… Larijani then hit out at the European Union’s approach toward the MKO[MKO/PMOI] terrorist grouping.”Is the removal of a notorious international terror group from the list of terrorist organizations by certain European countries respect for human rights?”asked Larijani. Elsewhere in his remarks, Iran’s Parliament speaker highlighted the need to further enhance already flourishing ties between Tehran and Rome …
…”Europe has been a safe haven for terrorists”and continues”to support terrorism despite chanting slogans in defense of human rights. We saw the same pattern about Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO). We also saw another instance in Abdolmalek Rigi’s case where the footprints of foreign intelligence services were seen in supporting his group (Jundallah).”…
… The MKO, listed as a terrorist group in Iran, Iraq, Canada, and the US, has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks against Iranian government officials and civilians over the past 30 years … Iran’s foreign minister says former US President George W. Bush’s so-called war on terror has actually served as a guise for training terrorists..
… The terrorist group joined Saddam’s army and helped Saddam and killed thousands of Iranian civilians and soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi imposed war on Iran.The MKO was put on the US terror list in 1997 by the then President, Bill Clinton, but since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the group has been strongly backed by the Washington Neocons, who also argue for the MKO to be taken off the US terror list …
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, after a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart, stressed that Tehran’s relations with Baghdad is cordial and based on mutual respect… Regarding the Iraq-based terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), Zebari said Baghdad has no tolerance for any armed group using Iraqi soil to attack Iraq’s neighbors. He added that Baghdad has taken a series of measures to promote its sovereignty over Camp Ashraf, where the terrorists are based.
Iranian Deputy Permanent Envoy to the United Nations Eshaq Ale-Habib strongly criticized the West for its double-standard policy on terrorism.Al-e Habib made the remarks in the meeting Friday evening in the UN on combat against terrorism. The Iranian envoy said the recent EU decision on removing the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI), from its list of terrorist groups is an indication of the West’s double-standard policy on the issue.
“I think you would find the current President [Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad more democratic than the Mujahideen,”says Mr. Abrahamian.”Even in the early 1970s, it had turned into a cult organization…. The remaining members … will do whatever [MKO leader Massoud] Rajavi tells them.” The State Department’s terrorism report last year said the MKO maintains”the capacity and will to commit terrorist acts in Europe, the Middle East, the United States, Canada and beyond.”
Iran’s Judiciary says three Iranians — two are responsible for a deadly bombing and the remaining convict is a member of a terrorist organization — have been shipped to death row. Reports indicate that two of the convicts are professed members of the Iran Royal Association..The other convict is a member of the anti-Iranian terrorist organization known as the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI).
Speaking to the reporters in a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart, Larijani expressed the hope that close cooperation between Iran and Iraq will lead to expulsion of anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/PMOI/MEK), from the region.Larijani told reporters that Tehran-Baghdad security cooperation would help expel the MKO members ..
IRI Ambassador to London in a letter to Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury warned about his statement in support to the Mojahedin Khalq Grouplet in Ashraf Camp in Iraq. Rasoul Movahedian addressed Williams, a UK high ranking religious official for his clear support to the MKO grouplet and said Williams message in support of the terrorist grouplet is dangerous and has a political consequence.