Nejat Society Albania

Nejat Society congratulates the Albania’s Independence day

On behalf of the Iranian community in Albania, we congratulate the government and people of Albania and wish everyone a joyous celebration for the 111th Independence Day.
Members of the Albanian Nejat Society wish happy national day to all Albanians, to proudly celebrate the 28th November, the Independence Day as the nation’s birthday.

On this day we honor and appreciate all those that made everything they could for the nation, who gave their lives for freedom and independence so we can celebrate in accompany with all the Albanians.

The Nejat Society is proud to live and work with the Albanian people and wishes to thank the Albanian government and the Albanians for giving them the sense of security and relief.
28 November is the day when Albania declared independence from Ottoman Empire in 1912

December 2, 2023 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Concluding Statement of The great gathering of the Nejat Society Albania

Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO) led by Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, while they were expelled from Iraq and no other country was willing to receive them, were accepted in Albania for humanitarian reasons about 7 years ago.
But this organization, according to the repeated statements of various responsible officials in the Albanian government, behaved beyond the agreements made and violated the laws of the Republic of Albania, and in an isolated and remote camp, they violated the most basic human rights of the members, that is, the right to communicate with the outside world. especially with the family.

The Albanian Nejat Society, consisting of former members of the MEK, those who managed to recover their freedom and set foot in the outside world, organized this rally with the help of families in Iran to raise public opinion in Albania regarding the issue of human rights violations in the MEK camp. Their aim is to inform the Albanians about the situation and ask the authorities to intervene in this matter and prevent the continuation of this process.

Therefore, we, the participants of this rally, while thanking and appreciating the responsible officials in the government and police of Albania for the support provided to the Iranians living in Albania and especially the members of the Albanian Nejat Society, would like to inform the Albanian government of the following requests:
1. Conditions should be provided and arrangements should be made so that the families of the members of the MEK in Albania can obtain visas and entry permits and travel to Albania so that they can closely monitor the conditions of their loved ones.
2. Refrain from sending the defectors of the MEK to Iran, even if it is apparently voluntary, because these people are travelling from Albania, which hosts the MEK, without Iranian identity documents, and due to their history of activity with the MEK they face prison and prosecution.

3. The activity of the MEK against the security of the people of Iran in cyberspace, which takes place from the territory of Albania, continues as in previous years, and there is still no serious action visible on the part of the government of Albania against such actions that endanger the national security of Albania.

4. On June 20 of this year, the MEK reacted violently against a legal action of the Albanian police to inspect their camp, which resulted in the injury of a number of police officers. Similar to this incident, when this organization was present in Iraq, also happened against the legal action of the Iraqi police to inspect the Ashraf camp. Unfortunately, there was no reaction to this clearly illegal action of the MEK in Albania.
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the Nejat Society conference in Tirana

November 29, 2023 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Nejat Society Albania’s Conference in Tirana, We are equal

On Sunday, November 26, 2023, a gathering was held by Nejat Society Albania following a public call, at the futsal park in the crowded area known as “Rruga Ura” in downtown Tirana. The event was titled: “We are all equal and we support the basic human rights of all different communities in Albania”.

The event was supposed to begin at 11 am. Over 300 citizens of Tirana gathered in the below freezing temperature at the end of the autumn, and many more people watched the program while passing through the park. The audience wanted to know the Iranian community living in Albania who include some defectors of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).

the Nejat Society conference in Tirana

The gathering started by Erisa Rahimi (Idrisi) who announced the program with explanations about Nejat Society Albania and its Iranian members. Then, a new documentary entitled “Biography” produced by Nejat Society in Albanian language was played. The video which displayed the pain and sufferings of waiting families was well received by the audience. Ms. Rahimi introduced Ebrahim Khodabandeh, CEO of Nejat Society.

Khodabandeh delivered his speech online. He first thanked the participants for their presence, as well as the authorities in the Albanian government, who have given members of Nejat Society a sense of security in Tirana.

the Nejat Society conference in Tirana

He stated, he stated that apart from any political issue, this is an issue of human rights for the families who want to have contact with their loved ones taken as hostages in the MEK’s camp. and requested the authorities of the Albanian government to provide the means to fulfill this request as soon as possible. He drew the attention of the Albanian statesmen to the gross violation of human rights inside the MEK camp in Albania.

