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Nejat Newsletter No.113

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

– From Victim to Victor, Ex-Member in the Trial of MEK leaders
Ali Ekrami, a former member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and the current head of Nejat Society’s office in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, participated in the 11th hearing of the MEK’s charges. Ali Ekrami was a victim of the MEK’s cult-like system. He left the group 18 years ago. He was a member of the group for 25 years.

– What we expect from the Albanian government?
More than 7 years have passed since September 2015, when the relocation of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from Iraq to Albania was completed. The group has been settled in the territory of a European country, Albania, which is one of the signatories of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). But they still behave as if they are under the umbrella of the former dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein;

– RTSH Interview with Nejat Society Albania’s media manager
The Albanian Radio and Television (RTSH) interviewed Aldo Sulollari. The morning show hosted by Angelo Shkreli, received the journalist Aldo Sulollari to talk about his latest projects.
The interview went on with a lot of humor but also spicy moments about the media and social projects that the journalist Aldo Sulollari has recently promoted to the Albanian public

– Atefeh Sebdani’s Episode on SVT Story, Swedish Channel1
Channel One of Swedish TV broadcasts a documentary about the life of Atefeh Sebdani. Atefeh Sebdani is one of the children of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) who was separated from her parents at the age of 5 and was smuggled from Iraq to Sweden with her two younger brothers. On April 3, SVT story of Sweden’s Channel One will release this 29-minute documentary on the life of Atefeh Sebdani, titled “The Moment That Changed Life”.

– Why is Maryam Rajavi so hated by Iranians?
These days, admire and hope for the women of Iran is viral but not because of Maryam Rajavi. Given
the history of the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK), the group is extremely unpopular. It is hated by both pro-Iranian govt people and anti-Iranian govt people. Basically, everyone in Iran hates them.

– Baluchi separatists, MEK’s last resort to survive
Ignored by the Iranian society, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) have to resort to any force which may help
them survive on the Iranian political scene. Their propaganda focuses on the activities of their so-called
resistance units and the latter focuses on Baluch separatists. The evidence can be seen in the MEK’s TV
channel and websites

– Young girls witnessed their mother’s murder by MEK terrorists
The Eskandari family is one of the plaintiffs of the trial of the leaders of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK). Eshrat Eskandari, the mother, was killed by 8 bullets fired by the terror team of the MEK

– My life experience with the MEK
TESTIMONIES OF RAY TORABI, MEK’S CHILD SOLDIER ON X SOCIAL NETWORK
Mohammad Reza Torabi nicknamed “Ray”, former child soldier of the Mujahedin-e Khalq
(MEK) has recently published a thread in his personal account on X social network on his life experience with the group. He was a member of the MEK’s army for 18 years. He left the group after it was relocated in Albania

– Atefeh Sebdani’s autobiography to be translated in Persian 5
Atefeh Sebdani’s autobiography will be published in Persian. The Former child soldier of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), Atefeh Sebdani announced on her Facebook account that her book will be published in Persian soon.

– How important is the trial of the MEK leaders?
One of the important events in the past year was the historical trial of the lead ers of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and a number of its high-ranking members by the Iranian Judiciary. The trial is considered a turning point in the history of the biggest cult-like terrorist group in Iran.

– The Judge called on Albanians and International bodies to take action against MEK
Judge Dehghani called on People and Albanian government to extradite the defendants of Tehran court who reside in Albania. He also asked the international bodies and other countries hosting individuals out of the 104 accused ones to take action in order to bring them to justice. As the heading official who presides over court proceedings of the trial of the leaders and 102 high-ranking members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), began the recently held court session by addressing the international organizations and certain countries that host the MEK leaders: “
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May 1, 2024 0 comment

Missions of Nejat Society

Young girls witnessed their mother’s murder by the MEK terrorists

The Eskandari family is one of the plaintiffs of the trial of the leaders of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK). Eshrat Eskandari, the mother, was killed by 8 bullets fired by the terror team of the MEK.

