The event was attended by guests from different walks of Albanian community, including artists, academics, students, civil servants and journalists, who together discussed the issues presented.

The participants, honoring the values ​​of this day, examined the human rights situation within the Mujahedin Organization camp and, through the presentation of concrete evidence and experiences, engaged in shedding light on these issues.

The Seminar began with the speech of Ella Deda, who presented the objectives of the seminar and the importance of addressing human rights issues.

Hassan Shahbaz MEK defector at World Workers’ Day Seminar

Nejat Albania’s Seminar on World Workers’ Day

Afterwards, a video was shown to the audience that addressed the importance and philosophy of International Workers’ Day as well as the place of workers’ rights in contemporary societies.

Next, Hasan Shahbaz, one of the defectors from the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/ MEK), sharing his personal experiences, explained the conditions inside the MEK’s camp and the restrictions imposed on members.

After him, Aldo Sollulari, President of the Nejat Society Albania, emphasizing the necessity of supporting the rights of individuals, underlined the continuation of efforts to raise awareness on the issue.

At the end of the seminar, a question-and-answer session was held, during which the attendees presented their views and questions, and thus, constructive discussions took place.

May 1^st, 2026, Nejat Society Albania

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Zhina is one of the former child soldiers of the MEK who testified against the MEK in the Hamburg court in Amin Gol Maryami’s case. She was also interviewed by some journalists and filmmakers in Europe. This is her account on gender separation inside the MEK camps that she has recently published on the Facebook in Persian:
In 1995, I was about seventeen years old when I was discharged from the reception unit at Camp Ashraf and transferred to army units. At that time, army divisions and centers were mixed, only the workrooms, dormitories, sports, the distance between dining tables, and the rows of chairs in classrooms and meetings were gender-segregated.
After a while, perhaps only a few months, all the women were called to the Badi Zadeh camp near Baghdad for an important meeting. The meeting was held by one of the high-ranking officials named Nasrin (Mahvash Sepehri). She told everyone: “A woman has betrayed the ideological revolution. She had an affair with a man. They were seen behind a car. She was arrested and she will be soon punished.”

Then she lectured for hours and days against male-female relationships. And she made all the women write down their thoughts and confess that if they even thought about someone in their minds; this was considered a form of betrayal and they had to confess.
Out of curiosity, I was looking for someone who was absent and probably the same absentee was under punishment. When I noticed the absence of a woman, I secretly asked my comrades and some of them confirmed that it was her. She had been missing for a long time. Even when the meetings were over and we returned to Camp Ashraf, she was not there. She was probably a prisoner.

Gender segregation laws

When we returned, they imposed new regulations called “Revolutionary Laws,” such as the followings:
– Women were prohibited from leaving the center alone
– Talking to men alone was prohibited
– Men and women were prohibited from riding in the same car
– Men were prohibited from smoking in front of women
– Laughing loudly and joking was prohibited
Meetings between men and women who were relatives and acquaintances were also considered anti-value and had to be determined from higher ranks based on necessities, such as illness, etc. I may have forgotten some other rules.

Walls raised between men and women of Ashraf

After a while, about a few months later, we were called again to a larger meeting, in which the center and the special women’s division were announced to everyone as “a progress” and a celebration was held in this regard.
After that, separate centers and headquarters for women were established, which were a long desert distance from the men. Only a few older women who were officials and their offices remained in the men’s centers. No young women were allowed to stay in the men’s headquarters.

From then on, we could only see men from a distance once or twice a year, during major ceremonies such as Nowruz and Eid al-Fitr. During meetings known as “To’meh”, anyone who kept even a memento of their former lover or fiancé, or had the slightest emotional relationship with another woman, was severely tried. The description of those days needs too many details.

After that, all the men of Ashraf were transferred to border camps, such as Basra in southern Iraq, Kut and Jalula, etc., except for a few sick old men and a few elderly repairmen. All the protection of the great Ashraf was the responsibility of women. No birds flew and the silence of the desert was noisy.

We did not see a single man for a long time. No longer could a girl secretly make eye contact with her lover from a distance even once a year during ceremonies– to be filled with energy from that. Therefore, emotional relationships between women with each other became many, and trials and forced separations even between some women became intense.

