Blair seemed to imply Iran did prefer the dictatorship under Saddam in Iraq despite the fact that the dictator had imposed a devastating war on the country, and supported and accommodated one of the most notorious terrorist groupings, behind assassinations of leading Iranian prominent figures and officials, the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO).
During a fresh grilling at Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War, ex-UK Premier Tony Blair has claimed that Iran considered a democratic
According to the Habilian report, the MKO ringleaders have provided financial and structural support for the establishment of over 20 publications and sociopolitical groups in Iraq in recent years in a bid to see their desired government in power.
Habilian Association, an Iran-based human rights group, reported that the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) has made heavy investments to gain soft power in Iraq as part of its broader efforts to secure its
Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan regional government Barham Salih rejected reports on presence of members of Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group in Kurdistan.
Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan regional government Barham Salih rejected reports on presence of members of Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group in Kurdistan.
"Basically, reports on presence of MKO members in Kurdistan are unfounded and sheer lie. We intend to establish joint security with
An official in Iraqi government said that the Iraqi government has done necessary measures to expel Mojahedin-e khalq terrorist grouplet by the end of 2011.
An official in Iraqi government said that the Iraqi government has done necessary measures to expel Mojahedin-e khalq terrorist grouplet by the end of 2011.
Abdollah al-Beyzani said that the MKO will be expelled from Iraq because of their enmity towards the Islamic Republic of Iran and their crimes against Iraqi people
The terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) had attempted to lure Iranian nuclear scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi into cooperation, but it went for the option of assassination after Ali Mohammadi turned down the offer, his wife said.
"Ten days before Dr. Ali Mohammadi's martyrdom, the Hypocrites (as MKO members are called in Iran) had sent him a number of important documents related to Iran's nuclear issues through the internet and asked him to comment on the
Iranian Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi underlined Iran's upper hand in the war on terrorism and spying networks, and announced that Iran has recently arrested 10 terrorists and spies.
"Over ten people have been arrested in connection with different networks and the trend will be continued planning," Moslehi told reporters elaborating on the recent intelligence developments in Iran, specially the capture of the terrorists responsible for the assassination of Iranian
A member of the Iraqi parliament on Monday described the US as the stumbling block to the expulsion of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from his country, stressing that Washington strives to block any move made by the Baghdad government to this end.
"The presence of Monafeqin (the hypocrites, as they are called in Iran) on Iraq's soil violates the country's constitution and the US is the main impediment to the expulsion of the terrorist group from
The Baathist elements and the MKO's suppression of the Iraqi Kurds in the north during the misanthropic Operation Anfal in 1988 and fierce massacre of Iraqis in the south in Intifadah Shabaniyah in 1991 negatively influenced the public opinion in Iraq.
Though, the Saddam regime's oppressive [1980-88] Imposed War against the Islamic Republic left long-term adverse effects on the two countries' cultural and historical relations, the two sides tried to redefine the ties
Iran has executed a member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group and a man convicted of spying for Israeli intelligence service, Mossad. Ali Saremi, a member of the MKO terrorist group, had been found guilty of charges of being a Mohareb (an enemy of God) and spreading propaganda against the Islamic establishment. Saremi was hanged in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Tuesday; IRNA quoted the Tehran Prosecutor's Office as saying.
Iran has executed a
Iranian officials say US politicians and the CIA have openly supported terrorists groups such as Jundallah and the MKO.
Press TV interviewed Professor, Paul Sheldon Foote of California State University regarding the tragic terrorist attacks in Chabahar. Professor Foote shares his insights regarding the recent attacks in South Eastern Pakistan.
Press TV: We will look more into this with Professor, Paul Sheldon Foote of California State University. Professor, it's good to have you with us. The
Governor of Iraq's Diyala province has held the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) responsible for the recent surge in violence across the northeastern region.
“Intelligence reports drawn by the security committee in Diyala prove that MKO hands are involved in a series of deadly terror attacks and explosions in the province,” Fars news agency cited Abdul Nasser al-Mahdawi as telling AK News on Tuesday.
Mahdawi added that the terrorist organization has managed to train elements of
Makki Rafi'ee, a defected member of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), complained that the ringleaders of the group have ordered their agents to torture dissidents in a bid to dissuade them from leaving.
Rafi'ee reiterated that agents of the MKO resorted to various types of torture and pressure against him during the last 15 years that he had been jailed in the notorious Camp Ashraf in Northern Iraq.
"After 15 years of imprisonment in Camp Ashraf and tolerating
People in Iraq's Diyala province organized a protest in front of Camp Ashraf were the Mujahidin Khalq terrorist organization or MKO members are residing.
People have been calling on Iraqi officials to expel the organization from their country, and described their presence in Iraq as a chronic disease.
Key individuals turned out for the protest including tribal leaders, clerics and local government officials.
Protesters have been shouting, "leave our country", and carried anti-MKO slogans to
In an interview with “Alsumaria News” the source said that “a medical team stationed inside the Camp Ashraf, 55 km north of Baquba received a communication from the camp about a case of suicide of one of the members of Mojahedin Khalq. The case is under investigation to verify whether the man has committed suicide by hanging himself inside his room”. The source also said that “another investigation is underway to determine the main reason that has prompted someone in the Iranian opposition to
Hundreds of Iranian and Iraqi demonstrators have protested against the presence of the anti-Iran terrorist group Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) in Iraq.
The demonstrators gathered outside the group's headquarters and training center, Camp Ashraf, in the Iraqi province of Diyala and called for the expulsion of the terrorist group.
Among the demonstrators were families of MKO members, who say their loved ones are being held inside the camp against their will.
MKO leaders are reported to be
Mr Mehdi Fathi, a hostage of the Washington backed Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, NCRI, Rajavi cult) terrorist group died in Camp Ashraf (CIA protected MKO HQ) in Iraq one year after the Rajavi cult (Mojahedin Khalq) leaders refused to allow his return to France for medical treatment.
The leader of the Mojahedin Khalq is a fugitive. He has been in hiding since the fall of his last benefactor Saddam Hussein. But his third wife Maryam Azodanloo (Rajavi), based at the European HQ of the terrorist
Leaders of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) have resorted to various types of torture and pressure, including a cut of medical supplies to ailing members, to suppress growing dissidence in their main training camp in Northern Iraq.
A report by the Habilian Association, an Iran-based human rights group said that under the direct order of MKO's Ringleader Maryam Rajavi, leaders of the terrorist group in the Camp of New Iraq (formerly known as Camp Ashraf) have made
The Iranian negotiating team showed a powerful presence in its talks with the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) in Geneva and managed to defend the country's stances on different issues, a senior Iranian legislator said on Wednesday.
"Owing to its powerful position-taking prior to the talks and following the demand of the people's deputies (at the parliament) for the team's firmness and seriousness, the negotiating team managed to prevail its logic over
The secretary of IRI's Supreme National Security Council has condemned the West and G5+1 for the terrorist attack which led to martyrdom of an Iranian lecturer.
"Last week on the same day terrorists targeted two Iranian scientists and one of them was martyred," Jalili said.
"Iranian nation has been the biggest victim of terrorism," Jalili said.
"Iran has lost 1,300 of its citizens because of the terrorist attacks of Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) who are supported by the west," he
One of the members linked to former Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi's headquarters who has had extensive cooperation with the terrorist group Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) has been apprehended.
The arrestee had been operating under the pseudonym Benjamin, reported Fars news agency on Monday.
According to the report, he organized the street protests following the June 12 Iranian presidential election in 2009.
He was once arrested in one of the post-election