++ Comments this week have mostly concerned the mass transfer of MEK members from Iraq to Albania. The main question for everyone is whether Albania will become the next Camp Ashraf and whether, therefore, Saudi Arabia is capable of becoming the next Saddam? If the answer is no, they\u2019re both in deep shit because the MEK couldn\u2019t achieve its goals even with Saddam\u2019s help.<\/p>\n
++ Other comments have talked about the exodus of disaffected members in Tirana and the breakdown of the MEK\u2019s control over the members. Basically, there is growing chaos inside the MEK as members are constantly finding ways to contact the outside world.<\/p>\n
++ While this is happening, four series of wanted people \u2013 heads of the MEK \u2013 have been transferred out of Iraq using false documents. There is some evidence they are under the protection of Saudi Intelligence. All this has somehow been leaked. The photos, names, pseudonyms and photocopies of the false documents of these individuals have been published in four series. Some of these missing people are the personal assistants (cook, driver, secretary, etc.) and bodyguards of Massoud Rajavi which prompts the question \u2018has Rajavi been transferred to Saudi, Europe or is he dead?\u2019 Whichever is true, this movement means he doesn\u2019t need these people anymore. The main question inside the MEK remains unanswered \u2013 the Saudis say he\u2019s dead, and the MEK \u2013 as the mercenaries of the Saudis \u2013 do not answer.<\/p>\n
++ As usual now the MEK have got stuck with all these problems, the only thing they can do is to attack former members, presumably hoping to divert internal attention away from these questions.<\/p>\n
In English:<\/p>\n
++ Joseph Hammond in The National Interest says that Prince Turki\u2019s speech at the MEK rally demonstrates a new direction for him personally and a new Saudi approach to Iran. Turki used to platform to directly threaten regime change against Iran. The article was more cautious in determining the MEK\u2019s role. \u201cIndeed, the MEK often refers to Rajavi bizarrely as the \u2018president-elect\u2019 of the Iranian Opposition\u2026 The extent to which the MEK maintains intelligence operatives within Iran is unclear. Other than a string of mysterious fires at petrochemical facilities, there is little evidence of an ongoing sabotage campaign. What is clear is a new Saudi willingness to confront what its perceived Iranian threat more directly.\u201d<\/p>\n
++ Iran Didban and the Tehran Times covered the meeting between Mahmoud Abbas and Maryam Rajavi. Both the meeting and the MEK itself were dismissed as insignificant.<\/p>\n
++ Arash Karami, Al Monitor \u2013 an audio file sheds light on 1980s executions in Iran. The article says the audio file sheds light on the Ayatollah Montazeri\u2019s objections to the mass execution of political prisoners toward the end of Ayatollah Khomeini\u2019s life. Many of the political prisoners in Iran at that time were from the MEK.<\/p>\n
++ Mazda Parsi for Nejat Society says \u2018Selling out your country to enemies, the MKO\u2019s full-time job\u2019. The article examines examples of treasonous acts against the Iranian nation by the MEK in the context of the recent execution of Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri for treason.<\/p>\n
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