… The decision by Paris to allow the MKO to hold the gathering comes while the Iraq-based group is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community. Founded in the 1960s, the MKO has masterminded a slew of terrorist operations in Iran and Iraq, killing thousands of people and wounding many more. The group is particularly notorious for taking sides with executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein…
… The decision by Paris to allow the MKO to hold the gathering comes while the Iraq-based group is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community. Founded in the 1960s, the MKO has masterminded a slew of terrorist operations in Iran and Iraq, killing thousands of people and wounding many more. The group is especially notorious for taking sides with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 war Iraqi-imposed on Iran …
…”The terrorist teams aimed to plant bombs in a number of squares in Tehran,”Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said at the time, adding the security forces arrested them in a surprise attack before any the terrorists could make a move. An Iranian official had also announced on Sunday that several members of the MKO/MEK/PMOI …
Iraqi envoy to Tehran said on Wednesday that his county would not allow its soil to be used as a launch-pad for any aggressions against Iran…We are opposed to Mujahedin Khalq’s presence in Iraqi soil and, as you already know, Iraqi officials have several times called for their exit from the country,”Mohammad Majid al-Sheikh told Al-Alam..The Iraqi official also praised his country’s”friendly”relations with Tehran since fall of former dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.
The British Foreign Office Thursday denied any links with the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO) terrorist organisation despite removing the anti-Iran group from its proscribed list two years ago. “The British Government has no form of contact with this organization, as a point of principle,” Foreign Office spokesman Barry Marston said
… to continue enjoying Western protection after being removed from European terrorism lists, video evidence shows that a terrorist team arrested in Tehran were instructed from London and Paris headquarters to deny their affiliation if arrested. The Rajavi cult[MKO/MEK/PMOI] has publicly disowned its captured operatives…
Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested members of an exiled opposition group who had planned terrorist attacks in Tehran on the first anniversary of a disputed presidential election, state television reported. The report said members of the Mujahideen Khalq Organisation (MKO/MEK/PMOI) were arrested by the Intelligence Ministry before they could detonate bombs in”a few squares in Tehran”.
…”Based on the information received (thus far), a number of MKO members are among the individuals who were arrested by the people (civilians) yesterday,”Governor-General of Tehran Morteza Tammadon said on Sunday. The official declined to provide any further details, including the exact number of the MKO members arrested yesterday…
… The National Security Adviser said that the organization”has, in the recent parliamentary elections, provided a European Member of Parliament with misrepresentations on the issue of fraud in the elections in Iraq..Al-Sheik said,”The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization[MKO/MEK/PMOI] working in Iraq under the guise of a number of organizations is deceptive,…
… this is not the first time the organization releases such declarations. Any attempt by this organization[MKO/MEK/PMOI] to thaw relations with Kurds will be overlooked for they do not enjoy the blessing of Kurds”, Asasard argued, explaining “Because in suppressing the Kurdish uprising, this organization supported the fallen Baathists regime. This statement cannot wash away their stained vision in the memory of the Kurdish people” …