Eshrat Eskandari was 26 years old at the time of her heartbreaking death in September 1982. Before the revolution, she was married to Mohsen Eskandari, and eventually they had four children. Eshrat was targeted by the MEK because she was the wife of Mohsen who was soldier of Iranian revolutionary guard.

Her children Masoumeh, Mansoureh, Mohammad Javad and Mehdi have so far testified about that Friday morning when their mother was killed before their horrified eyes. These children have carried the trauma of their mother’s death and her loss throughout their lives. the trace of deep pain and suffering can be seen in their faces in the interviews they have attended since them.

Masoumeh Eskandari

Masoumeh Eskandari, who was 8 years old at that time, considers that day the worst day of her life, because she not only witnessed her mother’s murder, but she was also shot by the terrorists.

Mansoureh Eskandari was a 6-year-old child at that time. She witnessed her mother’s being shot, thrown in her blood. She tearfully states that even though she was a young child that day, she will never forgive herself for opening the door to Rajavi’s terrorists.

Mohammad Javad remembers the moment that the terrorists entered the room where he and Mehdi were sleeping. They opened their eyes to two men with Kalashnikovs opening fire in the room. He took his younger brother and laid down so that they would be safe from the bullets.

During the attack of two MEK operatives on Mohsen Eskandari’s house, not only his wife but also a 18-year-old man and 17-year-old woman, who were Eskandari’s guests, were assassinated. They were having breakfast when the terrorists attacked their house on Nahidi St. Tehran

In the morning of August 27th, 2024, there civilians were killed. 4 children were traumatized for their entire life by the violent of the MEK.

April 30, 2024 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

From Victim to Victor, Ex-Member in the Trial of the MEK leaders

Ali Ekrami, a former member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and the current head of Nejat Society’s office in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, participated in the 11th hearing of the MEK’s charges. Ali Ekrami was a victim of the MEK’s cult-like system. He left the group 18 years ago. He was a member of the group for 25 years.
During the court, the lawyer of the plaintiffs, Hakimzadeh Hosseini introduced Ekrami, as a person who is informed about the case, to the court. Under the order of the judge, Ali Ekrami got in place. H testified about the MEK’s spying activities against Iran during Iran-Iraq war.

Ekrami began his life story by saying: “Influenced by the slogans of the organization in 1979, I joined the MEK while I was a student of oil university.”

He continued: “After the victory of the Islamic Revolution, I was an idealist young boy with a poor family. I worked and studied at the same time and I felt that the MEK was the key to the happiness of the Iranian nation.”

The former member of the MEK added: “After the group announced armed struggle in 1981, I did not join it, but once again I was recruited by the group in 1986. I went to Iraq through Pakistan and I became a member of the 56th rank of the group’s central council.

Based on his testimonies, in 1987 Ekrami was charged with foreign policy and relations with Iraq in the MEK’s central council. Ath the time, the office of the headquarters was located in Baghdad. Ekrami was a member to coordinate the relations with Iraq and part of the Iraqi intelligence.
He added: “I was one of the coordinators for the meeting between general Haboush [former Iraqi intelligence official who served under the regime of Saddam Hussein] and Massoud Rajavi. The video was taken by Iraqi intelligence.”

The former member of the MEK said: “We collected intelligence from inside Iran and provided it to the Iraqi intelligence and the Ba’athist regime through telephone hearing and spying. 400 military advisers were trained at the Camp Ashraf. And, mainly in all MEK-run operations, the ammunitions and military equipment were provided by Iraqi Baa’th regime.”
Referring to Iraq’s bombings of Iranian cities during the Iran-Iraq war, he said: “The MEK leaders ordered the members whose hometowns had been bombed by Iraq, to contact their families and seek information about the amount of demolition and fear of the people, while in the MEK, members were banned from communicating the family. In fact, the group asked its members to get information from their families under the cover of expressing concern about them.”

Ali Ekrami is a victor now. He has built his self-confidence. He is stronger than he was in the past, under the cult-like structure of the MEK. Unlike when he was a victim of the Cult of Rajavi, he now recognizes the influence he has over his circumstances. Thus, he participated the trial of his former leaders and commandants.

