Massoud Khodabandeh, a former member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) was an official of Masoud Rajavi’s protection team before he left the group. As a witness, he addressed the 19th session of the court hearing the accusations of the leaders of MEK, clarifying the internal relations of the group and the approach of Masoud Rajavi as its leader.
Khodabandeh, who was relatively close to Masoud Rajavi, says: “One of the problems I had with Rajavi was that he used to give a lot of orders without any knowledge. One of these cases was his involvement in the operations.”
This former member of the MEK, who was present on-line at the court session in full compliance with the legal formalities, stated that the trained operations department of the Iraqi Intelligence also knew this about Rajavi. Khodabandeh continues: “Rajavi used to add something to the process that made everything fail and no one dared to say anything. Rajavi actually used to act in a way that not only the operation was not carried out but also the operator himself would be killed.”
“Rajavi wanted to fill his blood bank in this way,” Khodabande stated. “It means that the blood of people should be shed and the rest should stay and continue to fight for those who were killed.”
Based on Khodabande’s testimonies, Massoud Rajavi defined his “blood bank” like this:
“Dogs and cats also die; The person whose blood comes to this bank is important and stays; I am the banker of the blood; these bloods are collected; I take it on the table in the scene of politics and use it; What difference does it make if your blood doesn’t come to this bank? the blood of cats and dogs is shed too.”
Mizan News Agency – Translated by Nejat Society