{"id":2346,"date":"2009-03-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/2009\/03\/07\/mko-still-being-monitored-by-germany\/"},"modified":"2021-01-21T18:59:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:29:39","slug":"mko-still-being-monitored-by-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/2346","title":{"rendered":"MKO still being monitored by Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: '\">Iran: Boroujerdi warns EU of downplaying MKO and Pejak terror threats<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: '\">The Chairman of the Foreign Policy and National Security Commission of Majlis <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/st.nejatngo.org\/Image\/Politician\/Boroujerdi\/Boroujerdi.jpg\"alt=\"Boroujerdi warns EU of downplaying MKO and Pejak terror threats\"align=\"right\"hspace=\"10\"vspace=\"10\"\/>Alaeddin Boroujerdi warned the European Union of downplaying the terror threat of group like MKO and Pejak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: '\">Meeting with Klaus-Dieter Fritsche, the top intelligence coordinator of the German chancellery in Berlin on Thursday, Boroujerdi said Germany and the EU had to have a realistic approach towards terrorist groups like MKO and Pejak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: '\">Although the EU has removed the name of MKO from its terror list, the notorious MKO terror group is still being monitored by Germany&#8217;s domestic Verfassungsschutz intelligence agency, a high-level German government official, requesting anonymity told IRNA recently in Berlin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: '\">&#8220;Just because the EU has lifted the ban, it does not mean that we don&#8217;t have our own national security considerations,&#8221;the official said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: '\">&#8220;For instance, parts of the German Left party are being subjected to surveillance by the Verfassungsschutz although they are not blacklisted by the EU,&#8221;he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: '\">The official made clear that Germany&#8217;s federal secret service and its state branches will continue the MKO observation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: '\">Each German state has also its own Verfassungsschutz intelligence apparatus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: '\">The MKO has been involved in the mass murders of thousands of innocent Iranians over the past 30 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: '\">Furthermore, the Israeli-backed MKO terror group has also collaborated with the former Saddam regime, in brutally massacring tens of thousands of Iraq Kurds and Shias.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the EU has removed the name of MKO from its terror list, the notorious MKO terror group is still being monitored by Germany&#8217;s domestic Verfassungsschutz intelligence agency, a high-level German government official, requesting anonymity told IRNA recently in Berlin&#8230;The MKO has been involved in the mass murders of thousands of innocent Iranians over the past 30 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