April 28, 2024 0 comment

Iran

The Judge called on Albanians and International bodies to take action against the MEK

Judge Dehghani called on People and Albanian government to extradite the defendants of Tehran court who reside in Albania. He also asked the international bodies and other countries hosting individuals out of the 104 accused ones to take action in order to bring them to justice.

As the heading official who presides over court proceedings of the trial of the leaders and 102 high-ranking members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), began the recently held court session by addressing the international organizations and certain countries that host the MEK leaders: “

“From this position, I plea the international organizations and some countries that host the defendants of this indictment. The people of those countries should take action and ask their governments and institutions to extradite these people and submit them to the court in order to show up in court until the decision is made and final verdict is issued for the defendants.”

“There are 104 defendants with indictments issued in the court,” he continued. “They are accused of crimes that are more than one murder. How is it that when some people are suspected of murder and the police or competent institutions are informed of their presence in their countries, but they do not take any action?”

“Now, 104 people who are accused of burning people alive and bombings,” judge Dehghani added. “shouldn’t the hosting countries take the initiative and demand their competent institutions the extradition and departure of these people from their country? so that those accused with these charges can be tried in the court? A court where the defendants have the right to freely choose a lawyer.”

The head of the court expressed hope that these governments, by prioritizing the interests and the security of their people for extraditing the defendants, just like any other accused group, to the Islamic Republic of Iran, will take measures according to their national interests.

April 28, 2024 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Atefeh Sebdani’s autobiography to be translated in Persian

Atefeh Sebdani’s autobiography will be published in Persian. The Former child soldier of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), Atefeh Sebdani announced on her Facebook account that her book will be published in Persian soon.

In a note that Atefeh posted on Facebook platform on April 23rd, 2024, expressing her pleasure she explained about the publisher and the time of the publication:
Nothing makes me more proud and happy, than to announce that my book will be translated to Persian and this, already this year. It’s through eminent Baran Publishing and I feel honored to be part of their fantastic authors.

To even get the chance to write a book to begin with, and that for Albert Bonniers Förlag, was never anything I took for granted. Now, another wild dream is coming true which is to get the same book translated into my mother tongue.

So many have asked for this which I’m so humbled by and now we can let you know that sometimes during fall, you will be able to get your hands on your Persian version.
Thank you @nashrebaran for this opportunity and thousands of thanks to my fantastic agency @grandagency.se whom made efforts beyond the regular to sign me with an exile publisher. You are a true gem and I knew it from the start.

Now a Swedish citizen, Atefeh Sebdani was born to Mujahed parents. Under the order of the MEK leader, Massoud Rajavi, the five-year old Atefeh and her two younger brothers were smuggled from Iraq to Europe, together with at least 900 other children of the Mujahedin.

Last summer Atefeh published her biography, “My hands in mine”, in Swedish. The book is the story of a five-year-old girl who turned into the mother of her brothers. My Hand in Mine is a story about growing up with no one to hold on to but yourself, of abuses that are skillfully covered up by the MEK’s ruling system and a society that fails to see the vulnerable children. But it is also a story of a persistent burning energy and the courage to finally break free.

April 27, 2024 0 comment

Iran

Trial of MEK leaders in Iran | Report of the 11th session

A new round of courts on charges of 104 high-ranking members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) as well as the group as a legal entity began yesterday, April 23rd, at the 11th Branch of the Tehran Province Criminal Court. The court was presided by Judge Dehghani and his counselors Morteza Turk and Amin Nasseri.

The judge began the session by explaining that the defendants’ lawyer has the opportunity to present his statements in the court, and the court hears private plaintiffs, their complaints and their lawyers.

Judge Dehghani addressed the international bodies and the countries that host the accused: “People of those countries themselves must be the pioneer to call their governments and the international organizations to extradite these individuals in order to attend the court until the trial is finalized and the verdicts are issued.”

