Human Rights Abuse in the MEK

Whenever my phone rings, I hope its my son calling me

Often sitting by the phone, she waits to hear the voice of her dear son, Firooz.

Whenever my phone rings, I hope its Firooz calling me, she says.

Mrs. Saedi is the mother of Firooz who was entrapped by the Mujahedin-e Khalq Cult several decades ago.

We have several times went in front of MKO Camps in Iraq to meet Firooz, but Rajavi denied our visit, says Mrs. Saedi. Her eyes brim with tears when she talks about her son.

“Though, Rajavis cruelty against me and my son is not forgivable, still I don’t care. I just wish to see my son once more. I wish to hug him again and then I can die favorably."

May 11, 2016 0 comments

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Mothers, the forgotten victims of ISIS and the MEK

Earlier this year, the Euronews network aired a short documentary film titled The forgotten victims of Syria: foreign fighters’ mothers speak out by Robert Hackwill.

This was accompanied by another short interview titled: My son the Jihadist – A mother speaks out produced by Anne Devineaux.

These films reveal the distressing situation of that group of victims of ISIS who are too easily demonized or forgotten. The films, and others like them, focus on the stories of mothers of the young people who were deceived into travelling from Europe to Syria and, once there, embroiled in a hideous deadly fight which bears no relation to their past lives and relationships.

Some of the mothers already know that their children have been killed in the fighting. Some are still in contact with theirs. Other mothers have no idea about the whereabouts of their children and have no means of getting in touch with them. They simply wait day and night to hear something of their loved ones.

These mothers describe young people who had normal and comfortable lives in Europe. Some had no Islamic background and as converts had no other Muslims in their families. But they all believed they were following a glorious cause and they believed they and others would change the world into an ideal place in which they could practice their faith without the distractions of western lifestyles. With this mentality they were easy prey for those who seek to exploit them, terrorist leaders who will commit any crime and atrocity for their own benefit. These young people became victims of cultic abuse which has caused their mothers a great deal of suffering.

This is reminiscent of the mothers of the people deceived by the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK aka Rajavi cult) over three decades. As a result of deceptive recruitment, they were taken to bases in Iraq to commit terrorist acts against their homeland. They are also victims of cultic abuse and remain psychological and physical prisoners of the cult leader Massoud Rajavi, some in Iraq, some now in Albania. Similarly, their mothers are denied contact with them and do not know anything about their mental and physical welbeing.

These mothers, however, are even more forgotten and isolated since the likes of Euronews do not portray their stories as they have those of European mothers and they have no means to let world public opinion know about their situation. These mothers, unlike those in Europe, actually do know the whereabouts of their children. They have even travelled to find them and got within 100 metres of their base, but were still denied contact with their loved ones by Rajavi. In spite of this, the officials of the UN and other international organizations could easily arrange for them to meet with their loved ones inside the MEK camps in Iraq and in Albania except that for simple expediency they yield to Rajavi’s demands and deny the mothers this basic right.

Who should raise the voice of these most forgotten mothers and let the world know about them? It seems the UNHCR is determined to close their eyes to their plight and talk and collude only with the cult leader Massoud Rajavi. The bias is so brazen that we are entitled to ask what benefits accrue to those who knowingly ignore the rights of these mothers?

Is there any reason why the mothers of MEK members in Iraq and Albania cannot have the same access to publicity in order to try to win public sympathy as the mothers in Europe? When they travelled to Iraq after 2003 and braved war and chaos these mothers were supported by former members and a few human rights activists, but their efforts attracted little media interest. Surely there is nothing to stop European mothers joining with them in common cause, to tell the world “We need to be recognised as victims, not the families of terrorists”.

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May 10, 2016 0 comments

Human Rights Abuse in the MEK

Rajavi ; inimitable jailor

I was so happy when the travel arrangements were made for my visit to Iraq. I eagerly traveled to Iraq and Camp Liberty where my brother resided. I hoped to see my brother; Hamidreza Nuri after so many years. However, I found myself confronted with feelings of desperation when I reached the Camp Liberty gate. The camp was enclosed with concrete walls. The same as other families, I called my brother. I cried his name. I hopped Hamidreza would hear my voice and reply me. We stayed there for a few days. The cult leaders denied our visit. The MKO Cult leaders had assigned some brainwashed members to curse at families. They welcomed us with placards of insults and swears. I thought to myself that Rajavi and his elements are inimitable jailors.

Now I am sure that the Rajavis fear the families. They have kept our family members hostages and abusing their rights. Now I am decided to help those enslaved by the MKO Cult. They need help. I am determined to liberate my brother from the bars of the Rajavi Cult.

