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MKO to remain under German secret service surveillance

Nejat SocietyJanuary 29, 2009053 views

The notorious MKO/PMOI/MEK terror group will continue to be monitored by Germany’s domestic Verfassungsschutz intelligence agency despite the decision by the European Union to delist the MKO , a German government source told IRNA in Berlin Tuesday. ..The official made clear that Germany’s federal secret service and its state branches will continue their observation of the MKO. Each German state has also its own separate Verfassungsschutz intelligence apparatus. The MKO has been involved in the mass killings of thousands of innocent Iranians over the past 30 years.

Ban on MKO chief`s entry to UK expected to remain in force

Nejat SocietyJanuary 29, 2009066 views

Head of MKO/PMOI/MEK terrorist group Maryam Rajavi is expected to remain excluded from the UK despite the EU dropping the previously outlawed group from its proscribed list…British Foreign Office said that although it does not discuss individual cases of exclusion, the government continues to believe that the MKO or MeK, as it prefers to call it, was `responsible for vile acts of terrorism over a long period`.

Iraq to close MKO camp in Iraq

Nejat SocietyJanuary 1, 2009094 views

Iraq has decided to shut down the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO/PMOI) Ashraf Camp as soon as possible, expel the MKO members from Iraq and close their file forever, said a senior Iraqi official. Political advisor of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), Muhsin Al-Hakim exclusively told IRNA that Baghdad considered the MKO as a terrorist group.

UK wants”partnership”not”conflict”with Iran

Nejat SocietyDecember 22, 2008053 views

Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell denied that Britain itself was supporting terrorism by recently deproscribing the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation (MKO), which has been responsible for killing tens of thousands of Iranians, insisting it was a court decision opposed by his government…

MKO Ex-Member:US impeding efforts to shut Ashraf Camp

Nejat SocietyDecember 21, 2008073 views

Several former members of the outlawed terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO/PMOI/MEK) have accused the United States of hampering efforts to close the notorious Ashraf Camp in Iraq. ..Most of the Ashraf Camp residents are said to be willing to quit but are under pressure and torture not to do so. ..Sameti and other members of the Nejat Association are in London to lobby for their release. They have met members of the British House of Commons, government officials and human rights activists to raise their awareness about the misery in Ashraf Camp.

Amman government considered MKO a terrorist group

Nejat SocietyNovember 8, 2008048 views

Mottaki noted that Iran’s envoy to Jordan was invited to the Jordanian Foreign Ministry to be informed that the Amman government considered the MKO as a terrorist group and did not support it. The Jordanian Foreign Ministry also announced that Jordanian MPs’ move was personal and is not confirmed by the government of Jordan, added Mottaki.”The Jordanian parliament speaker announced that Jordan does not confirm such a move,”said Mottaki. Mottaki said that as a result of Iran’s reaction, independent Jordanian dailies called the move”wrong”.

Iran protests to Italy over support for terrorist MKO Tehran

Nejat SocietyOctober 28, 2008058 views

Noting that MKO was responsible for killing of 12,000 innocent Iranian, Kurd and Iraqi Shiite people, Qashqavi said the group is still in the list of terrorist organizations for its crimes

Mujahedin presence in Iraq is illegal

Nejat SocietyOctober 9, 2008059 views

Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Abu Heidar al-Sheikh On presence of MKO members in Iraq, said”We believe that they are against the Iraqi and Iranian nations and should leave the country. Their presence in Iraq is totally illegal.”

No change in Jordan’s position towards MKO

Nejat SocietySeptember 16, 2008091 views

Jordan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nassar Habashneh has affirmed that there was no change in Amman’s position towards the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization or the so called PMOI….participation of some of the Jordanians in MKO’s conferences”comes on an individual basis”and”does not reflect Jordan’s official position.”

MKO still a terrorist group, says UK’s Jack Straw

Nejat SocietySeptember 14, 2008071 views

The British government still considers that the MKO / PMOI is a terrorist group despite being recently removed from the UK’s proscribed organizations, according to Justice Secretary Jack Straw.