According to the indictments the defendants are accused to a lot of crimes including murder, burning the victim alive, bombings and shooting against civilians. “How is it that 104 people are suspected of murder, police or competent institutions re informed of his or her presence but the hosting nation does not demand their competent institutions to extradite these individuals?”, judge Dehghani asked the audience.

He added, “I announce to the people of Albania and certain European countries that indictments have been issued and they have the right to choose lawyers to defend the allegations. It seems that they have not been informed by their hosting governments.”

The head of the court expressed hope that these governments would take actions in favor of their national interests by prioritizing their people’s security extradite the defendants of the court, like any other accused groups, to the Iranian government.

Subsequently, the Judge ordered Seyyed Maysam Hakimzadeh Hosseini, one of the lawyers of the plaintiffs, to stand before the court to present his statement.

“Given that today is the first meeting that I have had the opportunity to express defense, the text of the bill will be submitted to the court,” the lawyer told the court.

The lawyer continued, “The previous incidents have shown that there have been crimes that anyone who defines crimes would not use not a word other than that, in terms of the public conscience of the media, their task is to reflect the crimes.

As we can see today, the public conscience has been awakened about Gaza crimes, and everyone takes stand against them.”
“What happened in Iran by the MEK for the past 40 years is not less important than what we see in Gaza today,” Hakimzadeh Hosseini said, “We are dealing with people who have committed the highest level of crime and betrayal against their own country and their national interests.”

The lawyer introduced two people to the court, a researcher and a former member of the MEK in order to present their statements. Safaedin Tabraeian, the researcher is the author of a book on the MEK history. Ali Ekrami, former member of the MEK and a member of Nejat Society attended the court as an informed person.

April 24, 2024 0 comment

Maryam Rajavi

Why is Maryam Rajavi so hated by Iranians?

These days, admire and hope for the women of Iran is viral but not because of Maryam Rajavi. Given the history of the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK), the group is extremely unpopular. It is hated by both pro-Iranian govt people and anti-Iranian govt people. Basically, everyone in Iran hates them.

Maryam Rajavi, and her husband, Massoud Rajavi, are the joint leaders of the MEK also known as the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Which all sounds very promising but the true nature of the group and its resume prove the opposite.

In 1979 the MEK supported the Islamic Revolution, only finally falling out with the Islamists a couple of years later. Whereupon they decamped to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and fought alongside the Iraqi Army against Iran during Iran-Iraq War (1980-88).

Thereafter, until Saddam’s defeat in 2003, they conducted a terrorist campaign in Iran. They surrendered to US troops in 2003 who found themselves in the slightly awkward position of fighting a War on Terror while having to protect MEK which was, at the time, proscribed as a terrorist group by the US government and the European Union. The US interned MEK at camp Ashraf, Iraq and disarmed them. The Iraqi newly established government was determined to expel the MEK which considered an accomplice of Saddam Hussein’s regime. The UN eventually arranged for MEK to be relocated in Albania, Europe.

The MEK itself was and remains a weird and cult-like group, best known for a cult of personality around the Rajavis and imposing celibacy on its members, separating children from parents, isolating members from the outside world and many other cultlike attitudes that violate the rights of MEK members.

Maryam Rajavi wears hijab. Compulsory veiling (forced hijab) is one of the many rules of her cult. Removal of veils is forbidden under the rule of Maryam Rajavi although in her so-called ten-point plan for the future of Iran she claims to stand for freedom of clothing. She does not believe in free clothing. A look at the pictures her female followers who are isolated in a camp in Albania verifies that female mujaheds are not allowed to choose for their clothing.

The MEK is Islamist (with a dash of Marxism thrown in for good measure). It is not democratic. By all accounts, it once had a good intelligence network in Iran, but that was when it was based next door in Iraq, which it has not been for nearly two decades now. They might well be by now just another group of exiles, odder than most, with no particularly deep understanding of what is going on in Iran.

