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Britain may admit 17 Liberty residents with no links to terrorism

Menzies Campbell (North East Fife, Liberal Democrat)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 84W, on Iraq: Iran, what the current immigration status is of the 52 residents of Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty who are seeking resettlement in the UK.

Mark Harper (Forest of Dean, Conservative)

None of the 52 residents of Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty who were previously settled in the UK have any current immigration status here. We have agreed to consider, exceptionally, their re-admission as refugees, subject to a UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) assessment of each individual to ensure that none have been complicit in acts of terrorism or other activities incompatible with refugee status. Thus far, UNHCR have submitted 17 assessments to the Home Office. No decisions have yet been reached.

October 31, 2013 0 comments

USA

The US Fund for resettlement of MKO members

Press Statement

Marie Harf

Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

October 24, 2013

The United States welcomes the establishment of the United Nations Trust Fund to support the resettlement of individuals currently residing at Camp Hurriya in Iraq. We are pleased to announce that the United States plans to provide $1 million to the UN Trust Fund. The Administration will continue to work with the U.S. Congress regarding these funds. The United States hopes other countries will also support this important humanitarian effort.

While Rajavi`s group enjoy endless sources of money, the US act to pay the UN for resettlement was quite surprising and seems a bit deceptive to me.

A glance at the group’s propaganda campaigns in Europe and in Iraq proves that money is the last thing that the MEK needs. Here are some examples.

In the annual gathering of the MEK in France in June, thousands of people enjoyed an absolutely free trip to France including meals and housing with the sole condition of attending Maryam Rajavi’s speech.

In the same festival, paid speakers are invited whose rates are some times as high as 40k.

Advertisements (paid) for the event are given to international media to be broadcasted and published.

MEK’s recent campaigns also prove the group is being well financially supported.

Recently an ad was placed and broadcasted by CNN in support of the group’s demands in Iraq. (How much was it? Don’t ask me, ask CNN.)

And in another example, while the Rajavis continuously complain about the situation of their members in Iraq, and claim that the Iraqi government does not allow them to bring goods into Camp Al Hurriyeh (Liberty), photos show that a tremendous amount of purple cloth, billboards, banners and other printed material are being used for their show of protests. It means that they have access to buy whatever they need including propaganda material.

As a former member of the MEK, I always knew that the group is quite rich. Now I am surprised to see that the US wants to donate another million for the group.

The group is rich enough so that if its leaders want, they can easily finance the resettlement of all 3000 people remaining in Iraq.

Arash Pirooz,IranInterlink

October 29, 2013 0 comments

Albania

A new life, away from terror in Tirana. No more Mojahedin Khalq

Iranian opposition mujahideens start “new life” in Albania – paper

Excerpt from report by Albanian leading national independent newspaper Shekulli on 21 October

[Unattributed report: " Mujahideens End ‘War’"]

A new life, away from war and terror, for the Mujahideens in Tirana. They no longer want to hear about their old organization or the time when they were Saddam’s mercenaries or fighters against the Shah.

This new situation has been confirmed by the Iranian news agencies, which were not very happy about the Mujahideens’ accommodation in Tirana. Scores of members of the Mujahideen Khalq Organization, MKO, (also known as MEK, NCRI and PMOI) have deserted upon their arrival in the Albanian capital, Tirana, declared a high MKO official on Saturday [19 October].

“At least 70 MKO members have deserted the group since their arrival in the Albanian capital,” the leader of a MKO cell, who has also deserted, declared to the FNA [Fars New Agency] on Saturday. “The deserters’ group includes the names of some leading MKO officials,” added the source, speaking on the condition of anonymity as he fears for his life.

A report published in June also said that the MKO members sent from Iraq to Albania over the past few months were from among those who did not obey the orders of their network leaders. According to the Dedehban Centre, most of the MKO members transferred from their transitional camp in Iraq to Albania were no longer obedient to their masters and could no longer be controlled by the leaders of their network.

