June 28 marks the martyrdom anniversary of Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Beheshti, one of the great figures behind the victory of the Islamic Revolution. Little is known about him, but he was a cleric who played a key role in establishing the Islamic Republic in 1979.
Beheshti was not an ordinary cleric. That can be understood from his background. When graduated from Qom Seminary, he traveled to Europe to teach the Iranian students in West Germany. To this day, many refer to him as one of
Iran is marking the 41th anniversary of a deadly attack by the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) amid a push by the US and Saudi Arabia to prop up the dying terrorist group as a pressure tool.
on June 28, 1981, a powerful bomb went off at the headquarters of an Iranian political party, the Islamic Republican Party (IRP), where the party’s leaders were holding a meeting. The bombing martyred scores of Iranian officials, including then Head of Supreme Judicial Council Ayatollah Mohammad
An exhibition on documents of the MEK terrorist group’s crimes was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, June 10, by the families of terror victims in Iran. The exhibition, which contains documents and images of the MEK crimes against Iranian people, was held as a response to the trial of Mr. Hamid Nouri, an Iranian citizen, in a court in Stockholm where members of the infamous MEK terrorist cult were summoned to court by the Swedish judicial system as plaintiffs and witnesses and were given
The terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), founded in 1965 in Iran, was labeled as the organization of “hypocrites” by the late Imam Khomeini a few years after the victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979. Why?
The MKO began carrying out terrorist operations from June 20, 1981, with about 12,000 terrorist attacks so far listed in the organization’s history.
The victims of the MKO’s terrorist operations included both officials and ordinary people of 3-89 years of age. The
The judicial process underway by Sweden in the case of former Iranian official Hamid Nouri is unconventional and a show aimed at political purposes, Mohammad Javad Hasheminejad, an expert on terrorism issues told IRNA on Saturday.
Nouri, a former Iranian judiciary official, is standing trial in Sweden over human rights abuses alleged by members of the anti-Iran terror group, Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO).
Nouri was arrested in 2019 upon arrival at Stockholm airport, and his
I remember that I and my dear friend Mr Abolghasem Sarhadizadeh did not attend the weekly briefing session of the Islamic Republic Party on that day. An hour after the explosion, we arrived at the scene with a Peugeot moped. We cried a lot that night, both for Beheshti and for human innocence.
Where did a particular set of so-called anti-imperialist slogans come from? How did these slogans, which originally had a non-revolutionary origin and were coined and spouted in the Marxist-Leninist
The controversial anti-Iran satellite channel Ahwazna TV in Rijswijk has been financed with money from the Saudi intelligence service. The Saudis were also billed for demonstrations by the separatist movement ASMLA.
The financing of the TV channel and at least one demonstration in The Hague is apparent from research by Argos, the Danish public broadcaster DR and the Norwegian NRK.
The Denmark-based leadership of the Arab-Iranian movement ASMLA requested and received large sums through the
Although it was not common among the armed oppositions of the Pahlavi regime to attack the press, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, for the first time, hit a magazine titled This Week which was being published in Tehran. It was launched in 1965 in English and from 1970 to 1972, it was printed in Persian as well. This magazine was the only pornographic magazine in Iran.
The editor of this magazine was Javad Alamirdolou, an experienced press agent who was a reporter in Ettela'at newspaper
For more than 15 years, the survivors of terror attacks in Iran have been seeking to prosecute leaders of the Arab Struggle Movement for Liberation of Ahvaz (ASMLA) terrorist group. Since the establishment of the group’s military wing namely Mohiuddin al-Nasser Martyrs Brigade in 2005, Iranian citizens in the southwest of the country have been subjected to bloody terrorist operations resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths and injuries. When the target of attacks are public offices, banks
The growing connection between Banisadr and Mujahedin authorities during the time of his presidency has not been mentioned a lot. Their relationship reached to its climax after his dismissal first from the position of Commander in Chief and then the Presidency.
