{"id":13159,"date":"2021-08-30T12:25:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T07:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/?p=13159"},"modified":"2021-10-06T13:29:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T09:59:33","slug":"my-brother-was-determined-to-leave-mek-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/13159","title":{"rendered":"My brother was determined to leave MEK but the group didnt give the permission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmad Dehghan is the brother of Mahmoud Dehghan, a member of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO\/ MEK\/ PMOI\/ Cult of Rajavi). Ahmad participated in the recent online conference of Nejat Society in which former members of MEK and families of those who are still captive in the MEK\u2019s camp called on the international community for the trial of MEK leaders and the release of its brainwashed members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>My brother was a soldier fighting for the Iranian army during the Iran-Iraq war<\/em>,\u201d Ahmad says. \u201c<em>There was only one month left of his service in the army when he was trapped by the MEK, in Iraq<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13384\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13384\" class=\"wp-image-13384 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dehghan_2.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmad Dehghan the brother of Mahmoud Dehghan who is at MEK Camp in Albania\" width=\"540\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dehghan_2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dehghan_2-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmad Dehghan the brother of Mahmoud Dehghan who is at MEK Camp in Albania<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ahmad and his family had no news of Mahmoud until 2001 when they went to the group\u2019s notorious Camp Ashraf in Iraq. \u201c<em>My parents and I went there to visit him<\/em>,\u201d he recalls. \u201c<em>We were permitted to be with him from noon to 7 pm. We tried to take him out of the camp and back home but the MEK leaders did not allow us<\/em>.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201c<em>My bro told us that he would get back home soon but the group never gave him the permission to leave<\/em>,\u201d Ahmad said at Nejat Conference. \u201c<em>They did not allow him to contact us anymore<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13385\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13385\" class=\"wp-image-13385 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dehghan_Mahmoud_1.jpg\" alt=\"Mahmoud Dehghan\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dehghan_Mahmoud_1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dehghan_Mahmoud_1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahmoud Dehghan; MEK hostage<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As a representative of his family, Ahmad declared his support for the trial of Massoud and Maryam Rajavi and other top commanders of MEK in the International Court of the Hague. \u201c<em>We urge the court to aid us travel to Albania in order to see my brother<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmad Dehghan is the brother of Mahmoud Dehghan, a member of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO\/ MEK\/ PMOI\/ Cult of Rajavi). 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