{"id":14728,"date":"2023-01-08T14:40:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/?p=14728"},"modified":"2023-01-08T14:40:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:10:04","slug":"sadollah-seifi-to-protest-detention-of-asila-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/14728","title":{"rendered":"Sadollah Seifi to protest detention of ASILA members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sadollah Seifi, former member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq declared his protest against detention of members of the Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA).<\/p>\n<p>Sadollah Seifi who was taken as a hostage in the MEK for 24 years, since his teen years. He was in the group\u2019s camps in both Iraq and Albania. He could manage to escape the group in Albania and eventually he succeeded to return to Iran, in 2018.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14729\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14729\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seifi-Saadollah.jpg\" alt=\"Saadollah Seifi\" width=\"700\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seifi-Saadollah.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seifi-Saadollah-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seifi-Saadollah-585x352.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saadollah Seifi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After his defection from the group, he resided in Albania for a while and he was under threats made by the MEK agents there. So, he is well awareS about the MEK tactics to irritate the defectors. \u201cThe MEK always try to push former members into troubles because it is against freedom and living independently,\u201d he said in a visit to Nejat Society Alborz office. \u201cI was several times beaten and threatened to death by the MEK agents, in public places of Tirana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seifi believes that the illegal detention of ASILA members is part of the MEK\u2019s plots against defectors including ASILA members. \u201cLike other conspiracies built by the MEK, this is the outcome of large amounts of bribes it pays Albanian authorities,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the past the MEK would report false accusations such as drug or human smuggling and robbery against defectors to prevent them from revealing facts on the true nature of the group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sadollah Seifi who has witnessed MEK\u2019s prisons and torture cells in its camps in Iraq and Albania, says, \u201cI declare my protest against illegal detention of my friends and I pursue my complaint in international human rights bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadollah Seifi, former member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq declared his protest against detention of members of the Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA). 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