In 2003, after the end of the American invasion to Iraq and the fall of Saddam, the men returned tired and wounded from the border camps, some had been killed, some had escaped and surrendered to American camps. Weapons and tanks were surrendered to them in the siege of the American army. Therefore, from now on, artistic, political and cultural ceremonies increased.

Some women, who were now older and more specialized, were transferred to the headquarters and were in the same headquarters with the men. Again, a few secret relationships between men and women occurred, which made the authorities regret very much. All female members were sent to women’s units again.

One of the most famous trials of that time was the trial of “Marjan Akbarian”, which led to her heartbreaking suicide. I previously published her photo in the Ashraf guidance boarding school when we were little.

Rebellion and madness

Sometimes a woman would rebel or go crazy, for example, she would run away from the women’s quarters at night with a backpack and go to the men’s quarters, take off her hijab and shout: “Catch me if you can!”
Or a woman who had fallen in love with another woman or had a forbidden friendship and emotional relationship. They were tried and one of them was dragged on the ground befire the eyes of everyone, and she would shout: “Finally, one day the whole of Ashraf will rebel against you.”

The leaders told members that they were psychotic. I remember three women in particular whose faces were unusually puffy and who had become strangely quiet and calm, and were not as rebellious as before. Later I found out that they were being injected with drugs.

Secret trials were also held in a cell, where people were imprisoned and forced to confess and repent. And if someone tried to escape, they were severely beaten. By the time we reached Camp Liberty next to Baghdad airport, although the imprisonment and beatings had decreased due to the UN’s visit to the camp. But for example, there was a woman who was not allowed to leave the women’s headquarters and was assigned to guard shifts, and even with a visa and under the supervision of other women, she was not allowed to leave, except in a medical emergency with a senior commander.

I inquired about this during those days and found out that she was secretly writing letters to a man among the bricks and blocks of the camp. When we arrived in Albania, along with other more serious criticisms and protests, I asked one of the officials about her, whether writing letters was a sufficient reason to imprison her in the headquarters? She replied: “Did you forget Camp Ashraf, what worse trials such betrayals had? We only gave her such a lenient trial because of the UN visit.” Another official replied to me: “If she had become pregnant, who would have responded? It starts with a letter and ends with pregnancy, and we had an example.”

I was shocked by this answer. I had never heard of it. Even the word “pregnancy” was taboo, and no one was allowed to use this word, let alone have it happen in her body. I had no other answer or question. Because my brain was not yet ready for words. My lips fell silent… and there I learned for the first time that one of the women who had been tried in Ashraf for a serious love affair was pregnant. She committed suicide after the trial.

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There are reports and testimonies that describe a systematic pattern of abuse under Rajavi’s leadership, where women were forced to divorce their husbands and were subjected to sexual submission to Rajavi himself.

Former female members such as Batoul Soltani, Zahra Moini, have provided testimonies detailing about abuses, including forced sexual acts and manipulation of women into “marrying” Rajavi.

Soltani testified in various documentaries and investigative reports that Rajavi had hundreds of “wives” within Camp Ashraf, Iraq, as many as the number of members of the MEK’s so-called Elite Council that consisted only female members.

The Elite Council is the symbol of women hegemony in the MEK’s system. The Council is a source of pride for the group.
According to the testimonies of Batoul Soltani and Zahra Moini, Maryam Rajavi, the MEK’s so-called President Elect and Massoud’s wife was involved in facilitating these “marriages” and threatening women who resisted. Batoul Soltani underwent the forced marriage ceremony called “Salvation Dance” which was actually a nude dancing, wedding party. After dancing nude with Masoud Rajavi, dozens of members of the Elite Council got married to him.

Additionally, some female defectors like Zahra Mirbagheri and Fereshteh Hedayati stated that at least one hundred of the MEK’s female members underwent forced hysterectomies without consent, which was retrospectively justified as sign of loyalty to the leader.

These practices were part of a broader “ideological revolution” initiated by Rajavi, which included banning marriage, enforcing mandatory “eternal” divorce, and separating children from their parents, often sending them abroad.