Then, the documentary of the gathering of families in front of the Turkish Embassy which represents interest section of Albania, in Tehran was shown along with its final statement in Albanian language, which had an immense impact on the participants and even the television network staff who were present on the scene. The film made them upset.
Erisa Rahimi continued the program introducing Soraya Abdallahi, the head of the Mothers’ Organization of Nejat Society, and pointed out that she had been deprived of contact with her only son for 22 years.

the Nejat Society conference in Tirana

Abdullahi, the mother of Amir Aslan Hassanzadeh, who is trapped in the MEK’s camp in Albania, started speaking online. On behalf of all the families, and especially on behalf of all the mothers, he requested the people and the media of Albania to convey the rightful request to communicate with their loved ones to the ears of the Albanian statesmen, so that maybe after decades this right and this request will be fulfilled. During Abdullahi’s speech, a number of Albanian mothers who participated in the scene were crying and those present were deeply impressed.

Hamid Agh Atabai, one of the defectors from the Cult of Rajavi and a member of Nejat Society Albania, gave a speech. He first spoke about his experiences inside the MEK, which was new to the attendees. He also spoke of the so-called resistance units of the MEK and the threat this organization poses to the security of the people of Iran and to the security of the Albanian people. He expressed his personal dark experiences during his years of stay in the MEK camp in Albania and how his life changed after being rescued from this destructive cult.
The speeches of Khodabandeh, Abdullahi and Atabai were interpreted live for the audience, by the host of the event, Erisa Rahimi.

the Nejat Society conference in Tirana

Then the messages of support from the friends of Nejat Society, including the human rights activist Naimeh Jongtsai, the famous writer Mr. Leonard Nika, and pastor Christian Kotori, who were supposed to give a speech but could not be physically present due to holidays and vacation, were read.

The final statement of the meeting, signed by the participants, was read aloud.

November 29, 2023 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

The Albanian Kristal TV report on the Nejat Society Albania conference in Tirana

The Albanian website Kristal TV published a report on the big gathering of the Nejat Society Albania in Tirana.

The report reads:

The great conference of Nejat Albania – Confessions and human calls
A conference on human rights was held last Sunday morning. The event took place in Tirana with many participants where they were present and closely followed the entire event.

The association Nejat Albania, under the slogan “We are all equals” gave strong sensitizing messages giving a special importance to the Iranian community in Albania who have chosen to live freely in Albania and forming their families here and a life from the beginning.

the Nejat Society conference in Tirana

Ebrahim khodabandeh, as a supporter of the Nejat Society in Iran, gave a big thank to the Albanian institutions that have supported the Iranain community in Albania not only by integrating them as best as possible in various professional fields, but also by giving them an opportunity to create a life they had missed inside the MEK camp.

the Nejat Society conference in Tirana

Ebrahim Khodabandeh, the head of the Nejat Society, said that the MEK organization keep its members locked up and deprive them of basic human rights. The MEK claimed that it would form an opposition that promises democracy and freedom, but they took away from the members the right to communicate with their families, and they took away the right to live freely.

The association Nejat Albania operates in the framework of the integration of this foreign community in Albania and has made it possible for them to protect the status of human rights by enabling re-contact with their families in Iran and creating a stabilized life in Albania.

Hamid Atabay

Hamid Atabay former member of the MEK and now a member of Nejat testified his own dark personal experiences that accompanied him in his years of staying within the MEK camps. He described how his life has changed since the establishment of Nejat. He further shows that staying in the MEK means being a person without rights.

Part of this conference was also a mother who still has her son in the MEK camp who said that she has had no contact with her son for many years.

the Nejat Society conference in Tirana

Soraya Abdollahi said: the MEK took away our right to feel the love of our children, our children have fallen prey to a huge fraud. I am very excited when I see the support of Albanian citizens through this conference because it gives me hope to meet my son, Amir Aslan.

I also appeal to the Albanian institutions and the Prime Minister himself to make it possible for the mothers to meet their children, but also to tell them the bitter truth that camp leaders destroyed those people lives only for their own interests.

November 28, 2023 0 comment

Missions of Nejat Society

Nejat Society heading for an event in Albania

Nejat Society Albania has another activity ahead. In the next event in Tirana, an unforgettable program is promised to people.
Nejat Society Albani is going to hold a conference tomorrow, Sunday, November 26th, at 11:00 AM, in Tirana. Nejat members, Albanian human rights activists and other interested people from the Albanian public will attend the event.

Nejat Society states that the purpose of holding this public conference is to draw the attention of the Albanian authorities to the issue of violation of the rights of the families of members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) who live at Ashraf 3.

Nejat Society is supposed to introduce its missions in the framework of the convergence of Iranian community in Albania. The Society brings an action to the Albanian public and audience, an action that is expected to lead to a large-scale conference, welcoming the Albanian public with an open invitation to those who like to know more about the Iranian community in Albania.

