To determine whether each MeK member should be detained or Classified as eligible for release, coalition forces had to obtain answers to several questions.
15 The MeK during Operation Iraqi Freedom
• detain—potential prosecution
• detain—security threat/risk
• detain—potential intelligence value
• Release-eligible. 22
The legal status decision remained with DoD. According to an officer involved in the process, the purpose of this determination was to eliminate the MeK
They showed this closeness and harmony to the extent that one group reports another group. This is the truth of the matter and this is the report within the Organization, even if they appeared to use slogans against each other.
COLLABORATION WITH OTHER COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES IN FACTORIES
Close relations and collaboration with Marxist and anti-revolutionary elements (as against attacking Islamic Societies):
There was, for example, an alliance at the time of the election of
In fact, because the MeK was given an assigned residence at its own facility rather than in an internment camp, its members enjoyed better conditions than those required by the convention.
14 The Mujahedin-e Khalq in Iraq: A Policy Conundrum
Convention until such time as their status has been determined by a competent tribunal. 18 The convention’s drafters saw designation by a competent tribunal as important because combatants are immune from prosecution for acts
Another of the hypocrites' deceitful slogan and repeated declaration was: "Never make use of the sign of the scythe and hammer in the manifestoes and be sure to add a Quranic verse at the top of each, so that the workers will not tear them up and thus more supporters will be gathered.1"
PROPAGATION IN FACTORIES II
Zahra Behboudi:
With salutations and praise to our master, Imam Mahdi and his rightful deputy, the Imam of the Ummah, and the Ummah of the Imam. My name is Zahra
First, what was the MeK’s legal status according to international humanitarian law as interpreted during the war on terrorism?
Determining the MeK’s Legal Status
In the course of implementing the agreement, important questions emerged. First, what was the MeK’s legal status according t international humanitarian law as interpreted during the war on terrorism? Legal status was important because it would determine the specific obligations of coalition forces to its MeK
The hypocrites (MKO), from the very beginning, started their activities with this fundamentally, materialistic analysis, namely that workers seek only food and sleep. On the basis of this point of view, they assumed that workers should be instigated through the guilds against the regime of the Islamic Republic. Of course, with the gradual victory of the Islamic Revolution, the imperialists realized that the situation was getting out of control and that their collapse was
Massoud Rajavi with a smile on his face continued his war cry and said, ”What will happen to the USA if revolutionary Islam with our Ideology and Maryam’s leadership comes to power, then this paper tiger (the USA) will be destroyed as a whole.” ...
Massoud Rajavi was on the stage and while he had his hands on his waist he began a war cry against the USA, and in his admiration for Osama Ben Laden and his organization, Al Qaeda, he said, ”This was fanatical Islam which
“Members of the unit arrive at the target’s shop at 7: 15 and after making sure that the grocer was present in his grocery shop, they come closer on a motorcycle and get ready for revolutionary execution of the target.
1 - Confessions of Hossein Hajian, commander of a number of terror units affiliated to the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq organization about the elements of Mr. Zarei’s martyrdom:
“Our operational unit was named Morteza Danesh unit which was sometime active
Washington agencies agreed that the MeK should be disarmed and compelled to surrender, though they did not direct that the MeK be dismantled. According to press reports, USCENTCOM directed that “MEK forces will be destroyed or compelled to surrender, leading to disarmament and detention.”
Consolidation of the MeK at Camp Ashraf
Washington agencies agreed that the MeK should be disarmed and compelled to surrender, though they did not direct that the MeK be
The next question is why did the Social Sector undertake to answer the questions related to the acts connected with the period before June 20th,l98l? The answer may be given in one sentence. As the truth and falsehood of every act in a society becomes clear from the reaction
The social sector, disseminator and executor of the lines
The next question is why did the Social Sector undertake to answer the questions related to the acts connected with the period before June
Ordered by Iraq and carried out by Massoud Rajavi, this role in repressing the Kurdish revolt must have created serious problems within the organization. Many members have Kurdish roots.
