According to the FBI report, the American victims of the MEK included:


• U.S. Army Colonel Lewis Hawkins


• U.S. Air Force officers Paul Shaffer and Ja Turner


• Three American Rockwell International employees: William Cottrell, Robert Krongard, and Donald Smith


• American executive Paul Grimm

The document also references attacks against U.S. interests, including the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

Yet today, the same organization desperately tries to present itself as “pro-American,” democratic, and aligned with Western values.

The irony is unbelievable: a group once investigated by the FBI for murdering Americans now attempts to market itself as a trusted ally of the United States and the West.

Amir Yaghmai

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The MEK claimed that 250 of its members took part in the assault and that 100 were killed in the operation. If true, it would mark one of the most dramatic confrontations in the Islamic Republic’s recent history, as a few days later a devastating war broke out between Iran and the murderers of the supreme leader, his family and a number of government authorities.

At the time, serious questions began to surface about the MEK claim. There were fragmented reports that seemed, at first sight, to find the whole story implausible.

There were no footage and no photographs on the so-called operation. No verified eyewitness accounts were published. No names or images of the alleged dead were reported. Not a single confirmed report of shooting in that tightly controlled area of Tehran, where such an operation—especially one resulting in 100 fatalities—would have been impossible to conceal. There were obviously no tangible reports.

Ridiculously, the MEK used an image from a previous Daesh attack on Iran’s parliament in 2017, in its report about the alleged operation. That photo alone was enough to scatter the authenticity of the entire narrative of the MEK.

Already despised by the Iranian public, its recent claims outpaced reality once more. The result was not the group’s empowerment but it was an erosion of its near-to-zero credibility. The Iranians never entrust their future to terrorists who rely on unverifiable propaganda.

In the end, the MEK’s uncorroborated and exaggerated claim that 100 of its members were killed in the attack, while 150 survived, only damages its own credibility. Such childish but boastfully announced claim does not project strength; it exposes the lies about all those so-called “resistance units” allegedly operating on behalf of the group in Iran. It undermines its five-decade long efforts to seek to show off as a viable alternative to the Iranian government.
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Mazda Parsi

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The MEK leaders have always claimed to own the most organized establishment to replace the Iranian government but they deny the very important fact: they are hated by the Iranian people.

Even in the dark days of bombardment of Iranian cities by US and Israel, where many civilians including children and students are killed, the MEK leaders do not express any sympathy for the victims who are their country-men.

Instead, the group’s leader Maryam Rajavi speaks of the “transitional government” and her so- ten-point plan for future of Iran of which no article is observed in the ruling of her cult of personality.

The MEK’s army, the so-called National Liberation army was Saddam Hussein’s private army in the 8 years of Iran-Iraq war. The MEK forces attacked Iranian towns killing civilians and army soldiers who were their country-men. There are many women and children among Iranian victims of the MEK regardless of the Iraqi Kurds and Shiites whom they killed in the operations that they aided Saddam to suppress the uprisings.

Considering the MEK’s violent background as a Saddam’s accomplice that betrayed its own people, the international community leaders are aware of the group’s unpopularity among Iranians inside and outside the country. Despite the West’s animosity towards Iranian nation which is clear in the military strikes against Iranian civilians, they never recognize the MEK as a viable alternative for the Islamic Republic.

Even in case of Reza Pahlavi, The US president, Donald Trump does recognize him an appropriate option because he thinks that the alleged person should be selected by the people inside Iran, let alone Maryam Rajavi and Massoud Rajavi who are widely despised by the Iranians of all political and social walks.

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The Free Iran rally was held by the MEK in Berlin, Germany, on February 7, 2026, to mark the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. The event had been organized more than a month in advance and, after spending a lot of money on advertising, in order to prepare a rented crowd, finally took place on Saturday.

MEK’s rented crowd Berlin   As predicted and previously reported, a large part of the crowd was consisted of non-Iranians, and the rest were a few MEK sympathizers who had been brought in from all over the world. These people literally came from Scandinavia, all over Europe and Germany and even the United States and Canada to fill the ranks; to make the rally seem crowded.

This type of crowd mobilization comes at a high cost to the MEK. Add the cost of transportation, flights, hotels, food and drinks to bring in thousands of people to the five-digit speaking fees that they pay the speakers.

Bused-MEK crowd

Despite spending this much, the Iranians did not allow the MEK to feed the media with their fake stories and narratives from their fake popularity among Iranians. Cyberspace and social networks are flooded with images and videos confirming the large presence of Ukrainian, Syrian, Afghan and Kurdish refugees among the participants.

Images from official German news agencies, including Berlin Berlin TV, show the presence of numerous Ukrainian and Syrian flags, as well as booths distributing free sandwiches and drinks and the demonstrators who are served.

