The statement recalled the terrorist nature of the MKO aka MEK/PMOI, and underlined that the West’s support for the terrorist cult”annuls all the claims raised by the western government about war on terrorism”.The also urged that MKO ringleaders must be tried at international tribunals and receive punishment for their savage crimes.
The opposition has lost much of its aura in Iran.”The People’s Mojahedin are opponents in exile and have lost all legitimacy in Iran since the episode of the war with Iraq, where they conducted operations against the Iranian army,”explains Thierry Coville. The”Iranian public opinion far from considering them as opponents see them as traitors.
The selective branding of WikiLeaks, the MEK aka MKO/PMOI or other organizations aligns with the security interests of the U.S. While the MEK may share some of the same goals, namely, regime change in Iran, the labeling indicates an underlying desire to justify alliances in the name of security.
The U.S. divides terrorism into good and bad versions. Those terrorist activities which are against the national interests of the United States are regarded as bad while those benefiting the U.S. government are placed in the good category. This problematic approach has in fact legitimized the crimes committed by many terrorist groups
many political analysts believe U.S. President Barack Obama made a huge mistake when he decided to delist the group. The MKO’s long record of terrorist activities, including the slaughter of thousands of innocent citizens, has increased Iranians’ hatred of the group. Obama’s decision will certainly be met with disdain in Iran and the rest of the world and will create a negative impression of Obama’s rhetoric about fighting against terrorism…
Earlier reports also said that the FSA is building a military base for the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as the MEK, NCR and PMOI) in the bordering areas of Syria and Lebanon. The announcement was made yesterday by Basam al-Dad, a spokesman of the terrorist Free Syrian Army. Al-Dad claimed that the group wants to enjoy the experiences and combat skills of the MKO in different battle fronts…
At present, we have precise information displaying that the US and sometimes European countries provide Monafeqin (hypocrites as they are called in Iran) with abundant facilities and equipments,”Moslehi told reporters in Tehran on Monday, adding that Iran has envisaged and implemented plans to confront such supports and plots. ..
.. However, the Iraqi government recently decided to close down Camp Ashraf, which was the last sanctuary of the MKO on Iraqi soil. The move greatly angered Washington, since U.S. officials had made every effort to save the camp, which many political analysts say is being used as a strategic platform for pressuring the Iranian government and nation…
The State Department delisted MKO credited with a decade long inactivity in terrorism and also for peacefully leaving its paramilitary base, Camp Ashraf. But how can an innately violent and terrorist group, gone into a state of inactivity for many reasons, claim it has forsworn terrorism without a single alteration in its old principles it stresses to maintain?
the story of the MKO/MEK/PMOI paying out large amounts of cash to U.S. politicians, former military officers, and lobbyists was an attempt to conceal what is in reality a decades-long conspiracy to use the group as an armed proxy against Iran. By portraying MKO’s American lobbyists as merely financially motivated, the true nature of their duplicity and betrayal