The Massacre of Iraqi Kurds
The last major Mujahidin operation took place in March 1991, when they fought the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (Pasdaran) near the border city of Qasr-e Shirin and joined with the Iraqi Anny in putting down the Kurds. A Kurdish rebellion had broken out in northern
Aware of the MeK’s presence in Iraq, OIF planners had to determine whether it posed a threat to coalition forces. After some debate among U.S. military and civilian officials regarding its status, the MeK was listed as a hostile target.
Chapter Two:
The MeK during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Aware of the MeK’s presence in Iraq, OIF planners had to determine whether it posed a threat to coalition forces. After some debate among U.S. military and civilian officials regarding its
The reason why this point is important is that the hypocrites' Organization, by persistent reliance on its acts before June 20th, tried to impress that it had a legal basis and its acts were lawful. Of course, I must point out that such reliances are one-sided, farfetched and superficial.
IN'TRODUCTION 'TO EVEN'TS BEFORE JUNE 20, 1981
Reza Keyvanzad:
You have heard the introductory talk of my brother Ithna Ashari. As he has stated, in this part of the program we will deal
They became familiar with using the basic command and operational terms of the Iraqi army. This, of course, is what enabled the Iraqi army to use the Mujahidin as an instrument to help crush the Kurdish uprising during the Morvarid operation of March 1991. .
A Testing Time for the Mujahidin
Yet as soon as the war with Iraq ended, Rajavi launched a desperate and foolhardy bid for power. He ordered the NLA to attack Iran with disastrous results. The Forouq-e Javidan operation
This arrangement has provoked considerable controversy, and many observers have questioned why members of a terrorist organization that the U.S. military initially identified as a hostile target were later designated protected persons whose security was the responsibility of coalition forces...
The Complicated Situation at Camp Ashraf
This arrangement has provoked considerable controversy, and many observers have questioned why members of a terrorist organization that the U.S
These headings will be those discussed in this session and the next one, showing at the same time the nature of the questions received in connection to the hypocrites' moves after the victory of the Revolution up to June 20th.
QUESPTIONS CONCERNING THE POSITIONS AND OPERATIONS BEFORE JUNE 20, 1981
Abul Qasim Ithna Ashari:
Having introduced our brothers and sisters, we will resume our program. As I explained in my introduction, such discussions have been carried out for some
Rajavi had promised to Saddam that Mujahedin would fight the Kurds with their entire power. Therefore through a massage, he declared:” Pasdaran, in Kurds clothes, are supposed to attack Mujahedin.”
A Dreadful Narrative of Mujahedin’s “Morvarid “Operation
Here is the “Hadi Nagravi”’s diary of Morvarid (Pearl) Operation which was organized by Mujahedin –e-Khalq to suppress Iraqi Kurds in 1987. Hadi Nagravi is one of the defectors of MKO who stayed in the cult for 14
1- Confessions of Mehran Asdaghi, first commander of MKO terror units in Tehran, about the assassination of martyr Sajedian:
Members of terror unit: Allah bakhsh Dehghanpour (Isaac), Majid Zohrevandi (Amir)
Date and time of terrorist operation: August 18, 1982
Victim: a real estate agent
Arms and ammunitions: pistol, grenade, hand bomb and a stolen motorcycle
Result of terrorist operation: the real estate agent was shot dead or badly injured.
2- Confessions of Majid Zohrevandi, member
The MeK during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) war planners designated the MeK as a hostile military target, in large part because the United States viewed the group as an unofficial subsidiary of Saddam’s military.10
Planners did not, however, provide field commanders with guidance about what to do following combat with the MeK. After brief combat (which the MeK denies ever occurred), Special Forces officers signed a cease-fire agreement with the MeK in April
My name is Muhammad Reza Naderi, pseudonym Hossain. I was a member of the special operation units. In 1980, after being expelled from the raffic Policemen's College, I joined the Students' Society of Science and Technology and from January of the same year until June 20th, I was responsible for the Moghaddam, cement of Abyek and Fakhr Iran factories. After June 20th, I was in charge of two terrorist units in the Social Section and then, until May 1982, I was attached to the Special Operation