The gathering, which organizers had touted as a 100,000-person show of force, drew only a few hundred supporters to Place Vauban before police moved in, according to French media reports.

The Paris administrative court had banned the event Thursday, citing “serious risks of clashes” with Iranian monarchists and the potential for public order disruptions “in the current particularly tense national and international context”.

The intervention marks a significant embarrassment for Maryam Rajavi, the MKO’s ringleader, who had poured millions of dollars into promoting the event.

Video footage showed CRS riot police using pepper spray to disperse demonstrators, amid the deep and increasingly violent rivalry between the MKO and monarchist groups.

According to sources familiar with the court’s ruling, the ban was motivated in part by intelligence suggesting potential bomb attacks by elements linked to former SAVAK operatives – the shah-era intelligence apparatus – against the MKO gathering, reflecting the growing lethality of the feud between the two violent factions.

The Paris debacle echoes the MKO’s humiliating defeat on June 20, 2023, when Albanian anti-terrorism police stormed the group’s Ashraf-3 camp near Tirana. That raid, which injured 15 police officers and 21 MKO members, was launched over the group’s involvement in “terror and cyberattacks” against foreign institutions.

The United States backed the Albanian operation, with a State Department spokesperson stating that Washington does not regard the MKO as a “democratic representative of the Iranian people” and remains concerned about allegations of abuse committed against its own members.

The MKO, which is designated a terrorist organization by Iran and was historically listed by the United States and European Union before being delisted in 2012 and 2009 respectively, has been involved in the killing of nearly 17,000 Iranian civilians over the past four decades. The group collaborated with Saddam Hussein’s regime during the Iraqi war on Iran in the 1980s.

The French government’s decision to ban the rally came hours after Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot spoke with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi about ending the war against Iran.

Paris has previously faced criticism from Tehran for hosting MKO activities, with Iran’s Foreign Ministry describing the group’s continued presence in France as “a clear example of support for terrorism” and a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1373.

Kayhan.ir

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The Paris-based NCRI said earlier in ⁠the day that the Paris police had banned ​their rally ​at ​the last minute ‌and linked it to a call by France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot with his Iranian counterpart Abbas ‌Araqchi on ​Thursday.

“This allegation is ​false. ​The minister did ‌not mention this protest ​or ​request its cancellation,” the ministry said in a ​statement ‌sent to Reuters.

​John Irish, Reuters

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Honorable President of the Republic of France

With greetings and respect

While commemorating the martyrs of Iran’s national defense against the US and Zionist aggressor enemy, on behalf of a group of grieving families of members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO) and members who have separated from this organization, I would like to inform and notify you that holding a propaganda rally of this terrorist organization in your country, on Saturday June 20 of this year, is not in the best interest of the national comforts and the domestic and foreign image of the government of the French Republic, and it is inferred that your country has become a haven for terrorists and traitors.

Throughout history, France has always tried to portray itself as a cradle of freedom and human rights, while with the presence and free activities of the MEK; it has become a safe haven for fugitive terrorists and traitors to the country.

In the eyes of the Iranian people, this organization is considered a traitor to the highest national interests in cooperating with the aggressor enemy (Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq), and its hands are stained with the blood of the Iranian and Iraqi people, as well as its own members, and this treacherous and criminal process continues in various forms at the present time.

The MEK has a dark and indefensible background, which is why it is highly hated by the Iranian people. However, by holding such meetings and instilling this illusion that it is supposedly supported by the French and other European governments, it is trying to gain a new image, while it will have no other result but to bring disrepute to the relevant governments.

If the French government allows the MEK to operate and hold propaganda programs against the country and the people of Iran, it is required to answer in return how it can give free rein to an organization that, according to the testimony of many of its former members, engages in inhumane acts that, in addition to its members being deprived of the right to a normal life, play a role in the chaos and disruption of the security and comfort of the Iranian people through real and virtual activities.

These points in themselves deserve a clear examination and response from the French government, which is a defender of security and human rights, which has allowed this organization to harm and target the material and spiritual integrity, as well as the physical and psychological security, of the Iranian people from France since 1981.

I am eagerly awaiting your response.

With regards

Ebrahim Khodabandeh

Tehran – Iran

June 14th, 2026

Copy to:

Honorable Ambassador of the Republic of France in Tehran

Honorable Minister of foreign affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The mainstream media

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After attacking the bases of Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) in Paris and acquiring evidence of money laundering, espionage equipment, weapons and illegitimate individuals, the French police issued an exit ban on the 70-year-old chieftain of terrorist group Maryam Rajavi as the investigation on her case continues.