MEK-run Sandwich Booth

Images and videos have also been released of participants riding buses from all over Europe and Germany to the event, which are good to see to know the type of citizens who attended the rally. There are non-Iranians on these buses who are heading to Berlin for a free one-day trip.

MEK’s rented crowd Berlin

In a video, an Iranian user enters the ranks of participants who are having fun and chatting, and in a quick move he asks random people about their nationality. Before being pushed away, he reveals that most of the people attending the event are not Iranian.

The documented reports show that the support Maryam Rajavi has is largely paid. The MEK’s propaganda machine has to lie about the number of people who attend their rallies. The group’s rebranding attempts are failed.

Mazda Parsi

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According to many reports, the Iranian opposition remains ideologically diverse and often fragmented. On January 27^th, Natiq Malikzada and Trevor Filseth of the National Interest also suggested that “anti-regime” sentiment in Iran comes in many flavors. They try to answer the critical question: “What’s Wrong with Iran’s Opposition?”

According to Malikzada and Filseth, the Iranian opposition groups are “divided by identity, history, borders, language, religion, class, and even what the word ‘Iran’ should mean.” They present a brief but quiet comprehensive history and analysis of Iranian opposition groups of which this is about the MEK:

The other major Iranian opposition exile movement is the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), better known in the West as the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). It, too, is unpalatable to a majority of Iranians.

The MEK began as a movement of Iranian leftists with Islamist ideas. Under the leadership of student leader Massoud Rajavi, it carried out bombings inside Iran, first against the Shah and later against Khomeini. After the group was banned inside Iran in 1981, it struck an alliance with Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War and established military bases in Iraq that it used to launch attacks on Iranian troops. The MEK has gone to great lengths to stress that it never actually fought alongside Saddam’s forces—yet its members still fought against their own countrymen during a war for national survival, giving them a status within today’s Iran akin to that of Benedict Arnold in the United States.

For this reason, the MEK has virtually no chance to build a mass movement inside Iran. Outside Iran, the organization has gained some measure of influence, hosting prominent Western politicians at its conferences and gaining US congressional support for its “10-point plan” for a post-Islamic Republic government. However, it has also faced persistent criticism over its cult-like structure and practices. For instance, it requires that its members remain celibate, and insists that Rajavi—who has not been seen since 2003—is still alive and in hiding. (His wife, Maryam Rajavi, leads the group in his absence.) The group also carries the stigma of having been listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in the United States until 2012.

Owing to these controversies, the MEK has few friends across the broader opposition universe, which regards it as compromised and untrustworthy. In turn, the MEK tends to treat other opposition currents as unserious or irrelevant, proffering its own structure and messaging discipline as the only credible alternatives to the Islamic Republic. These tendencies make it virtually impossible for the group to unify with any other opposition movements—and given the MEK’s baggage, it is unclear if such unity would even be helpful to the anti-regime cause.

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In just one month, Iran was thrust into the global spotlight. Protests erupted. Chaos spread. Ordinary citizens stood against violence, restoring order in the face of terror.

But behind the unrest lay a hidden war; coordinated attacks, sabotage, and the deliberate targeting of lives, cities, and culture. This is the story of a nation tested, of resilience… forged in fire!

Mostafa Beheshti, former member of the MEK was interviewed by Press TV in this investigated report on the protests.
He explains how the group under the leadership of the US and Israel works against Iranian interests.

“At the top of the MEK, Israel and the US are giving the orders,” he told Press TV. “They issue the instructions and the terrorist group is just the executer.”

According to Beheshti, one or two months before these events the MEK began their work in the telegram groups using fake accounts. Then, they entered their operatives through western borders of Iran, those who are armed to commit acts of destruction and sabotage against civilians and security forces.

Beheshti said that paying the vandals is a longstanding tradition in the MEK. “They had also instructed their members that all activities should be done in person and that no messages should be sent on online platforms,” he explains how the MEK hires mercenaries. “They operated in three-person cells. I this set-up one person from outside the country contacted a three-member team.”

About the fee of violence, he adds, “We were paying around 200 to 300 million for arson and clashes with security forces using crypto currency and exchanging offices. In some cases, we had a separate method. The payment was hidden in trash bins in parks.”

Former member of the MEK finds a common aspect in recent incidents in Iran and the MEK’s acts of terror in the early years of the Islamic Republic. “If I want to put it briefly these events were very similar to what happened in Iran in the 1980s,” he states. “At that time, they needed to manufacture death and portrait themselves as victims in order to convince the public”
As a defector who spent 20 years inside the MEK, he has no doubt that the scale of killings carried out by the MEK has not even committed by Daesh. “These are done to demonstrate their loyalty and mercenary role on behalf of Israel,” he says.