April 24, 2016 0 comments

Human Rights Abuse in the MEK

I was lucky that I didn’t get back to the MKO!

Hanif Bali was only three years old when he was separated from his parents in Camp Ashraf and was sent to Sweden. The 29-year-old Hanif is now a member of parliament for Sweden’s Moderate Party.

“I was lucky that I didn’t get back to Iraq”, he said in a documentary that was filmed from a day of his life by Manoto TV. When in 1991, Massoud Rajavi ordered his rank and file to leave their children under the pretext of the Gulf War, Hanif and many other children were transferred to Europe where they were kept in the MKO’s team houses or by Swedish families or Iranian sympathizers of the MKO.

“I have had seven to eight mother,” Hanif said about his childhood as an immigrant. His biological mother was not allowed to call him except once a year on his birthday. “About my father I have very few memoires,” he said with a regretful look.

A large number of children of the MKO members were then brought back to the MKO’s camp in Iraq, Camp Ashraf. Some of them were eventually killed. Hanif was determined not to get back to the unpleasant life of the group in Iraq although the group recruiters tried to convince him to join the group when he was eighteen. The recruiter showed him a film of his father. In the film, Hanif’s father tried to indoctrinate him to go to Iraq and to allegedly fight just like his childhood friends who had gone to Ashraf and had been killed for the group’s cause. “I was shocked by the film because it was the first time to see my father,” he stated. He was lucky that his aunt was with him in that recruitment meeting. ”We won’t discuss it now”, she said. So, Hanif who felt angry with his father went home. He was very angry with him that after long years of no call and no contact, his father was just asking him to join the group. “Today, when I think of that day, I still get angry”, he told Manoto.

“This was a hard decision for a young boy to take”, he asserted. ”If I had accepted to join the group at that day, I would have been in a camp in the midst of war, in the midst of misery.”

Hanif was grown up in a democracy far from the cult-like totalitarian system that brainwashed parents to leave their beloved children behind for their leaders’ ambitions. He defines the big gap between his life and that of his parents, “The big difference between me and my parents is that I don’t see the world as black and white”.

April 20, 2016 0 comments

Human Rights Abuse in the MEK

MKO Critics Gathered on the Occasion of the Int. Women’s Day

On Saturday March 5th, former members of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (the MKO), active in different human rights associations including Aawa, Pen Club, Iran-Fanous and Women Association, held a conference in Koln, Germany.

The meeting was held on the occasion of the International women’s Day to cherish hundreds of women who are still taken as hostages behind the MKO’s cult-like bars.

During the meeting, members of women Association, Batoul Soltani, Homeira Mohammad Nezhad and Zahra Moeini celebrated the third anniversary of the association. Batoul Soltani addressed the meeting warning the world about the danger by the side of the Cult of Rajavi. “As an eyewitness, I know the reality of the inside of this cult”, Batoul Soltani said. “I spend 20 years of my life in the Cult of Rajavi and now I’m happy because I won’t keep silent quiet until the cult is running.”

Ms. Soltani criticized Maryam Rajavi for her pro-democracy gestures and her slogans for freedom of women last week on the occasion of March 8^th. “Humiliation of women” is the true function of the MKO Cult for women, according to the speakers of the meeting.

She warned Europeans about the “virus of the sect of Rajavi” which may affect their society.

“Although I know that the Iranian youth never tend to embrace the MKO, I’m concerned about the violent nature of the group”, Soltani added.

Then Ms. Homeyra Mohammadnezhad, addressed the audience in German confirming Ms. Soltani’s arguments.

The meeting was also attended by several former members and critics of the MKO destructive cult such as Ghorban Ali Hosseinnejad, Ali Akbar Rastgou and Mohammad Karami.

March 9, 2016 0 comments

Human Rights Abuse in the MEK

Pictorial – Families of MKO Captives picketing in front of Camp Liberty,Iraq

A group of 111 family members whose loved ones are trapped in Camp of Mujahedin-e Khalq in Iraq; Camp Liberty arrived at the Camp’s Gate in February25, 2016

The families are from different Provinces of Iran. They have risked the dangers and troubles of travelling to the war-torn country of Iraq in a hope to have a short visit with their loved ones. The right which they are denied of, now for many years.

The families gathered in front of Camp Liberty and called their children. Though they are not allowed to use loudspeakers, the families screamed their basic right of visiting their loved ones.

Suffering families in front of MKO Camp

March 6, 2016 0 comments

Human Rights Abuse in the MEK

Pictorial – Suffering families in front of MKO Camp

On Monday February 22, another group of MKO hostages’ families traveled to Iraq, Camp Liberty.

