Without a trace of irony, the MEK this week is advertising its democratic credentials by celebrating the fact that Maryam Rajavi has been their ‘president-elect for a future Iran’ for the past three decades. Since 1993 not a single election has been held to affirm or reject her in this role. Many dictators have not served unopposed for so long and without even the pretence of an election. As someone involved in the process of Maryam Rajavi’s appointment to this position by her husband Massoud
Could hosting a banned Iranian dissident group compromise Albania’s security?
By Christian Mamo
Some 30 kilometres west from Albania’s capital Tirana, nestled between a mountain range and the Adriatic Sea, lies the town of Manëz.
With a population of roughly 7,000 and picturesque views in every direction, it is a typical Albanian town, save for one fact: it hosts Camp Ashraf-3, the base of Iranian dissident group known as the People’s Mujahedin of Iran.
Going by its Farsi acronym of MEK, the
By Philip Giraldi
MEK is a curious hybrid creature that pretends to be an alternative government option for Iran even though it is despised by nearly all Iranians. One might ask if Washington’s obsession with terrorism includes supporting radical armed groups as long as they are politically useful in attacking countries that the US regards as enemies? It is widely known that the American CIA worked with Saudi Arabia to create al-Qaeda to attack the Russians in Afghanistan and the same
Referring to the MKO's killing innocent civilians in, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute wrote the ordinary people's hatred towards MKO is the group's Achilles’ heel.
"MKO sponsored a terror campaign targeting regime officials—killing many innocent bystanders in the process—and they accepted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s protection, a move ordinary Iranians considered treasonous," wrote Michael Rubin in a piece published on the National Interest.
"Inside the Islamic
By Reza Alqurabi
Almost a week has elapsed since Janez Jansha, the Slovenian Prime Minister chairing the EU rotating presidency, addressed an online gathering organized by the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) terrorist group.
In his speech on July 10, Jansha broke all diplomatic rules and attended a terrorist group conference disregarding his official position. In addition to making statements against the Iranian government and intervening in its internal affairs, he supported the MEK which used to
By Michael Rubin
Like flies to honey, each year, a bipartisan array of senior American politicians and former officials flock to France, Albania, or, in the age of COVID-19, Zoom in order to speak to the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s annual conference and rally. It is a lucrative gig, even by the standards of Washington A-listers: Five and six-figure honoraria and speakers' fees are common for retired officials — not a bad deal for a three- or four-minute speech. Sitting officials
By Daniel Larison
Every year the notorious cult and "former" terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) holds a political conference to promote its propaganda and call for regime change in Iran, and every year many current and former American, Canadian, and European officials and elected representatives line up to pay homage to the group and their leader, Maryam Rajavi. Members of both major parties in the U.S. have either traveled to the group’s compound in Albania or spoken remotely through
In the latest sign of Western double standards in dealing with the issue of terrorism, a slate of former and current Western officials participated in a gathering held by a widely detested Iranian opposition group that is known for its role in carrying out thousands of targeted assassinations inside Iran in the 1980s.
The group, Mojahedin-e-Khalq, also known by its initials MEK or MKO, began its annual three-day conference online on Saturday with several former and current American and
By J. Michael Springmann
MEK—A FAVORITE TERRORIST GROUP?
Is MEK America’s favorite terrorist organization? John Bolton seems to think so. Paid, as one individual suggested, $180,000 for his efforts, President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor had often pressed for the group’s removal from the U.S. government’s terrorist list. He has spoken at MEK rallies and conferences.
Journalist Caitlin Johnstone once said that Bolton “…declared [in 2017] that the cult was “a viable
Background
The Mojahedin-e Khalq organization (MeK) took its first public stance towards Iraq on April 7, 1980 after the Islamic Revolution. One of the MEK’s spokesmen condemned the Ba'athist regime's claims about the three islands in the Persian Gulf (i.e., Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs) and also accusing Iran of inciting opposition to the Iraqi government (Iran-Iraq War Studies Quarterly, No. 3, p. 42).
Also, before the commencement of the Iraq-Iran war, the organization took
Three decades ago in 1993, Maryam Rajavi was appointed ‘president elect’ of a free Iran as envisioned by her husband Massoud Rajavi. In a once-only election, in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, with Maryam as the only candidate, the electorate – members of the Council of the National Council of Resistance (a pseudonym for the Mojahedin e Khalq) – voted for her unanimously. Turnout was 100%. She has ruled over the members ever since without even a whiff of democratic due process.
