One of the arrested members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MEK) in the 1980s has confessed that members of the organization were ordered to burn down the homes of assassination victims and the bodies of martyrs following each killing—in order to spread terror and panic in society and force people to join their ranks.
The terrorist MEK organization, during the 1980s, recorded heinous crimes in the history of this land—crimes that were perpetrated after the organization grew disillusioned with its activities against the sacred Islamic Republic system through the "political phase." The MEK then entered a "military phase" and, in this context, implemented three stages: Stage One—"Assassination of high-ranking state officials"; Stage Two—"Destruction of the country's military apparatus"; and Stage Three—"Liberation and preparation for an all-out uprising."
After assassinating a number of high-ranking officials—including the martyred Beheshti, Rajai, and Bahonar—the MEK terrorists, aiming to execute the second stage of their military plan (the destruction of the country's military apparatus), proceeded to target Revolutionary Guards, Basij members, Islamic Revolution Committee forces, Islamic associations, the Reconstruction Crusade, and social institutions. They also placed ordinary people on their hit list. In this vein, they martyred every individual and institution that, in any capacity—armed or unarmed, political or economic—supported the Islamic Revolution, even those who displayed a Hezbollahi appearance or had a portrait of Imam Khomeini in their shops.
The document you are about to see contains the confessions of one detained MEK member, Hossein Sheikholhokama, who explicitly stated that MEK members were ordered to burn the homes of assassinated individuals and the bodies of martyrs after each killing—to create fear and terror in society and compel people to join them. This stands in stark contrast to the claims of Massoud Rajavi, the leader of this terrorist organization, who deceitfully and hypocritically stated: "We do not believe in blind revenge nor in their physical destruction; therefore, we are by no means in favor of a policy of physical annihilation. We seek neither blind vengeance nor—as it is commonly said—killing and these brutal massacres. Our goal is for the people to join us." Rajavi's statements come despite the fact that the MEK engaged in both blind terror and brutal massacres.
This terrorist, a member of the MEK, confessed about the organization's orders to its members for assassinations and the burning of people's homes and the bodies of martyrs: "Terrorist doctrines, systematically theorized, were provided to us in training pamphlets, and we were the principal executors of these doctrines. Here, we examine the very training bulletins concerning assassination and the burning of homes and bodies."
"The military regulations state: 'Now we turn to one of the tactics that holds particular importance and has ample opportunity for implementation, yet remains unimplemented. This tactic, despite its simplicity and low energy cost, has a crushing effect on the enemy in practice—especially broad psychological effects, which in any war greatly influence the morale and psychological states of both sides, affecting the outcome of conflicts and operations. Unfortunately, despite explanations given to some operational units in this regard, its importance still does not appear to be fully established or understood.'"
"The subject of this tactic is 'setting fire.' Note that its importance has not yet been established, and operational forces have generally refrained from carrying it out." Or, in another training bulletin issued from above, which military personnel were supposed to act upon, it stated: "Using the methods we have specified in detail so far (i.e., engaging from a very high position), ultimately revolutionary force and violence will be applied. The moment the door opens, whoever opens it, draw your pistol and eliminate them. Then the commander and deputy enter and close the door from behind. Then gather all family members in a corner and, with aggressive tactics, first send the woman of the house to collect their weapons, documents, and money. Clearly, the slightest resistance or failure to comply with orders will be met with decisive force—namely, a burst of machine-gun fire—and then it moves to the next person. In short, after confiscating the aforementioned property, it comes time for the killing, during which interrogation is also conducted. Specify the interrogation methods. After decisive interrogation, spray all the men with bullets, deliver the coup de grâce, and fill the house with Molotov cocktails—pouring cocktails over the bodies as well. In the meantime, it is better to remove the small children and women from the house; if they refuse, with intense revolutionary vengeance, put them all to the revolutionary sword."