Hossein Sabet Rostami’s brother, Mohammad Mehdi has been taken as a hostage by the Mujahedin- Khalq for over 40 years.
Hossein attended the sit-in of families of Nejat in front of the ICRC office in Tehran.
Mujahedin Khalq Organization members’ families
Fatemeh Mohabati attended the sit-in in front of the office of the International Committee of Red Cross in Tehran. She is the mother of Azadeh Saboor, a member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/ PMOI). Fatemeh Mohabati has not seen her daughter for over 20 years.
Azadeh was deceived to join the MEK in Iraq when she was a young newly married girl. Her husband left the group a few years later but Azadeh was coerced to stay. Her mother has taken different actions in order to find a way to visit or even contact her. Her cries for help in front of the ICRC office is heart-breaking.
Roghayeh Farazian, mother of Fereidoon Nedayee attended the sit-in of families of Nejat Society in front of the office of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in Tehran.
She has been looking forward to visiting her son for about 4 decades. The years of separation from her beloved son has left her with grieves and pains. Fereidoon was taken as a war prisoner by Iraqi forces when he was a soldier of the Iranian army fighting in Iran-Iraq war.
The MEK recruiters deceived him to join the group, and this was the start of a long-term break-up from his family. Roghayeh Farazian’s cries for help in front of the ICRC office is very distressing.
Mahin Habibi attended the sit-in of families of Nejat Society in front of the office of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in Tehran.
She is the mother of Parvaneh Rabiee, a member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq. She has not met and even contacted her daughter for over forty years. The years of separation from her beloved daughter has left her with grieves and pains.
As a young girl, Parvaneh had immigrated to Germany where she was taken as a hostage by the MEK recruiters. Leaders of the MEK do not allow Parvaneh to contact her mother because they consider family as the enemy of their cult-like organization.
Listen to the heartbroken mother of Parvaneh.
Tomorrow, Monday, May 8th, on the occasion of the ICRC Day, considering the responsibility and role and position of this international organization, the families of Nejat Society in Tehran will hold a rally in front of the main headquarters of the ICRC.
The families hope to be able to convey their rightful and legal requests for follow-up to this institution and other international organizations as well as the media and the world public opinion.
Simultaneously with this program, which will start at 14:00 Iran time, the former members of the Rajavi terrorist cult, members of ASILA in Albania, will also hold a similar rally in solidarity with the families of Nejat Society in front of the ICRC headquarters in Tirana.
The news of the gathering and the text of the statement and request of the families will be announced as soon as possible after the program is implemented.
Mosayeb Rashidi was taken as a war prisoner in 1980. He was a young newly married soldier of the Iranian army. Iraqi Baath forces trapped him in Iran-Iraq border in the early months of the war. He was in Saddam Hussein’s notorious POW camps for 9 years.
Mosayeb’s wife was pregnant when he was taken as a POW. Their daughter was born a few weeks later and eventually she grew up in the absence of his father. The little girl turned into an adult, got married and had children.
She has not seen her father since her birth. In 1989, Mosayeb was recruited –in better words was taken as a hostage– by the agents of the Mujahedin-e Khalq who collaborated with Iraqi officers in POW camps.
Since then, Mosayeb’s family have not been able to contact or visit him. When the group was in Iraq, they traveled to Iraq and picketed across the gates of the MEK camps, asking for permission to visit their beloved Mosayeb but the leaders of the Cult of Rajavi did not allow them to visit him and did not let Mosayeb know that his family had come to visit him.
He is now in the MEK’s camp Ashraf 3 in Albania, and he is still isolated from the outside world, having no access to his family, his daughter and his little grandson.
Nejat Society was established as a non-governmental organization two decades ago. As members of Nejat NGO, families of hostages of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) took numerous actions in order to release their loved ones from the cult-like terrorist group of Massoud Rajavi.
Traveling to Iraq for picketing in front of the gates of Camp Ashraf was one of the actions taken by the families. The following video shows mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters who are crying the names of their loved ones over the walls of Camp Ashraf, Iraq, during the winter of 2010.
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Some of the hostages whose names are called left the group through the next years, mostly after the group was relocated in Albania. They might have heard the heart-breaking cries of their loved ones through loudspeakers over the gates of Ashraf. The mental bars around their minds might have been broken on those very days.
Since its relocation in Albania, the MEK has been downsized due to the increasing defections but there are still a few thousand people who are mentally and physically barred by the Cult of Rajavi. Now, the group’s new headquarters, Ashraf 3, is far away from the Iranian border. For families, traveling to Albania is a big challenge because the Albanian government does not grant visa to the Iranians. The reason is not rational but understandable.