The MEK has consistently denied these allegations attributing them to “mullahs’ propaganda” but it has never explained why its leaders forced their members to divorce their spouses and why Massoud Rajavi married members of the Elite Council.

Mazda Parsi

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In the MEK’s camp called Ashraf 3, located near the village Manez, Albania, female members are coerced to wear uniforms and hijab, and male members are supposed to wear uniforms, long-sleeved shirts and pants. This disciplined appearance, reflects the MEK’s structured environment and its severe emphasis on collective identity. Moreover, in his recent message, the group’s disappeared leader, Massoud Rajavi evidently declared that Mujahed women (female members of the MEK) do not remove their hijab because he does not want to make the Iranian leaders happy!

Conversely, supporters of the MEK participating the group’s demonstrations in Western cities like Brussels or New York are typically individuals who may or may not be full-time MEK members.

Also, a large part of them are sympathizers who are kept related to the group by a family member who is an official member at Ashraf 3.

The appearance of public protesters is more likely to reflect personal choices, local cultural norms, and the diverse demographics of rented crowds, who are bussed from all over Europe or the United States to show up as Iranian diaspora. The Afro-Americans in the MEK’s recent rally outside the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) on September 23, 2025 in New York City, are examples of rented protesters.

The so-called supporters of the MEK who wave the flags of the group’s logo and wear the yellow vests with the printed portraits of Massoud and Maryam Rajavi on them, are mobilized by the group’s front groups like OIAC (Organization of Iranian American Communities). The MEK leaders aim to present a mainstream and relatable image to Western audiences, which involves adopting contemporary Western attire rather that a cult-like uniform look associated with the MEK’s internal structure.

As a matter of fact, The MEK’s internal structure does not engage in free choice of clothing and appearance. MEK male members are not even free to choose diverse styling options for their mustache and beard. Only mustache is allowed for them.

This distinction between the appearance of MEK protesters and Ashraf residents highlights the strategic efforts of the MEK and its affiliates to project different images depending on the audience and setting.

Images of Ashraf 3 fosters a sense of internal burden while public demonstrations abroad prioritize to show off as a democratic movement that opposes both theocracy and monarchy. This is clear hypocrisy.

Mazda Parsi

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Although the author of this article only addressed one of the reasons for the unpopularity of the MEK and did not consider important reasons such as the terrorist record, betrayals, and crimes of the MEK against the Iranian nation, his reference to the issue of forced hijab in Maryam Rajavi’s organization is worth examining.

What is clear is that in the MEK, the right to choose one’s clothing is very limited for members, both men and women. This restriction is even worse for women. In Maryam Rajavi’s ruling structure, the hijab is completely mandatory.

The rule of forced hijab for female members inside the MEK campa continues to this day despite the protests against forced hijab in Iran. A significant example is the case of a child soldier in the MEK, Damona Taavoni. During the Albanian police raid on Camp Ashraf 3, Damona, who was being interviewed by an Albanian news outlet, was warned by her superior about her hijab. The film went viral in the social media.

As a matter of fact, the MEK leaders, namely Maryam Rajavi, are unable to lift the restrictions on clothing for members within the group because breaking any of the organizational restrictions means breaking the cult bars. In an organization where there is strict gender segregation, forced divorce, and a ban on getting married and having a family, observing hijab and conservative clothing style is a very serious tool in controlling the members.

But in order to attract the attention of Western politicians and to purify their image among Iranian youth, the leaders of the MEK are forced to cover up the ban on hijab inside their camps. They allow certain number of their followers and sympathizers to show up in the group’s rallies without a veil on their heads. That is why in the images of events of the MEK that are held outside camp Ashraf 3 –with the mouth-watering titles of freedom, human rights, democracy, and women’s rights– Iranian girls are seen without hijab, albeit in relatively conservative clothing such as long sleeve jackets and suits.
These young un-veiled girls are usually chosen from among the daughters of the MEK members. These girls are the same former children who were separated from their Mujahed parents and were smuggled to Europe and North America in 1991. Girls like Militia Javedan, whose parents were MEK members and who were separated from their parents and passsed between several foster families in Norway. Today she serves the MEK office in Norway when ever they need a young modern woman to speak on behalf of the MEK.

