{"id":2590,"date":"2009-07-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/2009\/07\/21\/mko-plot-to-assassinate-irans-defeated-presidential-candidates-foiled\/"},"modified":"2021-01-21T19:00:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:30:57","slug":"mko-plot-to-assassinate-irans-defeated-presidential-candidates-foiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/2590","title":{"rendered":"MKO plot to assassinate Iran&#8217;s defeated presidential candidates foiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The five Washington backed Mojahedin Khalq hit squads came from Ashraf base in Iraq<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/st.nejatngo.org\/Image\/Politician\/Iran\/Karubi_Musavi.jpg\"alt=\"MKO plot to assassinate Mousavi, Karroubi foiled\"hspace=\"10\"vspace=\"10\"\/><br \/>\nMir-Hossein Mousavi (L) and Mehdi Karroubi<br \/>\nIran&#8217;s security services have foiled an attempt by terrorists to assassinate defeated presidential candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, a report says.<\/p>\n<p>Jahan News quoted an unnamed source that five hit squads, had entered Iran as part of a concerted effort with the aim of assassinating the two opposition figures.<\/p>\n<p>In the event, the report says, \u201cwith the vigilance of the intelligence and security bodies,\u201d these plans were foiled when four of the hit-squads were arrested and one fled.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the would-be assassins were from the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) and had entered the country from the southwestern province of Khuzestan, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>They were reported to have received training at the MKO-run Camp Ashraf in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>The main intention of the operation was to attribute the assassination of Mousavi and Karroubi to the Iranian government, the report added.<\/p>\n<p>The report notes that in the run-up to the June 12 presidential election, \u201ca number of anti-revolutionary groups had intended to carry out a similar plan by placing a bomb in the aircraft carrying [former President] Seyyed Mohammad Khatami, which was foiled by the flight security forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jahan News did not reveal the identities or genders of the terrorist detainees, or whether the assassination plan was foiled before or after the election.<\/p>\n<p>The MKO, a terrorist group on the proscribed lists in Iran, Iraq, USA and Canada, was housed, funded and armed by the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in return for attacks against Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;. According to the report, the would-be assassins were from the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO\/MEK\/PMOI) and had entered the country from the southwestern province of Khuzestan, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. They were reported to have received training at the MKO-run Camp Ashraf in Iraq. 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