They simply demand to have the right to visit their beloveds. The suffering families’ loved ones are held captive by the Mujahedin-e Khalq destructive cult leaders now for many years. They are worried about the destiny of their children and their family members at MKO Camp.

They call on Unites Nation’s secretary General and all human rights bodes to help them liberate their loved ones.

Sufering families in front of MKO Camp

March 6, 2016 0 comments

Human Rights Abuse in the MEK

On the occasion of Maryam Rajavi’s Women’s Day show

On the Occasion of Mayam Rajavi of Women Show on Feb 27, in Paris

While Maryan Rajavi the leader of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (the MKO/ Rajavi’s Cult), is about to hold conference on the occasion of Women’s Day on Feb 27, 2016 in Paris, France to allegedly defend the right of Iranian women, one should ask her who is to save the women entangled in your cult in Camp Liberty Iraq. The entanglement that transfered the women to modern slaves that would set themselves a flame when the slaver orders them to do so as Maryam Rajavi did in 2003 when she was arrested by French Judiciary for terrorism and human trafficking and money laundry. [No to terrorism -cults,]

Urgent action is needed to save women from Mojahedin Khalq camps

International Women’s Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women. As the UN suggest, this is the time to uphold women’s achievements, recognize challenges, and focus greater attention on women’s rights and gender equality to mobilize all people to do their part.

While the leader of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (the MKO/ Rajavi’s Cult), Maryam Rajavi holds conference on the occasion of Women’s Day in Paris, France to allegedly defend the right of Iranian women, one should ask her to present a proposal about the economic, political and social achievements of women in her own camps both in France and Iraq.

Evidences of former members of the Cult of Rajavi, international reports and news reports on the life inside the MKO camps, reveal that women of the MKO gain no economic, political and social achievements. They are just kept in cessation atmosphere, isolated in the cult-like system of the group.

About economic attainments, it should be noted that no woman in the MKO earns money or runs her own business.

Women in the MKO are completely separated from men. Even women are not allowed to associate with their same sex comrades as friends. Friendship is forbidden. Celibacy is obligatory and a lot of other facts that prove that female members of the MKO enjoy no social achievements.

They are not given the slightest opportunity to learn social skills. Most of them have no idea how to use a cellphone.

About political achievements of the MKO female members, it is enough to mention that the group has no significant role in the political scene of Iran. The group is highly unpopular among the Iranian society.

Former members of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization are truly motivated to do their part in order to liberate their ex-comrades held as hostages in the group camps.

February 29, 2016 0 comments

Human Rights Abuse in the MEK

How Mujahedin Khalq abducted my brothers

Maryam sanjabi;MKO separated member interviewed Ms. Narges Beheshti

Ms. Narges Behesthi is a suffering sister who lost her brothers within the Mujahedin-e Khalq Cult.

It is now a decade that Ms. Beheshti is seeking to visit or at least have a contact with her two brothers; Mostafa and Morteza.

Unfortunately her older brother Morteza was killed during the Iraqi police invasion to Camp Ashraf. Actually Morteza was victimized for the cult leader’s interests and his passion for power.

Even after such a disastrous and painful event, the Rajavis denied the Beheshti family’s visit their younger brother; Mostafa.

Ms. Beheshti went to the Camp Ashraf dozens of times and requested for a visit, still she couldn’t.

In an interview with Ms. Maryam Sanjabi – MKO separated member, she describes how her brothers joined the Cult:

My brothers were not supporters of Mujahedin-e Khalq. We didn’t know these unpatriotic and traitors.

In 2011 my older brother; Morteza went to Turkey to find a better job. For two months he took a temporary job. After two months that we had no contact with him, Moteza sent us a letter saying that he worked in a shipping company and that they would help him to go to Europe. He wanted us to send our younger brother Mostafa to Turkey. This way Mostafa who was seeking a good job went to Turkey as well.

We later understood that the MKO recruiters in Turkey had promised my brother to send him to Europe provided that he stay at Camp Ashraf, Iraq for six months.

We had no contact with my brothers for a year when we received a letter from Mostafa. In the letter he had asked us to send our sister to Turkey as well. Though we were somehow doubtful, we agreed that my sister go to Turkey. My sister went to Turkey in accompany with one of our relatives. We were worried so we wanted our relative to make sure that my sister would reach our brothers. In Turkey someone else had gone to welcome my sister. The two men said that we would drive you to your brothers. Our relative refused my sister to go with them. And after some disputes with the two men he took my sister back to Iran.

Two weeks later Mostafa called us. While crying he said “.. why didn’t my sister come here.. they will kill me…,” he was crying when the connection suddenly cut out.

Tanks God. We were lucky that the Rajavi army didn’t succeed to take another member of our family as hostage.