It has been announced that the event will be held in the capital in a busy area, near the area known as “Rruga Ura” near the club of athletes of amateur football teams.
It is expected that more than 60 people who have accepted the invitation of the association will participate to follow the whole activity closely, but in the meantime, the Nejat Society and its public relations cannot count the number of participants who want to be there.

It is worth to mention that the activities of Nejat Society Albania are carried out one after the other and it is supposed to create an interesting cultural program for the people of Albania by the Iranian community. There will be incredible moments when members of the Nejat society and former members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq share their painful experiences under the organization with the audience and make their past –when they were imprisoned in the organization’s camp– known to the public.
The event will be welcome by participants from different communities with different positions. “We are all equal” is the title of the program, which shows that the only thing that matters is humanity, being human and having feelings.

Fortunately, the former MEK members have regained their feelings since they escaped from in the group’s camp, according to their statements in various interviews for the media. They were treated like “robots” without feelings, without family and without human rights.

From 11:00 a.m., Nejat Society Albania welcomes you at the above-mentioned place.

Contact Nejat Society Albania on Instagram and Facebook.

November 25, 2023 0 comment

Missions of Nejat Society

Famous Albanian author visited Nejat Society

Members of Nejat Society Albania received the Albanian author Leonard Nika at their office in Tirana.

Leonard Nika, the famous Albanian author has recently published a new book. Three days ago, a book fair was held in Tirana, during which the new book of him was unveiled. During the ceremony, Leonard Nika met the members of Nejat Society Albania and accepted their invitation to attend the office of the association in order to discuss issues of interest of both sides.

Members of Nejat Society Albania received the Albanian author Leonard Nika at their office in Tirana

Nika appreciated Nejat activists for their participation in the opening ceremony of his book. Members of Nejat Society Albania described their lived experiences under the ruling of Maryam Rajavi where the cult-like hierarchy of the group violates the most basic human rights of members who are isolated in Ashraf 3, near Tirana.

Members of Nejat Society explained about the sufferings of families whose loved ones are kept in the MEK’s camp and are not allowed to contact or visit them. Leonard Nika was moved by the stories of families of MEK hostages.

Leonard Nika at a book fair to introduce his newly published book

“I was very impressed,” he said. “You spent the same period in the MEK as what we spent in Albania under the communist dictatorship.”
At the end of this meeting, the cultural productions of Nejat Society were presented to Nika. He expressed his satisfaction with his presence in the office of Nejat Society and his discussion with the members. He thanked them for the enlightening explanations given by them.

November 25, 2023 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Conference of the Albanian Nejat Society in Tirana

On Sunday, October 15, 2023, a conference was held by Albanian Nejat Society in the conference hall of the Hotel Mondial, Tirana, to try to connect the members trapped in the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO) with the outside world and bring the voice of their waiting families to the people and statesmen of Albania.

ٍErisa Rahimi

Mrs. Erisa Rahimi, who was responsible for the translation and management of this conference, first introduced the conference panel members and explained the purpose of the conference to the participants.

Human rights activist Ms. Naime Gjongecaj, Mrs. Kela Solulari, Mr. Ali Zamani, Mr. Mohammad Reza Sediq, Mr. Mostafa Beheshti, and Mr. Musa Jaberifar from the members of the Nejat Society of Albania, and Mr. Aldo Solulari, the media manager of the Nejat Society, were present in the conference panel, as well as Ms. Soraya Abdollahi, who was connected online from Iran, delivered speeches.

Ms. Naimeh Gjongecaj, a human rights activist

First, a video footage of the gathering of families in front of the International Red Cross in Tehran and also the Turkish Embassy, which protects the interests of Albania, was shown. In this conference, Ms. Naimeh Gjongecaj, a human rights activist, who chaired the conference, gave a speech. She emphasized that all the mothers in Albania should be the voice of the families in Iran and asked the attendees at the conference that everyone should do everything to make the voices of the mothers heard.

Mrs. Erisa Rahimi said something about Ali Asghar Zamani’s escape from the MEK camp and asked him to explain more and describe how he escaped. In his speech, Mr. Zamani gave explanations about the organization’s tricks and the way members were deceived and his family was abused by the MEK, and then he talked about leaving his seven-year-old daughter in Iran and being away from her for several years, and pointed out that by escaping he was born again. He expressed his happiness of being in the free world and at the end of his speech he thanked the Albanian government and especially the Albanian police for their help and support.