Referring to a recent ceremony in France to mark the anniversary of the group’s armed attack against Iran in 1981, a ceremony that was also broadcast via video-conference to a luxury hotel in Tirana for the MKO members in Albania, the report said that only 10 out of 71 MKO members in Albania were present. The others showed no interest.

There has even been an attempt [by the members] to voice their opposition to Rajavi, the cell leader. Many of the MKO members have abandoned the organization, whereas those still remaining in the camp have said that they are ready to leave it, but cannot due to pressure and death threats. [passage omitted with details about the group’s history]

Shekulli, Tirana, Albania,Translated by BBC Monitoring European

October 29, 2013 0 comments

Camp Liberty

Practical solution to resolve Liberty residents’ situation

The Mujahedin Khalq is no more welcomed in Iraq. The group’s alliance with Saddam Hussein and the innumerable crimes it committed which continued even after the dictators’ overthrow and also their Practical solution to resolve the Liberty residents’ situation resistance to end the several years of illegal occupancy of a piece of Iraq land caused the wrath of the Iraqi nation and consequently led to a sequence of attacks on Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty which resulted in the deaths and injuries to numerous camps residents.

The calamity the Mujahedin Khalq is trapped in caused whoever in concern of the members of the group to be worried about their fate.

The suffering families who have for a long time been deprived to visit their loved ones are more worried than before.

Former members of the MKO who managed to escape the Cult are also restless to see their friends in danger. Over and over they have told their stories to the world, asking international organizations to help those entrapped physically and mentally within the Rajavis’ Cult.

After the deadly incidents in camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty both families and defectors wrote letters and petitions to due international bodies asking for help to find a practical solution to save the residents of the camps.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has several times reiterated the need for the Camp Liberty residents relocation to third countries and has opened several ways for talks with a number of European states in a bid to find a third party to host the Mujahedin Khalq. António Guterres, UNHCR chief insisted: “The residents of Camp Hurriya urgently need solutions to relocate out of Iraq".[1]

EU High Representative Catherine Ashton also called the Permanent resettlement outside Iraq as the only solution.[2]

UN Chief announced a trust fund initiative to help relocate residents of Camp Liberty. Ban ki-moon reiterated the necessity to “pick up the pace of the relocation”. [3]

The United States welcomed the UN initiative and through a statement announced the US plan to donate $1 million to the fund. Marie Harf, the US Deputy Department Spokesperson said: We share the conviction that relocation is the only lasting means of guaranteeing the safety and well-being of those residing at Camp Hurriya. [4]

Thus it seems that all parties concerned have reached to the consensus that the only way to resolve situation of Camp Liberty residents is to relocate them somewhere out of Iraq.

However there are two main obstacles on the way of the Camp residents’ relocation, one of which is the reluctance of third countries to house former terrorists as refugees. What is just before their eyes is the group’s past violent history and anti-social behaviors. So far just three countries Belgium, Germany and Albania have offered to accept a small number of Liberty residents.

Yet the main barrier on the way of the relocation process is unwillingness of the leaders of the Organization.

Martin Kobler, the former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq, several times deplored the lack of cooperation of the residents and of their leadership with the UNHCR and UN monitors. In an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad kobler said that “residents of an Iranian dissident camp are denied freedom of movement by the exile group.”[5]

Wendy Sherman, the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs also noted that the MEK’s leadership in Paris was obstructing the process to resettle MEK members.[6]

The MEK’s leadership demand is that the members be allowed to relocate together as a single unit, rather than to be relocated individually to different countries. In this way they can preserve the cult hegemony on members and prevent their defection.

The UN Trust Fund according to the UN chief statement is “to cover costs relating to the relocation process”. The UN Chief urged states to contribute to the fund.[7]

Conversely the point is that what is really hindering the relocation process is unwillingness of the MKO leaders rather than lack of fund.

The MKO launched multimillion-dollar campaign to bury the MEK’s bloody history of bombings and assassinations.

