… In an interview with Radio Courtoisie of France, Iran’s Ambassador to Paris Mehdi Mir-Aboutalebi questioned the French government’s claim of support for human rights.”.. The Iranian ambassador called on France to provide an explanation as to why it allowed members of the MKO to celebrate on the 29th anniversary of a bombing attack in Iran, in which over 70 people were killed …
Family members of the Iranian victims of terrorism in a statement issued on Monday blasted France for its support for the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI), and asked for the trial of the group leaders in a tribunal…The statement was issued at the end of a gathering in front of the French embassy in Tehran by a large crowd who protested at France’s support for the terrorist MKO.
“Shame on (President Nicolas) Sarkozy! Death to France! Shame on you, France, let go of the hypocrites!”chanted the crowd as police set up barricades outside the embassy in central Tehran, an AFP photographer said.,,Iranians call exiled opposition group the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (PMOI)”hypocrites,”and Monday’s demonstration was organised to protest against a PMOI rally outside Paris on Saturday
28 June 1981 is the anniversary of the assassination of 72 outstanding members of the biggest Iranian Party. They were martyred in Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization’s terrorist operation. This is another evidence of the crimes of this terrorist organization. MKO began its operations before the Revolution and up to now has murdered 12000 people…
… 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 MEK has a long record of carrying out violent attacks inside Iran. During the period leading up to the 1979 revolution, the group proudly murdered U.S. military officers and civilians working in Iran…More recently, MEK operatives inside Iran have carried out hit-and-run terrorist attacks on regime officials and have planted bombs in urban areas that have randomly killed civilians. The MEK and its supporters call these attacks acts of”resistance”against the regime…
Mojahedin-e Khalq strategy of armed struggle that constitutes its organizational infrastructure from its very formation has now confronted the organization with a new challenge in spite of its widespread propaganda to convince the West it has made revisions. Although the challenge has failed to break the deadlock over Mojahedin’s proceeding with its revolutionary diplomacy in the outside world…
…”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 …
Leaders of the terrorist groups have used some Iranian nationals who were trained in MKO camp in Iraq and were dispatched to Iran for their bombing plots, he said. The Minister added, these members were led by Britain, Sweden and France.”The group was attempting bomb attacks in some parts of the city to create climate of fear and then set fire to police cars and motorcycles.”Also bomb material including sulphur and gas were found with the group, he added.