The mysterious killings at Camp Ashraf were considered by Maryam Rajavi \u201can instance of crimes against humanity\u201d.\u00a0 How about other instances of crimes against humanity? The residents of the MKO Camps have already been objected to criminal acts. Their most basic human rights have been violated by the group leaders for at least 3 decades. In July 2013, the former UN envoy in Iraq Martin Kobler told, the Security Council of the UN, \u201cOf increasing concern are the human rights abuses in Camp Hurriyah itself by the Camp leadership\u201d. He added,”Hundreds of daily monitoring reports suggest that the lives of Camp Hurriyah members are tightly controlled.” [2]<\/p>\n
Because of such eye-opening assertions by Mr. Kobler, he was always labeled by the MKO propaganda as the Islamic Republic’s agent although his allegations were previously affirmed by Human Rights Watch<\/a>, the US Department of State <\/a>and the RAND institute<\/a>. Mr. Kobler notified, \u201ca significant number of residents have reported to the UN monitors that they are not free to leave the Camp, to participate in the resettlement process offered by UNHCR, to contact family members outside Iraq, or to have contact with other relatives even within the Camp itself.\u201d[3] The killed Ashraf residents had been deprived from a normal free life, by their leaders. They were indoctrinated by their leaders to defend their”home of 20 years\u201d, Camp Ashraf, to the death. They were promised \u201cMartyrdom”and the \u201cHeaven\u201cby the cult leaders.”So let us say to the Martyrs of the Ashraf massacre that you stand at the zenith of the PMOI\u2019s path and traditions\u201d, said Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the cult, at \u201cthe ceremony for 52 martyrs of Ashraf\u201d. She called massacred ones,\u201dthe generation of Massoud, with their unshakable spirit and triumphant fate.\u201d!<\/p>\n After the resettlement of the 42 survivors of Ashraf incidents in Camp Liberty, the UN new envoy in Iraq, Gyorgy Basztin told the Associated Press that \u201cWhat happened at Camp Ashraf on the first of September is a game changer.”He warned third countries,”It should be a wake-up call to all countries who are in a position to help to come forward. Resettlement is the ultimate guarantee of their security.\u201d[4] However, UN officials say that resettlement process have been slow because many residents have been uncooperative with the process, complicating the relocation efforts, according to the AP. [5]<\/p>\n Seeking benefits from \u201cresults of these martyrdoms and the heroic epics in Ashraf\u201d \u2013 according to Maryam Rajavi\u2019s passionate speech \u2013 she salutes \u201cmothers and families\u201d of the assassinated members of her cult of personality. Nonetheless, the mothers and families of these members had no news of their loved ones for many years. Now that their children have been killed, they are saluted and congratulated on the martyrdom of their heroes!<\/p>\n As a matter of fact, the assassination of 52 Ashraf residents seems very unclear. The only films and photos of the incident were released by the MKO. There are no films or photos of how these people were killed. Tasnim News Agency quoted from an Iraqi official that the released videos of recent clashes in the MKO\u2019s training camp reveal that \u201cmost of dead were actually killed by their own fellows at the Camp.\u201d[6]<\/p>\n In the group\u2019s footage of the incident, at least in two cases, the injured ones are wounded in arm or shoulder but in other photos you see the same people shot in the heads. The Iraqi sources told Tasnim,\u201d Given its track record in liquidating certain members, MKO took advantage of the incident for more bloodshed and killed its members for propaganda purposes and to play the victims.\u201d[7]<\/p>\n While the MKO accuses Iraqi security forces of carrying out the killings, Baghdad denies involvement with officials saying an internal dispute was to blame, reported the Associated Press. [8]<\/p>\n What happened to the seven allegedly missing residents?<\/p>\n The MKO propaganda claims that they were taken as hostages by Iraqi security forces. \u201cIraqi Human Rights Minister Mohammad Shiyaa al\u2013Sudani and Georges Bakoos, who oversees the MEK issue for the Iraqi government, both denied Friday that the seven said to be missing are in Iraqi custody,\u201d reported the AP. \u201dBusztin, the UN official, had no information on their whereabouts.\u201d[9]<\/p>\n Massoud Khodabande, former MKO member and a member of Terrorism Research Centre , asserts ,\u201dThere is strong evidence that the aim of the attack on Camp Ashraf was to capture or kill Massoud Rajavi \u00a0on the understanding he has been in hiding there.\u201d<\/p>\n Khodabandeh clarifies that the seven missing people have been identified as Rajavi\u2019s close inner circle. So they”have been part of a pre-planned maneuver to rescue him in the event of such an attack,\u201d he concludes.”The other members have been there to resist any incursion to allow Rajavi and his protectors\u2019 time to run away.\u201d[10]<\/p>\n Besides, the attack on Camp Ashraf had been predicted by the group\u2019s propaganda websites. If they really knew about such an attack, why didn\u2019t they evacuate the Camp?<\/p>\n By Mazda Parsi, September18, 2013<\/p>\n Sources:<\/p>\n [1] Schreck, Adam, UN envoy in Iraq urges countries to accept Iranian dissidents, The Associated Press, September13, 2013<\/p>\n [2] Charbonneau, Louis, UN envoy accuses Iran group\u2019s leaders in Iraq of rights abuse, Reuters, July16, 2013<\/p>\n [3] ibid<\/p>\n [4] Schreck, Adam, UN envoy in Iraq urges countries to accept Iranian dissidents, The Associated Press, September13, 2013<\/p>\n [5] ibid<\/p>\n [6] https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/5387<\/p>\n [7] ibid<\/p>\n [8] Schreck, Adam, UN envoy in Iraq urges countries to accept Iranian dissidents, The Associated Press, September13, 2013<\/p>\n [9] ibid<\/p>\n [10] https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/5388<\/p>\n *Quotes extracted from Maryam Rajavi\u2019s speech, published on the MKO\u2019s website \u00a0– \u00a0Nejat bloggers are either former MKO members or have a family member who is currently held in Camp Ashraf. They have suffered deeply because of Massoud Rajavi\u2019s crimes. While the Nejat Bloggers recognize that citing sources of information is essential ,we, as a society feel so strongly against the MKO that we have agreed to not include the group\u2019s websites or links in our articles because we consider it as kind of publicity for the cult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seeking benefits from \u201cresults of these martyrdoms and the heroic epics in Ashraf\u201d \u2013 according to Maryam Rajavi\u2019s passionate speech \u2013 she salutes \u201cmothers and families\u201d of the assassinated members of her cult of personality. 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