On June 12, the French police attacked one of the MKO bases in Paris, discovering illegal weapons, while 3 members of the group were also detained.

Maryam Rajavi, the chieftain of the terrorist group, who is currently in a serious physical condition and her medical team has given up hope of her recovery, was banned from leaving and entering by the Albanian police last year.

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A major control operation took place this Wednesday within the Sima association, whose premises are located in the Vert Galant activity zone in Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône. This building, which was the target of gunfire on May 31, 2023, was also targeted by an attempted fire just a year ago, on the night of June 10 to 11, 2023. Following this disaster, emergency services discovered that around fifteen people appeared to be sleeping there.

The Urssaf services therefore wanted to check, this Wednesday, whether these premises did not house hidden work. The Val-d’Oise firefighters were also called upon to verify that the rules regarding establishments open to the public were being respected. Finally, the border police (PAF) came to control the administrative situation of foreign people there, with the assistance of the Cergy police station

Out of 51 people checked, the Interdepartmental Directorate of the National Police of Val-d’Oise (DIPN 95) identified two men and a woman who were prohibited from remaining in the national territory. These three people were arrested and placed in administrative detention by the PAF. The firefighters noted several breaches of safety and fire prevention rules,

The Sima association is linked to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). These are opponents of the Iranian regime, the main component of which is the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). This association notably runs the Simay Azadi satellite television channel, one of the main communication organs of the PMOI and the NCRI. It is responsible for “producing videos and films concerning human rights in Iran”. “The staff of this association is made up of volunteers,” says Afshin Alavi, communications manager for the NCRI. Most of these volunteers are citizens or political refugees in France, some have come from European countries that are members of the Schengen agreement and assist this center. »notably a lack of fire extinguishers. The Urssaf investigation is still ongoing.

By Thibault Chaffotte, Le Parisien

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The premises notably house a television, relay of the organization.

An Iranian organization under close surveillance. The police, gendarmerie and anti-fraud services carried out a search this Wednesday afternoon in the premises of the People’s Mojahedin Organization, a source close to the investigation announced to LCI.

These premises, located in Saint-Ouen-L’Aumône, notably house a television channel, considered a “propaganda relay” of the organization in France.
The reasons for these investigations were not detailed by this source.

TFI Info, Catherine Jentile

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According to international reports, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) terrorist group besides assassination of Iranian citizens, has been involved in various criminal activities such as kidnapping and human trafficking, treason, money laundering, fraud and cyberattacks for more than forty years.

In the latest case, presence of the Albanian police in the group’s camp in Tirana to enforce a court’s order to conduct a search was faced the violent reaction of the group members which injured a few police officers all signifying the group’s lawlessness and lack of accountability for their criminal acts. Inspection of the servers and computers of this group by the Albanian police indicated that the MEK has been responsible for cyberattacks and destruction of relations between countries.

This terrorist and law-evading group has been operating and planning its criminal and terrorist acts against the Iranian people in France for over four decades while the French government has welcomed and sheltered this group and its leader despite being fully aware of their crimes.

Instead of being prosecuted internationally on charges of terrorism against thousands of Iranian and Iraqi citizens through direct participation in Saddam’s war crime against Iran and cooperation with intelligence services in suppressing Iraqi Kurds and Turkmen in the 1990s, the terrorist group’s ringleader, Maryam Rajavi, is being constantly supported by French government and MPs. This is a shame for those who claim to establish laws and represent the French people.

The French government and legislators, who provide ample facilities for this group and allow its ringleaders to spread their hate speech against Iran on French soil, must be held accountable for all the crimes this terrorist group has committed in the past decades in Iran and Iraq and even for their criminal acts in Albania.

The 40-year-long presence of the MEK in France has brought no success for the Paris except creating a deep feeling of dissatisfaction among Iranians with this country. Our people will never forget the bitter memories of the days when the group’s terror cells, backed by the Iraqi dictator and French and US governments, assassinated Iranian citizens on the streets on a daily basis. Therefore, we rightly expect the French government and its judicial institutions to stop supporting this notorious terrorist group and damaging relations with the ancient and long-standing culture and civilization of Iran, and to prepare the ground for extradition and prosecution of this group.

