Self-Immolation by the MKO Must be Re-Examined
The 2003 arrest came as part of a raid by French police, whose government felt it was a necessary reaction to the MKO/MEK/PMOI conundrum…In a bizarre show of devotion, after the arrests took place, it became clear that members continued to be forthright and obliging in their blind commitment towards their leader. Ten members, committed senseless acts of self-immolation in an extreme response to the arrest of the leader—for the sake of the leader—not for the sake of the Iranian people.