News on the MEK

Washington backed MKO members arrested before detonating bombs

Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested members of an exiled opposition group who had planned terrorist attacks in Tehran on the first anniversary of a disputed presidential election, state television reported. The report said members of the Mujahideen Khalq Organisation (MKO/MEK/PMOI) were arrested by the Intelligence Ministry before they could detonate bombs in”a few squares in Tehran”.

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Iran Arrests Mojahedin Khalq Members

…”Based on the information received (thus far), a number of MKO members are among the individuals who were arrested by the people (civilians) yesterday,”Governor-General of Tehran Morteza Tammadon said on Sunday. The official declined to provide any further details, including the exact number of the MKO members arrested yesterday…

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Iraq confirms its intention to remove the Mojahedin Khalq

… The National Security Adviser said that the organization”has, in the recent parliamentary elections, provided a European Member of Parliament with misrepresentations on the issue of fraud in the elections in Iraq..Al-Sheik said,”The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization[MKO/MEK/PMOI] working in Iraq under the guise of a number of organizations is deceptive,…

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KRG officers: MKO slamming Iranian shelling is futile

… this is not the first time the organization releases such declarations. Any attempt by this organization[MKO/MEK/PMOI] to thaw relations with Kurds will be overlooked for they do not enjoy the blessing of Kurds”, Asasard argued, explaining “Because in suppressing the Kurdish uprising, this organization supported the fallen Baathists regime. This statement cannot wash away their stained vision in the memory of the Kurdish people” …

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UNAMI continues to monitor Camp Ashraf

… UNAMI, while reiterating the right of the Government of Iraq to exercise its authority over Camp Ashraf and the obligation of the camp’s residents to fully respect the law and the authority of the Government of Iraq, has continued to advocate for the residents’ unhindered access to goods and services of a humanitarian nature …

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Support for Terrorist PMOI damaging EU/Iraq relations

… H.E Ambassador Mohammed Jawad Al-Doreky underlined that accepting allegations from people nonidentifiable or writing articles on that matter will not help solving the problem but could bring a lot of damage to the Iraqi – EU relation. In context, he stressed that in Iraq the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI) is considered a terrorist organization….

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Former Italian FM: MKO cult has terrorist nature

Sympathizing with the families of terror victims in Iran Gianni De Michelis continued: I could see when I was at the office that unlike its terrorist nature the MKO[aka MEK/PMOI] cult tried to portray itself a pro-human rights and democratic organization; but they are terrorists and I strongly condemn their crimes.The term “cult” in political literature of Italy is applied to highly dangerous groups which are severely brainwashed and affected by their tyrannical leaders and have no more human emotions.

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UK: No evidence of intimidation or harassment in the Camp Ashraf

..The view of the UK Government is that with the formal end of hostilities and the transfer of responsibility for the camp to the Iraqi authorities, any claim to protected person status by the camp’s residents under the fourth Geneva Convention has ceased to apply. That view is shared by the United Nations. The camp[Ashraf] leadership have been given that information…

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