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		<title>To mind Control Systems: How Do You Do That?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 06:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Religion and ideology for destructive mind control systems essentially works for &#8220;infecting&#8221; the mind, compelling followers to commit any kind of atrocity. This has been identified as the primary threat&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Religion and ideology for destructive mind control systems essentially works for &#8220;infecting&#8221; the mind, compelling followers to commit any kind of atrocity. This has been identified as the primary threat of the third millennium. Examples of mind control systems (destructive cults) include Aum Shinrikyo in Japan, under the guise of Buddhism, the Ku Klux Klan in the United States under the guise of Christianity, Zionism under the guise of Judaism, ISIS under the guise of Islam, and the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) under the guise of Marxist Shi&#8217;ism.</p>
<p>Professor Nurit Peled-Elhanan, world justice and peace advocate, writer, educator, and community organizer, teaches language and education at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of “PALESTINE IN ISRAELI BOOKS &#8211; IDEOLOGY AND PROPAGANDA IN EDUCATION,” the work in which she outlines and develops the main points stated in this short video.</p>
<p>According to Professor Elhanan, it is impossible to underestimate the power not only of educational systems, but also of those who build them and the educators who work within them. What make genocides possible is not only the armies or militias, but also an entire citizenry that supports them and gets involved in them directly or indirectly. Genocides are carried out with weapons without also being promoted, encouraged, and justified by writers, educators, academics, journalists, entertainers (actors and actresses, singers, comedians…), scientists, advertisers, and one’s next neighbor, whether that neighbor is a baker or a plumber, a truck driver or a shoemaker.</p>
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<p><strong>Text of the short video: </strong></p>
<p>How do you take nice Jewish boys and girls and turn them into monsters, killers of children when they reach 18? It takes a very long, thorough and sophisticated education to do that. And that was my question. You know, how do you do that? How come, you know? We have an organization called Breaking the Silence, where soldiers confess what they did in the West Bank. And many of these confessions, in many of these confessions, the soldiers say, I was educated to believe that whatever I do to the Palestinians will save us from another Holocaust. And only when I aimed my rifle at a little girl, I realized that I was the evil one. And then I stopped. So this education is so entrenched. It&#8217;s really you know, Richard Dawkins hated religion and he called religion mind infection. But, I think, this is mind infection. Ideologies can be mined infectors. And they are so infected with it … and the dehumanization of Palestinians especially is so strong that it&#8217;s very hard for people, especially young people, to get rid of that and to see these people as human beings.</p>
<p>Ebrahim Khodabandeh</p>
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		<title>MEK agents near schools in Tirana, Albania</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Members of the MEK in Albania]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Examining the potential motives behind the presence of agents of Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) near schools in Albania—ranging from possible links to &#8220;Epstein-style&#8221; child abuse centers to attempts to prevent their&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Examining the potential motives behind the presence of agents of Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) near schools in Albania—ranging from possible links to &#8220;Epstein-style&#8221; child abuse centers to attempts to prevent their expulsion—the Albanian government must act before it is too late.</p>
<p>For some time now, a group of female members of the group has been seen driving around in specific vans near Albanian schools, sparking widespread alarm in the area where these terrorists reside.</p>
<p>According to Faraq News, Albanian analysts state: &#8220;It has been revealed globally that the terrorists known as the &#8216;People&#8217;s Mujahedin&#8217; [MEK] in Albania are operating as a branch of the Mossad. Both the state police and the media are aware that the Mossad stands behind the MEK, yet they are afraid to take action against them. These female terrorists have been targeting schools to prey on children&#8230; The abducted children are then taken to Mossad-run child abuse centers, where they are used to blackmail and manipulate Western elites—much like the network of Jeffrey Epstein.&#8221; However, the potential objectives behind the presence of this &#8220;scum&#8221; near Albanian schools may include the following:</p>
<p>– Deceiving and brainwashing adolescents at a vulnerable age</p>
<p>By exploiting the curiosity of adolescents—under the guise of activities that appear cultural, educational, or charitable—the MEK attempts to instill a terrorist ideology and covertly draw them in.</p>
<p>– Targeting children for blackmail and corruption networks</p>
