{"id":14898,"date":"2023-05-01T13:49:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T10:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/?p=14898"},"modified":"2023-05-01T13:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T10:19:41","slug":"amin-asadan-24-years-of-imprisonment-in-the-mek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/14898","title":{"rendered":"Amin Asadan, 24 years of imprisonment in the MEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amin Asadan was a young guy from North of Iran who was kidnapped by the agents of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK\/ PMOI) . Amin is one of the hundreds young men who were taken as hostages by the MEK recruiters in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Amin has not been allowed to contact and visit his family during the 24 years of membership (in better words, imprisonment) in Massoud Rajavi\u2019s cult of personality. He has been deprived from access to the outside world in both headquarters of the group in Iraq and Albania.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14899\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14899\" class=\"wp-image-14899 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asadan_Mom.jpg\" alt=\"the mother of Amin Asadan\" width=\"500\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asadan_Mom.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asadan_Mom-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mother of Amin Asadan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back in Iran, Amin Asadan\u2019s family took actions in order to visit their beloved son but they did not succeed. \u201cAmin was such a passionate young hardworking man seeking an ethical life,\u201d Amin\u2019s brother, Amir Asadan says. \u201cIn the early 2000s, he went to Turkey in order to find a better job. The whole family were happy with his decision, but we did not know that he would be a victim of Rajavi\u2019s mafia. They had deceived him to join the MEK in Iraq under the promise of transferring him to Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14900 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asadan_Rajabzade.jpg\" alt=\"the family of Amin Asadan; MEK cult hostage\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asadan_Rajabzade.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asadan_Rajabzade-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was the U-turn in Amin\u2019s life. The start of a long-term separation from his family. \u201cHe has been taken as a hostage by Rajavi and he has not contacted us for 24 years,\u201d his brother adds.<\/p>\n<p>Amin\u2019s mother sends a message to his beloved son in the hope that he will see it sometime:<br \/>\nDear Amin. I miss you a lot. I am looking forward to your return. Yor father passed away and let me alone over a decade ago. My only hope is that you get back home before I die.<br \/>\nMy beloved Amin. I need to have you more than any time. I insist you to call me, to return home so that I could hug you, kiss you and live by your side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amin Asadan was a young guy from North of Iran who was kidnapped by the agents of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK\/ PMOI) . 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