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Khodabandeh was interviewed on the sidelines of one of the court sessions: “There are many unsaid words that need to be said somewhere. Regardless of the outcome of the court, these words must be said so that the younger generation, in particular, can understand what happened in this country, what incidents occurred, and where the root of all this lies.”

Regarding the strategy of the MEK, he said: “The MEK’s strategy was to overthrow the Islamic Republic. In the first stage, this strategy was to strike at the top leaders of the government so that a quick overthrow could occur and they could seize power. This strategy failed and was not carried out.”

According to Khodabandeh, the next stage was to strike at the bottom of the government. For example, the IRGC, Basij, the Hezbollahis (supporters of Islamic Republic). In order to run this phase, Massoud Rajavi ordered his forces to assassinate anyone who has a beard (anyone who looked like Hezbollahis!) and anyone who has a picture of Ayatollah Khomeini in his shop.

“We should reach the digit of killing one hundred people a day,” Khodabandeh cites from Rajavi.

However, the second stage also failed because the MEK ranks were widely arrested and punished by the Iranian security forces. Rajavi fled Iran and settled his base in Iraq which was at war with Iran.

“Taking shelter in Iraq, Saddam Hussein’s territory, the third stage of their strategy was to form the so-called National Liberation Army, as Saddam’s private army,” he said. “It wanted to gain power by Saddam’s military support.”

Aided by the enemy of Iran, the MEK launched some cross border operations against Iran. The largest operation was Forough Javidan which failed again.

So far, the MEK has had failures in different stages of their struggle to overthrow the Iranian government so they are doing the one thing that they are skillful in: Using violence. Khodabandeh stated: “The incidents that are happening in Iranian protests right now are the same things that were happening in the 1980s.”

Ebrahim Khodabandeh states in his interview: “After Operation Forough Javidan, Massoud Rajavi said that it would be worth it if half of the Iranian people were killed for the organization’s victory and gaining power in Tehran.”

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Vigilance and public synergy

The ministry underscored that public cooperation has been instrumental. In Tehran alone, over 300 key “field leaders” were identified and detained following reports from citizens via the 113 hotline. Similar successes were reported nationwide:
– Kerman Province: A six-member armed cell linked to the “Iran International” media outlet was captured in Rafsanjan and Sirjan. The group, which included four repeat offenders, was involved in attacking a seminary and firing on civilians.
– Khuzestan: Six ringleaders were arrested for the arson and desecration of the Holy Shrine of Sabze-Qaba in Dezful.
– Malard: The perpetrator behind the martyrdom of Officer Mohammad Javad Bakhshian was apprehended and confessed to the stabbing.

German-funded MEK sabotage

In another statement, the ministry detailed the arrest of two operatives in Tehran linked to the terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) organization.

According to the ministry, these individuals were being remotely managed by a handler based in Germany, and the handler utilized cryptocurrency transfers to fund the purchase of weapons and safe houses.
Confiscated documents and confessions revealed that their mission included “setting fire to mosques and carrying out beheadings” to incite fear.
Authorities seized two Kalashnikov rifles, ammunition, and specialized communication equipment.
This follows the MEK’s own admission that it has played an active field role in the recent disturbances and terror attacks, acknowledging that 38 of its “insurgents” were eliminated in failed operations.

Thwarting the armed siege on Tehranpars

The Ministry of Intelligence also said it neutralized a terrorist team that had infiltrated Iran through western borders with the intent to commit crimes in the capital.
The cell was responsible for a sophisticated armed assault on Police Station 126 in Tehranpars on the evening of January 8.

According to the ministry, the terrorists fired over 850 rounds using military-grade weapons in an attempt to seize the station and loot its armory.

The attack resulted in the martyrdom of several police personnel, Basij members (volunteer security forces as part of the IRGC), and bystanders.

During the final operation to apprehend them, the terrorists opened fire on security forces; in the ensuing exchange, one gunman was killed, and four others were captured.

The ministry added that two intelligence officers from Tehran province were wounded but, demonstrating legendary dedication, “refused to leave the mission or rest until their recovery,” remaining in the field despite their injuries.

Iranian officials maintain that these events, which cumulatively have led to the death of a few thousand, especially from January 8 to January 10, are part of a broader “hybrid war” involving the U.S. and Israel.

Tehran Times

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The group’s violent attacks against Iranian civilians and authorities, its past alliance with Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war and reports on human rights abuses within its own ranks, are frequently cited by critics and remain a major obstacle to gaining widespread legitimacy inside and outside Iran.

In December 2025, the primary activities of the MEK, in the West have focused on propaganda, cyber operations, political lobbying, and human rights campaigns. The group is active online from its base in Albania and via its political wing, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), with specific recent reports of continued activity in Western countries.