<p>According to field analyses, it is possible that children who are abducted or lured in are sent to centers linked to foreign intelligence services, where they are used in networks involving child abuse, blackmail, and the manipulation of Western elites—a model similar to the network of Jeffrey Epstein.</p>
<p>– Gathering information and identifying families susceptible to exploitation</p>
<p>The suspicious presence of women from this group—in vehicles with tinted windows—may be the initial step in identifying families, mapping the routes children take, and infiltrating the social circles of adolescents.</p>
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		<title>Will the Protests in Albania Expand to MEK’s Controversial Presence?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Thousands of Albanian citizens took to the streets of Tirana to pretest the construction of a luxury seaside resort linked to US President Donald Trump&#8217;s son-in-law Jared Kushner amid mounting&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thousands of Albanian citizens took to the streets of Tirana to pretest the construction of a luxury seaside resort linked to US President Donald Trump&#8217;s son-in-law Jared Kushner amid mounting calls for the project to be blocked.</p>
<p>The protests are primarily about environmental concerns, land ownership, transparency, accountability and alleged preference toward foreign investors connected to Trump family. Many protesters are using slogans such as “Albania is not for sale” and are criticizing what they see it as an opaque government decision-making.</p>
<p>However, Albanian prime minister Edi Rama on Friday accused the Iranian government of stirring the ongoing rallies in Tirana. He claims that Iran is behind protests against Kushner resort using disinformation.</p>
<p>Albania’s close alignment with US policy preferences, particularly regarding the hosting of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), contributed to a significant recalibration of Tehran’s stance toward Tirana. This process accelerated the diplomatic breakdown and culminated in cyberattacks attributed to Iran against Albanian state institutions, in past years.</p>
<p>Iran was aware of the Western Balkans’ strategic sensitivity and the dominant influence of Western institutions in the region but its limited engagement in bilateral cultural ties became increasingly strained following Albania’s decision to host the MEK, a formerly designated terrorist group with a long record of acts of violence against Iranian civilians as well as officials.</p>
<p>The relocation of MEK members to Albania, strongly supported by the USA on the alleged humanitarian and security grounds, marked a critical turning point in bilateral relations. For Tehran government, the presence of an organized opposition group operating from Albanian territory was perceived as a direct challenge to its political and security interests.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, while Edi Rama is trying to project his political and economical issues onto Iran, the protests in Albania are primarily domestic in nature, according to the mainstream media such as Reuters, The Guardian and AP. The protesters’ call is centered on environmental concerns, allegations of corruption and broader dissatisfaction with the government. Protesters have even called for Rama’s resignation.</p>
<p>Rama’s accusations on Iran seems to be a political attempt to reframe a domestic controversy in national-security terms. The MEK’s presence in Albania itself can become a major protest demand. A protest movement focused on transparency and accountability could easily expand into other demands. This would fit naturally into a broader movement criticizing opaque decision making and insufficient public consultation.</p>
<p>If public attention shifts towards government transparency, the political outcome can be that more Albanians begin asking why such an important foreign policy and security decision –sheltering thousands of members of a cult-like extremist group&#8211; has received limited public scrutiny or parliamentary debate. The MEK may become one of several examples cited by activists who seek greater disclosure and public oversight of major government decisions. Thus, wider concerns will be raised by civil society and governance observers about transparency, consultation and accountability in Albania.</p>
<p>Mazda Parsi</p>
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		<title>JOQ Albania: Dozens of Complaints against the MEK from Citizens</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A few days ago, the editorial staff of JOQ Albania published the concern of a mother, who told of an unusual incident: a woman wearing a headscarf had approached her&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few days ago, the editorial staff of JOQ Albania published the concern of a mother, who told of an unusual incident: a woman wearing a headscarf had approached her child and, as soon as she noticed the presence of the parent, had covered her face. This action raised suspicions and concerns about the reasons for the approach.</p>
<p>JOQ asserts that after the publication of the earlier report, the case did not remain isolated. The editorial staff received dozens of other complaints from various citizens, who report similar situations and express uncertainty about what is happening in different areas.</p>
