{"id":13900,"date":"2022-03-13T09:41:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T06:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/?p=13900"},"modified":"2022-03-13T09:41:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T06:11:44","slug":"refused-to-have-sex-with-the-mek-leader-they-killed-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/13900","title":{"rendered":"Refused to have sex with the MEK leader – They killed her"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minoo Fathali was killed by the MEK leaders because she did not want to sleep with the leader of the Mujahedin Khalq (MEK\/ MKO\/ PMOI\/ Cult of Rajavi), Massoud Rajavi.<\/p>\n

Minoo was a member of the MEK since her teen years. She joined the group at Camp Ashraf and soon she was elevated in the group\u2019s hierarchy and became a member of the MEK\u2019s Elite Council. In 1993 when Massoud Rajavi ordered Maryam Rajavi to go from Iraq to Europe, Minoo was one of the female members to accompany Maryam.<\/p>\n

\"Minoo

Minoo Fathali<\/p><\/div>\n

In Europe, Minoo\u2019s duty was raising funds for the MEK through charity activities for the so-called orphans of Iran. She had to serv the MEK fourteen hours a day in order to raise funds from European citizens. In 1998 she was ordered to get back to the group\u2019s headquarters in Iraq. As she was a member of the Elite Council, she was expected to attend the special meetings for nude dancing of female members of the council before the eyes Massoud Rajavi. The meetings were named \u201cSalvation Dance\u201d which was first revealed by a female defector of the MEK, Batul Soltani. \u201cWeeping tears, Minoo left the hall of Salvation Dance,\u201d Batul writes in her testimonies. \u201cThis was the start of her dissent against the Cult of Rajavi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Female commanders including Giti Givechi and Faeze Mohabatkar, tried to convince Minoo to get back to the hall. \u201cMaryam Rajavi came to them too,\u201d Batul writes. \u201cShe tried to coerce Minoo by saying \u2018You should take of your clothes of infidelity and hypocrisy and dive into the pool to unite with Massoud.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Batoul

Batoul Soltani<\/p><\/div>\n

Batul recalls that Minoo was always reluctant to join Salvation Dance meetings. Minoo told Maryam Rajavi that she hated to get naked and dance in front of Massoud but she was still under pressure by the cult authorities to take part in the meetings. She was accused of being the agent of the Iranian government. Her organizational ranking was dropped.<\/p>\n

Batul and Minoo were friends. They used to open up for each other secretly but after Minoo started to speak out her dissent the commanders changed her unit of serving so Batul could not see her regularly until the day she saw her in Camp Bagherzadeh. \u201cShe looked very desperate and frustrated,\u201d Batul writes. \u201cShe told me \u2018They have given me a hard time. I don\u2019t want to have sex with Massoud but they want to force me to do so\u2019.\u201d Batul had no way to help her except praying for her. Batul herself was a victim; she had been already forced to sleep with Massoud.<\/p>\n

In 2001, Minoo escaped the group with the help of one of the male members of the group. \u201cWe were suddenly summoned to a special meeting,\u201d Batul says. \u201cMassoud was shouting at female commanders who were crying \u2018traitor should be shot dead\u2019.\u201d The horrific meeting lasted until the next morning!<\/p>\n

Thirty to forty patrol teams of the MEK, escorted by Iraqi forces were mobilized to find Minoo and the man. Finally, they arrested them in a park in Baghdad. Zohreh Shafai was the commander of the patrol teams. In the following meeting, she reported to Massoud Rajavi about the way they found Minoo. \u201cYou were authorized to shoot her. Why didn\u2019t you shoot her?\u201d Massoud asked Zohreh.<\/p>\n

\"Maryam

Maryam Sanjabi<\/p><\/div>\n

Maryam Sanjabi another female defector of the Cult of Rajavi has testified about the fate of Minoo Fathali too. She states, \u201cI remember Mahvash Sepehri [or Nasrin, a female commander of the group] in a meeting saying that Minoo should have been killed because she was one of the women of Massoud who tried to escape the group and could have revealed the secrets of the Elite Council.\u201d Since then, Minoo was imprisoned in the jails of Camp Ashraf, called Bengal. \u201cWe did not see Minoo anymore, \u201cBatoul says.<\/p>\n

In 2003, the US forces invaded Iraq. The MEK announced that Minoo was killed by American bombs. \u201cWhen the war was over, we were shocked to see Minoo\u2019s grave in the cemetery of Camp Ashraf,\u201d Batul writes.
\nAbout the MEK\u2019s claim that Minoo was killed by the coalition forces, Maryam Sanjabi argues, \u201cCamp Ashraf had not been bombarded before they announced the death of Minoo. Most of the places were evacuated at Camp Ashraf. No body was killed in the bombings. The dead body of Minoo was not seen by anybody. Basically, all members knew that the death penalty had been issued for Minoo by the cult\u2019s leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is worth to note that nude dancing by female members of the Elite Council was a precondition to get married with Massoud Rajavi. The chosen members were made marry the cult leader all together. They were then called to sleep with him from time to time. Massoud Rajavi practiced polygamy while all members of his called had to divorce their spouses and to engage in a mandatory celibacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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