The group spends large sums of money to arrange Maryam Rajavi travels to European countries and to stage events to launch its propaganda campaign to direct the attentions to the ambitions of the leaders of the group.

If the Americans are really worried about the fate of residents of Camp Liberty they should put forth to convince the MKO leaders to let members participate and complete due processes and use the safe and secure relocation opportunities rather than donating for it. The US can also step forward to take at least a number of Temporary Transit Location residents to its own country.

By: A .Sepinoud

References:

[1] Bobb, Donn, UNHCR welcomes Albanian offer to Hurriya residents, unmultimedia.org, March 2013

[2]Office of Catherine Ashton, European Union, EU welcomes Albanian offer, Fully supports Kobler efforts, March 21, 2013

[3] UN News Center, Iraq: launching new trust fund, UN chief urges relocation of Champ Hurriya residents, October 23, 2013

[4] U.S. Department of State, Press Statement, U.S. Pledges Support to UN Trust Fund for Resettlement of Camp Hurriya Residents, Marie Harf, Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC, October 24, 2013

[5]Associated Press, UN Iraq rep urges exile cooperation, June26, 2013

[6] NIAC, MEK leader in Paris obstructing the process to resettle members, October 4,2013

[7] UN News Center, Iraq: launching new trust fund, UN chief urges relocation of Champ Hurriya residents, October 23, 2013

October 28, 2013 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization's Propaganda System

Retarded MKO PR Apparatus

The Mujahedin Khalq Organization (the MKO/the Cult of Rajavi) wants all the world blind to what is truly going in the cult. Members and advocates of the group are lied on a daily basis. However, today the world Retarded MKO PR Apparatus is gradually getting aware of the real issues the victims of the MKO are dealing with. This may explain why the united Nations Secretary General and the U.S. Department of State sees the group’s fragmentation as the most effective way to protect the members.

The UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon who has to date frequently emphasized on the relocation of MKO members held in Temporary Transit Location (TTL/Camp Liberty), declared that the UN is launching a Trust Fund initiative to cover costs relating to the relocation process. The Secretary General appeals to member states to contribute to this Fund.[1]

Besides, the United States welcomed the establishment of the Trust Fund and announced that its state would provide $1 million to the UN Trust Fund. the State Departments’ deputy spokesperson, Marie Harf said, “We share the conviction that relocation is the only lasting means of guaranteeing the safety and well being of those residing at Camp Hurriya.[2]

’ that was correctly denounced by the Iranian Foreign Ministry Mohammad Javad Zarif saying,” For 22 years, the Zionist regime has been lying by repeating endlessly that Iran will have the atomic bomb in six months.”[3]

The last MKO’s so-called revelations about the Iranian nuclear program came in the early October when it saw that the diplomacy between the West and Tehran was working. The group –blindly– launched another propaganda attack against Tehran claiming to have published new revelations on what it desperately made efforts to call “the regime nuclear weapon program”. What was the world’s reaction to the allegations made by the MKO? Definitely nothing except few “unmoved” news reports that made no difference among public thoughts.

The MKO’s propaganda is not believed anymore. During Geneva talks between P5+1 and Iran the group had planned to stage an incident to disrupt the talks, Swiss Police took timely action to prevent such an action. They wanted to disrupt press conferences held by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Zarif. Officials at the venue in Geneva reported that Police had prevented this, Iran interlink reported. [4]

The MKO has also lost its face among its old advocates including Jordanian politicians. According to a report by the Arabic language newspaper al Arab-al-Yawm, a number of Jordanian Parliament members have turned down invitation to the annual gathering of the MKO in Villepinte, due to the presence of some Syrian opposition members.[5]

Former deputy speaker of Jordanian Parliament, Nariman al-Rousan, said” We’ve informed the MKO that due to inviting the Syrian opposition members, we have boycotted this year’s annual conference of them.”[6]

Today, the group’s PR tribune is widely broadcasting the news of a alleged hunger strike by its supporters around the world which has up to now lasted 57 days! The strike is claimed to be a protest to the attack on Camp Ashraf, Iraq. Once camp Ashraf is evacuated what’s the use of such a hunger strike for the group? The only outcome of victimizing more brainwashed cult members – this time, under the pretext of hunger strike – is to pack more material for their further propaganda but was it really useful? How many news reports were published on the issue? How many human rights organization called for taking action on MKO strikers?

