Ashraf 3

In the Tirana’s countryside, MEK has constructed a vast compound called Ashraf-3 where men and women lead segregated existences.
The gates are usually firmly closed, guarded by two sculpted lions atop stone pedestals and a large team of Albanian security guards. Unannounced visitors are not welcome at the fenced-off, secretive site, where more than 2,000 MEK members live, marks Shaun Walker.

Albania

The MEK should leave Albania

Prime Minister Edi Rama has reacted for the first time to the action of the State Police in the mujahedin camp a few weeks ago by order of the GJKKO. In an interview with the German media, Der Spiegel, he said that the Mujahideen cannot use Albania to fight against the Iranian regime.

SPIEGEL : Mr. Rama, last week the security forces near Tirana carried out an operation in the Iranian MEK camp. Why?

Rama: We have had the MEK in our country for several years. They are welcome, but on the condition that they do not use Albania as a platform for their political operations. Our Iranian guests have repeatedly violated this agreement.

SPIEGEL: Government computers in Tehran have been hacked and sensitive documents circulated. About 100 PCs and dozens of hard drives are said to have been confiscated now. Can you confirm this?

Rama : Albania has no intention of being at war with the Iranian regime. Albania does not accept anyone who has abused our hospitality.

Spiegel: Why did you agree to the request of US President Barack Obama in 2016 to accept thousands of Mujahideen?

Rama: It was a life-saving operation. We opened our doors because the group, then operating from Iraq, was systematically followed. And if a friend like the US asks us for something, we feel honored.

SPIEGEL : If you were MEK, would you prefer to leave?

Rama: We understand the anger against the regime in their country. But our country is used as a trench in a war that is not ours, it does not work! Of course, they have every right to fight for their freedom, but to do so they must leave Albania.

Control in the MEK camp

On June 20, 2023, by order of SPAK also signed by GJKKO, the state police undertook the control action in the Ashraf 3 camp, in Manzë, where nearly 2500 members of the MEK organization, the mujahedin of the Iranian people, are housed. The controls were undertaken due to an investigation launched into cyber attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran at different periods of time as well as against the institutions of the Iranian state. During the search, the police encountered resistance and confrontation with MEK members. 15 policemen were injured and several members of the camp, while a 78-year-old man lost his life. The Mujahideen said that his death was caused by the police, but they denied that they used violence. The Durrës Prosecutor’s Office is waiting for the autopsy and the response to the toxicological tests.

In the investigation for war provocation

During the control, numerous computer equipment were found in 17 buildings, which were seized. SPAK’s investigations against members of the MEK organization in Albania have started since May 18, 2023 for the criminal offenses “provocation of war”, “illegal interception of computer data”, “interference with computer data”, “misuse of equipment

DASH and American Ambassador Yuri Kim also supported the actions of the police in Camp Ashraf 3. On June 21, Ambassador Kim said that guests of a country must respect the established rules and that it was within Albania’s right to decide whether to expel them or not.

On June 23, Defense Minister Niko Peleshi declared that the creation of islands where laws would be violated would not be tolerated. Meanwhile, the police control the entrances and exits to the Mujahideen camp.

The Albanian Shqiptarja.com – translated by Nejat Society

July 2, 2023 0 comment

Albania

The Albania Police set up a checkpoint in the MEK camp Ashraf

On Thursday, June 29, the State Police established a checkpoint with vehicles and vans, which will examine all entrances and exits to the MEK camp.

This checkpoint is seen as a measure by the Albanian authorities after the recent events in the Manza camp, and it is not known how long it will last.

We recall that the special structures of the State Police (RENEA, Antiterror, Operational, Shqiponja) landed around 08:00 on June 20 in Manez, at the headquarters of the Organization of the Iranian People’s Mujahideen (MEK).
The purpose of this operation was to conduct checks and seizures in what was considered to be MEK’s operational center for potential malicious cyber attacks.

The entry of the Police officers was made by the decision of the Special Court of the First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, since the SPAK had reasons and strong suspicions about the activity of the MEK.
The police engagement has been contested by MEK members, attempting to block vehicles and Police movement through residences, referring to images released by the authorities.

The operation ended with one dead person, who is suspected to have died of a heart attack and for whom forensic expertise is awaited to reveal the official causes.

According to the figures published by the Police, 15 operatives and 21 MEK members were injured, 15 of whom left the hospital a few hours after being hospitalized.

