{"id":1381,"date":"2007-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/2007\/07\/10\/mko-supporter-mocked-in-uk-parliament\/"},"modified":"2021-01-21T18:53:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:23:50","slug":"mko-supporter-mocked-in-uk-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/1381","title":{"rendered":"MKO Supporter Mocked in UK Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'\"><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'\">A Lord Member of Parliament in Britain, who called on all western countries to provide their all-out support for the terrorist organization of Mojahedin-e khalq to topple the Iranian regime, was mocked by other MPs. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'\">According to IRNA&#8217;s correspondent from UK Parliament, Lord Archer was grilled on the issue of Iran by the members of the House of Common&#8217;s Commission of Foreign Relations. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'\">Lord Archer, 70, is one of the major well-known supporters of the MKO in the UK. &quot;I have no documents indicating that MKO is involved in violent terrorist activities and I believe it&#8217;s the work of Iranian regime&#8217;s propaganda,&quot; he said. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'\">What caused the laughter of MPs and others in the parliament was the following comment by Archer: &quot;I really don&#8217;t know the reason of Iraqi&#8217;s enmity with the MKO and I couldn&#8217;t find a reason for that!&quot; <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'\">This supporter of MKO said &quot;MKO&#8217;s cooperation with Saddam&#8217;s regime in suppressing Iraqi Kurds&quot; was an unproved claim and &quot;a rumor by the MKO&#8217;s enemies&quot;! <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'\">He also claimed that &quot;in a historical move, more than 5 million Iraqis signed a petition in favor of MKO against the Islamic Republic!&quot;, which was also mocked by the MPs. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'\">In an odd response, he said: &quot;Iraqi government stands the presence of MKO in Iraq&quot;! <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'\">In the end, he inevitably admitted that most of his intelligence on Iran comes from MKO sources. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'\">IRNA, June 8, 2007 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Lord Member of Parliament in Britain, who called on all western countries to provide their all-out support for the terrorist organization of Mojahedin-e khalq to topple the Iranian regime, was mocked by other MPs.  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