of the MEK in relation to Albanian civic life and the lives of the membership.
Panellists:
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Mr Gjergji Thanasi, award winning investigative journalist, Albania
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Ms Migena Bala, lawyer from Tirana, Albania
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Mr Hassan Heyrani, businessman in Tirana, former MEK member representing the ex-members in Albania from Tirana
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Mr Edward Termado, Armenian-Iranian former POW (Iran-Iraq war) and former MEK member, Germany
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Ms Anne Singleton, Open Minds – Cults and Deradicalization expert, UK
An online debate on Mardom TV took place on Friday 20th November (at 11am New York time, at 17pm Germany time, at 19:30pm Teheran time).
Parsa Sorbi moderated the debate
A panel of experts discussed the question:”With Trump gone, is the MEK finished?”
on the first part of program experts talked about the effect of the Trump administration on the fortunes of the MEK in America, Albania and Europe.
Mr. Massoud Khodabande ; Middle East Strategy Consultants and former MEK member participated the debate from UK: