Defectors of Mujahedin khalq

Open letter to President Talebani

Dear Mr. Talebani,
We also believe that it is time to disband Camp Ashraf.

But we also see the Problem, what to do with the inhabitants. They cannot be deported back to Iran without violating international law and human rights and without bringing them in danger to be prosecuted or imprisoned.

You can approach your aim easier – try to get the members of the MKO out of the influence-system of this organisation.

You should separate them from the groups’ daily grind and try to take them back to reality by getting them in contact with their families and the “normal life” outside the camp. Break the chains to the organisations’ ideology and many inhabitants will leave Camp Ashraf voluntary.

Of course, some of the inhabitants will want to stay in the Camp and fight for the MKO anymore, but if you decrease the number of Camp Ashraf inhabitants by interviewing them separated from the groups influence about their own will and taking those who want to leave out of the camp, you maybe can even break the groups’ motivation to fight for Camp Ashraf any longer.

We want to please you, to concentrate on getting in a dialogue with other (western) countries to find places, where the defectors of the Organisation can stay.
You can also intensify your contact to relatives and families of the inhabitants, which can try to convince their loved ones to come home, possibly even to Iran.
You should also negotiate with the Iranian authorities, that those defectors, who were not in touch with any terroristic activities in the past, will not be prosecuted or imprisoned for only being a former member of the MKO.

Show the inhabitants of Camp Ashraf, that do not need to be scared about their future outside the Camp and that leaving the camp and the MKO is a good decision.
If you can save a few of the potential defectors, many will follow.

We support your intent of disbanding Camp Ashraf, but we want you to keep sure, that no one will be deported against his will and under violation international laws and human rights.

Search the help of international human rights organisations and the international community to solve the problem in an human way.

Yours sincerely

AAWA Association
Dipl. Ing. Ali Akbar Rastgou
(Chairman)
Iranischer Kulturverein AAWA e.V.
Postfach 903173
D-51124 Köln
Email: info@iran-aawa.com

May 16, 2009 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

MKO instrumental misuse of individuals

Memoirs of Ms. Batoul Soltani – Part 11-2
When Masud Rajavi fled to Paris from Iran, he managed to maintain some financial sources through different means. He could get some youth away from their homes. They were innocent young individuals whose natural right was to live a normal life, but MKO could deceive them to join the group. I remember that at the time each person needed 30 thousand Tomans (roughly 30 American Dollars) to flee from Iran. The organization recruited those who were out of job or those who had other problems and sent them out of the country through various ways. There were also individuals who were introduced to the organization. For instance my husband was introduced by a member who had already joined the group. Then the organization sent a guy to recruit him in Iran and sent him abroad. There were some smugglers who took the recruited ones passing the borders and the journey was very dangerous. But it didn’t matter to Rajavi. When the organization tricked my husband and me, we were supposed to join MKO’s courier. We got out of Iran on camels. We risked our lives so many times but finally we could survive. I remember a lot of young couples were killed in the way.

They took both financial and manpower resources via this way. The duty of manpower part was to recruit those who had social problems and to send them abroad. They tricked many people outside and inside the country. They manipulated them using long-term emotional methods or they tried to control their thoughts in order to recruit them. Hence Masud Rajavi could gather a number of them in France. I read about that period after I joined the organization. The Iran-Iraq war had already started. Saddam Hussein had imposed a war on Iranians. He later attacked Kuwait. And Masud Rajavi became the accomplice of such a person who had no respect for his neighbors.

I just don’t know how Masud Rajavi can justify his cooperation with Saddam and accept his so called peace agreement. Unfortunately Masud Rajavi visited Saddam Hussein under the pretext of his ridiculous peace treaty. He cooperated with the enemy of Iran and named it “struggle for peace and freedom”. He also made his supporters to believe in his second marriage with Firouzeh Banisadr and his third marriage with Maryam Qajar Azodanlou – his so-called ideological revolution – as “struggle”. He came to Iraq where the enemy of Iran was killing Iranian people every day. Then he brought all his supporters from Europe to Iraq for the so-called “struggle”. Indeed, he used all his tricks to achieve political power over the organization. This was a treason that Rajavi committed against the freedom movement of the Iranians.

When he wanted to come to Iraq from France, I was one of those supporters who were deceived by him because I was in Iran and I didn’t have enough knowledge about MKO. They even recruited unemployed and addicted young people promising them to find jobs for them out of Iran. Somehow, we all were the victims of MKO tricks, because we had some social problems. The deceitful recruitment techniques of MKO were completely opposite to what is called voluntarily acceptance. Once the MKO was founded, the recruitment methods were based on supreme human principals. Now there was a big difference.

MKO used any trick to deceive the depressed and dispirit youth of the society in order to take them to Iraq as its modern slaves. After they entered the organization, the officials of the group did everything to force them to stay in Iraq. These members were forces to fight against the Iranian soldiers who were defending their country.

Sometimes MKO fighters helped Iraqi battalions to win the battles. Then Rajavi used to go to Saddam to get his reward and of course money for the services MKO fighters offered the Iraqi Army. Rajavi could arrange and equip his so-called National Liberation Army by the funds Saddam Hussein offered to him. So the so-called National Liberation army was formed on the base of the blood of some innocent people.

He started his operations by sending his terror teams inside Iran. He organized some operations in cooperation with Iraqi Battalions. He also arranged his forces to assist Saddam’s army against Iranian soldiers. However he named this treason as struggle for freedom. This shows a big division between what the primary principals of MKO were and what Rajavi did.

No member could escape from MKO because if someone wanted to escape one would be arrested by Iraqi Intelligence services in a few hours time, and one would be punished by them and then sent back to MKO Camp again.

When the Iran-Iraq war ended, Rajavi found a new pretext to slaughter Iranian people and also his own supporters and sympathizers. He infiltrated his forces into Iran to launch mortar attacks in Iranians cities.

After the fall of Saddam Hussein, he used a new trick and dropped all his organizational responsibilities. He went to achieve what he was hysterically looking for. He defined a new position for himself to become an ultra-organizational leader. It was very surprising that Rajavi who chanted slogans against Imperialism, sat at the negotiation table with American generals. We saw the MKO authorities became US Army advisors. They began their collaboration with the Americans by launching intelligence operations over Iranian borders.

To gain the support of US officials, they arranged parties and meetings with them. They spent large amounts of money to collect signatures of the alleged 5 million Iraqis whom MKO claims to have their support. NOW, we can see what happened to the “struggle” I talked about. Today, MKO is resorting to every mean to gain the support of US administration. All the victims who are kept in Ashraf Castle work day and night to be used in favor of MKO leaders’ goals.
Translated by Nejat Society

May 12, 2009 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq 's Function

Rajavi cult Threatens Separated Members in Europe

Open letter to Secretary General of AI

Honorable and Esteemed the Secretary General of Amnesty International

On 15th of April 2009, PMOI published a letter which was written by a person named Ali Pak. In this letter which contains lots of alleged accusations against some of the separated veteran – members of PMOI and some prominent and distinguished Iranian- personalities who are very well respected because of their opposition against Iranian government among people not only in Iran but also in Western and European Countries.

This letter, which PMOI’s operatives claimed was written by a person named Ali Pak, has accused many people of having connection with Iranian intelligence service.

I as a separated veteran member of PMOI with more than two decades suffering and torment in Rajavi’s Cult, would like to indicate the following facts:

1. As I mentioned many times in my articles, the PMOI is a terrorist organization which is taking advantage of democracy and freedom in foreign countries specially in Europe, to propagandize in favor of its cultish culture and ideology, and unfortunately they have succeeded to deceive some members of parliaments in different countries and as a result of that, they have found some lobbies among the members of some parliaments. I would like to emphasize that nothing has changed in the violent and brutal ideology, the entity and essence of this cult. The only thing which has changed in this cult is their foreign policy which is based on complete deception and hypocrisy, especially after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

2. PMOI is on the verge of ideological, political and organizational decomposition and annihilation especially after being disarmed by coalition forces led by USA and after its defeat in its strategy, armed struggle, and losing its military capability which was formed in its army, National Liberation Army of Iran(NLA).

3. ASHRAF garrison which was the PMOI’s most powerful military base in Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s reign is on the edge of closure forever by Iraqi government , and all 3500 residents and inhabitants of this base are notified of such a decision. They have been given two options by Iraqi government either to repatriate freely to their motherland, Iran, or to find a third country to settle.

4. Despite of all expensive efforts and endeavors which PMOI’s operatives carried out and implemented to prevent its separated members to reach to European countries, fortunately many separated members who had been kept in American camp called TIPF as detainees for almost five years, succeeded to leave the camp behind and via hiring human smugglers managed to leave Iraq and enter European countries to start a new life. Some of those separated members who had been living more than two decades in PMOI, despite dangers decided to open their mouth and began revealing the most heinous, horrendous, terrifying and scandalous facts which PMOI’s operatives have tried their best to hide them fully from the public thoughts since the fall of Saddam Hussein. The facts which ruins the moderate and democratic face of PMOI’s leaders before western and European governments.

5. I am asking the leaders of this so called organization to bring their unstable accusations to the court of law and deal with those accusations before judge and jury. I welcome to such a decision to go to the court of law, because this idea of taking our case (PMOI’s crimes) to the court of law has been our request from parliamentarians and governmental officials since our entrance to Europe. I have a lot to say before judge and jury regarding my observations and experiences about PMOI’s crimes against the people of Iraq and suppression, repression and even slaying and killing many political dissidents who were totally against PMOI’s barbaric and in-humane policy towards Iraqi people and its own members. I have mentioned many times in different occasions that I am ready to co-operate with all humanitarian organizations and governments to reveal and disclose all those crimes which PMOI has perpetrated during Saddam Hussein’s reign. We are efficient and reliable witnesses to testify about our direct observations from the crime scenes. For that reason the PMOI’s leadership is very upset and furious and they have begun to make absurd and preposterous accusations against the dissidents as well as beating up the former members who are living in Europe.

6. The PMOI which accuses us of working for Iran’s intelligence service probably has forgotten that during Saddam Hussein’s reign, they handed over many of their dissidents to Saddam Hussein’s security officials to send them back to Iran forcibly to exchange them with Iraqi P.O.W’s who were captive in Iran. They sent almost all to Iran despite of their unwillingness and fear of being persecuted and tortured in Iran. We have not forgotten that in those days there were neither a U.N office nor the Red Cross in Baghdad, but PMOI officials did not bother themselves and they chose the easiest way and the most lucrative one to get rid of all those dissidents, which was selling them to Saddam and forcing them to repatriate.

7. Despite of all the pressures and confinements which I had in U.S camp, but I did not surrender and give up, on the contrary I persevered and I did not repatriate to Iran. I persevered and resisted and I succeeded to stay in U.S camp till 26th of April, 2008 when the U.S camp was shut down. We all spent almost five years of our life and tolerated the difficult and harsh conditions in that camp, because we did not want to repatriate to Iran.

8. The only reason the PMOI’s officials labeled us as Iran’s mercenaries is our decision to separate from them for good. We were full of information which could jeopardize their organizational benefits and profits. We knew much about their illicit and illegitimate relations with Saddam Hussein and his government. The information which can ruin and destroy the PMOI’s deceitful and hypocritical face and reveal their real cultish essence.

9. Our lives are in danger. PMOI’s officials do not want us to go to a court of law and open a file against the crimes that they perpetrated. They have threatened, beaten up and labeled separated people in European countries many times. Few weeks ago the henchmen of PMOI assaulted and threatened Mr. Mohammad Hussein Sobhani (the former member of PMOI) in city of Cologne / Germany. They told him if he does not stop talking against PMOI, they will punish him so badly that the biggest piece left of him will be his ear.

10. The PMOI operatives are acting like bullies and they do not tolerate any criticism specially criticism which is made and expressed against the leaders of PMOI.

ALL THE BEST

HASSAN-PIRANSAR/FORMER MEMBER OF PMOI

TRANSCRIPT

U.N.H.C.R

ICRC

FRENCH HOME OFFICE

GERMAN HOME OFFICE

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Hassan Piransar, Iran Peyvan, Paris, May 05, 2009

May 6, 2009 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

Mujahedin’s struggle principals

Memoirs of Ms. Batoul Soltani – Part 11-1

In this session, I would like to describe the struggle that today MKO insists on its principals. They say that their struggle is their main investment. I want to talk about MKO fighters, to learn how their fight and their principals were at the beginning, in what stage of their struggle they are now, and how much they have been loyal to their primary principals of their struggle.

Since 1964, I mean when the founders of MKO established the group, they determined a definition for Right and Wrong. Their definition was somehow new at that time. They defined Right and Wrong as “exploiter” and “exploited”. The objective example for the Wrong was US-backed dictatorship of Shah. Along with these principals, they decided to launch an armed struggle against Shah and US military officials, advisors and economic or cultural authorities.

They continued their struggle, even after the mass arrests of the group’s members in 1970, fighting to overthrow Shah’s monarchy. They were killed either inside or outside the prison. It is good to know that at that time Masud Rajavi’s organizational comrades including Badi’ Zadegan, Hanif Nejad and even some others who were at lower ranks comparing Masud, were executed in the prison, but Masud Rajavi survived. Although MKO has always justified this fact by some nonsense, there are a lot of accusations against Masud Rajavi who could manage to survive among so many comrades who were executed. I’d rather explain the process Rajavi headed after the Islamic Revolution; I want to evaluate the way he acted far from those primary principals.

When Masud Rajavi was released from Evin prison, he addressed some speeches in Amjadiyeh stadium and other places. The criterion that can prove Rajavi’s disentitlement for MKO’s leadership was his eagerness to claim himself as the leader of the group immediately after he was released from the prison. He was extremely enthusiastic to introduce himself as the leader of the movement and the revolution and he tried to make others to recognize his self-assigned position. He did not want any other post except that of a leader. He didn’t recognize any other person as the leader.

When his true face was shown, the main problem of MKO was brought about. He showed his hostility toward many individuals. I mean, he was looking for a leadership role when the Iranians had all focused on Ayatollah Khomeini’s leadership as the only legitimate leader. In fact, Rajavi’s extreme jealousy and hostility was coming up. When he couldn’t get the first position as the leader of Iran, he tried to get the president’s office but he was not allowed to be a presidential candidate because he hadn’t voted for the constitution he was supposed to prosecute. All these things pushed him to an open opposition against the Iranian Revolution.

After a short period of time, on June 20th, 1981 he declared armed struggle against Islamic Republic. I think since then the organization’s circle of power has completely changed. Indeed, Rajavi himself insists on this change. But the change was in a way that the organization distanced from a popular organization. Actually, he declared armed struggle in that disturbing situation in the society after too much bloodshed, only to achieve his personally lost objectives. It was just for his personality in his cult. Therefore, he did his best to endanger social security.

At the time, I was in grade one at high school. I remember how MKO misused the tiniest complaints or protests in schools for its own cause. As a student, I didn’t know anything about the organization.

Just sometimes I protested against the conditions and MKO took the benefit of my adventurous, immature protests and recruited me. As the first step, once you joined the group, you had to leave your family and go to the group’s safe houses to “fight the Islamic Republic”. MKO members were quite active at schools and they could influence those who had the potentiality and opposed the regime. For example, some students protested against mass praying, they didn’t like to participate it , or they had complaints about veil (hijab). These people were the same ones who fell in MKO’s trap more easily. The group recruiters worked on the students in order to absorb them gradually. Then they used to ask the new recruits to give financial helps. They focused on those who were passionately revolutionary. They continued with the new recruited ones to bring more students to the organization’s net.

I remember that they arranged mountain climbing tours to recruit new students. So gradually I was recruited by MKO without having any information about the group and its cause.

When MKO declared armed struggle, they trapped a group of young people who had no way but to stay in MKO’s safe houses. They were supposed to launch operations. But I didn’t know this at that time. I could only read about it later. I was too young for politics or Rajavi’s theories, but I saw some active, devotee youth who worked for the group.

Finally, the organization was outlawed by the Islamic Republic because of its armed struggle against the regime, the state and the authorities. Some of its members were arrested. Masud Rajavi fled Iran along with Banisadr and survived, although his wife Ashraf was killed in Iran. Masud had no pity for his wife and never tried to get her out of Iran.

Translated by Nejat Society

May 4, 2009 0 comments

Iraq

Letter to Mr. Al Maliki Prime Minister of Iraq

Dear Sir,

Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution on ‘the humanitarian situation of Camp Ashraf residents’.

Although the expectations in the resolution fall far short of what the Government of Iraq has actually done since 1st January 2009 in order to pursue a humanitarian path toward dismantling the camp and freeing its residents, we feel certain that you will welcome this resolution as an expression of concern by members of the European Parliament that your government be protected from malicious accusations of wrongdoing in pursuing your sovereign The Government of Iraq is not only fulfilling the articles of the resolution but has without a doubt exceeded expectations in its humane treatment of the residents of Camp Ashraf ... rights and responsibilities.

Unfortunately the resolution contains some regrettable factual errors (as you are fully aware, the Fourth Geneva Convention has not applied to Camp Ashraf residents since June 2005 and the UNHCR has determined that Camp Ashraf residents do not qualify as refugees), but in spite of this we must warmly congratulate the Government of Iraq on the fact that it has already over-exceeded the requirements of the resolution in guaranteeing the humanitarian treatment of Camp Ashraf residents.

Indeed, the plan pursued by your National Security Advisor, Dr. Mowaffak al Rubaie, has shown a profound understanding of the real problems faced by residents in the camp. The enlightened and humanitarian actions, in the face of severe provocation by the MEK leaders, which have already been put in place will, I am sure, become an example for other national governments which may be faced with the task of dismantling a dangerous, destructive cult as is the MEK.

The Government of Iraq is not only fulfilling the articles of the resolution but has without a doubt exceeded expectations in its humane treatment of the residents of Camp Ashraf.

However, I am sure you will agree that your Government faces two main obstacles in fulfilling the obligations which you have set for yourselves and which are repeated in the resolution.

The first is that the MEK has created various obstacles and mounted severe provocations which demonstrate that the group’s leaders will not cooperate in any way with your government’s efforts to safely secure the individual futures of the residents. Indeed, through their continued refusal to abide by Iraqi and/or international law the people residing in camp Ashraf have regrettably defined themselves as outlaws.

The second obstacle is that the expected help and cooperation from other national governments, particularly those of the European Union in fulfilling their obligations under article 4 of the resolution, has not been forthcoming. It is becoming clear that although western governments are willing to talk about their support for the MEK, none are willing to accept the residents as refugees in their countries.

In light of the failure of western democratic governments to offer concrete help to the people of Camp Ashraf in the form of places of refuge, may we urge your government to look further afield.

April 25, 2009 0 comments

Iraq

Letter to the Honorable Mr. Nuri AL-Maleki

Today, a group of former members of PMOI submitted a letter addressed to The Prime Minister of Iraq, to the authorities of the Iraq Embassy in Paris regarding to their support of Iraq government’s recent decision of shutting down ASHRAF- Garrison in Iraq for good.

The submitted letter is as follows:

Honorable Mr. Nuri AL-Maleki

Hail to you as popular and authoritative prime minister of Iraq and your esteemed and honorable government..

We the signatories of this letter would like to thank you and your government specially we would like to thank Iraq national security adviser DR. MOWAFFAK AL-RUBAIE because of all the efforts and endeavors that your government has been doing in shutting down of ASHRAF GARRISON in Iraq since few months ago.

We, the signatories of this letter had been stranded in that Garrison for a long period of time , but finally we could manage to escape from that hellish Garrison called ASHRAF and took refuge in American-camp called T.I.P.F which was located next to ASHRAF-GARRISON in Iraq and was run under direct supervision of the coalition forces led by USA.

Thank god , we could rescue ourselves from that hellish and cultic garrison(ASHRAF) and finally we reached to European Countries safe and sound.

We support all your government endeavors to shut down and close that cultic garrison and we would like to reiterate that you and your government have our fully support for shutting down of this hideous garrison.

We are fully aware that the majority of the residents who are living in that garrison would like to return back to their normal life , but the leaders and the governing council of this inhumane cult do not want such an event to occur.

Those who have been stranded in that garrison need your government’s help to be rescued from the captivity and suffering which the leaders and cult’s governing council have created for them in ASHRAF.

We are efficient and effective witnesses who can testify against the crimes that the leaders of this cult have done against humanity. We are ready to co – operate fully with all humanitarian and governmental organizations regarding to the crimes that this cult has done in Iraq.

If we can help to expedite and accelerate the process of shutting down of this notorious garrison , please do not hesitate and notify us promptly.

BEST REGARDS

The former members and the victims of PMOI

MR. MANSOUR NAZARI

MR.MOHAMMAD RAZAGHI

MR. MOHAMMAD BAZIARPOUR

MR.NADER NADERI

MR. HASSAN PIRANSAR

MR. HAMED SARAFPOUR

MR.HAMID SIAHMANSOURI

MR. MAJID ROHI

We, the signatories of this letter had been stranded in that Garrison for a long period of time , but finally we could manage to escape from that hellish Garrison called ASHRAF

April 23, 2009 0 comments

Maryam Rajavi

Maryam Rajavi is a Slaughterer of Democracy

I was thinking in my privacy about the violent assault on MR. MOHAMMMAD HOSSEIN SOBHANI, in CITY of Koln, in Germany which happened few days ago. Maryam Rajavi orders her followers to assault on innocent people who stopped following her and her husband’s ideology

I was asking myself why they assaulted him. As far as I know he had spent many years of his life in that notorious cult, called PMOI. Long time ago, He decided to separate from that cult and start over his normal life in Germany as a free man.

So what is wrong with it? why do they not tolerate him to be free and live freely? I think MRS. MARYAM should step forward and answer this question. She should be accountable for her followers attitude and their behaviors in European countries. She orders her followers to assault on innocent people who stopped following her and her husband’s ideology and shamelessly she says nothing as if nothing has happened.

She calls herself the president elect, so she should be responsible and accountable for her insurgents’ violent attitude who assault people just because they do not worship her and her cult anymore.

The funny thing is while she speaks about democracy which she has in her mind. I want to ask her, is it the model- democracy which you have in your mind?

Giving orders and permission to your followers to assault people and beat them up just because they have chosen not to continue your cultish rules and regulations? These deeds shows your democracy perfectly.

Tagging people, who have rescued themselves from your hellish cult , as members of Iranian intelligence service , is your democracy? You cannot even tolerate and bear the smallest criticism against you and your husband , so how do you allow yourself to speak about freedom and democracy?

Let me translate the meaning of your democracy for your followers. Democracy in your logic means “ everybody who is with me is my friend otherwise is my enemy”

By the way , I heard you have said that you are against execution and you have urged all governmental organizations and none governmental organizations to stop Iranian government from hanging convicts. It is funny for me to hear such a statement from you, why?

Do you not remember while you and your husband declared that if someone wanted to leave your cult should have been executed and your insurgents in ASHRAF GARRISON were shouting execution , execution in different gatherings in ASHRAF and BAGHERZADEH GARRISON. Please do not tell me that you have forgotten that!!!!

Do you not remember in a big gathering called “HOZ”, in 1994 that your husband declared code” if and if we are defeated , providing money and passport is my responsibility, finding gun and ammunition and locating our opponents , dissidents , and separated people from our organization in Europe and western countries is your responsibility, find and kill them.”

MRS . MARYAM , please explain and define the word democracy for your followers and advocates. I believe you are not able to explain those words because I am sure you do not know what democracy means.

I am a witness from your cult and I know everything about the crimes which occurred in your garrisons specially in the worst one , ASHRAF during SADDAM HOSSEIN’s reign .cooperation and participation in killing Iraqi people and suppressing , torturing , killing your own members is the definition of the democracy which you have in your mind.

So far everything you have said in favor of democracy are preposterous and absurd because you and your husband have slaughtered democracy and freedom in your hellish garrison , ASHRAF.

I hope someday your followers find out the real face of you and your cult .I believe that day will come soon .

I declare that I am fully ready to participate in any court of law to testify against the hideous crimes which have been perpetrated by the leaders of this cult.

Best Regards

HASSAN- PIRANSAR/PARIS

April 23, 2009 0 comments

European Union

Open letter of Ms Batul Soltani to the members of EP

Ms Batul Soltani, former member of the Leadership Council of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), has written the following letter to the members of the European Parliament about the situation of the MKO terrorist cult (aka National Council of Resistance of Iran–NCRI) in Iraq and their base known as Ashraf garrison:

My name is Batul Soltani and I was a leading member of the MKO when I left the cult about two years ago. I was born in Isfahan in 1965 and I left Iran along with my husband to join the organization in 1986. We were married for 8 months then and I was pregnant. We entered Iraq from Pakistan in 1987 when my first child was 2 months old. My second child was born in Iraq.

In 1991 the MKO leaders, Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, introduced the compulsory divorces to the members, and forced us to separate from our spouses and to abandon our children and send them all to Europe and the US. My 5 year old daughter was sent to Sweden and my 6 month old son was sent to the Netherlands, both with false identities. I have not seen them since. I objected these practices at that time but I had no choice as we were all trapped in a dangerous destructive cult. The terrorist MKO still prevents me from having normal contact with my children.

I was sent to England with a fake passport for about 3 years (1994 – 1997) and even during this period I had no chance to see my children. I was mainly based in a collective house working with a computer.

I spent about two decades of my life with this organization and I know how the people inside Ashraf garrison, which is run like a prison, feel. I managed to escape from Ashraf risking my life in late 2006 and reached the American forces base nearby and sought refuge with them for about a year. Finally I managed to settle in Baghdad. Now I try to help the MKO dissidents in Iraq. I traveled to Iraqi Kurdistan and to Turkey to help the former members of the MKO who have escaped from Ashraf garrison and who are living in a very difficult situation.

I had a series of interviews for Sahar Family Foundation in Baghdad about my experiences with the MKO. Up to number 10 of these interviews have been translated into English and you can read them at the following link:

saharngo.com

The main issue of the MKO is the matter of violation of human rights (Human Rights Watch report – May 2005). The leaders of the MKO terrorist cult are denying the most basic rights of their members who are mentally manipulated using sophisticated psychological methods. The some 3400 individuals in the Ashraf garrison have no access to the outside world. They have been made to believe that they are obliged to stay there and like all other cult followers they think that the outside world is satanic and corrupt and they will only be saved in that heaven!

I have been informed that a resolution on Ashraf garrison in Iraq which is the headquarters of the National Liberation Army (NLA – aka MKO) is going to be discussed early next week in the EP at the request of the supporters of this terrorist cult.

As a member of the MKO for about 20 years, I wish to ask all European Parliamentarians to focus on the following basic considerations for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Ashraf garrison:

– Free access of all members to their families using communication means such as post and telephone, and letting them to visit their family members who come to Iraq to see them somewhere outside Ashraf garrison without the presence of the MKO officials.

– Free access to the general media as well as books and publications for all members without any limitations imposed by the MKO officials

– Free access of all members to the Iraqi authorities without going through the channels of the MKO officials (in this regard every individual in the Ashraf garrison must initially be interviewed privately outside the garrison by the Iraqi authorities to learn whether the person wishes to remain an MKO member or not).

I should emphasize that the major threat against the lives and morals of the inhabitants of Ashraf garrison comes from the leaders of the cult since they have warned on many occasions that if they are not allowed to run their cult as they are doing now they will force all their followers to commit self-immolations the same way they did in 10 European cities in June 2003 after the detention of Maryam Rajavi in Paris charged with planning and conducting terrorism.

I am ready to meet anyone interested, anywhere and at any time to discuss what is going on inside this notorious cultic base called Ashraf in Iraq. I also urge all parliamentarians to take into consideration the issue of human rights for the captive members of the MKO in Iraq and also the just stances of the Iraqi government in this regard.

Many thanks

Batul Soltani – Baghdad April 20, 2009

April 20, 2009 0 comments

European Union

Massoud Khodabandeh to the European Parliament

Massoud Khodabandeh to the European Parliament in relation to a proposed resolution on Camp Ashraf

As you are aware, since December 2003 successive Iraqi governments (from the first interim government to the present elected government) have demanded that the American Army remove Camp Ashraf and the foreign terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) militants in it from their country. This is not a new demand and is based on the MEK’s historical enmity toward the Iraqi people for two decades as part of the suppressive apparatus of Saddam Hussein.

Only since the American Army handed over responsibility for Camp Ashraf in January this year has it been possible for the Government of Iraq (GOI) to take action toward removing the MEK and closing Camp Ashraf as a fundamental aspect of taking full, sovereign control of the country. The GOI’s first and basic demand is that the individuals resident in the camp obey Iraqi and international law. The MEK, in any country they reside, regard themselves as ‘outside the law’ of that country – true outlaws. How and why they escape justice in these countries of course requires explanation from the governments and judicial systems of those countries. But for now, the Iraqi Government appears to be the only entity which is prepared to challenge this situation and to its credit is being completely open about the process.

As you are aware, there are 25 American soldiers posted at Camp Ashraf. To date, they have not reported any activity by the Iraqi authorities in pursuit of this sovereign right to dismantle and remove a dangerous, destructive terrorist group from the country which has given rise to concern.

On the contrary, there is plentiful evidence that the leaders of the MEK, Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, continue to preside over a situation inside Camp Ashraf in which the individual members are subjected to a harsh and unremitting regime involving daily violations of their basic human rights. An article in The Economist (April 8, 2009) stated: “the PMOI is widely reviled by human-rights groups for nurturing a messianic cult of personality around Mr Rajavi and his wife, Maryam, and for enforcing a totalitarian discipline on its adherents. Several defectors testify, in the words of one of them, to a “constant bombardment of indoctrination” and a requirement to submit utterly and unquestioningly to the cause. No sources of news are allowed without the PMOI’s [MEK’s] say-so.”

I believe it is abundantly clear that in relation to human rights violations of the individuals living inside Camp Ashraf, it is the MEK itself which has proven to be the perpetrators. The MEK has also been actively obstructive, indeed provocative, toward those wishing to investigate and alleviate this suffering. So plentiful is this evidence that, after becoming aware that a resolution is proposed in the European Parliament in relation to Camp Ashraf and the people in it, I have been surprised to find that no representatives of the European Parliament have been on an official visit to Baghdad or to Camp Ashraf to investigate the issue. Indeed, it appears that no official contact whatsoever has been made by the European Parliament with the Government of Iraq to discuss this highly sensitive issue.

I urge the European Parliament to redress this glaring omission at the earliest opportunity. The GOI has been commendably transparent in explaining its activities vis-à-vis

Camp Ashraf and has shown itself ready to answer any questions. The GOI should have no hesitation in providing full access to Camp Ashraf to officially organised investigative missions, whether by political entities or humanitarian agencies.

Indeed, I have no doubt that the GOI would welcome international oversight of its activities in relation to Camp Ashraf. Dr. Mowaffak al Rubaie, Iraq ‘s national security advisor’s plan for the difficult task of dismantling an extremist cult has revealed an enlightened, humanitarian approach which could become a blueprint for tackling similar organisations worldwide.

Dr. al Rubaie has stated: “This is an indoctrinated and tightly disciplined organization of extremist zealots who have employed terrorism and at times even self-immolation to secure their aims. In normal everyday language we can say that they have been “brainwashed”. He adds, “The Government of Iraq does not deal with the MEK as an organization. We deal with the residents as individuals.”

Under observation by the ICRC and the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights, Dr. al Rubaie has focused efforts to protect the individuals inside the camp following allegations that human rights abuses are being perpetrated by MEK leaders against the residents. To this end he has said, “We believe that if we can separate individuals from the all-encompassing domination by their leaders, we can allow them to begin to exercise their rights as individuals and make appropriate choices. That is, we hope to remove them from the toxic effects of their indoctrination and leaders.”

In response to the many obstacles thrown up by the MEK to their removal from Camp Ashraf, Dr. al Rubaie said, “The Iraqi Army unit posted to defend and secure

Camp Ashraf has exercised patience and extreme restraint in spite of the staged provocations and demonstrations that Ashraf’s self-appointed leaders have launched in defiance of the legitimate exercise by the Government of Iraq of its sovereignty.” “Ashraf is not above the law,” said Dr. al Rubaie.

The Iraqi government has given guarantees that none of the captives will be forced to return to Iran against their wishes. The most serious threat to those left in Camp Ashraf comes from the MEK cult’s leaders, Massoud and Maryam Rajavi. They will want to use their blood to extricate themselves from this crisis. American media has already quoted MEK officials threatening a ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ at Camp Ashraf. Experts in cult activity and experts on the MEK have interpreted this as the threat of mass suicides of residents by order of the MEK leaders.

