The Third View on Mujahedin Khalq

MEK Makes Desperate New Iran Nuclear Accusation, Reuters Yawns

With the world anticipating real progress at the next round of P5+1 talks set to start next week in Geneva, the MEK is getting desperate. Because they appear to only want a violent regime change in Iran, talk of actual diplomacy is their worst nightmare. Today, Reuters reports on the latest wild accusation tossed out by the MEK using the “umbrella”…..

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MEK leader in Paris obstructing the process to resettle members

Sherman expressed concern but also noted that the MEK’s leadership in Paris was obstructing the process to resettle MEK members. A key demand of the MEK’s leadership is that the group’s members be allowed to relocate together as a single unit, rather than to be relocated individually to different countries. Menendez interjected and told Sherman that …

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MEK terrorists found Saddam as their true patron

MKO members were involved in many terrorist activities in Iran before they went to Iraq in 1986, where they found a true patron in Iraq’s deposed dictator Saddam Hussein who gave them shelter and arms. They fought along Saddam forces in the war it had imposed on Iran (1980-1988) and later turned their guns against the Iraqi citizens who had …

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BBC interviews Arash Sametipour;MKO ex-member

To me, at that time, the term “terrorism” had a different meaning from what you use now. I was in Ashraf for a longtime; I was limited in a 500-square meter area which was allocated to our unit. We were not allowed to leave the unit unless for specific purposes including receiving medical services or attending a meetings. I was emptied from inside. So no motivation was left except that of my mission.”..

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Former U.S. officials at MEK rally outside UN

Kennedy, along with Bolton, Giuliani and Steele have all received handsome speaking fees in the past from MEK-affiliated organizations. They were among a gaggle of former U.S. officials who lobbied the U.S. hard in recent years to take the MEK off the State Department terrorist list. The lobbying effort bore fruit last year when the State Department did just that, despite the MEK’s past involvement in violent attacks. The MEK had been trained by the U.S. in Nevada ….

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