Mazda Parsi

April 20, 2024 0 comment

Mujahedin Khalq Organization's Propaganda System

Baluchi separatists, MEK’s last resort to survive

Ignored by the Iranian society, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) have to resort to any force which may help them survive on the Iranian political scene. Their propaganda focuses on the activities of their so-called resistance units and the latter focuses on Baluch separatists. The evidence can be seen in the MEK’s TV channel and websites.

The group’s propaganda websites routinely propagate the news of the resistance units in Sistan and Baluchestan province. The turbulent region where Jaish al-Adl extremist separatists operate and particularly, Zahedan. As the central city of the province, Zahedan is the MEK’s favorite location to recruit forces in order to launch violent acts.
What the resistance units are supposed to do is that they set fire and handmade bombs near religious, governmental and social buildings. Zahedan is the keyword they use when they talk about the activities of their resistance units.

The region is really hazardous. On December 15th, 2023, France 24 reported that at least 11 Iranian police officers were killed in a jihadist-claimed attack overnight on a police station in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan. Aljazeera, also reported that the province, which lies on a major opium trafficking route, has seen occasional clashes between Iranian forces and Baluch separatists, as well as drug traffickers. And, according to the Associated Press, The Sistan and Baluchestan province borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, and has seen previous attacks on security forces by ethnic Baluchi separatists.

The MEK has been neglected by the Iranian protesters and oppositions too. The “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement never embraced the MEK and its female leader, Maryam Rajavi, because they notice her undemocratic attitude inside her group despite her democratic gestures for the outside world. Iranians see that forced hijab is one of the many forced regulations of the Cult of Rajavi like forced celibacy, forced labor, prohibition of contact with the outside world and many other cult jargons.

Thus, the dictatorship of the Rajavis that rule the MEK has proved that “life” is not an option. Massoud and Maryam Rajavi have deprived their members from all aspects of a normal life. That is why they have changed the famous slogan of “Woman, Life, Freedom” to “Woman, Resistance, Freedom”. The message is very clear: The MEK does not support the aspirations of the Iranian nation. The group does not value the territorial integrity of Iran as it once sided with Saddam Hussein, Iraqi dictatorship who invaded Iran and imposed eight years of a bloody war.

Mazda Pasi

April 17, 2024 0 comment

Iran

How important is the trial of the MEK leaders?

One of the important events in the past year was the historical trial of the leaders of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and a number of its high-ranking members by the Iranian Judiciary. The trial is considered a turning point in the history of the biggest cult-like terrorist group in Iran.

As it was expected, to respond the court sessions, the MEK accelerated its well-paid lobbying campaign to push its paid sponsors towards putting more pressure on Iran. While the tenth session of the court was held at the end of the Iranian Year, at the beginning of the Iranian new year, 8 representatives of the US Senate submitted a plan demanding the protection of members of the MEK cult in the camp called “Ashraf 3” near Tirana, Albania.

The MEK is a terrorist cult according to the international criteria. It has carried out thousands of assassinations before the Iranian revolution and after that. In the 1980s after declaring an armed struggle against the Iranian government, the group launched a large-scale terror campaign against Iranian civilians and authorities. The president, the prime minister and dozens of government officials were killed in only two bombings run by the MEK.

In 1982, by the beginning of the war imposed by Iraq, the MEK went to Iraq and sided with Saddam Hussein and fought against its own country-fellow men. They aided Saddam in suppressing Iraqi Shiites and Kurds’ uprisings, and after the ceasefire between Iran and Iraq, thousands of the MEK fighters entered the country through the border. They were logistically supported by Saddam Hussein’s weapons and equipment. The cross-border operation, called Forough Javidan, was a complete failure for the MEK. They lost more than a thousand of their forces.

After the collapse of Saddam Hussein, the MEK was expelled from Iraq and was relocated in Albania. Having become far from the Iranian border, they continued to help the enemies of Iran. They aided Israel by spying Iranian nuclear facilities, and their agents conspired with Mossad agents to launch sabotage in the country.

The MEK even participated in the assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientists. By collecting information about these targets, and working as the operative arm of Mossad, the MEK agents accompanied Israel in committing the atrocious crimes against Iranian nation.