<p>Only after these reactions and repeated calls to institutions, including the Director of the Police, Skënder Hita, has an official reaction come from the State Police.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div id="attachment_16222" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-16222" class="size-full wp-image-16222" src="https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/MEK-Albania-Street-2.jpg" alt="Albanians concerned over MEK approaching their children" width="600" height="730" srcset="https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/MEK-Albania-Street-2.jpg 600w, https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/MEK-Albania-Street-2-247x300.jpg 247w, https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/MEK-Albania-Street-2-585x712.jpg 585w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /><p id="caption-attachment-16222" class="wp-caption-text">Albanians concerned over MEK approaching their children</p></div>
<p>In the press release, the police have clarified that these are women who belong to a group known as the Iranian Mujahedeen [Mujahedin-e Khalq/ MEK], who are located in the Manëz area, and that, according to the authorities, they do not pose a danger or bad intentions towards the children.</p>
<p>However, despite this “reassuring” clarification, it seems that some citizens remain skeptical. Complaints and reports continue to arrive, showing that concerns have not been completely eliminated and that trust in official statements remains fragile. The situation once again raises the need for greater transparency and clear communication from institutions, in order to avoid misunderstandings and restore a sense of security among citizens.</p>
<p>JOQ Albania, Editorial Staff</p>
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		<title>Will the Mujahedin-e Khalq Try to Kill Pahlavi?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>An American historian wrote about the possibility of Reza Pahlavi&#8217;s assassination by the MEK. Michael Rubin, an American historian and Middle East analyst who is an opponent of the Iranian&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An American historian wrote about the possibility of Reza Pahlavi&#8217;s assassination by the MEK. Michael Rubin, an American historian and Middle East analyst who is an opponent of the Iranian government, warned American leaders in an analysis of the first weeks of the Israeli-American war against Iran that the MEK organization is not only not pro-Western and committed to democracy, but is also a violent cult that may attempt to assassinate Reza Pahlavi in ​​order to gain power in Iran.</p>
<p>The high-ranking official from the American Enterprise Institute, in an Op-Ed on Middle East Forum warned for the umpteenth time about the MEK&#8217;s psychological operations among European and American politicians. He recalled that in the early years of the Islamic Republic&#8217;s government, the MEK opposed Ayatollah Khomeini not because they had a problem with his ideology, but because they wanted a share in power and did not achieve it.</p>
<p>Explaining the current MEK operation in the West, Rubin writes:</p>
<p>“In the United States and Europe, the MEK engages in a psychological operation to suggest they are pro-Western or committed to democracy. That is nonsense. They operate as a cult, isolate their members, and foster anti-Americanism. They have become North Korea, only with more food and slicker public relations. Many of the MEK’s claims of infiltrating Iran or running operations inside the country are demonstrably untrue. Former officials who support them do so not because of ideological fealty, but rather because of lucrative honoraria.”</p>
<p>This American historian writes of Maryam Rajavi’s current frustration, and that during and after the protests, the Iranian people ignored or cursed the MEK, and despite the organization’s grandiose statements and claims of public support, the MEK is known among Iranians as nothing more than a group of frauds.</p>
<p>He refers to Maryam Rajavi’s announcement of a “provisional government” and considers it “little more than play-acting.” According to him, no American official—even those to whom the MEK and its proxy organizations have given hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial assistance—takes the potential MEK government seriously.</p>
<p>This political commentator, opposed to the Iranian government, criticizes Rajavi for the strict hijab he imposes on the group’s women and speaks of Rajavi’s hostility to Pahlavi. According to Rubin, “the most important thing for Rajavi is power,&#8221; and in order to achieve power in Iran, he is likely to launch &#8220;potential assassination campaigns&#8221;. This organization has already killed a large number of Iranian citizens and officials.</p>
<p>The author of the article calls on Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, to immediately re-designate the MEK as a terrorist organization on the list of foreign terrorist groups, so that the group&#8217;s infrastructure and members can gather on US soil and then pressure European countries to do the same with Rajavi and his inner circle.</p>
<p>Mazda Parsi</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 04:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Zahra Sharifi, the grieving sister of two victims of Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), complains to the leaders of the group narrating the tragic story of her two brothers, Hassan and Esmail&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zahra Sharifi, the grieving sister of two victims of Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), complains to the leaders of the group narrating the tragic story of her two brothers, Hassan and Esmail who were caught in the trap of MEK<br />