Out of 127 buildings in Manez, the authorities checked 70 of them, concluding with the seizure of 96 computer units, 46 laptops and various memory cards.

The Albania Police set up a checkpoint in the MEK camp Ashraf

fter the end of the police operation, the Prosecutor’s Office of Durrës started the investigations for the violent opposition of the Police employees as well as for the obstruction of the execution of the decision of GJKKO.

statements

The Minister of the Interior in Albania, Bledi Çuçi, appeared sorry and indignant with the reaction of the MEK organization to the State Police.
“I feel sorry and indignant with the reaction of the MEK organization to the State Police. Albania has offered them everything for humanitarian shelter, it has offered them security and protection even against the threats of the Iranian regime”, said Çuçi first.

For him, the violence and reaction to the actions of the State Police was unimaginable.
“We must all agree that it is not only a legal violation for anyone living in Albania, within the Albanian laws, but it is also a kind of violation of the code of hospitality that we have offered them. The MEK has an agreement with the Albanian government to take shelter in our country only for humanitarian purposes,” added the Minister of the Interior.

The Albanian official recalled that the Mujahideen are prohibited from carrying out any kind of political activity or protest of any kind.
“Their activity has attracted the attention of SPAK. The Special Prosecutor’s Office had strong reasons and addressed the GJKKO to conduct an inspection in Manez and to seize the electronic equipment that could be requested according to the court’s decision”, he said.

Possible scenarios

Referring to the investigative file, Albanian Post revealed that the Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) has registered criminal proceedings for several criminal offenses against the Mujahideen.
This, after the investigations carried out by Unit “C” from the Computer Crime Investigation, as well as the Anti-Terror Directorate.

Among the criminal offenses written in the file of the Special Prosecutor’s Office are: ‘Provocation of war’, ‘Illegal interception of computer data’, ‘Interference in computer data’, ‘Interference in computer systems’, ‘Misuse of equipment’ and ‘Structured criminal group’.
“With the merger of the criminal offenses discovered by the investigative file of the mujahedin, the punishment is foreseen up to 35 years in prison for those who have committed them, because they are serious offenses (‘Structured group’, ‘Provocation of war’)”, it says initially security and criminalistics expert Prof. Asst. Dr. Ervin Karamuço for AP.

Karamuço thinks that there are also two possible scenarios that could force the Albanian Government to remove the mujahedin from the territory of the Republic of Albania.

“Yesterday the mujahedin of the MEK received the first warning to continue their stay according to all the rules that are provided for in the 2014 agreement,” said the professor of criminology.

According to him, if the mujahedin will continue in one way or another “to radicalize the Albanian Government by telling it that you are collaborators of Iran and doing violent actions inside and outside the camp”, they will probably receive the warning of last to force the Government to remove them from the Albanian territory.

“That’s for sure”, Karamuço added, “it’s just a matter of time to see if these people will reflect or not”.
He notes that the second possible expulsion scenario will be if the “suspected attack” is organized by the entire community.
“They act as a community, they are not independent elements, they are centralized and hierarchical just like a military brigade, then they will all be expelled from the Republic of Albania”, the security expert continued.

One of the criminal offenses for which the mujahedin are accused by SPAK is “Provocation of war”, which is also related to the possible danger that threatens Albania from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“This was the prelude and headline of the meeting of the National Security Council, organized by the president nine days ago, ‘what are we going to do with the Manza camp to prevent further incidents of attacks against Iran’, because with Iran we have a very big problem big that threatens our national security”, argues Karamuço.

The expert emphasizes that this investigation initiated by justice “must be comprehensive” in these moments.
This, after some internal regulations were discovered that were never supervised by the Albanian authorities.
“The camp has several cameras that the State Police does not have, it has a technological system of exceptional surveillance, there is only a protection of the external perimeter with Albanian private police, while inside they have neither police nor other guards. They guard themselves, they self-administer, they punish each other, they have trials within groups of trials, they have security rooms inside which has never been said”, said Ervin Karamuço to the Albanian Post.

Even after the clashes between the Police and the mujahedin, the government continues to guarantee them electricity, water and everything else they need, added the expert, recalling the examples of the Uyghurs and Afghans in our country.
“As for the treatment by our authorities, they should have been kept on a low profile, more of a humanitarian aid. We have done this with the Uyghurs, with the Afghans they have never created a problem. We have kept them, we have fed them even after yesterday’s physical, violent opposition, the Government will continue to guarantee them electricity, water and everything else they need”, said Karamuço.

The security and criminalistics expert thinks that if the criminal offense registered by SPAK is proven, “we will be able to complete the whole story of what all this history and gurgule was about on Tuesday”.

By Klevis Hoxhaj – Albanian Post – Translated by Nejat Society

June 30, 2023 0 comment

Mujahedin Khalq as an Opposition Group

Exiled group feels heat as Europe ups Iran contacts

A controversial exiled Iranian opposition group is coming under increased pressure in Europe as it nervously eyes the intensification of European talks with Tehran in search of reviving a deal on the Islamic republic’s nuclear drive.

Supporters of the People’s Mujahedin (MEK) regard it as the sole credible opposition group based outside Iran, although it is held in deep suspicion by many Iranians, including those opposed to the clerical authorities.

The MEK and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an umbrella group that essentially acts as its political wing, have accused the West of “appeasement” towards Iran over the troubles that it has faced.

Last week, French authorities cited security concerns for banning a major rally organised by the NCRI on July 1 which the group hoped would gather tens of thousands of people.

On June 20, Albanian authorities launched a raid against a MEK camp that has housed its members for a decade as part of a deal agreed in the wake of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The NCRI said one MEK member was killed, a claim denied by Tirana. It also said Albanian police seized 200 computers.

And in an incident whose circumstances have yet to be fully explained, a bomb was thrown into an office of the NCRI outside Paris earlier this month without causing injuries, according to police and the group.

‘Policy of appeasement’ !

Maryam Rajavi who leads both the MEK and NCRI, told a meeting outside Paris that the incidents were the products of a “policy of appeasement” by the West, alleging they “took place at the request of the Iranian regime”.

The MEK is outlawed by the authorities in Iran, which accuses the group of carrying out a violent campaign of attacks in the early 1980s.

It had for decades worked to oust the shah and initially backed the 1979 revolution. But it rapidly fell out with the new authorities and backed Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war, meaning its members had to be moved after the US-led 2003 invasion.

It still claims to have a network inside Iran and boasts of exposing the existence of Iran’s then-secret nuclear programme in 2002, which led to confrontation with the West.

It has high-profile Western supporters, including former US national security advisor John Bolton and ex-vice president Mike Pence.

But detractors regard the group as a cult and argue it does not represent the Iranians who poured into the streets from September last year in a new protest movement.

This could make it vulnerable as Europe seeks to keep contacts alive with Iran in search of a revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, an accord the MEK bitterly opposed.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi held telephone talks on June 10 while EU foreign policy number two Enrique Mora met his Iranian counterpart last week in Doha.

Paris is meanwhile keeping a close eye on the fate of four French nationals held by Iran, regarded as hostages by rights activists.

Iran last month released a Belgian aid worker in exchange for a Iranian diplomat convicted by Belgium over a plot to attack a 2018 NCRI rally outside Paris.

– ‘Raises questions’ –

Jason Brodsky, policy director at US-based group United Against Nuclear Iran, said the juxtaposition of events “certainly raises questions”.

“The Islamic Republic has long complained about MEK’s presence in Western countries, so I would not be surprised if its officials raised the issue in their conversations with Western counterparts,” he said.

If MEK’s status in Europe was up for discussion, it would represent a “paradigm shift” as Europe and the US had always wanted the talks on the nuclear crisis to be limited to that issue, he noted.

“This is certainly a dynamic to watch,” he said.

The MEK has never had smooth ride in the West: it was expelled from France in the mid-1980s as Paris sought to improve relations with the new Islamic rulers. It was only in 2012 that the US removed MEK from its list of terror groups after years of lobbying.

There is also genuine fear among European officials that after the 2018 foiled plot, NCRI rallies could themselves be targets of attacks.

There is a “current and real risk” of such an attack, said Paris police chief Laurent Nunez as he informed the July 1 rally’s sponsors of the ban.

But in the letter seen by AFP, he also warned: “The rally could be the scene of tension between supporters of MEK and other Iranian opposition activists who have been engaged in a struggle for influence since the beginning of the protest movement in Iran.”

The Iranian government has been particularly riled in recent weeks by activities claimed by the MEK, which have included hacking into the computer system of Raisi’s administration.

But Tehran has meanwhile reacted with glee to the increased pressure against the MEK.

“Because of their terrorist nature, the MEK will always be a threat to the security of their hosts,” said Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani.

Stuart WILLIAMS – AP

June 28, 2023 0 comment

Albania

The MEK Ashraf 3 Camp, center of conspiracy against Albanian gov.

Until June 20th, 2023, the headquarters of the Mujahedin-e Khalq called Ashraf 3 was a center for conspiracies and threats against Iran. For about a decade, from a NATO country in the European territory, the MEK have been targeting the Iranians’ mental and physical security using the remote isolated camp with high speed and unlimited Internet offered to them by the Albanian government.

On June 20th, 2023, the tide turned. The Special Anti-Corruption Structure (SPAK) tasked with investigating corruption and organized crime at the highest levels of government and society in Albania entered Ashraf 3 for the first time after the MEK’s relocation in its territory. The Albanian state has been given a lot of testimonies and documents based on MEK’s activities out of this headquarters which threaten the Albanian national security. The case had been discussed in the Albanian national security council headed by the President.

However, the Albanian Police forces were surprised when they were encountered with the MEK’s violent confrontation with the legal act taken by the police. The MEK’s crowd acted in harmony and unity to create a human shield against police forces in order to prevent them from entering certain sections of the camp and some other members used the opportunity to burn the documents.

The MEK claims that the Police have broken their computers. They should be asked what the use of broken computers is for the Police? The police tried their best to prevent the destruction of the computers by the Mujahedin because they were looking for evidence to prove the crimes. The MEK’s reaction proved their dishonesty.

The clash in Ashraf 3 turned it to a center of conspiracies against Albania while it was vise versa until before June 20th. The MEK has launched all its capacities for propaganda, political and legal actions against the Albanian government. Albania has simply turned in to the MEK’s most challenging project.

What has taken place in Albania was previously predicted in the letter of Nejat NGO’s CEO, Ebrahim Khodabandeh to the Albanian president Bajram Begaj: from rallies in front of Albanian embassies in different countries to pushing fake organizations and former politicians to show off for the Albanian government as if the MEK is supported by the entire world and Albania is isolated.

A look at the MEK’s background indicates that the MEK has always been a problem for hosting countries, but the group has always tried to relate its own problematic nature to the Iranian government’s intervention. In Britain, the charity of the MEK called Iran Aid was revealed to be a front organization for financial fraud, money laundering and economic crimes. The offices of Iran Aid were investigated by the British government; the documents were revealed in the media. The Cult of Rajavi claimed that it was a plot made by Iranian regime.

The same tactic was performed by the MEK when it was listed as a terrorist organization by the US, Britian and EU. The group claimed that listing was done due to collusions between Iran and the West. This was while Western intelligence services had found the MEK as a threat to their national security.

The MEK also reacted the same way when its team houses in Koln, Germany, were investigated by German government and the documents on MEK’s fraud in German social service were discovered. The group immediately sent the two main accused women to its then headquarters in Iraq.

When in June 2003, the group’s headquarters in the suburb of Paris was raided by the French Police, under the charges of money laundering, financial fraud, intelligence laundering and operating terror acts, the group launched organized self-immolation operations by its brainwashed members to distract attentions from the main issue.

In Iraq, the MEK obstructed the enforcement of the law by Iraqi security forces twice. The group’s Camp Ashraf was also a safe place for ISIS and Baath forces. The clashes between the MEK and Iraqi forces ended with death and injury of many Mujaheds.

The last incident of this series took place on June 20th. The group has a long record on violating the rule of law including human smuggling and siding with mafia. The reports had been previously published in Albanian media.

In all the above-mentioned cases, the group threatened the national security of hosting countries but it claims to be the target of Iran’s propaganda. It wants to distract attention from the main issue: The national security of the hosting county was endangered.

Unfortunately, the MEK has been successful to force the host countries to give up on their right to sovereignty. There are two reasons: First, these countries were not willing to use time, energy and resources to get rid of the MEK, Second, they seem to be under pressure for not to be known as supporters of the Iranian government.

Today, the conditions have dramatically turned against the MEK. Based on previous experiences such conditions do not seem to be stable. As usual, the MEK claims that it is a plot made by the Islamic Republic. However, there is no evidence to prove the group’s claims. It is a sensitive situation that requires the all-round vigilance of the Albanian statesmen. They should not fall short against the bullying of the MEK and consider the national interests as their priority and do not give up the game.

