The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it was protected by Saddam Hussein and where it helped the Iraqi dictator suppress Shiite and Kurd uprisings in the country. The terrorist group joined Saddam’s army during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988) and helped Saddam and killed thousands of Iranian civilians and soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi imposed war on Iran. Since the 2003 US
Mehmanparast also appears to have taken a swipe at US support for the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MEK, sometimes referred to as MKO), which recently opened a lobbying office in Washington, DC, after being taken off the State Department’s terrorist list by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Various former government officials have put their support behind the MEK
“The United States and the EU recently delisted the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq organization (MKO, also known as the MEK, NCR and PMOI) from their list of terrorist organizations, and now they want to list Hezbollah as terrorist entity,”Member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security…
Speaking to reporters here in Tehran today, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said that the attack was carried out inside Iraqi soil and”Iran has nothing to do with it”. He said that the move is part of the MKO’s efforts to portray itself as an oppressed community …
Relations between Iran and the United States were severed in 1979 after the victory of Islamic Revolution and the overthrow of Iran’s pro-Western regime. Other factors behind the stalemate include Washington’s backing of the former Iraqi regime in its 8-year war against Iran..
Dehqani also condemned the politically-tainted and double-standard behavior of certain states towards terrorism, and describing it as an obstacle on the way of decisive campaign against terrorism. …Western spy agencies, collaborated by the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), have assassinated several Iranian scientists in the last three years.
“The move by the Canadian and the US governments to remove the MKO aka MEK/PMOI from the list of terrorist organizations is in line with Western countries’ support of this group in order to use its remaining members for achieving their meddlesome and aggressive political and economic objectives in the region,..
Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement today and said the irresponsible act by the Canadian government is in contrary to the host country’s commitment to protect Iranian nationals residing in Canada and also in terms of safeguarding assets of Iranian government, referring to possible acts of violence and terror by MKO/MEK/PMOI on Canadian soil.
“The Canadian government is not an independent government and all its measures are rooted in the British government’s moves,”member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Saleh Jokar said Saturday…
He pointed to the $3,000bln cost of the US war in Iraq, and said Saddam’s overthrow and expulsion of the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organizations (MKO), have gifted Iran with”political interests”.