Conference of the Albanian Nejat Society in Tirana

Mostafa Beheshti was the third speaker of this conference. In his speech, he talked about the fact that the MEK prevented him from communicating with his mother, and he talked about his mother’s death, and he talked about the last words of his mother on her sick bed, which impressed everyone present.

The next speech was by Musa Jaberifar. Mr. Jaberifar said that he spent 13 years of the best period of his life for the Iranian people, but the MEK deceived him and abused him and forced him to cut ties with his family. He said: “I know that it is hard for any listener to believe this, but this is the truth, in the MEK, we did not have the right to communicate with the family, even in the form of sending letters. Even if we remembered our parents and sisters and brothers, we would be impeached. The MEK considers the family as its enemy, and every member of this organization is forced to believe this.”

Mohammadreza Sediq was the other speaker of this meeting. He welcomed and thanked the guests of this conference in Albanian language. In his speech, which impressed the audience, Mr. Sediq said: “My mother came to Iraq and waited for days at the gate of Camp Ashraf, but the MEK did not inform me that my mother was waiting at the gate of the camp. The officials of the organization threw stones and pieces of irons at the families and called them mercenaries of the Iranian government. While the fathers and mothers who were behind the gate of Camp Ashraf were all elderly. The MEK had a hysterical hostility towards families and they said that the family is the enemy of the MEK and they distance members from the war with the regime in Iran. I always had one dream and that was to return to my homeland Iran one day and kiss the hands of my parents. But unfortunately, I faced the death of my mother and now if I return to Iran, instead of kissing my mother’s hand, I have to kiss my mother’s gravestone. Some of you are mothers and you understand well the separation of mother from child. But Rajavi brought these calamities to us.”

Another speaker was Kela Solulari. Mrs. Solulari expressed her happiness at the union of Iranians and Albanian families and people. He considered the Albanian Nejat Society as a platform for the release of members and the meeting of families and said that we should be the voice of families and members trapped in Albania. He said that we should not fail in this direction and we should do our best.

Aldo Solulari, media media manager of Nejat Society

Aldo Solulari, media manager of Nejat Society, was the last speaker of this panel. Mr. Solulari mentioned the Albanian Nejat Society as the only hope for the release of the trapped members of the MEK to make the voices of the families heard.
After the conference panel members finished their speeches, Mrs. Erisa Rahimi introduced Soraya Abdollahi to the conference audience. Ms. Abdollahi impressed all the participants in the conference with her words and visual communication. He talked about his many years of trying to meet her only son, Amir Aslan Hassanzadeh, and talked about the MEK’s obstruction to communicate with her son. Ms. Abdullahi asked the young people present at the conference not to be deceived by the MEK and considered this organization a threat to the national security of Albania. She asked all the audience, especially the mothers who participated in the conference, to be the voice of expectant mothers in Iran and open the way to meet the captive children by referring to the Albanian government.

At the end of Ms. Abdollahi’s speech, Mrs. Erisa Rahimi asked all the participants of this conference to sign the final statement of the conference to support the release of the members trapped in the MEK and to give access to the families in Iran to their loved ones. All participants expressed their solidarity by signing the final statement of the conference.

At the end of the conference, a celebration was held for the escape of Ali Asghar Zamani at the Hotel Mondal restaurant by the members of the Albanian Nejat Society for all the participants of the conference. The cultural and publicity department of the Nejat Society of Albania will soon show the films of this conference and the celebration of Ali Zamani’s freedom.

October 16, 2023 0 comment

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Dr. Alfred Ebrahimi to visit Nejat Society office in Tirana

Dr. Alfred Ebrahimi, a psychiatrist and deputy of Lija penitentiary, attended the villa of Nejat Society in Tirana and met with members of this office. In this meeting, he conveyed the congratulatory message of the Head of the Penitentiary to members of Nejat Society Albania and thanked for the bilateral cooperation in line with the common goals of knowing as much as possible about the destructive cult-like mind control that has plagued many young people in today’s era.

In this meeting, while welcoming Mr. Ebrahimi and his companions, Sarfaraz Rahimi talked about the special goals of Nejat Society in reaching the voices of families who are unable to communicate with their loved ones, and also about rescuing members of Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from mental captivity. He praised Dr. Ebrahimi for his efforts to deradicalize prisoners in order to return to society.

Dr. Alfred Ebrahimi to visit Nejat Society office in Tirana

In this meeting, Ali Zamani, who has recently escaped from the MEK, talked about mental and emotional pressures that were systematically imposed on him and other members of the group and the methods of mind control and brainwashing that are applied within the Cult of Rajavi.