Key activities of the MEK in the last weeks of 2025 include:
Online and Propaganda Activities: A significant portion of MEK activity involves round-the-clock online operations from locations like Camp Ashraf 3 in Albania. These activities, often utilizing fake accounts on platforms like X (Twitter) and Facebook, are designed to cleanse the group’s image, spread anti-Iranian government disinformation, and artificially amplify their popularity using hashtags such as #FreeIran and #IranProtests.

Political Lobbying and Media Influence: The NCRI continues to engage in lobbying efforts in Western political circles, particularly in the US and Europe. This involves leveraging connections with Western politicians paying them hefty sums to speak at events and advocate for their cause. Maryam Rajavi, the group’s propaganda figure has frequently showed up in the rented halls of Western governments. The goal is to position the MEK/NCRI as a viable, democratic alternative to the current Iranian government.

Human Rights Campaigns together with violent pratiques: The organization and its supporters have claimed to be involved in campaigns focusing on human rights in Iran. The pratiques of the MEK’s so-called “resistance units” were focused on human rights slogans. However, violent actions like burning governmental buildings are very typical pratiques of the so-called units.

The MEK’s strategy of downplaying or cleansing its violent past and the activities of its Western lobbies widely circulated on its current media output is a clear attempt to present a more palatable image to international audience. However, this selective presentation does not erase extensive documentation and testimonies regarding its history. For example, reports from international bodies like Human Rights Watch and various academic studies have detailed the MEK’s cult-like characteristics, including enforced celibacy isolation from the outside world and a severe psychological manipulation of its members.

Furthermore, despite being removed from the US State Department list of foreign terrorist Organizations in September 2012, and similar delistings in European Union, the reasons for these removals were often cited as political expediency rather than a fundamental change in the group’s nature or a full exoneration of its past actions.

Critics argue that the MEK’s substantial financial resources, often attributed to donations and lobbying and speaking fees, enable its sophisticated propaganda machine, but this does not fundamentally alter the perception of its historical trajectory.
The group’s continued existence as a highly centralized and secretive organization, with an enormous background of violence, and an unchanged leadership for decades, further fuels skepticism about its genuine transformation into a democratic political entity.
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In this court, the plaintiffs’ lawyer said: The scale of the crimes committed by members of the organization cannot be described in a few documents, whether it is the young people who fell into the trap of the MEK or the parents who lost their children as a result of the MEK’s terror acts.

Maddah continued, “One of the crimes they committed was Operation Chelcheragh, a military operation carried out by members of the MEK on June 18, 1988.”

He said, “The goal of this operation was to capture the border city of Mehran, 100 kilometers from Ilam. After capturing the city of Mehran, members of the group looted the city, killed more than 8,000 Iranians, and took 1,500 people as hostage.
The lawyer said that the MEK calls its force as National Liberation Army. “Which liberation army in the world would storm a hospital and assassinate people from two-year-old children to young people, men and women?” he added. “A liberation army is supported by the people based on international law, while the MEK assassinated ordinary people.”

According to Maddah, intimidating, killing civilians, having illegitimate goals, lack of public support, and violence and resorting to force are among the most important definitions of terrorism in international law.

He said, “Liberation organizations in international law have special characteristics that distinguish them from terrorist groups. These organizations usually move towards their goals by observing the rules of war and international law and use legitimate means to achieve their goals, not by war crimes such as shooting and executing innocent people.”

The plaintiffs’ lawyer added, “The liberation armies are internationally recognized and supported by international institutions. In contrast, the MEK was recognized as a terrorist group in many countries, including the United States and Europe.”

Maddah notified that the MEK’s army stole a large amount of military equipment and tools that were to be used against the Iraqi Baath regime, in Operation Chelcheragh. The group even mentioned this issue in its newspaper, Mujahed.

“Since this action was a widespread act against national security and territorial integrity, the crime can be an example of corruption on earth,” he suggested. “Also, since they used weapons against people and created fear and insecurity, this crime can also be an example of war.”

The lawyer, on behalf of his clients asked the judge to take action to attribute the crimes of corruption on earth and war to all the leaders of the MEK who are among the defendants in the case and to issue sentences for them commensurate with these crimes.

A number of former members of the MEK including Ali Ekrami and Iraj Salehi also attended the 40th court in order to testify about what they witnessed in Chelcheragh.

Families of victims of Operation Chelcheragh took the stand and asked the court to bring MEK leaders to justice. The son of Asad Soltani, the sister of Salem Alipour and the brother of Mohammadi demanded revenge for the blood of their beloved ones who were killed on June 18, 1988 in the Mehran-Dehloran region.

At the end of the hearing, the judge announced that the next hearing would be held on October 21.

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