The day after Banisadr was discharged from his position as the Commander in Chief, on 10 June 1981, the organization that believed they could "Wipe out the regime" with him, announced that his life was in danger. Mujahedin hid him
Iran is marking the National Day of Fight Against Terrorism on August 29, a day on which the MKO detonated Prime Minister's Office in Tehran, martyring President Mohammad Ali Rajai and PM Mohammad Javad Bahonar.
August 30 is commemorated in Iran as the National Day of Fight Against Terrorism.
On August 30, 1981, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) detonated a bomb at the office of Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar in Pasteur Street in downtown Tehran, martyring senior Iranian
The National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA) is a label invented by the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MeK) and took by some individuals to describe the so-called Military Wing of this group. However, those who are familiar with the MeK know the wrongness of this designation. That is because members of this terrorist cult along with its leaders are either actual or potential military forces.
The NLA was established in 1987 during Saddam’s regime. Formed by a few thousand members of the MeK
Adaptation of the concepts and examples of terrorism in customary international law to the violent behavior of MEK terrorist group
In the most common definition, terrorism means creating fear and terror. Countless definitions have been proposed for terrorism which at times are contradictory. However, what most political sciences theorists emphasize is that terrorism is a threat of violence and using it as a strategy or method for achieving a specific goal or changing a particular purpose and
Shortly after the cease-fire between Iran and Iraq, in July 1988, Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist group armed and equipped by executed Iraqi dictator gathered all its members across Europe in Iraq and conducted a military offensive on the Western Iranian borders.
Masood Rajavi left France on a private plane for Iraq on June 7th, 1986. An Iraqi delegation headed by "Taha Yasin Ramadan" the vice prime minister welcomed Rajavi at the airport on behalf of the Iraqi president. Mujahedin-e Khalq
The Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization is one of the rare terrorist groups whose subjects and victims do not fell into a simple classification and cover a wide range of innocent civilians. The MEK tortures and violates the rights of its own members particularly women’s rights.
MEK has confined hundreds of women to its walled compound, once in northeast Iraq and now in southeast Europe, on the pretext of protecting their rights. A number of violations of women’s rights have been reported so far
The following brief note examines international standards of women's rights within the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MeK), namely the cult of Rajavi, by referring to international documents, testimonies of members who managed to escape from the MEK, and speeches and videos released from the cult’s leaders.
Following the Operation “Eternal Light”, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq’s largest military movement against the Islamic Republic of Iran in July 1988, which led to the killing of more than 2,500
The type of interaction that the Mojahedin-e Khalq organization has with its critics and opponents is very unique among political organizations.
The group’s ideology is political totalitarianism which means it aims to eliminate all other political groups and critics who constantly challenge their ideologies.
This trait of the MEK is rooted in their belief that the existence of and activity of all Iranian opposition groups whether inside or outside of the country is dependent on the MEK and
In 1979, the people of Iran successfully and mainly peacefully overthrew the United States-supported government, led by the brutal autocrat, the Shah of Iran. In ridding themselves of this repressive dictator and freeing themselves from the shackles of U.S. imperialism, they established the Islamic Republic of Iran.
While the revolution had widespread popular support, as does the government to this day, it was not without opposition. One group, the MEK (Mujahedin-e Khalq, or the People’s
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Fourteen)
The Blow on Bahram Aram and its Effect on the Organization’s Leadership
On November 16, 1976, Bahram Aram, one of the potent leaders of the organization, committed suicide with a grenade during a clash with the patrol officers of SAVAK and Shahrbani and this incident inflicted a severe blow on the organization. His death resulted in the disruption of all the affairs in Tehran, which were under his
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Thirteen)
After the ideological change and adoption of Marxism, the organization still believed in armed struggle and the assassination plot of American advisors took place within that belief system.
However, when its experienced and efficient military team was hit in the summer of 1975, the organization was no longer able to form another team with that level of expertise and therefore, could not carry out high-level
June 28 marks the martyrdom anniversary of Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Beheshti, one of the great figures behind the victory of the Islamic Revolution. Little is known about him, but he was a cleric who played a key role in establishing the Islamic Republic in 1979.
Beheshti was not an ordinary cleric. That can be understood from his background. When graduated from Qom Seminary, he traveled to Europe to teach the Iranian students in West Germany. To this day, many refer to him as one of