A large number of MEK girls and its former child soldiers such as Atefeh Sabdani and Zhina Hosseinnejad, have managed to keep their distance from this organization and even criticize it, but many of these girls are still financially and even emotionally dependent on the MEK’s cult-like system because they may still have their mothers in Ashraf 3 or because they are like Damona still trapped in Ashraf 3.

MEK girls living in Europe, with their modern clothing, have the duty to be propagandists for the organization that has imprisoned their mothers in the village of Manz, Albania, in that remote camp. Given that their mothers are alive, they live in complete isolation from the outside world in a cult-like violent group that has required them to observe the compulsory hijab.

Mazda Parsi

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This is a recurring theme around the world, and while each society has its own unique expressions of this, women everywhere can often share tragic stories of struggle.

One place you might not expect to find abuse against women is in an organization that so loudly proclaims itself the “defender” of women’s rights, especially one that boasts about having a female “leader” and purportedly keeps men inferior throughout its ranks.

The terrorist group Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) may not consider its killing of over 23,000 Iranians a heinous act, nor its alliance with Saddam Hussein against Iran during the 1980s invasion. A member might even argue that these acts of terror and treason were committed in the name of a just cause. However, what the group would certainly never admit is its systematic abuse of its own members, especially the women it so desperately tries to portray as free and happy.

Yet, as time goes on, an increasing number of female ex-members are breaking their silence to expose the truth: a truth characterized by unimaginable violence and violation of human, personal, and gender rights. Maryam Sanjabi is one of these women.

Maryam looked composed as she sat across from me for the interview. Her demeanor provided a stark contrast to the chilling information I had just read online – that the MEK was looking to assassinate her. I asked her if this was true. She said yes, but what she cared about was that the group’s façade would come down, especially in the European countries currently sheltering the MEK.

Maryam’s introduction to the organization came through her older brother when she was just in middle school. She joined the terror outfit in the 80s, a decision she now reflects on with deep regret. “While I know I have to take responsibility for what I did, I can’t help but wonder how I ended up in the Ashraf Camp in Iraq,” she explained. “Of course, I didn’t fully understand what I was signing up for. I was young, naïve, and easily sucked in by their lies. The MEK leaders said their aim was to make Iran free and prosperous, but all they ever cared about was murdering innocent people and enslaving us.”

For 25 years, Maryam was part of the organization. In 2011, she finally fled Iraq after witnessing horrific crimes against its members, especially women.

The Tehran Times had previously reported on the Ashraf Camp’s isolation: members were cut off from technology and the outside world, subjected to strict segregation, and forced into hours of daily brainwashing. They were even forced to divorce their spouses and send their children away. But speaking with Maryam provided deeper insight into the particular struggles women in the group endured.

The forced sterilization of women

Up until the 1990s, women in the MEK held no real status under the leadership of its early founders. At best, they were limited to working in kitchens, kindergartens, or dormitories, Maryam said. But in the 90s, when Maryam Qajar-Azdanlou rose alongside Massoud Rajavi, a new deception took shape.

“Qajar-Azdanlou is the group’s most notorious female fraud—everything she says about women’s rights is a lie, and her actions completely contradict her words. The group’s propaganda boasts that women hold top leadership roles and portrays them as free-thinking revolutionaries. But in reality, the women there are essentially prisoners, stripped of any real agency or decision-making power.”

Maryam explained that the MEK was particularly concerned about women leaving the organization. They employed extreme measures to ensure no woman could escape or think about anything beyond devotion to Rajavi. “A key part of their control strategy was systematically eliminating women’s roles as wives and mothers,” she said.

As previously reported by the Tehran Times, the MEK ended up forcing all couples within the Ashraf Camp to divorce their spouses. Then it proceeded to ban any form of romance and intimacy, with women facing harsher punishments than men for breaking the rules. “I knew a 30-year-old woman who confessed her feelings to a male member,” Maryam recalled. “When the MEK leadership discovered this, they forced dozens of members to verbally abuse her during our nightly ‘confession sessions’ – hour-long rituals where we had to admit any ‘wrongdoings’ from the day.”

“The constant humiliation destroyed her. She eventually committed suicide by electrocuting herself with high-voltage wiring.”