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To: His Excellency Nicolas Roche
Honorable Ambassador of the Republic of France in Tehran
From: Ebrahim Khodabandeh
CEO of Nejat Society in Iran

Greetings and Respect
The Nejat Society in Iran consists of the families of the members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO), who are currently living in the closed and remote camp of the organization in Albania, in complete isolation from the outside world. A number of former members of the MEK are also in this society helping families to achieve their indisputable human right, which is to communicate with their loved ones trapped in the camp of the MEK in Albania. In order to prevent Western countries from supporting this organization, this Society tries to reveal the anti-human and cultic nature of the MEK to the world. This organization violates the most basic human rights of its members and prevents them from communicating freely with the outside world, especially with friends and family.

After the decision of the respected French government to expel Maryam Rajavi and the MEK from France, hope was formed in the families that the French government is on the path of protecting national security and preventing deep and unique political and social and security damages from the MEK and has stopped supporting this terrorist cult, and therefore the dominance of this organization over its members and the violation of their rights by relying on the support of Western countries will be reduced.

But the families, to their surprise, learned that the French government once again issued a permit for the gathering of the MEK in Paris with Maryam Rajavi’s speech, and in this way, it intends to repeat its past mistakes and once again support this organization to violate the human rights of its members, who are really the main victims of this terrorist cult. In this way, the French government supports an organization that, while deceiving and kidnapping the loved ones of families and keeping them captive, does not give them any human rights and keeps them in the worst conditions. This action of the French government is in conflict with all international norms and standards of human rights, which has become the defender of an organization that has launched slavery in Europe in the 21st century. This action has no relevance to the human rights claims of the French government and its people.
In addition, the support of the French government to a terrorist cult increases the possibility of national security consequences for France, as well as undoubtedly a dark page in the political and social history of this country in the field of defending human rights and countering terrorism. The long years of experience of the families of members trapped in the Rajavi Cult indicate that holding such programs by the MEK will directly or indirectly threaten the lives and health of the loved ones of the families in a significant way.

The Nejat Society represents more than two thousand people from the families of those trapped in the isolated camp of the MEK in Albania, in addition to more than three thousand individuals who managed to escape from the organization (more than seven hundreds of them live freely inside Iran now), demanding the non-cooperation and support of the French government to the anti-human and terrorist cult of the MEK, such as refusing to issue a license to hold ceremonies and preventing the possible presence of senior officials of the said organization, especially Maryam Rajavi, in France.

In the end, in order to recall the honorable ambassador of the French government in Iran, it should be mentioned that the publication of the initial news about the gathering of the MEK in France created a wave of dissatisfaction and deep concern (caused by the repetition of past events) among the painful families of Nejat Society. Therefore, it is hoped that your clear and supportive response to the families will help greatly in alleviating their pain and managing this issue as best as possible.
Sincerely
Ebrahim Khodabandeh
CEO of Najat Society

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Eldar Mamedov has degrees from the University of Latvia and the Diplomatic School in Madrid, Spain. He has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and as a diplomat in Latvian embassies in Washington D.C. and Madrid. Since 2007, Mamedov has served as a political adviser for the social-democrats in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP) and is in charge of the EP delegations for inter-parliamentary relations with Iran, Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula, and Mashreq.

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France on Thursday rejected Iranian accusations that it backs an exiled opposition group that was the possible target of a bomb plot near Paris last week, saying an investigation would determine the real sponsors of the planned attack.

Iran’s foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned envoys from France, Germany and Belgium in protest at the arrest of an Iranian diplomat in Germany in connection with the alleged plan to bomb the annual National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), political wing for MEK, rally on the outskirts of Paris on June 30.

It also accused France of supporting the group, which is classified by Tehran as a terrorist organization.

The French foreign ministry confirmed on Thursday that its ambassador had been summoned on July 3 following the rally, but dismissed any suggestion that it supported the NCRI.

Iranian authorities “were reminded that France supports neither the ideology, objectives nor activities of the MEK. However, having been removed from the European list of terrorist organizations, this organization can carry out, like any other association, activities, as long as they do not undermine public order”, a French diplomatic source told Reuters.

French judicial sources said on Wednesday they had received a request from Belgium to extradite a man of Iranian origin who was arrested in Paris on suspicion of links to the plot.

Belgium is investigating two Belgians of Iranian origin arrested on Saturday. Five hundred grams of the homemade explosive TATP and a detonation device were found in their car, according to Belgian investigators.

An Austria-based Iranian diplomat is also being held in Germany in connection with the alleged bomb plot.

“On the planned attack at Villepinte (just outside Paris), an investigation is in progress. It will have to determine the real sponsors of this projected attack,” the French diplomatic source said.

Iran has said it had nothing to do with the plot, which it called as a “false flag” operation staged by figures within the NCRI.

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