Mugshots of the young men accused of involvement with the Siahkal incident were widely published in Iranian newspapers (Wikicommons)
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Twelve)
The security system of the organization in the so-called period of readiness was only appropriate for the calm conditions of the time when SAVAK was not completely aware of the existence and activity of organizations which believed in armed struggle.
Except for a few groups
The Iranian intelligence forces in the southwestern Province of Khuzestan have said in a statement that they have arrested or killed members of a terrorist team in Shush County.
According to a statement by the Public Relations Department of the Vali-e Asr IRGC Base in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, "At 1 AM in the morning of March 26 this year, a terrorist team affiliated with the separatist and terrorist group Harakat al-Nidal, who attacked and shot at military and law enforcement
Iranian Parliament Speaker said that imposition of unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran is the clear example of economic terrorism.
Speaking at the Fourth Conference of the Speakers of the Neighbors of Afghanistan and Turkey under the theme of “Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Ties” on Thursday, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf reiterated that imposition of unilateral sanctions imposed against the Iranian people is the clear example of economic terrorism, so that
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Eleven)
Between 1971 and 1975, more people and groups became acquainted with the organization and its activities. Their external relations also expanded accordingly. During this 4-year period, the organization contacted various political and social groups inside and outside the country and collaborated closely with some of them.
Although the organization severely suffered from the first blows in August and the
Who is a terrorist? These rights activists in Tehran say the West does not have a unified definition of the word terrorism.
A case in point they say is the Syrian conflict, where the US views the terrorists as opposition groups who aim to topple the Assad government. And Hezbollah, which is a popular party in Lebanon, is branded by the US as a terrorist organization.
Having lost over 17,000 people in terror attacks, Iran regards itself [as] a major victim of terrorism. Since Iran's 1979 Islamic
The investigation into the complaints of 42 former members of the Mojahedin Khalq against the senior members of the group has begun. In the first court hearing the petitions of these individuals, part of the physical and mental torture committed by the Mojahedin Khalq was stated.
At the beginning of the hearing, Judge Pourmoridi, while announcing the formality of the hearing, said: The defendants, in this case, are the group of Hypocrites (Mujahedin-e Khalq), Massoud Rajavi, Maryam Rajavi, Mehdi
In response to the recent message of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO)’s leader, in which he ordered the group’s terror cells to initiate widespread assassinations throughout Iran, families of Iranian victims of terrorism have written a letter to the international institutions of the European Union calling for legal proceedings against this terrorist group.
“The families of terror victims in Iran call on all international authorities and institutions in the European Union to, along with
By Reza Alghurabi
Throughout the contemporary history of Iran, numerous militia groups have been formed especially among the left streams, among whose common features are violent and terrorist measures. Although those groups were formed to fight the ruling political system, most of the victims of their operations were civilians. The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, also known as MKO or MEK, is one of the most well-known of these groups that officially launched its militia in the first months of
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), stressed that the Zionist regime was behind the criminal assassination Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and called on the regime to answer for this inhumane crime.
Iran Press/Iran News: "While Iran is strongly committed to pursuing a peaceful nuclear program, another Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated by the Zionist regime," Kazem Gharibabadi said in a virtual meeting of the Board of Governors.
He
Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who served as the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was assassinated in an early January drone strike ordered by former US President Donald Trump. The one-time commander-in-chief claimed the “defensive” strike was conducted in part because the Iranian official was plotting “imminent” attacks against US forces.
A senior Iranian official remarked on Friday that Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq would not have been adequately safe had it not been for the anti-terror
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Turkey on Sunday to take serious measures to prevent terrorist groups from entering Iran.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran summoned the ambassador of Turkey in Tehran over the Turkish interior minister's remarks about the presence of the PKK elements in Iran.
Derya Örs was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convey Iran's protest against the remarks made by the Turkish minister.
In the meeting, the Turkish minister’s remarks were called
Iran’s top security official warns that the “brutal” US air raid against positions of resistance groups on the Iraqi-Syrian border was part of Washington’s attempts to revive “organized terrorism,” emphasizing that Tehran will never allow a resurgence of Takfiri terrorism in the region.
In a meeting with visiting Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Tehran on Saturday, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani denounced the recent measures by the United States
Extremist groups, left-wing and right-wing, jihadists and radicals, are taking advantage of the vulnerability created by the pandemic in Europe to spread their message of hate on social networks and the internet, the chief of the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), Catherine De Bolle, has warned.
In an interview with EURACTIV’s partner EFE, De Bolle stressed that this “radicalisation” on the net could have “an impact after the pandemic” in real life.
“What we can see
A panel of UN rights experts said the Biden administration's current review of the Guantanamo Bay prison facility should address "Kafkaesque" human rights violations against the 40 prisoners currently held there, which the experts said includes torture and ill-treatment.
In a statement on Tuesday, the experts noted that many of the remaining detainees are elderly and vulnerable after suffering from "unending deprivation of freedom and related physical and psychological torture" that has
Iran's Supreme National Security Council Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani stressed that Iran and other counter-terrorism countries will not allow Takfiri terrorism to be revived in the region.
He made the remarks in a Saturday meeting with the visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Tehran.
In this meeting, Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani considered any delay in implementing the law on the expelling of foreign troops from Iraq to the detriment of the region, increasing tensions and escalating the
Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide for International Affairs said that the White House is a hypocrite vis-a-vis terrorism.
In a tweet on Sat., Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrote, “While @JoeBiden boasted abt war agnst terrorism & #ISIS during the campaign, his authorization to strike local anti-ISIS forces shows how @WhiteHouse is hypocrite vis-a-vis terrorism & keeps its friendship w/DAESH.”
“Mask of White House occupants has just changed & nothing more!” he added.
His remarks came
A Notre Dame Law School professor is among the legal experts who condemned U.S. President Joe Biden's bombing of Syria Thursday as a clear violation of international law.
"The United Nations charter makes absolutely clear that the use of military force on the territory of a foreign sovereign state is lawful only in response to an armed attack on the defending state for which the target state is responsible," Mary Ellen O'Connell, a research professor of International Dispute Resolution at the
Two Democratic senators said Friday that the Biden administration must provide Congress with its legal justification for the retaliatory airstrikes it carried out Thursday in Syria allegedly targeting a site used by two Iranian-backed militia groups.
"The American people deserve to hear the administration's rationale for these strikes and its legal justification for acting without coming to Congress," Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.)—who last year put forth an ultimately vetoed War Powers resolution last
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday added his voice to a growing chorus of concern and condemnation after President Joe Biden ordered an attack Thursday on Iran-backed militants in eastern Syria without seeking congressional approval.
In a statement, Sanders (I-Vt.) said he was "very concerned" that the U.S. attack—which according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights killed 22 Iraqi Hezbollah and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces fighters—"puts our country on the path of continuing the Forever
Former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan, who will be remembered by many as a defender of the use of “enhanced interrogation” practices on al-Qaida suspects, has recently grabbed worldwide attention after slamming the November killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh as “a criminal act.”
The ex-CIA director under the Barack Obama administration, John Brennan, said during the interview with Israel’s Haaretz that late Iranian Top General Qasem Soleimani was his