I urge European and international governments as well as humanitarian agencies to cooperate fully with the Iraqi authorities to help restore basic human rights to the people trapped in Camp Ashraf.

I urge the European Parliament to give its full support to the Government of Iraq. Any resolution should reflect the realities on the ground and give support to the humanitarian approach taken by the Government of Iraq to resolve this difficult problem.

The aim of a European Parliament resolution must be to prevent any further political abuse of Mojahedin-e Khalq members in Camp Ashraf held captive by their leaders, and guarantee the individual rights of those who renounce violence and are willing to return to society.

A resolution should, above all, reflect the responsibility of European countries toward the victims of the Rajavi cult. In particular, for individuals in Camp Ashraf with residency or asylum rights in European countries, provision should be made in the resolution to work with the GOI for their rapid transfer back to these countries.

A resolution should, as a minimum, include the demands that:

1. The GOI re-open a separate temporary camp adjacent to Camp Ashraf to which people can physically escape and not be forced to continue as members of a foreign terrorist group in Iraq against their will. (Sahar Family Foundation has a list of over 200 individuals who have expressed their desire to leave the MEK but who have no alternative place to go until their final destination is determined.)

2. The MEK should be required to allow free and unfettered access to all of the individual residents inside Camp Ashraf to the Iraqi authorities and to official humanitarian investigative agencies.

3. The MEK should be required to allow free and unfettered access to the immediate family members of all the individual residents inside Camp Ashraf without supervision by MEK operatives.

4. The MEK should be required to allow all residents of Camp Ashraf access to external information, internet, radio, television, books, newspapers and conversation. Gender integration must be reinstated.

5. The European Parliament should work with the UNHCR to find third countries to which the individuals in Camp Ashraf can be transferred. Those with residence and/or asylum rights in European countries should be helped to return and reintegrate into normal society.

6. Mojahedin leaders, Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, and other leading members who have escaped the camp should be arrested and brought to justice through international courts.

April 18, 2009 0 comments

Germany

To: German Embassy in Paris

Honorable ambassador

I have the honor to inform you that I was informed by the Iranian opposition A Mojahedin victim, Hamid Siah Mansouri media today, such a terrible shocker, so that one of Mojahedin victims called Mohammad Sobhani was recently attacked by the Mojahedin cult terrorists in Cologne, Germany. All of a sudden,

I got shocked such a shocking terrorist action, which can be, happened in your motherland where the nurse of freedom and democracy is. However, I was not as surprised due to this cult notorious violent nature as well known at the regional and international level. As I closely know them and on the other hand, the historical and political reality and experience during last three decades has shown that the terrorism and the thought of cultism does not recognize any kind of geographical and moral border. Therefore, such terrorist activities by this cult are natural and expectable. But the human and moral conscience of the West Elites and politicians must be aware of much more terrorist activities and efforts by this cult in the future in the other European States against other Mojahedin guiltless victims and survivors who have already fled from the bloody claw and fanatic dogmatism of this sect and took refuge in the western countries. Now, it is the time for the public opinion in particular the dependable officials of the West to control and prevent the terrorist activities of this adventurous cult instead appeasing this cult and using this cult as a means for achieving political aims in the region. Mr. Ambassador, you should consider this fact that the main losers of this illegitimate political deals and appeasements are innocent survivors of Mojahedin cult who are under the direct range of this cult terrorist target in the European States. As we witness the current experience of Mr. Mohammad Sobhani in your motherland, who has been under severe and inhuman tortures by this cult for the period of two decades in the notorious custody of Ashraf garrison situated in Iraq.

In fact, the present adventurous incidents of the Ashraf garrison situated in Iraq and it is still under the ideological and cultic control of this cult and without any doubt Mojahedin cult officials and leadership is the most leading responsible of causing the whole up to date problems in the region including the recent terrorist assault on Mr. Mohammad Sobhani, prove that the Mojahedin cult’s leadership claims regarding new changes so that this cult has abandoned the violence, is quite false and vain. The latest violent efforts either in Iraq or in Germany show that the leader of this cult, Maryam Rajavi is not trustworthy and her vows and obligations regarding international norms and laws, are forged and fictitious. Therefore, she is endeavoring to achieve her reactionary and political aims via violence and terrorist activities. That is why she is reputed as Iranian Ben Laden among Iranian opposition groups and most of Iranians. As a result, now it is the appropriate time for the West to take a serious step regarding Iranian Ben laden to encounter her ipso facto terrorist threats, which can be horrible for human beings in particular for the public security and peace of the European States.

Yours truly

A Mojahedin victim, Hamid Siah Mansouri– Paris – France

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