The MEK’s family destruction campaign progressed methodically: after separating spouses, they removed children—first shipping them to Jordan, then dispersing them across Europe. Finally, they ensured women could never bear children again. “They moved from forced divorces to mass sterilizations,” Maryam stated.

The organization actively sought opportunities to perform sterilizations. “A simple stomachache became justification,” Maryam revealed. “They’d claim your life depended on the procedure. If you resisted, they’d invent another surgical reason and sterilize you while anesthetized—without your knowledge.”

Having worked in the MEK’s documentation center, Maryam had unique insight: “I knew of about 150 sterilized women. Many horrific cases crossed my desk that others never saw.”

Leaving made impossible

During the first few years of MEK’s presence in Iraq, exiting the organization was relatively straightforward. Departing members would be held in separate quarters for about a year before release. However, after the group suffered major losses during a failed 1988 operation against Iran, they implemented draconian measures to prevent defections.

“Everything changed overnight,” Maryam explained. “Anyone requesting to leave would be confined in isolation for two years. Upon release, they’d be given only basic provisions—a fork, spoon, bag of flour, used clothing, and minimal cash—before being abandoned at Abu Ghraib prison. Without passports (which we’d surrendered upon joining), Iraqis detained these stateless individuals for six to seven years.”

Abu Ghraib had long been synonymous with systematic torture, both before and after the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The prison gained global notoriety in 2004 when leaked photographs exposed its brutal torture practices: prisoners led on leashes, naked detainees stacked in human pyramids, and individuals forced into crucifixion-like positions.

“Some former members begged to rejoin the MEK after being sent to Abu Ghraib,” Maryam revealed. “Many disappeared inside that prison – we never heard from them again. Others didn’t survive at all.”

For those who endured the Iraqi facility’s horrors, survival didn’t mean recovery. The Tehran Times recently learned about the case of one woman who returned to Iran after her imprisonment. The former MEK member spent her remaining years institutionalized in psychiatric care before dying earlier this year.

Punished before disobedience

The MEK conducted periodic “purification” campaigns to eliminate discontent within its ranks. Members suspected of dissatisfaction or potential desertion were rounded up and subjected to days of torture. Maryam eventually became one of these targeted “impure elements.”

“They accused me and others of being Iranian government agents, which was nonsense, ” Maryam recounted. “They knew perfectly well we had no outside contact. This was simply their way of warning unhappy members about the consequences of attempting to leave.”

Eight years after joining, Maryam was taken to the “Castle” – a notorious prison complex within Ashraf Camp. “The first person I saw was Mahboubeh Jamshidi, sitting on a chair, screaming curses at me, and demanding confessions. Then others in the room began beating me.”

Maryam was confined in a cell with other women prisoners. Their daily existence consisted of relentless beatings, with only three one-minute bathroom breaks outside their cells each day.

“Four jailers oversaw our torture: Heshmat Tiftakchi, Nahid Sadeghi, Kobra Hassanvand, and Fatemeh Kheradmand. Kheradmand would kick me with her military boots – head, face, everywhere. Her blows split my lips open and left permanent scars. My wounds bled profusely, but I never received any medical treatment.”

“The violence escalated one day when Kheradmand attacked me like a wild animal and tried to break my hand. Though I fought back, she damaged nerves in my right hand and left it numb for years. The injury remains visible today.”

Maryam endured this torture for ten days. “Then Shahin Haeri, Saeeda Shahrokhi, and other guards came. They dragged me to a room, bound my limbs, and whipped my feet and body until I passed out. They revived me with water, only to repeat the process again and again.”

After this ordeal, Maryam was returned to the general population with strict orders never to speak about what had happened.

Death, the ultimate fate of the women who dared escape

But what awaited those who miraculously escaped Ashraf Camp, avoided Abu Ghraib prison, and survived the MEK’s internal torture system? Almost certain death – particularly for women.

“I escaped during a period when surveillance had weakened after Saddam’s fall,” Maryam explained. “The regime’s collapse meant the MEK lost its main ally in hunting down fugitives. Those who tried escaping earlier weren’t so lucky – many were captured and executed.”