Then Khalil Ansarian explained about the psychological pressure systems that are applied to mEK members on a daily basis in a jargon called “current operation”. He also gave a detailed explanation about the limitations of relationships and gender discrimination and the purpose of these programs, which greatly impressed Dr. Ebrahimi.

Erisa Rahimi, the Albanian member of Nejat Society Albania, delivered the CEO of Nejat Society with complete explanations about the two decades of activities of the society inside Iran and outside Iran, as well as the message of the representative of mothers of MEK hostages, Mrs. Soraya Abdullahi. Dr. Ebrahimi thanked Nejat and its officials.
Hamid Atabai appreciated Dr. Alfred Ebrahimi for his practical support for Nejat Society and emphasized that Dr. Ebrahimi has used all his capacities in the Albanian society to help defectors of the MEK.

Aldo Solulari, media manager of Nejat Society Albania, also explained the current political situation of the MEK in Albania and Maryam Rajavi’s escape from this country.
Mrs. Ela Dada, the manager of legal affairs of Nejat Society Albania, also spoke about the criminal action of the MEK leaders for preventing members from contacting their families.
Nejat Society Albania and Dr. Alfred Ebrahimi hoped to continue further cooperations.

October 2, 2023 0 comment

Former members of the MEK

Opening of the Nejat Society Albania in Tirana

Some time ago, a group of former members of MEK in Albania, and their Albanian companions, who were working under the title “Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA)”, sent a letter to the CEO of Najat Society, requesting to continue their activities under the title “Nejat Society Albania”.
The text of this letter is as follows:

Mr. Ebrahim Khodabandeh
CEO of Najat Society
Greetings and regards

From the beginning, the activities of the Nejat Society in Albania, under the title “Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA)”, have been under the unhesitating support of the Nejat family members in Iran. Families in Iran fully supported their children in Albania, and on the other hand, those who separated from the Rajavi Cult in Albania, and their Albanian companions, have used their efforts to fulfill the human rights demands of the families.
But in our opinion, at this point in time, especially after passing the turning point of June 20, 2023, in line with the pursuit of the goals of the Nejat Society and the wishes of the families, some people created disturbances and disruptions, whose actions were against the principles of the association, and therefore ASILA has no capacity to fulfill the human rights demands of the families. Currently, we can safely say that we could not achieve the desired results in this forum.
Therefore, after coordination with the police and the Ministry of Interior of Albania, we request to agree to the new constitution and with the same goals of the human rights of families in the Nejat Society, and as the official representative of the Nejat Society in Albania. In this new form we can continue our activities to reach the desired results as soon as possible.
Many thanks
List of signatures:
(including 25 signatures)

Subsequently, the CEO of the Nejat Society sent the following letter to the former members of the Rajavi Cult in Albania.

Dear friends
Greetings and may God bless you all

On behalf of the expectant families of members trapped in the Rajavi Cult in Albania who have always supported their children, and on behalf of the board of directors of Nejat Society, I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude for your sincere activities during this time.
If you do not see any obstacles or problems, and the necessary arrangements have been made, your activities under the proud banner of the great Nejat family, which has been working for the human rights of suffering families, both inside and outside Iran for two decades, is our privilege.
I hope all of us can, with a correct understanding of the turning point of June 20, 2023, which brought families much closer to their human rights goals, take more effective steps towards the satisfaction of God and our dear and respected families.
Sincerely
Ebrahim Khodabandeh

Office of the Nejat Society in Tirana

After receiving this letter, the Nejat Society Albania announced its presence in a new villa in the center of Tirana, which the address and location will be announced later:
The text of the declaration announcing the opening of the Nejat Society Albania is as follows:

Respected families, dear compatriots
With great pride and ultimate pleasure, we would like to announce the opening of the activities of the Nejat Society Albania in the center of Tirana.

As we mentioned in the letter to the CEO of Nejat Society, the previous form of our activity, namely the Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA), was not compatible with the type of our activities at this time, and there were many cumbersome obstacles in terms of the statute and management which slowed down our activities.
Therefore, it was decided that with the permission of the Nejat Society, these activities will continue within the framework of a new constitution and goals under the title “Nejat Society Albania” as the official representative of the Nejat Society in Tirana to support Iranians.
We pledge to expectant families to advance our efforts and activities in this new form, without any hindrances, with multiple acceleration to realize the rightful wishes of the families.

Nejat Society Albania
September 20, 2023

September 20, 2023 0 comment

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