Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Nine)
It is worth mentioning that after Reza Rezaei was hit, Majid Sharif Vaqhefi entered the centrality of the organization and thus, from the summer of 1973 onwards, central member included Taghi Shahram, Bahram Aram and Majid Sharif Vaghefi.
To the best of the author’s knowledge, all issues introduced in the Green Booklet (i.e., the booklet which was the result of careful analysis and evaluation of the
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Eight)
In the first blow in August and following ones, as we have already mentioned, the vast majority of the leadership elements and members of the organization were arrested. At first, 7 important caderes including Saeid Mohsen, Ali Bakeri, Bahman Bazargani, Mahmoud Askarizadeh, Reza Rezaei, Mohammad Bazargani, and Masoud Rajavi were arrested and from among the central elements, only Mohammad Hanifnejad, Ali
An Iranian Parliament member said that the drug embargo against Iran, which results from the sanctions imposed by Western countries, is one of the examples of terrorism and a clear violation of international laws.
Speaking in an interview with Mehr News Agency, the head of the Iranian Parliament’s Human Rights Faction, Mohammad Sargazi spoke about the impact of the sanctions against Iran in terms of access to essential medicines and medical equipment.
Unfortunately, today, human rights have
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Seven)
In the spring of 1971, the organization decided to conduct its military operations during the 2,500-year celebrations of the Persian Empire i.e., October 1971, during which many foreign guests including various political figures from all over the world would participate.
To supply their needs for weapon, the organization contacted a person named Allah Morad Delfani so that he could procure weapons from
Reports reveal that ten MEK members have died of COVID-19 in Albania since the first week of November. This indicates an outbreak of the coronavirus in Camp Ashraf 3. In 2016, as they were given refuge on humanitarian grounds, the Albanian government gave assurances that the MEK would receive full medical care. Since then, the MEK leaders have imprisoned the members in the closed camp and do not allow Albanian authorities to enter.
From the start of the pandemic, the MEK have refused to
The first issue of The Watchlist, a monthly produced by researchers at Habilian Association (representative of families of the Iranian victims of terrorism), has been released.
The periodical provides the audience with information, reports and documents related to terrorist groups operating in Iran and West Asia region as well as their history in order to raise awareness, and caution the elite against the dangers of terrorism and violent extremism.
important topics mentioned in this issue are
A Chilean analyst of Middle East issues says he believes that the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian nuclear and defense scientist done with full US support attempted to provoke Iran into conflict and instabilit.
Nicola Hadwa said that the other aim of the assassination was to make it hard for the next US government to return to the deal.
Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Deputy Minister of Defense and Head of the Research and Innovation Organization of the Ministry of Defense of Iran, who was
In a letter to IAEA Director-General, Iran's Permanent Representative to International Organizations called for clear and unconditional condemnation of the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
Kazem Gharibabadi sent a letter to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi, saying, "This letter is about the cowardly terrorist act and brutal assassination of Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a prominent physicist scientist of the Islamic Republic of
Calling on international community to react to the killing of the elite, Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva said that the assassination of Fakhrizadeh is a clear example of warmongering state terrorism.
In a letter to the World Health Organization (WTO) Managing-Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday, Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh stressed the need for the international community to react decisively to the killing of the elite.
Outlining the services the martyred
Ali Bagheri-Kani called for UN condemnation of Fakhrizadeh assassination as a 'terrorist act', urging the body just for once, deal with terrorism in Iran, as it does in other countries such as France and Austria.
In separate letters to the UN Secretary-General and chief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR), Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights Ali Bagheri-Kani said that inaction against this criminal act will only give rise to speculations about
In reaction to the baseless remarks of Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that every terrorist group in our region has graduated from Saudi-funded Madrassas.
In a tweet on Thursday, Saeed Khatibzadeh wrote, "For decades, Wahabism—nurtured by colonial powers—has been *the* source of bigotry, hatred & terrorism in our region — and beyond."
"Fact: Every terrorist group in our region has graduated from Saudi-funded Madrassas," he added.
"No amount
Chairman of Russian Duma's International Affairs Committee called assassination of nuclear and defense scientist ‘Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’ as example of state terrorism.
Speaking in his meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation Kazem Jalali on Wed., Konstantin Kasachov called on Tehran to start an investigation to prove the involvement of foreign forces in the terror attack on ‘Fakhrizadeh’.
He expressed condolences to the Iranian nation on the assassination of nuclear scientist
IRGC's Hamzeh Seyyed al-Shohada headquarters announced that its forces have arrested 3 terrorist elements in Northwest Iran.
In a statement on Wednesday, IRGC's Hamzeh Seyyed al-Shohada headquarters announced that its forces have captured 3 terrorist elements in West Azerbaijan province.
The statement added that the elements intended to launch a terrorist attack in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Large quantities of weapons, ammunition, and communication equipment have also been seized by the
Leader of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) slamed the assassination of Iranian prominent nuclear and defense scientist ‘Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’ and termed it as a heinous crime.
Speaking in a weekly session of MHP in Turkish Parliament on Tue., Devlet Bahçeli reiterated that terror attack on Iranian scientist ‘Fakhrizadeh’ was a heinous crime.
"The assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Nov. 27 in a gun attack in Tehran was a grave murder, no different from the
The assassination of prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh goes against international law and norms, China Daily said in an editorial on Sunday.
“The assassination not only raises serious questions about the moral standing of the perpetrators. It is against international laws and norms and thus criminal. That may partly be why nobody has claimed responsibility for it,” the newspaper said, adding that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has talked about “serious
Turkey describes killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh as ‘act of terrorism’ while the EU calls it ‘criminal’ and urges ‘maximum restraint’.
A high-ranking Iranian nuclear physicist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated in an ambush near Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Friday.
Fakhrizadeh was shot “by terrorists” in his vehicle in Absard, a suburb in eastern Tehran, later succumbing to his wounds in what was described as a “martyr’s death”, according to Iran’s foreign ministry.
There has been no claim of
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the international community should condemn state terrorism and build a consensus to counter tension and adventurism in the region.
Zarif made the remarks in a Saturday tweet in the Chinese language in another reaction to the assassination of prominent Iranian nuclear scientist and researcher Mohsen Fakhrizadeh by suspected Israel-tied terrorists near the capital Tehran.
Fakhrizadeh, who headed the Iranian Defense Ministry’s Organization of
As the world reacts to the assassination of yet another Iranian nuclear scientist, analysts point to the deafening silence of the U.S. Democrats, who have largely stopped short of denouncing the deadly attack on the prominent Iranian scientist Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
On Friday at 14:30, a sound of explosion rocked the small Absard city of Damavand County, about 40 kilometers northeast of the capital Tehran. A Nissan Junior pickup truck packed with highly explosive materials exploded as the
Brad Sherman, a 66-year-old lawmaker from California, is the most senior candidate. He also happens to be the most traditional. Sherman supported the US-led invasion of Iraq, stood firmly against Obama's Iran nuclear deal and encouraged moving the US embassy to Jerusalem.
The congressman was first elected to the House in 1996 and has rarely strayed away from the bipartisan consensus on hawkish foreign policy. In 2002, he called for passing the resolution authorising the war in Iraq with an
Venezuelan Foreign Ministry in a statement condemned assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the head of Research and Innovation Organization of Iran Ministry of Defense, calling on the UN member states to respect international law, peace and security.
Caracas voiced its sincere sympathy to Iranian nation and government regarding such unfair act.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza also in a Twitter message condoled with Iranians over the sad occasion.
Venezuelan Government seriously condemned