An independent researcher and political analyst has said the Mujahedin-e Khalq organization (MKO, a.k.a. MEK and PMOI) has turned down the Albania’s asylum offer to keep its strength in numbers and hold over rank and files.
“It is not only the US that is plagued by lobbies. Many high ranking politicians and MPs are under the influence of the pro-Israel lobby who currently support the MEK - and have been doing for many years,” Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich said during an
Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi has called for the immediate expulsion of Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorists from Iraq.
“Based on the arrangements made the MKO must leave Iraqi soil as quickly as possible,” Moslehi was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
MKO terrorists, blamed for the assassination of many Iranian people and officials after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, fled to Iraq in the 1980s where they enjoyed the support of former Iraqi dictator Saddam
Name: Ramezan-Ali Ramezani
Date of birth: 1949
Date of Martyrdom: January 26, 1982
Place of Martyrdom: Amol
Born in a religious family in the town of Amol in 1949, Ramazan-Ali Ramezani was deprived from school due to his parents’ critical economic condition.
Therefore he had to work hard to make money to help his family. Ramazan-Ali started working as a carpenter and after a few years he was developed as a skilled and talented craftsman.
During the Islamic Revolution Ramezani always
Alireza partook in the fight against anti-revolution groups in Amol jungles during the early years of Islamic Revolution, where he was killed by the anti-revolutionary groups.
Alireza Qasemnejad was born in 1962 in Rashkola village in northern Mazandaran province. As the only child in his household, Alireza was actively involved in the anti-Shah rallies and other Islamic religious ceremonies.
He also partook in the fight against anti-revolution groups in Amol jungles during the
The United States has welcomed an offer from the NATO member Albania to grant asylum to members of the anti-Iranian terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).
State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland on Monday thanked Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha for his "humanitarian gesture” and called on the MKO to accept Tirana’s "generous” offer immediately.
Berisha announced the decision in a statement on Saturday, saying the Albanian government is ready to
An analyst says the de-listed terrorist group the MKO is now free from Camp liberty in Iraq to roam the world gathering funds and to be utilized by the US and Israel.
In the background of this Albania has said it is ready to take in some 200 members of the MKO or MEK (Mojahedin-e-Khalq) organization currently residing in US Camp Liberty in Iraq after the Iraqi government requested strongly that the US find another place for them. Albania claims it has accepted the MKO group on
The Albania’s offer of asylum to 210 members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq organization (MEK, a.k.a. MKO and PMOI) residing temporarily in Camp Liberty near International Baghdad Airport was met with the hasty rebuff by the terrorist group, which minds about the dismantling and weakening of its structure.
According to a report by Habilian Association, MKO’s spokesperson in Paris told Associated Press on Saturday that his group “could not accept an offer of asylum for only a small
‘In the terms of the ‘Second Ideological Revolution’, children had to be separated from their families and sent abroad. Rajavi made sure personally that this order was carried out case by case, finding militants or family members living in Europe or the United States who could take the children in.
Deconstructing the Family
Of course, the PMOI defended itself. The impact of these statements on its internal practices on international public opinion created a very negative
Name: Hasan Askari
Date of Birth: 1943
Place of Birth: Lasht-e Nesha
Date of Martyrdom: August 26, 1981
Place of Martyrdom: Kachesfahan
Marital Status: Married (father of a child)
Hasan Askari was born in 1943 in Lasht-e Nesha district in northern Gilan province. He completed his primary studies in his birthplace and then moved to Astaneh Ashrafiyeh to study in Seminary. Then he went to Qom to further his religious studies in Qom hawza. There he attended the teaching sessions of great
Today after the U-Turn shifting in the MKO’s principles, the group leaders deny their involvement in the assassination of US citizens, claiming that the killings were carried out by another splinter of the group.
During the 1960s, various armed radical movements emerged across the world. Under the great impact of Che Guevara, Fidel Castro and other anti-imperialist figures and movements, the six Iranian university students including Mohammad Hanifnejad, Said Mohsen and
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has censured the killings of Shia Muslims in Pakistan.
Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a statement published on the Iranian president’s official website on Sunday.
Ahmadinejad said those behind the killings “have no goals except to create a gap among Islamic sects.”
The Iranian president also expressed his condolences for the killings, and called on the Pakistani authorities to find those responsible for the attacks.
Earlier in the day, a
Iranian lawmakers have condemned the ongoing killings of Shia Muslims in Pakistan, holding the enemies of Islam responsible for the violence against Pakistani Shias.
A total of 234 members of Iran Majlis (parliament), in a statement released on Sunday, censured the targeted killing of Pakistani Shias.
“The repeated brutal slaying of innocent Pakistani Shias is undoubtedly a plot hatched by the enemies of Islam -- particularly the US, Britain and their regional accomplices -- and
The spokesman of Iranian foreign ministry reacting at the proposal given by Belgium about accommodating the MKO members said that we advise European countries to seriously tackle terrorism and remain committed to their commitments in this regard.
Shabestan news agency reported that Ramin Mehman Parasat the spokesman of Iranian foreign ministry, while replying to a question asked by the reporter of Shabestan that is based upon the reaction of Iran over the plan proposal by
The following photos are the last photos of martyr Hossein Qoddusi, before he was died in Karbala due to his injuries during a suicide attack in the Iraqi city.
Iranian cleric, Hojjatol-Islam Hossein Qoddusi, was wounded in the holy city of Karbala in March 3, 2013, when a suicide bomber blew himself up in an area between major holy shrines in the Iraqi holy city. He was rushed to hospital, but died of his severe injuries.
The suicide bomber, identified as an engineer who
Iran has utilized its newly developed drone capability to execute three members of the Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MEK), aka the People's Mujahideen of Iran, a terrorist organization responsible for killing and injuring many hundreds of Iranians, including Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan and four other civilian university professors and scientists.
"This just in: Iran has utilized its newly developed drone capability to execute three members of the Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MEK), aka the People's
“Iraqi people do have a dark memory of Mujahedin-e Khalq organization (MKO, a.k.a. MEK and PMOI), and the decision for their expulsion is a key and national decision,” said an Iraqi Kurdish member of parliament.
According to Habilian Association, Parizad Shaban was quoted by Ashraf News as saying that the hands of the Mujahedin-e Khalq organization (MEK, a.k.a. MKO and PMOI) are “smeared with the blood of people of southern and northern Iraq,” and the wounds of these people
A suicide bomber blew himself up yesterday in an area between major holy shrines in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, killing at least 2 and wounding some 10 people.
The suicide bomber, identified as an engineer infiltrated into the bridge construction company working in the area, detonated his explosives yesterday noon between the holy shrine of Imam Hossein and Hazrat Abbas among a crowd of Shia pilgrims, Habilian Association reported.
The Security sources added that all the
Senior United Nations officials on Friday stressed the need to redouble efforts to resettle residents of a camp of an anti-Iranian terrorist organization near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, which was the scene of recent attacks, and to find durable solutions for them outside of Iraq, according to UN News Centre.
Camp Liberty, which houses more than 3,000 exiles, most of them members of a group known as the Mojahedin Khalq, was attacked on February 9 while most of the residents
Name: Hossein Mottaqi
Date of Birth: May 8, 1968
Place of Birth: Vishka village, Rasht
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: July 1, 1987
Born and raised on the family farm in Vishka village in northern Rasht province, Hossein Mottaqi helped his father with farming. He spent his school years and received his diploma in his birthplace.
Despite his young age, the affable and good-tempered Hossein involved in the revolutionary and anti-Shah activities along with his family members. After the
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has warned against the spread of terrorism in the region, calling for enhanced relations among Iran, India and Russia to counter the ominous phenomenon.
“US forces are leaving Afghanistan while terrorism rages on there and this situation requires a greater effort by Iran, India and Russia,” Larijani said in a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Larijani said Iran and India share a common stance