As wealthy bribe payers, the MEK agents in the Albanian government make efforts to prevent families to come to Albania which is a semi democratic country in the soil of democratic Europe.
As a matter of fact, families of the MEK’s hostages never give up. They take actions, they write letters to human rights bodies; they send public messages to their loved ones in Ashraf 3 because they hope that the mental bars will smash someday and their beloved children will be determined to leave the Maryam Rajavi’s cult.
Amin Asadan was a young guy from North of Iran who was kidnapped by the agents of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/ PMOI) . Amin is one of the hundreds young men who were taken as hostages by the MEK recruiters in Turkey.
Amin has not been allowed to contact and visit his family during the 24 years of membership (in better words, imprisonment) in Massoud Rajavi’s cult of personality. He has been deprived from access to the outside world in both headquarters of the group in Iraq and Albania.
Back in Iran, Amin Asadan’s family took actions in order to visit their beloved son but they did not succeed. “Amin was such a passionate young hardworking man seeking an ethical life,” Amin’s brother, Amir Asadan says. “In the early 2000s, he went to Turkey in order to find a better job. The whole family were happy with his decision, but we did not know that he would be a victim of Rajavi’s mafia. They had deceived him to join the MEK in Iraq under the promise of transferring him to Europe.”
This was the U-turn in Amin’s life. The start of a long-term separation from his family. “He has been taken as a hostage by Rajavi and he has not contacted us for 24 years,” his brother adds.
Amin’s mother sends a message to his beloved son in the hope that he will see it sometime:
Dear Amin. I miss you a lot. I am looking forward to your return. Yor father passed away and let me alone over a decade ago. My only hope is that you get back home before I die.
My beloved Amin. I need to have you more than any time. I insist you to call me, to return home so that I could hug you, kiss you and live by your side.
While leaders of the Mujahedin-e Khalq claims to advocate human rights for Iranian people, they are the most horrific violators of human rights. Tajodoleh Heidarian is one of hundreds of mothers whose beloved children are taken as hostages in Rajavi’s cult-like organization located in Albania.
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Mehdi Hamidfar was kidnapped by the MEK agents three decades ago. Since then, his mother has been deprived from visiting or contacting him.
Tajodoleh has made efforts to rescue her son. When the group was located in Iraq, she traveled to Iraq, she picketed behind the gates of Camp Ashraf, she cried and shouted the name of her son, but she was never allowed to visit Mehdi. Today she is still taking actions appealing for the release of her son in the international human rights organizations.
Besides, she sends video messages to Nejat Society website in the hope that Mehdi will see them some day. This is her recent message on the occasion of Persian new year.
Hossein Shaabanpour, the brother of Hassan Shaabanpour, member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/ PMOI) wrote another letter to his brother. Hossein hopes that his brother will find an opportunity to read the letters. In the cult-like system of the MEK, Hassan is not allowed to contact his family.
Hassan was deceived to join the MEK when he was a war prisoner in the horrific POW camps of Iraqi Baath regime. He had been taken as a POW when he was a soldier of the Iranian army in the early months of Iran-Iraq war. Hassan has not been allowed to visit his family for over 40 years.
Here is the letter of Hossein Shaabanpour to his beloved brother:
To My beloved bother
Dear Hassan,
Our other brothers and I always talk about you. We all miss you a lot. Why aren’t you allowed to be with us? This is a crucial question which has been in my mind during the long years of separation.
While we are in a world where people can stay in touch with their long-distance friends and families, why can’t you contact us? Don’t you yourself want to contact us or do the MEK leaders forbid you to contact us? I know that the MEK leaders do not permit you and other members to do so. They are afraid of any contact between you and your families. They know that the contacts with family make you aware of the conditions you are stuck in.
Dear Hassan
Believe me! I and other members of family are determined to release you from the hands of the Cult of Rajavi, no matter how long it takes us. We are sure that you will begin a new life in the free world like those who previously defected the group.
We promise that we will take any action needed for you. Feel sure that we will stay on your side forever. No matter what, Rajavi cannot cut the emotional ties between us.
I wish Rajavi dared to give this letter to you. I wish you could read it to know that everything is ready for your freedom. You just need to take one step to see the beautiful life outside the bars of the MEK.
I hope to see you soon.
Your brother,
Hossein Shaabanpour