June 27, 2023 0 comment

Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

The clash in Manzë, the well-known journalist comes out with a strong statement

The SPAK Special Prosecutor’s Office yesterday ordered the State Police to carry out checks in the mujahedin camp in Manzë.

The controls in question brought a strong reaction from the residents of this camp, who clashed with the law enforcement, while 15 officers were injured, also from the ranks of the mujahedin.

Regarding this event, the journalist Lavdrim Lita in a television interview said that after what happened the day before in the Manza camp, the Albanian government wants to renegotiate the agreement with the Mujahideen.

“I think that the Albanian Government is moving towards a renegotiation of the agreement with the Mujahideen.

And all that spectacle with drones and cameras was a diplomatic necessity to renegotiate the issue.

Of course, from the operational plan, it was known that there would be problems, as it is known that those people are also trained in the military and know how to act in such cases.

And of course SPAK or other law enforcement institutions have had suspicions of illegal activity within Manza, because it is thought that there were servers from which there could have been attacks on Iran or other countries, attacks that were launched from Manza. There have been similar complaints since attacks on third countries were launched from Manza.

Of course, we do not have laboratories powerful enough to decipher the codes used, which may require more time to decipher them. But of course, Albania is within its right to apply similar controls.

In my opinion, the residents of Manza, that is, those of the MEK, are not all criminals, and as such they cannot be judged collectively”, said journalist Lavdrim Lita.

by SOT.COM.AL

June 25, 2023 0 comment

Albania

Why was this Iran dissident group raided in Europe?

After the raid, Iran said the MEK must be expelled while the US sought to distance itself from the troubled group.

A camp inhabited by several thousand members of Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), a group opposed to the theocratic government in Iran, has been raided by police in Albania.

One person died and dozens were injured, while claims and theories on what exactly happened at the Ashraf-3 camp abound.

So who are the MEK? What are they doing in the Western Balkan nation? How does the United States fit in? And why does this matter?

Who are the MEK?

The Mojahedin-e Khalq started as a leftist revolutionary-minded group that opposed the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran who was overthrown by the 1979 Islamic revolution that birthed the current establishment in Iran.

They were initially allied with other revolutionaries,but had a falling out with the country’s first supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and started an armed uprising against his fledgling government that included bombings and high-level assassinations.

They eventually had to leave Iran and allied themselves with Saddam Hussein, the then-authoritarian leader in neighbouring Iraq. Members of the group launched armed offensives on Iranian soil during the eight-year Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s.

The Iranian government considers them a “terrorist” group and claims they are responsible for the deaths of about 17,000 Iranians.

MEK members were for years based in a camp in Iraq, but eventually had to secure an agreement to move to Albania in the mid-2010s after Iraqi officials turned increasingly hostile to them.

Accounts by former members and numerous reports by international outlets over the years detailed how the organisation “operates like a cult”, imposing harsh restrictions on its members and subjecting them to physical and mental abuse.

Lacking legitimacy and support among Iranians, the group has also been documented to operate online troll farms, repeatedly boasting of hacking or penetrating state-linked institutions in Iran. Some of their accounts went dark on Tuesday after the Albanian police raid.

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Why the raid?

Scores of Albanian police raided the Ashraf-3 camp near Manze, a small hill town some 30km (18.6 miles) west of Albania’s capital Tirana.

Police said the raid was in accordance with a court order, which was issued after an investigation by the SPAK, or the Special Anti-Corruption Structure, into what it said were unsanctioned political activities by the MEK that went against the 2014 agreement that allowed members to reside in Albania.

The Albanian interior ministry supported the raid, and national police Chief Muhamet Rrumbullaku said he was “indignant and offended” that MEK members tried to block police officers from seizing electronic devices and that their leaders did not cooperate.

Videos and reports from the raid showed chaotic scenes, with MEK members shouting and angrily confronting police and media.

“I want to know if Albanian police are protector or terrorist,” one member told an Albanian television reporter on the scene after inserting himself into the camera frame.

The MEK said one of its members, identified as 65-year-old Ali Mostashari, died on Tuesday and more than 100 camp residents were injured by pepper spray. Police said the man’s death had nothing to do with police action and officers took care not to use forceful action.

What’s everybody saying?

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson, Nasser Kanani, greeted the news by saying that the MEK will always be a danger to the security of its host country due to its “terrorist nature”.

“This is why the Iraqi government expelled them and other governments refused to accept them. We hope the Albanian government makes up for its mistake in hosting this terrorist cult,” he tweeted on Wednesday.