The Sharifi family is one of the families that fell victim to Rajavi&#8217;s ambitions and received a fatal blow from the MEK’s destructive cult-like system.</p>
<p>Hassan and Ismail Sharifi, normal men at a young age, while they were married in prosperity and comfort and lived with their wives, parents and their only sister, in 1997, they set out to emigrate to Europe with the aim of doing business and earning a higher income. They did not know that all their wealth, youth and mental and physical would be lost in that path.</p>
<div id="attachment_15701" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15701" class="size-full wp-image-15701" src="https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Sharifi-2.jpg" alt="Zahra Sharifi and her husband - sister of two MEK victims" width="700" height="394" srcset="https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Sharifi-2.jpg 700w, https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Sharifi-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Sharifi-2-585x329.jpg 585w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-15701" class="wp-caption-text">Zahra Sharifi &#8211; sister of two MEK victims</p></div>
<p>These two brothers, like thousands of other innocent youths, were caught in the trap of the MEK recruiters in western countries. One after 4 years and the other after 6 years, returned home, but they were left by the MEK with a devastated and injured soul and body! When Hassan returned in 2003, all his body has been burned. There were several scars left by the MEK torturers.</p>
<p>During his sons’ absence, the father of the family had passed away. The mother and the sister were still waiting for their loved ones. The Cult of Rajavi kicked out Hassan who now suffered mental problems. He was taken to the border of Iran and Iraq and left there by the MEK agents. With the help of the border guards, Hassan reached his city in Gilan, northern Iran.</p>
<p>He managed to find his home and join his family. The cult-like pressures and vicious ruling of the MEK had made him crazy. He did not turn normal anymore and finally his family had to admit that he should be hospitalized in the psychiatric ward.<br />
Two years later, Esmail was left by the MEK at the border in the same way and returned home. The pressures by the Cult of Rajavi had pushed him to the point of extreme depression. His family supported him to find a job and make money, but finally he couldn&#8217;t bear it and committed suicide.</p>
<p>Zahra Sharifi, their only sister, who bears the heavy sorrow of the tragedy of her two brothers, chokes up while recounting. She says, &#8220;I am complaining with all my might against Rajavi and I will stand until the end because my two brothers and my family are victims of Rajavi and we are still suffering. We are still paying the price.&#8221;</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 05:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The agents of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) are once more running scam charities under the cover of raising funds for what they call “victims of Iranian regime”. This is part&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The agents of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) are once more running scam charities under the cover of raising funds for what they call “victims of Iranian regime”. This is part of the MEK’s network of fake charities based in European countries. “Inspired Charity” is the name of the MEK-run fake charity which is collecting donations in the streets of London and Manchester, these days.</p>
<p>According to a report by the Associated Press, over the years, the MEK has been targeted in a series of investigations around the world for running charity scams. MEK’s fake charity scams prey on people’s goodwill and generosity. They pretend to be representatives of a legitimate Iranian group but they are actually a terrorist cult loathed by the Iranians.<br />
Ray Torabi, former child soldier of the MEK has published a film and some photos of the MEK’s alleged charity campaign in London in order to warn British citizens about the threat of the MEK fraud:</p>
<h3>British people be aware!</h3>
<p>Recently such stands have been popping up all over London and Manchester and perhaps other cities, where Iranians from a so-called &#8220;Inspired Charity&#8221; organization are collecting signatures and DONATIONS for victims of the Islamic regime in Iran and the promotion of human rights. HOWEVER, they are a fraud and actually members of an extremist Islamic cult called the Mujahedin-e Khalgh (MEK). They portray themselves as moderate but only do so to lure you into making a donation. They use the pictures and names of victims of the Islamic regime in Iran such as #mahsa_amini but in reality are hated by the families of these victims. The MEK is loathed by the Iranian people and are known to have committed a wide range of atrocities against their own people and even members. My father, who was a MEK member was tortured and killed by the cult. I myself, along with hundreds of other teens, was recruited as a child soldier by them in the late 90s. My mother and many other members of my family are currently trapped in the cult&#8217;s camp where they have been brainwashed and completely disconnected from the outside world and have cut all ties with me. As a teen, I took part in such charity schemes of the MEK in Canada and the US and I speak based on personal experience. I was a member of the cult for 18 years and managed to escape 7 years ago.</p>
