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17 MKO members defect from terrorist group, reports say

group of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) members have reportedly defected from the terrorist group as internal dissensions intensify within the MKO…A former MKO/MEK/PMOI member, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he managed to escape from the former US military base near Baghdad International Airport on December 5, despite strict measures ..

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Canada drops Washington backed MKO from blacklist

The MKO is responsible for numerous acts of terror and violence against Iranian civilians and officials. Out of the 17,000 Iranians killed in terrorist attacks since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, 12,000 of them have fallen victim to the acts of terror carried out by the MKO. The MKO/MEK/PMOI terrorists fled to Iraq in the 1980s, where they had the support of former Iraqi dictator ..

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Ex-MKO member slams UK terror support

“I don’t see any terrorist organization capable of continuing, unless somebody wants it. Somebody has got to want this terrorist organization [MKO/MEK/PMOI], somebody has got to finance it and somebody has got to arm it,” Khodabandeh said… When I say money laundering, I have been in it, I have seen it. This is not an unknown concept for the British government”,..

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Americans should first stop using terror groups like MKO

Based on the proposal, the US should accept a dialogue “in mutual respect” and agree that Iran put the following aims on the agenda:1) Halt US hostile behavior and rectifications of status of Iran in the US.. 6) Terrorism: pursuit of anti-Iranian terrorists, above all the MKO/MEK/PMOI and support for repatriation of their members in Iraq, decisive actions against anti-Iranian terrorists, above all MKO …

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Iranian MP: U.S. orders UN chief to save MKO terrorists

An Iranian lawmaker has criticized the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s recent call on countries to grant asylum to the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO). “The MKO terrorist cell is under the guardianship and leadership of the US, and the UN chief has asked UN member states to give asylum to the MKO based on…

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Report: No sympathizers for MKO terrorists in Iran

Members of the MKO aka MEK/PMOI, who had murdered over 17,000 Iranians since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, fled to the neighboring Iraq in 1980s, where they received military training from the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and set up Camp Ashraf in the eastern province of Diyala near the Iranian border.

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US delisting terrorist MKO ‘shameful’

An Iranian lawmaker has condemned as “shameful” Washington’s decision to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from the US State Department’s list of terrorist organizations…Members of the MKO, who had murdered over 17,000 Iranians since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, fled to Iraq in the 1980s, where they had the support of former Iraqi dictator

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