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Jordanian Envoy Called to FM

Nejat SocietySeptember 16, 2008061 views

Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Jordan’s Ambassador to Tehran Ahmad Jalal al-Mefleh on Saturday to voice Iran’s protest against Amman’s support for the terrorist group, Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, and participation of the Arab country’s officials at an MKO banquet in Paris. …The MKO is behind a slew of assassinations and bombings inside Iran, a number of EU parliamentarians said in a recent letter in which they slammed a British court decision to remove the MKO from the British terror list

Iraq Expels Anti-Iranian Group – MKO

Nejat SocietySeptember 14, 2008069 views

The Shiite-dominated Iraqi Interior Ministry announced September 1 that members of the Iranian opposition group Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MeK) or the so called PMOI had six months to leave Camp Ashraf, the U.S. camp in Iraq where approximately 3,360 members of the group are currently being held. The Saudi daily al Riyadh reported September 3 that the United States and Iran had agreed to hand over members of the MeK (also known as the People’s Mujahideen Organization of Iran) to Iraqi authorities.

Iran mulls repatriation for MKO members

Nejat SocietySeptember 9, 2008065 views

Hasan Kazemi-Qomi said,”Apart from their criminal leadership, many members of this little group [PMOI / MKO/MEK] are repentant and regretful. In the past couple of years we have witnessed a number of them repatriated and returned to their families. What they explained is a picture of dejection and suffering. Many have endured hardship and they would have taken any opportunity to remove themselves from this grouplet earlier had it been available. Currently, many of them those who were duped and are repentant, would like to return to Iran and we would have to review this matter.”

MKO members must leave Iraq within set deadline

Nejat SocietySeptember 6, 2008065 views

Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman Abdulkarim Khalaf said on Wednesday that members of the terrorist Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO) must leave Iraqi soil within the specified six-month deadline. “Regarding the principle of good neighborliness and non-intervention in neighbors’ affairs, the Iraqi government will not allow regional terrorist groups, including MKO and the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), to use Iraqi territory for operations against others,”Khalaf

MKO given ultimatum to leave Iraq

Nejat SocietySeptember 6, 2008059 views

Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman said on Sunday Iraq’s government has given the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization a six-month deadline to leave the country. He told the Arabic radio Nawa that the Iraqi forces have taken control of Ashraf military base where the MKO were deployed.

SIIC: Mojahedin Khlaq cooperated with al-Qaeda

Nejat SocietySeptember 6, 2008071 views

Mujahedin-e- Khalq Organization has cooperated with terrorist groups including al-Qaeda over the past five years, says an SIIC official. Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council , confirmed a six-month deadline set by the Iraqi government for the MKO to leave Iraq and added that the MKO had helped former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein commit his crimes.

MKO had direct cooperation with al-Qaeda

Nejat SocietySeptember 6, 2008064 views

Seyed Ammar Hakim said that the MKO members, in addition to direct cooperation with the al-Qaeda, had been accomplice in the Baathist regime crimes and had also cooperation with terrorists in the past five years. He rejected any claims on relation between expulsion of the MKO members from Iraq and Iran-US agreement, stressing that expulsion of the Mujahedin Khalq members from Iraq is the resolve of the Iraqi government and nation.

Iraqi army in control of Mojahedin Khalq camp

Nejat SocietyAugust 30, 2008084 views

Iraq’s army has finally gained control of a camp holding anti-Iran terrorists after five years, says an Iraqi military official. ..The action came after the Iraqi government pressured the US forces in Iraq to end its support for the Mujahedin Khalq grroup and give the army control of the camp two months ago.

Change in UK relations not on Iran agenda

Nejat SocietyAugust 30, 2008061 views

Despite a UK court ruling to lift a ban on Mujahedin Khalq / MKO terrorists, Iran says it currently has no plans to lower its diplomatic presence in Britain.

Mujahedin Khalq used as a terror tool

Nejat SocietyAugust 30, 2008093 views

The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO or MEK) is known to be used by some elements in Pentagon and in the CIA against Iran …Sahar Family Foundation certainly denounces such utilization of the mentally and even physically captives in the Ashraf camp and calls all international humanitarian organizations to make sure that the prime victims of a destructive cult (the MKO) are not used again to expand terrorism.