After the last call we could not find my brothers. We had no news of them.

After the fall of Saddam Hussein, through NejatNGO we understood that my brothers had not gone to Europe. They had no job rather they were transferred to camp Ashraf,Iraq. In fact they were deceived by the MKO Cult recruiters in turkey. The Rajavis henchmen had assured my brothers that they will help them with sending them to Europe and providing them with residency in case that they stay at Camp Ashraf, Iraq for six months. Then they wanted Mostafa to write a letter to get my sister to Iraq as well.

In 2004 my mother could visit my brothers for the first time after three years. In that year for the first time the Cult leaders allowed the families to visit their children at Camp Ashraf. My mother could have a short visit with my brothers. The conversations were strictly controlled by the Cult in a way that my brothers couldn’t speak freely to their mother. My younger brother had taken my mother’s hands from under the table while crying. They didn’t dear to express their emotions….

From then on we have had no contact with my beloved brothers.

Unfortunately Morteza was killed in 2011 during the clash between Iraqi police and Camp Ashraf residents.

We went to Camp Ashraf several times but the Cult leaders didn’t allow us to visit Mostafa…. The separated members of MKO told us that the members are kept under pressure within the Cult and some even do not know that their families come to visit them….

Neday-e Haqiqat website published the interview in Persian.

January 14, 2016 0 comments

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MEK hostages families’ campaign to free their beloveds

Families of members of Terrorist Cult MEK, launched a campaign to free their beloved ones from the terrorist Cult

It has been more than 30 years since Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) has kept thousands of deceived people under their captivity using and applying the most sophisticated methods of mind control and brainwashing, and has deprived them of their most basic human rights, including the right to meet or contact their families (either via telephone, post, or email), marriage, etc. However, over several years, their families have made great and consistent efforts to save their children and relatives from this organization; protest gatherings in Iraq and launching campaign are some of those efforts.

We, the members of MKO “Families’ Campaign”, who have been deprived of meeting our loved ones for years, kindly ask for support, cooperation and consideration of all human rights organizations, and UNHCR (esp. the officials is Iraq and Albania) and we hope that you will take side with us and support us.

Many thanks and regards,

Campaign of Rajavi cult prisoners’ families

December 24, 2015

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Below is the letter of Ms. Mahmonir Iranpour who is sister of two Camp liberty residents. Her brothers; Ahmadreza and Mohammadreza were deceived by the MKO Cult elements in Turkey into joining the group in 2002. They were then transferred to Camp Ashraf, Iraq. From then on the Iranpour family have had no contact with their beloveds.

Open Letter of the sister of two Members of a terrorist group to free her brothers from terrorism

Secretary-General United Nations

New York, N.Y. 10017 U.S.A.

H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon

Dear Mr. Secretary-General,

I would like to introduce myself as Mah Monir Iranpour from Shiraz, Iran.

This is a desperate request from you as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Two of my brothers, named Ahmad Reza Iranpour and Mohammad Reza Iranpour, left Iran to Turkey in December 2002 to travel either to Canada or a European country hoping for a brighter future. However, unfortunately, they were caught and deceived by MKO members and were taken to Iraq and then to Camp Ashraf. We did not know anything about them for a long time till we heard about them from those who had fled from Camp Ashraf at that time.

At the moment, my brothers are captivated in Camp Liberty. My family and I have travelled 10 times to Iraq since 2002 just to meet my brothers, but MKO prevents us from meeting them. It seems that UNHCR in Baqdad unilaterally defends MKO while according to human rights, he should try to reserve families’ rights especially in meeting their children. Unfortunately, despite our repeated requests through e-mail and phone calls, the UNHCR has not undertaken the slightest cooperation with us as families. You are aware that Iraq is a very unsafe country, and also we are all aware of the terrorist attacks to Camp Liberty in recent years.

We are so worried about my brothers’ lives and health condition. We do consider MKO responsible for death of a number of those captivated in Camp Liberty in recent attacks because their delay in sending people to Albania has caused such tragic consequences; and it is apparent that our children’s lives are of no importance to this organization. We, therefore, kindly ask you to (1) accelerate sending our children from Camp Liberty to any safe place determined by the UN, and (2) arrange meeting of my family with Ahmad Reza and Mohammad Reza Iranpour without the presence of MKO members.

My parents are very old and sick, and they have not met their captive sons for almost 13 years. I desperately beg you to help me and my families. Thank you in advance for giving due consideration to our request and I pray that God will help you in fulfilling your philanthropic and humanistic goals.

Mah Monir Iranpour, Shiraz, I.R.Iran

Source: Nototerrorism weblog

December 31, 2015 0 comments

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