The point of Maryam
A political commentator says certain Western countries continue to nurture and use terrorist groups such as the MKO to advance their destructive agendas against independent countries.
Canadian writer and activist Mark Taliano told Press TV in an exclusive interview on Sunday that the West plays the terrorist card in pursuit of its own interests, stressing that Washington and its allies continue to resuscitate and fortify terrorist proxies.
Taliano said the West’s support for the
Former Indian Foreign Service officer elaborated the anti-Iran rhetoric about the late 1980s incidents.
In a piece published on Indian Punchline, M. K. Bhadrakumar wrote, “some skeptics might say Raisi is under US sanctions for his involvement in the 1988 mass execution of prisoners.” “In the anti-Iranian folklore, hundreds of detainees were executed. But few would know what really happened.”
“It is no secret that Washington encouraged Saddam Hussein to wage his war on Iran, taking advantage
The cult-like MEK, whose allies have included Rudy Giuliani, Howard Dean, and John Bolton, was linked to hundreds of sham FB profiles—some using AI-made photos of fake users.
Facebook says it busted a troll farm run by the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK)—a dissident Iranian group that lobbies for the overthrow of Iran’s revolutionary government—that used artificial intelligence-generated fake faces to populate sham accounts.
The social media company linked the troll farm, based alongside the MEK’s
By Dr. Reza Ekhtiari Amiri*
Every activity which causes damages to people, governments, and organizations can be referred to as an example of violence. Every means can be used by groups and organizations such as the MEK to achieve their ends. All the activities the MEK is involved in at the present time are concrete examples of violence and unsurprisingly we witness a drastic change in recruiting and encouraging members, after all, MEK is a radical, violent, extremist group just like ISIS
By Ahmad Jafar Alsaedi (Translated by Habilian)
led by Maryam Rajavi, the Organization (MKO) is going through a very difficult situation that can be called the post-Trump period. On the other hand, the Corona virus is killing the members of this group one after another, while the wishes of Maryam Rajavi, John Bolton and their former leader Donald Trump, to celebrate the overthrow of the Iranian government in Tehran's Azadi Square have faded.
With rising of criticism and dissatisfaction among
By Reza Alghurabi
Due to the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s conflicting positions on health regulations since the outbreak of the coronavirus in Albania, a general feeling has been created within the country that his administration has put a political approach on the agenda in facing the pandemic. The Albanian government recently announced expulsion of a Russian diplomat because of failure to comply with health protocols.
It does not matter whether the Albanian government's claim is
By Robert Fantina
One can only imagine the risk when some citizens of a small country conceal hundreds of thousands of weapons and explosives. The nation becomes a powder keg, awaiting one small mistake to spark a deadly explosion.
This is the situation currently in Albania. During the civil war of 1997, military depots were looted, and more than 650,000 guns, 1.5 billion bullets, 3.5 million grenades and 1 million landmines were stolen from military warehouses by various criminal groups and the
By Gareth PORTER
Israel’s Mossad has spent years on a propaganda campaign by use of the Mujahedeen e-Khalq terrorist cult aimed at convincing the world Iran possessed a nuclear weapons program – and legitimizing its assassinations of Iranian academics.
The Israeli assassination of Iranian defense official Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is being treated as a triumph of Israeli intelligence, with ubiquitous references in the New York Times and other major media outlets to the killing of “Iran’s top nuclear
The calendar provided by the Mojahedin-e Khalq terrorist group is filled with organizational and sectarian occasions of this group. The examples include the Mojahedin's revolt against the Iranian government and armed attacks on citizens on June 20, 1981, which has been ironically called the Day of the Iranian People’s Resistance; anniversary of Masoud Rajavi’s illegitimate marriage to Maryam Qajar-Azodanlu (Rajavi) on June 19, 1985; and announcing Maryam’s presidency on October 22, 1993 and
Without a trace of irony, the MEK this week is advertising its democratic credentials by celebrating the fact that Maryam Rajavi has been their ‘president-elect for a future Iran’ for the past three decades. Since 1993 not a single election has been held to affirm or reject her in this role. Many dictators have not served unopposed for so long and without even the pretence of an election. As someone involved in the process of Maryam Rajavi’s appointment to this position by her husband Massoud