<p>Please know and understand that your money will not only not go to victims of the Islamic regime in Iran and for fighting extremism, but it will actually fund an extremist Islamic cult bent on establishing their own fanatic idea of Islam in Iran and one that brainwashes and violated the most basic human rights of its own members on a daily basis.<br />
In February 2017, Jon Gambrell of the Associated Press reported that an FBI probe found MEK members hustled travelers arriving to Los Angeles International Airport, asking them to donate after showing them binders of photographs of disaster or torture victims. The money instead went to banks in Belgium, France, Jordan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to “support MEK operations and activities, including terrorist activities,” a 2007 indictment against seven members said.<br />
The report also revealed facts about an MEK scam charity in Britain, called “Aid Association”. According to that, in 2001, in Britain, authorities dissolved a charity associated with the MEK that had made an estimated 5 million pounds a year. Its investigation found some donors “were misled into believing they were personally sponsoring individual children when this was not in fact the case.”</p>
<p>The donated money finally went to the headquarters of the group where Maryam Rajavi is based. In the 2003 raids in France, police found $1.3 million, mostly in $100 bills, at MEK-affiliated properties, reported the Associated Press.</p>
<p>Ray Torabi posted a photo of the alleged donation form that is supposed to be signed by donators. According to the form, donators pay the so-called Inspired charity to save the lives of victims in Iran. Torabi asks the families of the alleged victims a crucial question:<br />
&#8220;Have you ever received financial aid from the Mujahedin? If not, then don&#8217;t let them take advantage of your pain and suffering. This fraud of the MEK must be exposed and scandalized.”</p>
<p>Mazda Parsi</p>
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		<title>Child soldiers speak of their nightmares years after leaving the MEK</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Last week, some former child soldiers of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) spoke about their nightmares, which still torment them years after leaving the group. The pain that seems to be&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week, some former child soldiers of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) spoke about their nightmares, which still torment them years after leaving the group. The pain that seems to be common to all the traumatized children of the MEK. Some have been able to recover from these sufferings, and some still have nightmares or at least remember them.<br />
Mohammad Reza Torabi, a former child soldier of the MEK, shared this on his X account on August 14, 2024:<br />
“I used to have nightmares of Mujahidin two or three nights a week. Of course, not only me, but all the children who escaped from this cult have these dreams. All our dreams are similar. I open my eyes and with the mentality I have now, I am again in the Mujahidin. I tell myself no! It is not possible, I ran away and I was outside, how did I come back to this hell again? I try to escape and get out and find a way out, but the Mujahedin and Rajavi officials don&#8217;t let me stand in front of them. They tell me that it is here and there is no way out. I wake up and my heart is pounding on my chest and I am afraid. Then I slowly come to my senses and realize that it was just a dream.&#8221;</p>
<h3>Definition and causes of nightmare</h3>
<p>Nightmares, like dreams, are the product of our brains, and their terrifying vision originates from inside us. Nightmares should not be confused with bad or unpleasant drteams. Nightmares are actually long, vivid and frightening dreams that usually threaten our survival, physical integrity, safety or self-esteem and fill us with fear. They can also cause intense feelings of fear, anger, sadness, confusion, and even disgust.<br />
Some researchers call nightmares &#8220;repetition of threats&#8221;. The meaning of this term is that most people repeat the threats they have faced in real life in their nightmares. This is why most people remember the images and content of their dreams well when they wake up from nightmares. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; latest edition: DSM-5-TR, published in March 2022), the causes of nightmares are as follows:<br />
&#8211; Anxiety and stress<br />
&#8211; Trauma (physical or mental impact) or distressing events such as the death of a loved one<br />
-Disordered sleep, lack of sleep, fatigue from long-term air flights, illness and fever<br />
&#8211; Side effects of a specific drug or treatment<br />
&#8211; Medicines or drug withdrawal such as sleeping pills<br />
&#8211; Drinking or quitting alcohol<br />
&#8211; Breathing disorders during sleep such as sleep apnea<br />
-Sleep disorders such as narcolepsy or sleep anxiety disorder<br />
-Eating shortly before bedtime</p>
<h3>The causes of nightmares of the MEK child soldiers</h3>