Indeed, the MKO is known to all international human rights bodies for its notorious cult-like structure. According to investigative reports by for instance Human Rights Watch the MKO seriously violates rights of people inside and outside its establishment.

Actually, the MKO leaders have become so incompetent to manipulate public opinion that they have to spend much more than the 1$million-dollar credit donated by the US, in order to step up the influence of their propaganda among their advocates . Their only resort is to increase fees to buy supporters among western politicians –those whose conscience is not moved by the crimes of a terrorist cult of personality.

Mazda Parsi

Sources:

[1]UN News Center, Iraq: launching new trust fund, UN chief urges relocation of Champ Hurriya residents, October 23, 2013

[2] U.S. Department of State, Press Statement, U.S. Pledges Support to UN Trust Fund for Resettlement of Camp Hurriya Residents, Marie Harf, Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC, October 24, 2013

[3]AFP, Iran FM accuses Israel’s Netanyahu of ‘lies’, October 1, 2013

[4] https://www.nejatngo.org/en/posts/5446

[5] https://www.nejatngo.org/en/posts/5451

[6]ibid

October 27, 2013 0 comments

USA

U.S. Pledges Support to UN Trust Fund

U.S. Pledges Support to UN Trust Fund for Resettlement of Camp Hurriya Residents

Press Statement

Marie Harf

Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

October 24, 2013

The United States welcomes the establishment of the United Nations Trust Fund to support the resettlement of individuals currently residing at Camp Hurriya in Iraq. We are pleased to announce that the United States plans to provide $1 million to the UN Trust Fund. The Administration will continue to work with the U.S. Congress regarding these funds. The United States hopes other countries will also support this important humanitarian effort.

We share the conviction that relocation is the only lasting means of guaranteeing the safety and well-being of those residing at Camp Hurriya. Achieving this goal has become an ever more urgent humanitarian imperative in the aftermath of deadly attacks on Camp Hurriya in February and June of this year, and the horrific attack on individuals at Camp Ashraf in September. We also continue to support the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in their efforts to resettle the residents of Camp Hurriya outside of Iraq.

The United States is actively engaged in working with the international community to move the UNHCR-led relocation process forward. To that end, the Department of State recently appointed Jonathan Winer as Senior Advisor for Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) Resettlement, to oversee our efforts towards resettling the residents of Camp Hurriya to safe, permanent and secure locations outside of Iraq as soon as possible.

October 26, 2013 0 comments

Ban Ki-moon to resolve situation of Camp Liberty residents

Ban Ki-moon committed to resolving situation of former residents of Iraq camp

BAN KI-MO Ban Ki-moon to resolve situation of residents of Camp Liberty ON COMMITTED TO RESOLVING SITUATION OF FORMER RESIDENTS OF IRAQ CAMP, TRUST FUND LAUNCHED

•The Secretary-General is committed to resolving the situation faced by the former residents of Camp New Iraq (Ashraf) – now residents of Camp Hurriya (Liberty) – in accordance with international human rights and humanitarian standards.

•He has taken note of the letters and other expressions of concern over their well-being and safety, from parliamentarians, political figures, civil society groups, and private individuals.

•Energies should be focused urgently now on the relocation of the residents of Camp Hurriya to safe and secure locations outside of Iraq. This is the only durable and sustainable solution. While the Secretary-General welcomes the generous offers by Member States that have enabled 240 out of the 3,174 individuals to settle outside of the country, it is essential to pick up the pace of the relocation. The Secretary-General calls on other Member States to follow suit and to offer residents the opportunity for safe relocation.

