Mujahedin Khalq Terror group

Iranian asks France’s independence on MKO group

An Iranian lawmaker today urged France to relinquish any political pressure to remove name of the Iraq based – Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO/PMOI/MEK) out of the terrorist groups’ list and keep up its independent position. ..Head of MKO Maryam Rajavi is expected to remain excluded from the UK despite the EU dropping the previously outlawed group from its proscribed list. British Foreign Office said that although it does not discuss individual cases of exclusion, the government continues to believe that the MKO or MeK, as it prefers to call it, was”responsible for vile acts of terrorism over a long period.”

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MKO terror legitimization prompts protests

The family members of victims of MKO terrorist attacks have cautioned the EU against becoming the organization’s”partner in crime”.”As victims of MKO terrorism, we advise the European Union not to turn into the group’s collaborator in their atrocities against the Iranian nation,”reads a statement from the family members.

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Iran turns to UN over EU approval of MKO

Iran has filed a complaint to the UN on the recent EU decision to remove the Mujahedin Khalq Organization[PMOI/MKO from its list of terror groups.”The European Union must realize that a political approach to terrorism, which threatens the lives and security of people around the world, is totally unacceptable for the global public opinion,”Iran’s permanent envoy to the United Nations, Mohammad Khazaei, wrote in a Wednesday letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

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US not to follow EU on MKO

A State Department Spokesman says the US administration will not change the terrorist status of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO/PMOI/MEK).”We’ve already done a review and it was determined that there would not be a revocation of that status for the Mujahedin-e Khalq, so nothing has changed from our standpoint,”Robert Wood said at a briefing on Monday, when asked if Washington would follow the action taken by the European Union.

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BND report calls NCRI a Stalinistic “fake parliament”

Germany’s Federal Intelligence Agency (BND) has released a report on the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), calling it a “fake parliament”. The NCRI is a part of the terrorist Mojehedin Khalq Organization (MKO) and is headed by Maryam Rajavi. The BND also stated that the military wing of the MKO is “an army of insurgents”.

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MKO to remain under German secret service surveillance

The notorious MKO/PMOI/MEK terror group will continue to be monitored by Germany’s domestic Verfassungsschutz intelligence agency despite the decision by the European Union to delist the MKO , a German government source told IRNA in Berlin Tuesday. ..The official made clear that Germany’s federal secret service and its state branches will continue their observation of the MKO. Each German state has also its own separate Verfassungsschutz intelligence apparatus. The MKO has been involved in the mass killings of thousands of innocent Iranians over the past 30 years.

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Baghdad serious to expel terrorist MKO

Iraqi government has asserted any decision against its policy to expel the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO/PMOI/MEK) has no impact on Baghdad decision, Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad told ISNA. The moves and activates in Iraq show the government is serious about its decision for expulsion of the MKO, Hassan Kazemi Qomi said on Tuesday.

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Ban on MKO chief`s entry to UK expected to remain in force

Head of MKO/PMOI/MEK terrorist group Maryam Rajavi is expected to remain excluded from the UK despite the EU dropping the previously outlawed group from its proscribed list…British Foreign Office said that although it does not discuss individual cases of exclusion, the government continues to believe that the MKO or MeK, as it prefers to call it, was `responsible for vile acts of terrorism over a long period`.

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Canada refuses to take Iranian group MKO off terror list

The Canadian government rejected Monday a call to follow Europe’s lead and remove an Iranian resistance group from its list of banned international terrorist organizations…[MKO/PMOI/MEK]took part in a number of bombings and assassination attempts against Iranian government targets as late as 2001, according to a 2008 analysis by the Council on Foreign Relations, a Washington-based think-tank.”While the group says it does not intentionally target civilians, it has often risked civilian casualties. It routinely aims its attacks at government buildings in crowded cities,”the analysis noted.

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Iraq resolute to expel MKO despite EU decision

Baghdad is determined over expulsion of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO/PMOI) from Iraq despite the EU decision to remove the group from its blacklist, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) political adviser told ISNA on Monday..The MKO/PMOI/MEK is a terrorist organization under the UN and Security Council resolutions before and after the 11 September attacks and according to Iraq’s constitutions support for terrorism is prohibited and illegal, he added. The members of MKO are neither war captives nor refugees thus have no legal position in Iraq, he explained.

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