During the past decades, the true nature of the Cult of Rajavi has not been seriously revealed. The MEK terrorist leaders, the Rajavis, who committed bloody crimes in our country today take the gesture of defending human rights and democracy.
Holding a court to bring the leaders and commanders of the MEK to justice reminds people of the brutal crimes of the cult. The MEK has victimized innocent people and officials of Iran, those who could play a significant role in the construction and stability of the country.

Although the terrorist Cult of Rajavi enjoys the support of some political fractions in western countries, their trial provides an opportunity to review the cases of crimes and terrorist acts of this extremist cult. This trial reminds the public opinion inside and outside the country that Iran is the victim of MEK’s terrorism and that human rights violations in Iran were committed mostly by the MEK terrorist group. The world must understand how human rights have been violated in Iran with the assassination of thousands of Iranian civilians by the MEK terrorists.

The killing of each member of the Iranian nation by this terrorist cult could open a criminal case against its leaders and their operational teams. Now, by holding the court, these terrorists can be returned to the country under an extradition contract between Iranian and the hosting countries like France and Albania. Holding the trial for the MEK is a lawful and judicial action to pursue the rights of the Iranian nation. It is consistent with all international law conventions and could be executed according to them.

Mazda Parsi

April 16, 2024 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Childhood trauma of a former MEK Child-Soldier

Childhood trauma happens when children are exposed to distressing or emotionally painful events. This can include events like actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence. Childhood trauma not only occurs when a child experiences an event themselves but also when a child is exposed to traumatic events. The children of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) have experienced childhood traumas in different ways but not many of them could dare to open up about it. Atefeh Sebdani is one of about one thousand children of Mujahed parents who has recently begun revealing her childhood traumas under the rule of the MEK.

The only way you can begin healing is to acknowledge that a traumatic event did occur and that you were not responsible for it. Atefeh and a few of other children of the MEK, who started talking about their childhood in public, have gone through a lot to heal their inner child, with great strength and courage.
Atefe Sabdani, who is a Swedish blogger today, publishes notes on her social media accounts after each stage of self-disclosure through her films, interviews or book, which shows the path she takes to reveal the truth and heal herself every day. It seems that every time it becomes less difficult for her, although this road is rocky and full of obstacles that the MEK agents always create.

This time, after the release of the “Cult and Loss” episode about the life of Atefeh Sebdani from Sweden’s Channel One SVT Story, Atefeh talks about the difficulty of revealing the emotional and psychological aspects of her life and the strength and courage she feels inside.
In the episode that was aired about Atefeh’s traumatic childhood, an impressive scene of meeting her mother after 25 years of separation is shown. According to Atefeh, this was one of the most difficult times in her life to show that scene.

https://dlb.nejatngo.org/Media/Documentary/SVT-Sebdani-202404.mp4

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In her Facebook account, Atefeh writes about her loyalty to the truth in narrating her life story and about the strength that grows in her day by day:

“You are so brave!”
“You are so strong!”

Words I often get to me. But I don’t know if it’s about courage and strength. For me it has always been about two things:
Stick to the truth, never splice, never exaggerate.

Because no one can hold one for a single millimeter then. My credibility has always been important. I’d rather withhold details and tell a milder version than the other way around.
Go just a little outside my comfort. So it feels tough to do but is still doable.

That way, I stretch my ability with small steps all the time. Every small step taken becomes a bigger and bigger step. The challenges are stretched.

This week’s episode on Story was among the more difficult I’ve done. For those who have seen it, I still don’t think you understand how tough the scene with my mother was, even worse to show – precisely because I don’t think you understand what a terrible situation it was. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever been through and I don’t think anyone who’s been through something like this can ever imagine what it means. But more on that another time.

That was the thing about courage and strength.
After SVT Story, I will be able to handle even more difficult things.
Have you seen the episode on SVT story? What did you think?
And how do you express your courage and your strength?

Mazda Parsi

April 8, 2024 0 comment

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