These popular movements, particularly the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-9, the Jangal Rebellion of Gilan in 1917-21, the Oil Nationalization struggle of 1951-3, have been repeatedly exploited by Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) and the group took maximum advantage of these national movements.
neoconservatives in the US administration directly instructed the Mojahedin Khalq (MEK) several weeks ago to create”some nice-sounding NGOs”so that they can be funded under the 75 million dollars funding project which was approved to”promote democracy”in Iran.
soon after the Islamic revolution, they announced that more than 150,000 rallied in Amjadieh soccer stadium in Tehran. The stadium in full capacity, according to mathematical evaluations, could entertain a crowd of not exceeding 30,000. Later, on the anniversary of the 20 June event, MKO’ TV reported a rally of 200,000 in the same place. Even on the 20 June 1981, the day MKO organized a protesting rally in different Iranian cities, MKO announced a swarm of 500,000 sympathizers in Tehran’s streets never thinking of the destructive potentialities of such a crowd if they really existed
During the deporting from France in 1995, Maryam declared that there was no need to do political activities, and they should continue with army activities.
When the Mujahedeen were captured by Americans and lost all their weapons they began to talk about the cease-fire with Americans to prevent their disloyalty.
One year ago, on the very same day as the London bombings, representatives of a globally proscribed terrorist organization were being entertained in the House of Lords by Lord Corbett. Such a regrettable misuse of Britain’s democratic institutions by Lord Corbett is not new, and complaints have frequently been made to the relevant authorities, including the Home Minister.
On May 26, 2006, a representative of the violent Iranian fugitives based in Iraq, known as MKO, addressed a forum “ an anti-war forum “ …In Iran, where the militia has been known since its inception in 1965 as Mojahedin, or jihadists, MKO lost all credibility after it became a proxy of Iran’s archenemy, Saddam Hussein, in 1986. Anne Singleton, a former insider and now an advocate for penitent MKO activists in Europe, has labeled the militia”Saddam’s private army”in her book-length memoirs by the same title.
Many Iranian sympathizers of the MKO residing in Western countries are misguided by the group’s vast propaganda, demonstrating itself as the only vehicle to help establish democracy and freedom in Iran. Some opposing the current Iranian Government for their own reasons, voice support for a terrorist group,
a representative of the violent Iranian fugitives based in Iraq, known as MKO, addressed a forum – an anti-war forum – sponsored by the liberal Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists in Berkeley, California, as he had done the year before. Introduced as Ali Mirardal, the speaker lamented human rights abuses in Iran and offered the National Council of Resistance, a Paris-based front group for MKO, as the best hope for a democratic Iran.
Following a roadside bomb explosion on May 29, 13 Iraqi workers were killed and 15 more were wounded. The victims have ever since, however, been feeding the Mojahedin’s propaganda machine to secure the cult’s protected status and, if possible, ensure political asylum.
Some Western figures are quoted by Mojahedin to have urged Iraqi government to take necessary steps to ensure the security and safety of Camp Ashraf.
The Mujahedin-e Khalq, also known as the People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran, was first blacklisted by the State Department in June 1994. Various front organizations, including the National Council of the Iranian Resistance, were added to the U.S. blacklist in 1997.
While the blacklisting has prohibited the group from openly lobbying Congress, a variety of like-minded organizations have championed its cause, claiming to have no operational ties to the banned terrorist group.