{"id":13247,"date":"2021-09-16T08:21:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T03:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/?p=13247"},"modified":"2022-11-28T11:19:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T07:49:54","slug":"mother-of-meks-hostage-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/13247","title":{"rendered":"Mother of MEK\u2019s hostage: Escape!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Habibollah Qasemi is from Zanjan, Iran. He traveled to Turkey when he was young. He then traveled to Greece seeking a better life in Europe. It was there that he was deceived by the recruiters of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO\/ MEK\/ PMOI\/ Cult of Rajavi). In April 2002, Habib was taken to the MEK\u2019s Camp Ashraf, Iraq. Since then, his family has had no contact with him.<\/p>\n<p>The Qasemis including Habib\u2019s mother and his siblings made efforts in order to find a way to contact Habib but none of their actions have worked. They even participated the national court that was held in Tehran, in March 2021, in which 42 former members of the MEK presented their complaints against the leaders of the group.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13248\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13248\" class=\"wp-image-13248 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Qasemi-Habib-mom-1.jpg\" alt=\"Habibollah Qasemi mother\" width=\"700\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Qasemi-Habib-mom-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Qasemi-Habib-mom-1-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Habibollah Qasemi mother<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The little sister of Habib, Leila addressed the court, \u201cWe have not seen my brother for 19 years.\u201d. Habib\u2019s mother and his other sister, Mina also were interviewed by journalists who were covering the court process. \u201cHabib! Escape the group!\u201d the elderly mother told him via the media. \u201cHabib escape from the cult just like your friends who escaped!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13249\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13249\" class=\"wp-image-13249 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ghasemi-Habibollah-Sister.jpg\" alt=\"Habibollah Qasemi sister; Leila\" width=\"700\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ghasemi-Habibollah-Sister.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ghasemi-Habibollah-Sister-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leila Qasemi;Habibollah&#8217;s sister<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Leila Qasemi also attended the on-line conference held by Nejat Society in August 2021. \u201cMy brother has been taken as a hostage for 20 years now,\u201d Leila addressed the conference. \u201cMy family and I support the petition made by 42 former members of the group and ask the international community to take the due actions. I hope that we are allowed to visit my brother. Unfortunately, my father, two of my brothers and one of my sisters died while they were looking forward to visiting Habib. This is neither fair nor humanitarian.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Habibollah Qasemi is from Zanjan, Iran. He traveled to Turkey when he was young. He then traveled to Greece seeking a better life in Europe. 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