Interestingly, the US government responded by distancing itself from the MEK, a group that has been vociferously backed by a number of senior US officials over the years, including former Vice President Mike Pence.

Washington said it has been assured by Albania that the raid was conducted in accordance with the law and that it has serious concerns about the MEK, including in relation to allegations of abuses committed against its own members.

MEK members walk in a street at the Ashraf-3 camp on March 4, 2020 [Gent Shkullaku/AFP]

It also said it does not consider the MEK “a viable democratic opposition movement that is representative of the Iranian people” and sought to ensure that the US government does not provide support, training or funding to the group.

The US and the European Union delisted the MEK as a “terrorist” organisation more than a decade ago after the group promised to renounce its violent practices. Iran last year blacklisted dozens of US officials over their support of the MEK.

Last September, Tirana cut diplomatic ties with Tehran after accusing it of a major cyberattack, something Iran denied. The US and the European Union supported Albania in the incident.

Tuesday’s raid prompted MEK-affiliated accounts online to accuse Albania of engaging in practices favouring the Iranian government.

Since the raid came one day after France blocked the MEK from holding a July 1 rally in Paris – where they had gathered many times before – some users online linked the two incidents, while the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the umbrella group of the MEK, accused France of bowing to “pressure” from the Iranian government.

The online theories were only compounded by the fact that last week, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi had a lengthy phone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. Neither side officially mentioned the MEK.

By Maziar Motamedi – Al Jazeera

June 24, 2023 0 comment

Iran

Iran reacts to developments in MKO terrorist base in Albania

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson on early Wednesday reacted to the developments that occurred in the base of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO) terrorist organization in Manez.

The MKO elements will always pose a threat to the security of their host due to their terrorist nature, Nasser Kan’ani tweeted.

For this reason, the Iraqi government expelled them and other governments refused to accept them, he added.

Several people were injured on Tuesday as Albania’s police inspected a base of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO) terrorist organization in Manez.

Following the clashes that broke out between the terrorist forces and the Albanian police, an MKO terrorist was killed and dozens of others were injured, according to the reports.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson; Nasser Kanaani

The reports added that 6 of the injured terrorists are in critical health condition.

“We hope that the Albanian government will make up for its mistake in hosting these terrorists,” he added.

According to the statement released by the Albanian interior ministry, the Albanian police took control of the terrorists’ base for an hour and inspected their offices and electronic devices.

Some unconventional electronic devices, including a number of drones, were seized by the police, according to the statement.

The MKO has conducted numerous assassinations and bombings against Iranian statesmen and civilians since the 1979 victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution. Its members fled Iran in 1986 to Iraq, where they enjoyed backing from former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Out of the nearly 17,000 Iranians killed in terrorist assaults since the Islamic Revolution, about 12,000 have fallen victim to the MKO’s acts of terror.

MKO terrorists enjoy the freedom of activity in the US and Europe and even hold regular meetings where European and American officials make speeches.

June 24, 2023 0 comment

Albania

MEK Member Caught in Drone Footage While Burning Sensitive Documents

State Police has published video from this Tuesday’s action in the MEK camp in Manez, Durrës. In the drone footage, MEK members are seen trying to burn some documents inside the camp when the police intervened.

Ministry of the Interior rejected the claims of MEK members, who stated that one person died as a result of the actions of the police.

“We are waiting for the forensic expertise. Not even one person was touched by the police. We will wait for the medical-legal expertise to come to conclusions, but I am convinced that we have taken due care, so as not to create incidents inside the camp”, said Çuçi.

According to Minister Cuci, MEK members have violated the agreement made years ago with Albania, in order for them to be sheltered in our country. They agreed in 2014 to stay in Albania only for humanitarian reasons and not to engage in domestic and foreign politics.

Moreover, Minister Cuci noted that Mujahideen people also broke the hospitality code as they attacked Albania Police, at a time when they had agreed to respect laws just like any other Albanian citizen.

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In the end, he emphasized that Albania is not considering to put an end to the agreement for Mujahideen’s sheltering, but he asked them to reflect and ne ready to respect laws.

On the other hand, General Director of State Police, Muhamet Rrumbullaku told more details from police action. He declared that together with other police senior directors, they had a meeting with leaders of MEK Camp, informing them for the action to be held. They have agreed to the controls, but when police entered the Camp, there were objections by some of the members. Police still asked the leaders of the camp to calm down the protesters, but the leaders refused to do so. Then the police proceeded with the protocol, by using tear gas in order for protesters to retreat.

