MEK defector testifies about emotional suppression in the group
Gholam Mirzai is in his fifties. He defected the Mujahedin Khalq in Albania, three years ago and he returned to his home town a year later. Gholam writes about his…
Gholam Mirzai is in his fifties. He defected the Mujahedin Khalq in Albania, three years ago and he returned to his home town a year later. Gholam writes about his…
Siavash Nezamolmolki was born in 1981 in Rasht, Iran. His father Hassan Nezamolmolki and his mother Nasrin Parsian were members of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (the MEK). A year later,…
Babak Shajari was a refugee child in Canada. He had been separated from his parents and had been transferred from Iraq to Canada in 1991 under the order of Massoud…
Fereshteh was born to parents who were members of the Mujahedin Khalq, in 1984. She was grown up in the MEK’s cult-like structure in Camp Ashraf, Iraq. She is still…
“I missed the rain, the meadows and forests, wandering around in Cologne’s pedestrian zone” Amin Golmaryami came to Germany as a refugee child. When he was 15, he was taken…
Negar was only three years old when her parents left her behind in Kermanshah, Iran, to travel to Turkey seeking for a better life. In Turkey, Negar’s parents, Tayebeh Noori…
In the history of religious and destructive cults, children have always been the first victims. Whereas, among militant political groups around the world, there are few cases whose stories are…
There are a lot of stories on children and families trapped in cults all around the world. The accounts are all the same: a charismatic leader keeps a number of…
The Mujahedin Khalq Organization MKO/ MEK/ PMOI/ the Cult of Rajavi) is considered a cult-like group if not exactly a cult, based on various western sources. Most members of the…
In the history of political groups, one can hardly ever find a group like the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO/ MEK/ PMOI/ Cult of Rajavi) in which the fate of so…