The agents of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) are once more running scam charities under the cover of raising funds for what they call “victims of Iranian regime”. This is part of the MEK’s network of fake charities based in European countries. “Inspired Charity” is the name of the MEK-run fake charity which is collecting donations in the streets of London and Manchester, these days.
According to a report by the Associated Press, over the years, the MEK has been targeted in a series of investigations around the world for running charity scams. MEK’s fake charity scams prey on people’s goodwill and generosity. They pretend to be representatives of a legitimate Iranian group but they are actually a terrorist cult loathed by the Iranians.
Ray Torabi, former child soldier of the MEK has published a film and some photos of the MEK’s alleged charity campaign in London in order to warn British citizens about the threat of the MEK fraud:
British people be aware!
Recently such stands have been popping up all over London and Manchester and perhaps other cities, where Iranians from a so-called “Inspired Charity” organization are collecting signatures and DONATIONS for victims of the Islamic regime in Iran and the promotion of human rights. HOWEVER, they are a fraud and actually members of an extremist Islamic cult called the Mujahedin-e Khalgh (MEK). They portray themselves as moderate but only do so to lure you into making a donation. They use the pictures and names of victims of the Islamic regime in Iran such as #mahsa_amini but in reality are hated by the families of these victims. The MEK is loathed by the Iranian people and are known to have committed a wide range of atrocities against their own people and even members. My father, who was a MEK member was tortured and killed by the cult. I myself, along with hundreds of other teens, was recruited as a child soldier by them in the late 90s. My mother and many other members of my family are currently trapped in the cult’s camp where they have been brainwashed and completely disconnected from the outside world and have cut all ties with me. As a teen, I took part in such charity schemes of the MEK in Canada and the US and I speak based on personal experience. I was a member of the cult for 18 years and managed to escape 7 years ago.
Please know and understand that your money will not only not go to victims of the Islamic regime in Iran and for fighting extremism, but it will actually fund an extremist Islamic cult bent on establishing their own fanatic idea of Islam in Iran and one that brainwashes and violated the most basic human rights of its own members on a daily basis.
In February 2017, Jon Gambrell of the Associated Press reported that an FBI probe found MEK members hustled travelers arriving to Los Angeles International Airport, asking them to donate after showing them binders of photographs of disaster or torture victims. The money instead went to banks in Belgium, France, Jordan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to “support MEK operations and activities, including terrorist activities,” a 2007 indictment against seven members said.
The report also revealed facts about an MEK scam charity in Britain, called “Aid Association”. According to that, in 2001, in Britain, authorities dissolved a charity associated with the MEK that had made an estimated 5 million pounds a year. Its investigation found some donors “were misled into believing they were personally sponsoring individual children when this was not in fact the case.”
The donated money finally went to the headquarters of the group where Maryam Rajavi is based. In the 2003 raids in France, police found $1.3 million, mostly in $100 bills, at MEK-affiliated properties, reported the Associated Press.
Ray Torabi posted a photo of the alleged donation form that is supposed to be signed by donators. According to the form, donators pay the so-called Inspired charity to save the lives of victims in Iran. Torabi asks the families of the alleged victims a crucial question:
“Have you ever received financial aid from the Mujahedin? If not, then don’t let them take advantage of your pain and suffering. This fraud of the MEK must be exposed and scandalized.”
Mazda Parsi