Every year the Mujaheedin-e Khalq Organization, or MKO, holds a rally in a Parisian suburb to try and present itself as a normal political party, celebrating June 20th anniversary and calls the date as the start of resistance against Islamic regime although they claim that they have renounced violence since June 2001.
The day before the group’s rally this year, former MKO members held a press event, which was attended by just one other journalist. The lack of media interest reflects how Europe chooses to ignore the indisputable human rights violations of a group described by former members as a horrific cult.