•In this connection, the United Nations is launching a Trust Fund initiative to cover costs relating to the relocation process. The Secretary-General appeals to Member States to contribute to this Fund.

•The Secretary-General reiterates the continued responsibility of the Government of Iraq to ensure the safety and security of the residents during their stay in Camp Hurriya.

Office of Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

October 26, 2013 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

The MKO-Israeli Spying network

While the Israeli security forces announced the arrest of an Iranian-born with Belgium citizenship accusing him of spying for Tehran, the Iranian officials said they have arrested Israeli spies for planning to sabotage nuclear sites. However, Mujahedin Khalq Organization admitted its organizational connection with the suspect tried in Israeli court. The propaganda arm of the MKO, National Council of Resistance the NCR announced a statement to desperately try to deny Mansouri’s current link with the group.

Apparently the MKO’s statement is a reaction to what the Belguim’s newspaper Le Soir published on the news of the arrest of the alleged Iranian spy, Ali Mansouri. Le Soir reported that the suspect had identified himself as a supporter of the MKO. The group’s PR machine uses fallacious arguments to induce Mansouri as an agent of the Iranian Qods Forces who had infiltrated the MKO.

By intentionally or unintentionally confirming its close and long-time relation with the suspect, the NCR loses its face.

The MKO’s announcement on Ali Mansouri as a person who has once been an adherent to the group was faced with revelations by the side of former members of the group who used to know Mansouri during their membership in the Cult of Rajavi. They recall him as an intelligence agent of the group against Iranian government.

Mohamamd Razaghi, former member of the MKO reveals his personal experience with Ali Mansouri while both of them were associated with the group. Ali Mansouri has been a go between for the MKO’s secret section and Mossad, Razaghi says.”Many ordinary members of the ET section [Intelligence Section of the MKO] remember him because every now and then they were tasked to do things for him,” Razaghi reveals. "It was no secret to us even in those days that he was working as an agent between MKO and Mossad and that is why he travelled personally to Israel a few times."

The NCR admits that Ali Mansouri has been an MKO sympathizer in Turkey since 1980 but Mohammad Razaghi completes NCR’s account:” In reality, Ali Mansouri was resident in Turkey between 1980 and 1998 and was in charge of gathering intelligence from inside Iran. He himself would travel to Iran every now and then. The MEK, of course, was very keen to keep him and his work secret.”[2]

Definitely, Ali Mansouri is not the only MKO-Mossad agent who has been detected in recent years. Assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists have been “ joint Mossad-MEK operations,” a confidential source who is a former Israeli cabinet minister and senior IDF officer, told Richard Silverstein, journalist on January 13, 2012, the day Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan , the director of Natanz Uranium facility was murdered.[3]

According to the Associated Press, a group of suspected Israeli spies have recently gone on trial in Iran. Earlier this month Judge Dadkhoda Salari was quoted as saying that the group was led by three people who hired some 60 others to conspire against Iran’s ruling Islamic government.[4] But the most recent account of the Israeli spying network in Iran was revealed in the Washington Post. Washington Post says Turkey deliberately blew up cover of an Israeli spy ring working inside Iran in early 2012 and dealt a significant blow to Israeli Intelligence gathering.[5]

The MKO-Israeli alliance was also confirmed by other sources including the NBC News in February 2012. “Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, US officials told NBC News , confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders.[6]

In their anti-Iranian campaign, the declaration of detaining the Iranian-Belgian man came as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was traveling to the United States to show off his wary of the likely improvement of relations between Iran and the West. The Timing was well organized. As Reuters puts, Israeli analysts questioned the timing of the affair, suggesting it was being showcased as part of efforts to discredit Tehran’s new opening to Washington.” [7]

Once Ali Mansouri turned into an expired agent, the MKO-Israeli PR machine used him as fuel to heat harder on war drums against Iranians.

