Massoud Rajavi, the disappeared leader of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), has been accused of widespread sexual abuse of female members within his group, including forced divorces and sexual exploitation.<\/p>\n
There are reports and testimonies that describe a systematic pattern of abuse under Rajavi\u2019s leadership, where women were forced to divorce their husbands and were subjected to sexual submission to Rajavi himself.<\/p>\n
Former female members such as Batoul Soltani, Zahra Moini, have provided testimonies detailing about abuses, including forced sexual acts and manipulation of women into \u201cmarrying\u201d Rajavi.<\/p>\n
Soltani testified in various documentaries and investigative reports that Rajavi had hundreds of \u201cwives\u201d within Camp Ashraf, Iraq, as many as the number of members of the MEK\u2019s so-called Elite Council that consisted only female members.<\/p>\n
The Elite Council is the symbol of women hegemony in the MEK\u2019s system. The Council is a source of pride for the group.
\nAccording to the testimonies of Batoul Soltani and Zahra Moini, Maryam Rajavi, the MEK\u2019s so-called President Elect and Massoud\u2019s wife was involved in facilitating these \u201cmarriages\u201d and threatening women who resisted. Batoul Soltani underwent the forced marriage ceremony called \u201cSalvation Dance\u201d which was actually a nude dancing, wedding party. After dancing nude with Masoud Rajavi, dozens of members of the Elite Council got married to him.<\/p>\n
Additionally, some female defectors like Zahra Mirbagheri and Fereshteh Hedayati stated that at least one hundred of the MEK\u2019s female members underwent forced hysterectomies without consent, which was retrospectively justified as sign of loyalty to the leader.<\/p>\n
These practices were part of a broader \u201cideological revolution\u201d initiated by Rajavi, which included banning marriage, enforcing mandatory \u201ceternal\u201d divorce, and separating children from their parents, often sending them abroad.<\/p>\n
The MEK has consistently denied these allegations attributing them to \u201cmullahs\u2019 propaganda\u201d but it has never explained why its leaders forced their members to divorce their spouses and why Massoud Rajavi married members of the Elite Council.<\/p>\n
Mazda Parsi<\/p>\n
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