<p>According to the large number of memories, documents and evidence about the prevailing atmosphere within the Cult of Rajavi, it seems that at least the first three are the most true causes of nightmares regarding the child soldiers of the MEK. Of course, as he says, Mohammadreza has gotten rid of this suffering due to the beautiful life he has built for himself outside the cult. He attributes the end of his nightmares to the birth of his young son Ryan:</p>
<p>&#8220;But since Ryan Azadi was born, those nightmares have ended. I don&#8217;t know what the mechanism is, but what a blessing. These days, I am very proud of myself for having the courage to escape from that hell. Life is beautiful.&#8221;<br />
But another child soldier of the MEK, who is active on the X social network with the username Aylin Moghadam, said in the comments to Mohammad Reza’s post about his endless recurring nightmares:</p>
<p>“I also have nightmares almost every night, they hold meetings for me, previously by Masoud Rajavi, now Maryam Rajavi has entered the scene, with her scary face looking at me with anger, and in my dream, I say ‘why am I here while I had gone out, how did I come back?’ and I scream asking for help Everywhere I go there is barbed wire&#8230;<br />
&#8220;Another recurring nightmare of mine is that they forcefully tell me to get on a tank and fight. In my dream, I say that I don&#8217;t want to fight anymore. I&#8217;m tired. I don&#8217;t want to ride an armored car. They say that no one asked you if you want to get on and&#8230; I wake up crying again.</p>
<p>“In my dream, I don&#8217;t have anything, they have thrown away all my things, they force me to wear boots and tell me that you have to clean this whole desert of grass and&#8230; they regularly hold meetings for me and yell at me, I wake up with tears still on my face and after that most of the time I can&#8217;t sleep anymore  I don&#8217;t know how long I&#8217;m going to have nightmares.”<br />
Even reading Aylin&#8217;s nightmares is heart-breaking, let alone knowing that Aylin and people like him and Mohammad Reza experienced these fears in the MEK camps. Being isolated in the deserts of Iraq, participating in self-criticism and inquisition meetings for long hours, forced participation in military operations and conflicts, are all real and tangible experiences for the child soldiers of the MEK.</p>
<p>Aylin, who doesn&#8217;t want his real identity to be revealed and seems to be still trapped in the atmosphere of terror created by the MEK leaders, has a lot to say, but he avoids revealing:<br />
&#8220;Unfortunately, I avoid saying many things for some reasons, because the MEK agents are very much looking for who I am, and I want them to fail.&#8221;</p>
<p>Only from the content of his nightmares one can understand what fear and anxiety, trauma, sleep disorder and excessive fatigue caused by the MEK system have done to the soul and spirit of this former child soldier.</p>
<h3>Is there a remedy for the suffering of the children of the MEK?</h3>
<p>Although Azadeh Masoum has left the MEK some years ago, got married and become a mother, the birth of her child has not stopped her from having nightmares, but her deep motherly love and concern for her daughter has affected her nightmares as well. She writes to Mohammad Reza in comments:<br />
&#8220;Unfortunately, I still see them, I even dreamed once that my daughter was with me and she was taken from me and given to another sister in an &#8220;organizational ranking change&#8221;. I was going crazy, when I woke up, I felt very bad.&#8221;</p>
<p>A few days later, impressed by the traumatic experiences of the MEK child soldiers, the author came across a post on the Facebook account of Atefeh Sabdani. Although Sabdani has no experience as a child soldier, she has experienced terrible traumas as a child of the MEK. She is now a 38-year-old mother of three children. The experience of a bad dream that her five-year-old daughter had the night before prompted her to write about it on August 16th, 2024.</p>
<p>The scream of the little girl woke her up and she rushed to her room to comfort her. She hugged her and soothed her by saying, &#8220;mommy is here&#8221;. The child calmed down, but Atefeh was thrown to her childhood, orphaned by the MEK, separated from her mom, left with feelings of helplessness and lack of security, and the experience of sexual assault by her foster father, who was a supporter of the MEK, and he had taken Atefeh and her two brothers and two other children under his custody in order to receive the social aids that the Swedish government pays children.</p>
<p>It is in the midst of night and Atefeh Sabdani, a successful Swedish citizen, influencer and author of a best-selling autobiography, is suffering from anxiety and shortness of breath from recalling bitter childhood memories. She had nightmares from the age of 5 to the age of 10 and 15 with no one to soothe her, she is still not completely healed from her traumas. She writes about this:</p>
<p>&#8220;Although I am actually 38 years old. And no matter how much I have walked through the path of healing and distanced myself more and more from my past, it still sneaks up on me. At night, as if to remind me of who I am and where I came from. Don&#8217;t forget. My five-year-old daughter sleeps peacefully. Now, I have to comfort myself.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mazda Parsi</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>His Excellency Ambassador Hans-Udo Muzel Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Tehran Iran Your Excellency Greetings and Regards On behalf of the Nejat Society in Iran, I would like&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>His Excellency Ambassador Hans-Udo Muzel<br />