Maryam recounted the tragic story of Minoo Fathali, a camp guard who fled with a male colleague she loved. “The MEK deployed sixty Iraqi patrol vehicles to track them down. They were captured in Baghdad and dragged back.”

While the man eventually escaped after serving two years’ imprisonment, Minoo suffered a far worse fate – she was executed with cyanide. “This was their standard method,” Maryam noted. “Countless others chose suicide over continued torment. I knew of about 100 suicides among our 5,000 members – an unimaginable toll.”

Maryam said she feels bad for some of the people left trapped in the MEK. “Before I escaped, I confided in my two closest friends,” she shared. “But fear kept them from joining me. Now they’re stuck in the MEK’s Albanian compound—I don’t think they’ll ever be able to find a way out, but I pray to God that someone helps them leave that hell.”

By Sheida Sabzehvari – Tehran Times

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Female members of the MEK are deprived of the Right to celebrate Women’s and Mother’s Day.

The Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) claims to support women’s rights, yet within the organization, women are stripped of their identity and denied the right to celebrate Women’s Day or Mother’s Day.

Motherhood itself is forbidden—women are forcibly separated from their children and forbidden from knowing them. On Mother’s Day, while mothers are cherished all over the world, the women of the MEK must suppress their pain in silence.

Women’s Day is similarly distorted. Instead of true empowerment, female members of the MEK endure forced divorces, emotional repression, and total obedience to the Mujahedin Khalq leaders. Any sign of independent thinking is punished, proving that the organization’s so-called feminism is a sham.

By erasing the personal identity of women, the MEK reveals its true nature as a cult that exploits rather than empowers. The world must recognize this hypocrisy and stand with the women who are locked inside, denied even the simplest joys of femininity and motherhood.

Edona Honda

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According to the UN report, femicide – the most extreme form of violence against women and girls – remains prevalent worldwide, according to global estimates. The cycle of gender-based violence has progressed to the point where one woman is killed every ten minutes. The UN report continues by stating that in 2023, 85,000 women and girls were intentionally killed worldwide. 60 percent of these murders (51,100) were committed by a sexual partner or a family member. Data shows that 140 women and girls lose their lives every day at the hands of their partners or close relatives.

It is necessary to admit that the women of the MEK should also be considered in this category. Indeed, the person who subjected these women to violence is the “Supreme leader” of the organization, Massoud Rajavi, whom all women in the group should consider the closest person to them. These women are within the personal space of the leadership. They are the wives of the leader!

One might think that the word femicide is an exaggeration to describe Massoud Rajavi’s approach towards women, but if having a deep understanding of the conditions of women in his cult of personality, one will realize that in addition to the number of women who were killed and disappeared in Rajavi’s cult or committed suicide and self-immolation, many female members of the cult were killed psychologically and mentally.

The crucial situation of women in the MEK must be meticulously supervised because all violence that has occurred and continues to occur against women in various dimensions within inside the group has a flamboyant cover: the so-called pro-democracy, pro-freedom, and feministic attitude of Maryam Rajavi. Therefore, both the victims of the Cult of Rajavi’s violence and external observers have difficulty realizing the depth of the disaster.

Below is a list of the crimes committed by the Rajavi sect against women and the cover that the leaders of this sect have provided for them:
– Forced divorce and forced celibacy under the cover of “ideological revolution” or “Maryam’s revolution”. After Maryam Qajar Azdanloo’s divorced from her first husband, Mehdi Abrishamchi, she married Massoud Rajavi and became the leader’s confidant, and from then on, other women in the cult were also pressured to divorce their husbands. All women were ultimately supposed to only think of Massoud Rajavi as their husband.

–Separating children from their mothers under the guise of protecting their life. Separating children from their mothers was the next step after forced divorces, which was taken by Massoud Rajavi’s opportunism after the coalition forces invaded Iraq in the first Gulf War. Thousands of children were separated from their mothers forever and smuggled to third countries because of a war that lasted only two months. Many mothers lost track of their children forever.

– Sterilizing female members under the guise of “the ideal Summit.” The removal of women’s wombs was initially carried out under medical pretexts in Camp Ashraf Hospital, but over time, female members of the group’s Elite Council were encouraged to break all ties to anything other than “struggle” in order to reach the “ideal summit.”

