The recent unrest in Iran has its roots in foreign terrorist organizations’ attempt to provoke people to pursue their own agenda, which is overthrowing the political establishment, a British sociologist believes.
David Miller told IRNA on Monday that some foreign elements who pursue their own geopolitical agendas fanned the flame of the recent protests in Iran to pursue a regime change policy.
“The first key thing is that the premise for the protests such as they are, has been a false story about
By Maziar Motamedi
Tehran claims Tirana has become the victim of a plot by Washington to further tarnish already-strained diplomatic relations.
Albania cut diplomatic relations with Iran and expelled its diplomats over a cyberattack it accused Tehran of launching, and the United States has backed the Balkan state.
Iran told Albania and the United Nations it was not involved, but a restoration of ties that were already strained because of Albania’s hosting of a group that Tehran considers to be
Swedish political leaders’ performance in making the country a safe haven for terrorist groups and organization is in sharp contrast with their claim to be advocating human rights and freedom of speech.
Sweden's behavior over the past few decades shows that the seemingly peaceful country has been deceptively going through tensions-making and supporting international terrorism and is now in an irreversible point where it cannot continue concealing the truth.
Sweden is a country where the holy
During the past couple of weeks, the small country of Albania was the source of various news centered on the MEK terrorist group, which finally reached the peak of media coverage with the postponement of the group’s annual conference. A comprehensive review of the events that took place since issuing a warrant to inspect the office of Association for the support of Iranian Living in Albania (ASILA) along with houses and vehicles of several members of the association until the suspension of the
On September 28, 2012, the United States removed the Iranian terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO or MEK) from its list of foreign terrorist organizations.
Then State Department Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the decision in view of the so-called claim of publicly renouncing violence, the absence of confirmed acts of terrorism by the group for more than a decade, and their cooperation in the closure of their paramilitary base in Iraq.
The move meant that Washington will
The propaganda meeting of the terrorist group of Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/MKO) known as the Kahkeshan meetings (meaning Galaxy), led by Maryam Rajavi, is held every year in June or July, with false statistics of the fake Iranian fans who support this group. Most Iranian political observers, meanwhile, say the MEK has the least support in Iran and has been widely hated for its use of violence and its close ties to Israeli intelligence. As it is clear from the Western media coverage of the previous
Sweden is one of the European countries that has become a safe haven for the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, a.k.a. MKO and PMOI). Supporting sabotage attempts, sheltering the murderers of the Iranian people, and involving in bitter hostilities toward Iranians are just some of the policies of the Swedish government against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Sweden has been a hub of the MEK and other terrorist groups for the past few decades. The Swedish government has supported
It has been more than five and a half years since the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (a.k.a. MEK, MKO, and PMOI) has relocated to Albania, a small country in southeastern Europe. A process, which took nearly three and a half years, indicates how difficult and complicated the expulsion of fewer than 3,000 members from Iraq to a third country was.
The MEK’s expulsion from Iraq and their acceptance by a third country had been a knotty problem for the Iraqi central government because
By Von Luisa Hommerich
The cult is headquartered in the dignified Berlin district of Wilmersdorf, in a quiet cross street between two tennis clubs. The villa is painted beige, neatly trimmed bushes adorn the front garden, flower boxes the window sills, blue curtains hang behind the panes. Here, behind the bourgeois facade, an Iranian political cult is said to have isolated around 50 women and men from the outside world for a few years.
The name of this organization: The People's Mujahedin
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
The recent unrest in Iran has its roots in foreign terrorist organizations’ attempt to provoke people to pursue their own agenda, which is overthrowing the political establishment, a British sociologist believes.
David Miller told IRNA on Monday that some foreign elements who pursue their own geopolitical agendas fanned the flame of the recent protests in Iran to pursue a regime change policy.
“The first key thing is that the premise for the protests such as they are, has been a false story about