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany<br />
Tehran Iran</p>
<p>Your Excellency<br />
Greetings and Regards</p>
<p>On behalf of the Nejat Society in Iran, I would like to draw your attention to an important issue regarding the annual meeting of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO) in Berlin in June 2024.<br />
Nejat Society represents the families of members of the MEK who are trapped in a remote and isolated camp in Albania. The MEK does not allow its members to communicate with the outside world, especially with family and friends.<br />
According to people who managed to escape from this camp, the most basic human rights of the members are violated and the European Convention on Human Rights is systematically violated in the MEK camp in Albania.<br />
You may know that on June 20, 2023, the Albanian police tried to search the MEK camp in Albania with a court order. Members of the MEK were ordered by the leaders to violently resist the legal actions of the police and were ordered not to allow the police to take away the computers and servers undamaged.<br />
The result was that a large number of people were injured on both sides, and one member of the MEK who had a fake identity died of a heart attack (Abdul-Wahab Faraji-Nezhad, known as Commander Afshin, with fake identity documents under the name of Ali Mostashari). The MEK falsely claimed that the Albanian government did this with the cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.<br />
This is despite the fact that this organization has used the hospitality and facilities of Albania for 7 years and has systematically targeted the physical and psychological security of its trapped members and their waiting families from Albania. Similar cases have happened in the past in Iraq, US, UK, France and Germany. They have always created problems for the host countries.<br />
You should also know that this terrorist cult is not allowed to hold its annual meeting in France, which it used to perform every year, and Albania, where it has a large presence, and other countries also prevent the entry of Maryam Rajavi, the leader of this cult after Massoud Rajavi.<br />
Giving the leaders of this destructive cult the opportunity to hold a deceitful conference does not send a message of friendship to the families of the captive members. In fact, the message received is that the German government supports the criminal leaders of a terrorist group. This group has imposed forced celibacy, female vasectomy, forced labor, and other violations of the most basic human rights on its members.<br />
It is surprising for the painful and suffering families that the German government allows a terrorist cult that does not show mercy even to its own members to hold a conference and rally. The MEK is a group that, due to the violation of human rights of its members and terrorist and cultic activities, is rejected even among other opposition groups of the Islamic Republic.<br />
We call on the German government to reconsider its decision and instead question the leaders of this organization as to why the most basic human rights of its members are violated in a remote and isolated camp with no external control over it.<br />
With respect<br />
Ebrahim Khodabandeh<br />
CEO of Nejat Society<br />
Tehran – Iran</p>
<p>Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany<br />
Ambassador Hans-Udo Muzel<br />
Ferdowsi Ave., No 320-324, Teheran.<br />
P.O. Box 11365-179, Teheran, Iran.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The children from Camp Ashraf&#8221; is a documentary about four people of Iranian origin who were sent to Sweden as children in the 90s. Their families belonged to the militant,&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The children from Camp Ashraf&#8221; is a documentary about four people of Iranian origin who were sent to Sweden as children in the 90s. Their families belonged to the militant, religious and Iranian resistance movement Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), which is politically far left and has been described as sectarian. Until 2009, the group was labeled as terrorist by the EU.<br />
Camp Ashraf, mentioned in the film&#8217;s title, was a military camp in the desert of Iraq. The film depicts how the children lived and grew up there, until the camp was bombed and 1,000 minors were displaced. The parents remained in the military camp to continue fighting, while the children in the film were placed with mujahedin members in Sweden. One of the participants later returned as a child soldier to Camp Ashraf.</p>
<p>“I thought the story was very interesting. It is about the children of former young idealists who create a resistance movement out of fighting spirit, but end up sacrificing their own children for a top-run and sectarian organization. Ultimately, the kids want answers, but they&#8217;ll never get them because the parents are locked up in a military base”, says Sara Moein, the film&#8217;s director.</p>
<p>In connection with the documentary &#8220;The Children from Camp Ashraf&#8221; shown during the Gothenburg Film Festival in January, members of MEK held a demonstration at Götaplatsen where they protested the film. In a speech, it was claimed that it is the Iranian regime had produced the film with the aim of harming the movement.</p>
