Iraq’s army has finally gained control of a camp holding anti-Iran terrorists after five years, says an Iraqi military official. ..The action came after the Iraqi government pressured the US forces in Iraq to end its support for the Mujahedin Khalq grroup and give the army control of the camp two months ago.
Despite a UK court ruling to lift a ban on Mujahedin Khalq / MKO terrorists, Iran says it currently has no plans to lower its diplomatic presence in Britain.
The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO or MEK) is known to be used by some elements in Pentagon and in the CIA against Iran …Sahar Family Foundation certainly denounces such utilization of the mentally and even physically captives in the Ashraf camp and calls all international humanitarian organizations to make sure that the prime victims of a destructive cult (the MKO) are not used again to expand terrorism.
After a five-year US military presence and the protection provided by them to the monafeqin in Camp Ashraf [a pejorative that means hypocrites and refers to the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO)], efforts by the Iraqi government have succeed. Yesterday evening, the Iraqi military was able to take over control of the camp.
A federal judge in Brooklyn has upheld a terrorism prosecution against a U.S. citizen working for a group violently opposed to the Iranian government. Zeinab Taleb-Jedi had argued that her indictment for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization was outrageous because the group to which she belongs, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), has been working with the U.S. military in Iraq.
Member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Javad Karimi said a number of the UK parliamentarians had in a meeting with several members of his Commission said the UK parliament and government will follow the European Union in putting theMujahedin Khalq( MKO) in their terrorist list once again soon.
A number of EU parliamentarians, in a letter have slammed a British court decision to remove the MKO from the British terror list. The letter adds, the MKO claims to be a democratic Iranian opposition, while it is instead a terrorist group with totalitarian ideals.
A naturalized U.S. citizen must face trial on a charge of providing material support to an Iranian terrorist organization[Mujahedin Khalq] she’s accused of helping to lead, a federal judge ruled Thursday. …Prosecutors allege that Taleb-Jedi told FBI agents at the time she”wholeheartedly”supported the group and that two informants have since identified her as a member of a leadership council of MKO.
The EU, in a decision slipped out without fanfare, said it saw no grounds for amending the list of 48 groups subject to asset freezes and other sanctions in Europe.”Consequently, the Council has decided to maintain those persons, groups and entities on the list,”the decision published in its Official Journal said.
The EU officials have declared that the decision to keep the MEK on the list of the terrorist groups is not related to the Western efforts to persuade Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment program, Reuters reported. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Geneva on Saturday to discuss Tehran’s response to an incentives package proposed by world powers to Tehran.