Furthermore, State Police Director underlined that 15 policemen were injured by Mujahideen’s actions, who fortunately have left hospital and they are in good condition.

Rrumbullaku explained that 96 computer devices were seized together with some documents, despite the fact that MEK members burnt some of the papers, taking advantage of the tensions created by other Iranian citizens who were opposing police actions.

In the end, he warned verification of security cameras, in order to identify those who committed violent actions against the Police, who may be escorted to Police Station and measures will be taken against them.

On Tuesday morning, hundreds of Albanian police forces, including special forces, entered MEK Camp, following an order of the Special Court for controls. There are suspicions that some people there have committed cybersecurity activity within the camp, that’s why the Special Court ordered the controls as the Special Prosecution has launched an investigation.

On the other hand, Mujahideen claim that one of their members lost his life due to police unprovoked violence. However, the Prosecution has launched an investigation to determine the cause of the death of the citizen in question, as the Albanian authorities strongly oppose having committed violence or other illegal actions.

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Albanian Daily News

June 21, 2023 0 comment

The cult of Rajavi

The journalist is threatened with death by the MEK

Criminalistics expert Ervin Karamuço has stated that yesterday in the MEK camp in Manez, Durres, a journalist was threatened with death.

Invited to “ABC e Mangjesi”, he revealed that at the morgue they told him that they should do the news as the mujahedin wanted.

Criminalistics expert Ervin Karamuço

“It has not been said at all, but yesterday a journalist was threatened with death. They told him that he is looking at this victim here, that the journalists went to the morgue. “Don’t think about doing the news differently because you will also become like this”, they told a journalist girl and I was surprised. I said: ‘How is that possible? What did you say? What is this threat that becomes? For what reason?’. That even these phone calls that are made are censorship and tell me, why are you talking, did you become a collaborator with Iran, did you sell us out? I am a professor who speaks up when I see 15 injured policemen, the moment my State Police are hit, I speak up. I have the messages here, but they are not of a threatening nature, that’s why I don’t publish them”, said the expert.

We remind you that inside the camp there was allegedly a raised base that was in violation of state regulations. The control was ordered by SPAK after there were suspicions that the residents inside the camp were intercepted by people infiltrated by Iran.

by SOT.COM.AL

June 21, 2023 0 comment

Albania

Is eventual eviction of the MEK members from Albania in perspective?

At approximately 0638 EST, reports began to emerge that Albanian National Police executed a Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) ordered raid on the primary Iranian Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) MEK camp in Durres, Albania. By 0651 EST, local Albanian media reported that at least one person had died and 36 had been wounded as protestors sought to repel the Albanian police from the camp. However, Albanian officials claimed by 1200 EST, that two civilians died in “un-related situations” to the raid, such as a sixty-seven year old man going into cardiac arrest. The actual numbers of those dead and injured remain unclear at this time.

MEK is an Iranian militant organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and installation of its own government. They accepted a combination of Marxism and Islamism as the base of their belief.

The Albania police takes control of the MEK Camp Ashraf 3

After the overthrow of the Shah, the MEK competed for power with the Revolutionaries and Khomeini that went on to establish the Islamic Republic of Iran, eventually being forced to flee the country in 1981 for France after coordinating several demonstrations and attacks again the Iranian government.

In 1986, Paris expelled MEK due to an increasingly violent series of attacks against Iranian embassies abroad. MEK relocated to Iraq’s Camp Ashraf near the border with Iran. MEK participated in several battles on the Iraqi side of the Iran-Iraq War, which significantly culled its popularity among Iranian moderates.

MEK operated in Iraq until the United States invasion in 2003 when their forces surrendered to the U.S. military. MEK would continue to operate with limited tolerance from the new Iraqi and US supported government until 2016 when their relocation to Albania was negotiated. Since then, MEK has maintained their camp of more than 5,000 personnel and their families in Albania, providing intelligence services to anti-Iranian forces.

This raid of the camp is novel and significant in that it follows a pattern that both France and Iraq pursued which ended in the eventual eviction of the fighters. It is not currently clear why the investigation and raid occurred, other than Albanian stated goals of keeping law and order. Some have speculated increased Iranian diplomatic pressure on Albania.

By: Tessaron – The Atlas News.co

June 21, 2023 0 comment

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