While the negotiations over Iranian nuclear program between Iran and the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany in Geneva seem to spark hope for progress, the MKO and Israel have to make harder efforts to obstruct advancements.

By Mazda Parsi

Sources:

[1]https://www.nejatngo.org/en/posts/5448

[2]ibid

[3]Silverstein, Richard, Israeli Source: Assassination of Iranian Nuclear Scientist Joint Mossad-MEK Operation, Tikun Olam, January 13, 2012

[4]The Associated Press, Suspected Israeli spies stand trial in Iran, Oct. 12, 2013

[5] Rueters, Turkey revealed Israeli spy ring to Iran-report, Oct 17, 2013

[6] Engel, Richard & Windrem, Robert, Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran’s nuclear scientists, US officials tell NBCNews, NBC, February 9, 2012

[7] Heller, Jeffrey, Israel showcases Iranian spy case as Netanyahu visits U.S., Reuters, September 30, 2013

October 23, 2013 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

Spy nabbed in Israel MKO agent

A former member of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) says a man arrested in Israel on charges of spying for Iran has been a long serving member of the anti-Iranian group.

Ali Mansouri, a dual Iranian-Belgian national, was detained on September 11 by Israel’s internal security service, Shin Bet, allegedly for taking notes on the security screenings at Israel’s international airport and photographing the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, according to the Israeli security agency.

The former MKO member, however, said Mansouri was a close member of the MKO for at least 30 years and has been working as a go-between for the terrorist group and Israel’s spy agency Mossad.

He added that Mansouri, who lived in Turkey between 1980 and 1998, travelled to Iran regularly posing as a businessman to gather information for Mossad and MKO leaders.

It was no secret to us even in those days that he was working as an agent between MKO and Mossad and that is why he travelled personally to Israel a few times, the source said.

The amateur nature of the photos taken by Mansouri and the timing of the arrest have raised speculations that the arrest was politically motivated.

The Israeli regime announced the arrest in late September as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for the US to persuade US President Barack Obama that stepped-up sanctions, not diplomacy, is the way to deal with Iran over its nuclear energy program.

The visit came after a trip by an Iranian delegation to the US headed by President Hassan Rouhani, and his UN General Assembly address that many in the West hailed as a first step to a possible resolution to the nuclear standoff.

The MKO fled to Iraq in the 1980s, where it enjoyed the support of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and set up Camp Ashraf in the eastern province of Diyala, near the Iranian border.

The group also cooperated with Saddam in the massacres of Iraqi Kurds and in suppressing the 1991 uprisings in southern Iraq.

The MKO is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community and has committed numerous terrorist acts against Iranians and Iraqis.

October 23, 2013 0 comments

Jordan

Jordanian Parliament boycotts MEK gathering in Paris

A number of Jordanian parliamentarians and political figures stated that they have refused to attend the annual conference of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, a.k.a. MEK).

According to a report by the Arabic language newspaper al-Arab al-Yawm, a number of Jordanian members of Parliament have turned down invitation to the annual gathering of MKO in Villepinte, due to the presence of some Syrian opposition members.

The oral statement adds that the Syrian government opposition is performing the Western countries’ anti-Arab programs targeting the unity of this country.

Former deputy speaker of Jordanian Parliament, Nariman al-Rousan, said “we’ve informed the MKO that due to inviting the Syrian opposition members, we have boycotted this year’s annual conference of them.”

She said the boycott is because they cannot ignore Syria and the support for its unity and Army, adding that some members of the Syrian opposition who were executor of the foreign plans aimed at dismantling the unity of Syria were among the attendees of this conference.

The event, held annually by the terrorist MKO group, is intended to celebrate the anniversary of MKO’s armed struggle against Iranian civilians in June 1981. The group-let claims that tens of thousands of Iranians attend the Villepinte gathering from across Europe.

October 22, 2013 0 comments

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