<div id="attachment_15421" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15421" class="size-full wp-image-15421" src="https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Bali-Hanif-3.jpg" alt="Hanif Bali came to Sweden as one of the unaccompanied children in the 90s and participates in &quot;The Children from Camp Ashraf&quot;.Photo: Iga Mikler" width="700" height="394" srcset="https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Bali-Hanif-3.jpg 700w, https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Bali-Hanif-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Bali-Hanif-3-585x329.jpg 585w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-15421" class="wp-caption-text">Hanif Bali came to Sweden as one of the unaccompanied children in the 90s and participates in &#8220;The Children from Camp Ashraf&#8221;.<br />Photo: Iga Mikler</p></div>
<p>“It was strange to see people demonstrating against a film they had never seen,” says Sara Moein. “This was the first time the film was shown, no one outside the film crew had seen it. But I was prepared for this to happen, because this is how the mujahedin react to all scrutiny.”</p>
<p>Gothenburg&#8217;s film festival brought in security guards who were on site during the screenings. According to Mirja Wester, CEO of the Gothenburg Film Festival, the festival had a dialogue with the filmmakers before the premiere to increase security:</p>
<p>“In consultation with them, we decided to have increased staffing at the screenings in case something should arise that would be inconvenient for them. We had security guards because we didn&#8217;t know if anyone wanted to interrupt the performances.”<br />
According to Mirja Wester, it was still relatively calm during the four screenings of the film during the festival.<br />
&#8211; Our report from the security guard was that it was not a particularly threatening position, but rather expressions of opinion from the stands after one of the screenings. It may happen that the filmmakers have a different picture of what they experienced afterwards.</p>
<p>A video recording shows people who claim to be connected to the MEK acting aggressively and loudly in the movie theater after one of the screenings in Gothenburg. They scream that the film is full of &#8220;lies&#8221;.</p>
<div id="attachment_15422" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15422" class="size-full wp-image-15422" src="https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Moeen-Sara-2.jpg" alt="Sara Moein has directed the film &quot;The Children of Camp Ashraf&quot;, which caused reactions.Photo: Håkan Elofsson" width="700" height="394" srcset="https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Moeen-Sara-2.jpg 700w, https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Moeen-Sara-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.nejatngo.org/en/wp-content/uploads/Moeen-Sara-2-585x329.jpg 585w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-15422" class="wp-caption-text">Sara Moein has directed the film &#8220;The Children of Camp Ashraf&#8221;, which caused reactions.<br />Photo: Håkan Elofsson</p></div>
<p>“It is not a story where words stand against words. That they used child soldiers is proven, and they are still violating international laws by doing so. There is also much evidence that hundreds of children have been placed in foster care on false grounds,” says Sara Moein.</p>
<p>She describes the life depicted in the film as &#8220;a piece of migration history&#8221;:<br />
“They are perhaps the first wave of Swedish child soldiers who go abroad and it is a contemporary, unspoken, big Swedish scandal.”</p>
<p>Gothenburg&#8217;s film festival has had talks with Tempo documentary film festival ahead of the screenings in Stockholm. Ida Thorén, festival director of Tempo, says they have increased security for the next two screenings, with extra staff on site:<br />
“We have planned it more carefully and it is well thought out. But we have not received any particular indications that it would be needed. But the documentary engages and there will be a lot of people there, so we want to be well prepared,” she says.</p>
<p>Ida Thorén also mentions that Tempo has received emails from people who want to share their experiences because of the film&#8217;s theme, but that everything was done in a pleasant tone.</p>
<p>Sara Moein, who worked on the film for seven years, says she is looking forward to showing &#8220;The Children from Camp Ashraf&#8221; in Stockholm:<br />
“The festivals have both done a good job. It takes a lot of work and energy to talk about security, but Tempo has taken security measures. I feel quite safe. Tempo does not waver in any way, the film is allowed to be shown and given the space it deserves.”</p>
<h3>“The Children of Camp Ashraf”</h3>
<p>Will be Screened at Tempo Documentary Film Festival on Wednesday and Thursday.<br />
Directed by Sara Moein, produced by Linda Mutawi. Executive producers: Gellert Tamas, Kristina Åberg, Tarik Saleh.<br />
Depicts the lives of four people. The common denominator is that they came to Sweden as unaccompanied refugees during the 90s and that their families belonged to the Iranian political resistance movement People&#8217;s Mujahedin.</p>
<p>Two of the participants in the film are the politician Hanif Bali and the writer and activist Atefeh Sebdani.<br />
The film is nominated for the Tempo documentary prize.</p>
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