{"id":8579,"date":"2018-07-26T14:22:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T09:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/?p=8579"},"modified":"2021-01-21T19:25:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:55:59","slug":"mek-doesnt-look-like-a-legitimate-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/8579","title":{"rendered":"MEK doesn\u2019t look like a legitimate group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin and national director Ariel Gold dropped in on MEK members in their Washington office, trying to meet with their officials.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Safavi, a senior member of MEK, surprised by the unexpected visit, did not let them in the office, saying, \u201cgo to our website\u201d. He went onto say that they were \u201cnot allowed to film this\u201d or \u201cI will call the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-8579-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/dlb.nejatngo.org\/Media\/Interview\/Safavi_CODEPINK.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dlb.nejatngo.org\/Media\/Interview\/Safavi_CODEPINK.mp4\">https:\/\/dlb.nejatngo.org\/Media\/Interview\/Safavi_CODEPINK.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Benjamin said, \u201cI think this organization is very secretive. This is the organization that John Bolton gets $ 180K from for speaking engagements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cIt\u2019s the organization that Rudy Giuliani loves and says next year in Tehran. But they don\u2019t even answer our e-mails and phone calls or agree to meet with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t even give us a booklet explaining what their organization is about. So it\u2019s very fishy.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t look like a legitimate group to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CODEPINK Co-Founder Medea Benjamin and National Director Ariel Gold tried to meet with officials from the The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran office in D.C. As you can see, they were not receptive. Bolton wants to attack Iran &amp; put these folks in power? It\u2019s a repeat of the Iraqi National Congress debacle after the US invaded Iraq! 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Join us! <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codepink.org\"><em>http:\/\/www.codepink.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin and national director Ariel Gold dropped in on MEK members in their Washington office, trying to meet with their officials. 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