-Sex work under the title of “Liberation Dance.” The Liberation Dance is the name of the sessions in which women from the upper echelons of the leadership, encouraged by Maryam Rajavi, strip naked in front of Massoud Rajavi, dance, and present themselves to him, thus “liberating” themselves from all other attachments!
-Sexual assault under the guise of “unification with the leader.” Women who were collectively married to Massoud Rajavi in liberation dance sessions under conditions created by various mind control tecatics (brainwashing) must now have sex with him. Maryam Rajavi calls this sexual rape “unification with the leader” and sends the woman chosen for each night to Massoud’s bedroom.

–Cult-like isolation under the title of “denial of individuality and gender.” Denial of individuality and gender is an approach that the women of the MEK are proud of and with which they define and admire their abnormal life behind the fences of the MEK base.

– Self-immolation as a “paying the price.” Self-immolation of members of the MEK following the arrest of Maryam Rajavi by the French police in 2003 is still considered a highly valued behavior within the MEK that other MEK members should emulate. Being willing to sacrifice your life for the struggle (to protest the arrest of your leader) is a “price” that all MEK members must be prepared to pay. Two women, Neda Hassani and Sedigheh Mojaveri, were killed due to of those ordered self-immolations.

Women of the MEK have systematically been victims of violence at the hands of Sister Maryam and Brother Massoud, and this attitude still continues in the MEK. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, officials and activists in this field should be aware that violence is taking place behind the wall of the MEK’s camp in Albania. The violence that is not at all visible in Maryam Rajavi’s polished, colorful, and smiling face. A deeper look and investigation is needed to uncover the crimes of the Rajavis.

إBy Mazda Parsi

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At the beginning of the event, the participating ladies visited the photo and cartoon exhibition of Nejat Society Albania about Mujahedin-e Khalq’s camp in Albania, emphasizing on the rights of families and mothers of those who are taken as hostages inside the MEK’s camp.

In this meeting, Erisa Idrizi, the head of the women’s committee of Nejat Society Albania, welcomed all the guests, introduced the speakers and read the statement of the committee on the occasion of 8th March, International Women’s Day. At the end, the statement was signed by all the participants of the event.

Then Mrs. Angela Doçi, head of the students’ committee for defending Nejat Society Albania, gave a speech. She presented the statement of the committee and in this way the student committee for defending Nejat Society Albania announced its existence and officially started its work. Then, Etleva Sulollari, Mothers’ rights activist, as well as Lirije Abazi and Eltisa Bilo, members of women’s committee of Nejat Society Albania spoke for the audience.

The speakers talked about the International Women’s Day’s values and the human rights violations the MEK leaders commit against their members inside Camp Ashraf 3, in Albania. In the end, the resolution of the conference, that addressed the authorities of the government of Albania, was signed by the participants. The text and the signatures will be sent to the relevant authorities.

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The Nejat Society of Albania, as an organization that supports Iranians living in this country, has declared one of its goals to fulfill the human rights demands of the families of the members trapped in the isolated and remote camp of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO, Rajavi Cult), and uses all its capacity in this direction.

The women’s group of this Society is specifically the voice of families and especially mothers who have not known about their loved ones for years and want to communicate with them. The leaders of the MEK prevent this communication and violate the most basic human rights of their members.

On this day (March 8), which is named for the rights of mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, and all women, our request is to respond to the calls of the grieving families, especially the mothers of members caught in the MEK in Albania, to provide the possibility of communication between them and their loved ones after many years of detachment and no news.

We ask the responsible authorities in the government of Albania to allow the families of the members of the MEK to communicate with their children and meet their loved ones. In the 21st century, the MEK has formed a modern slavery in European soil. In this organization, all basic human rights and freedoms are violated, one of which is the right to communicate with the free world, especially the family. This can be done simply with a phone call or by making it possible for families to travel to Albania to meet after so many years.

With respect,

Members of the Council of Women’s group of the Albanian Nejat Society:

Erisa Idrizi
Ela Deda
Brikela Sulollari
Mirlinda Zharri
Edona Hunda
Lirije_Abazi
Eltisa Bilo

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