Abbas Mohammadpour recently returned to Iran from Albania. He had been with the MEK for two decades and was in Tirana for over a year. In Iran, he has been meeting families in Khuzestan province and other places. He talked about what is happening inside the MEK and for the ex-members in Tirana. Members have no access to information and are under a huge amount of pressure from the MEK. Alongside that, reports from Sahar Family Foundation and ex-members in Tirana reveal that the MEK has increased pressure on members and ex-members by saying the MEK has the patronage of the CIA and Pentagon and they are free to do what they like. When one ex-member asked, ‘why don’t you give me the UNHCR money that I’m entitled to?’ The MEK replied ‘this is Albania, you are not entitled to anything unless we or the CIA say so. That includes your breathing as well.’