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When Making a Revolution, Allies Matter

Nejat SocietyJanuary 19, 2006060 views

MEK supporters roam the halls of Congress asking unsuspecting twenty-something aides if their Member will sign a”Dear Colleague”letter calling for freedom and democracy in Iran. They have conducted similar influence operations in Britain, France, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Canada, and elsewhere.
Iranian-Americans openly refer to MEK leader Massoud Rajavi as the”Pol Pot”of Iran, because they believe he would conduct wholesale massacres of his political opponents ..

Terrorism is Terrorists does

Nejat SocietyJanuary 16, 2006056 views

In the Iranian Diaspora that followed 1980, members and supporters of MEK spread throughout the Western World. In Canada, members of the group have earnestly solicited funds and preserved links with Canada’s anachronistic Marxist community. They have also attacked the Iranian embassy in Ottawa, as part of a coordinated assault on 13 embassies in Europe and the Americas.

Still, MEK has done itself few favours over the years. Its main base is still in exile in Iraq, and depends on the generosity of Saddam Hussein

UK- MKO has long history of terrorism

Nejat SocietyDecember 19, 2005061 views

…Foreign Office minister Lord Triesman rejected the call, saying that the MKO was proscribed under the country’s Terrorism Act 2000 and that the government had”no plans to carry out such a review.”

What Kind of Alternative?

Nejat SocietyDecember 8, 2005073 views

..by refusing to do the hard, long and complicated work, the Mojahedin leadership exhibited extremely poor political judgment, fatal immaturity, and an instinctive distrust for the people. On top of that, they left their cadres and supporters wide open for brutal repression that they should have expected and should have been prepared for…They have very little public support inside Iran, and are in fact reviled by most ordinary people because of the patronage bestowed on them by Saddam,

UK: MKO’s Terrorist

Nejat SocietyDecember 8, 2005047 views

UK Foreign Office reiterated proscription of the MKO as a terrorist organization.
In a conference on the activities of the terrorist MKO, foreign office once again said that this group is a foreign terrorist organization…

MEK Exiled Rebel Group Said to Torture Dissidents

Nejat SocietyDecember 3, 2005066 views

An Iranian rebel group that is aggressively campaigning for Washington’s support as part of a ”regime change” strategy in its homeland has committed serious abuses including torture and prolonged isolation, against dissident members, according to a leading human rights watchdog.. the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation (MKO), also known as MEK after its Iranian initials, insists that it should lead a U.S.-backed effort to bring what it has termed democratic rule to Iran

UK home secretary to protect journalists from MKO

Nejat SocietyNovember 21, 2005048 views

Home Secretary Charles Clarke is being urged to provide adequate protection in the UK to journalists threatened by the Iraq-based Mojahedin-e Khalq terrorist group [MKO – Iranian opposition group] for reporting about their activities.

Double Standards in UK Criticized

Nejat SocietyNovember 13, 2005051 views

..This law would enable British law enforcement to keep terrorist suspects under arrest for 90 days. Supporting and encouraging terrorist activities are also considered as crimes….Islamic Human Rights Commission, chaired by Shajareh, had earlier asked the UK government to ban a meeting by Iranian opposition group in UK parliament.

Just Say No to the MKO

Nejat SocietyNovember 10, 2005056 views

with the clear implication being that the members of the strange Marxist terrorist (ex-terrorist?) Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization were being used by the United States to gather information on Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Doubtless with the MKO in mind, David Kay made the important point yesterday in the Washington Post:[D]issidents and exiles have their own agenda —

Friends in high places

Nejat SocietyNovember 8, 2005053 views

Western governments classify the People’s Mojahedin as a terrorist group, but it can still boast allies…When one of its leaders was arrested by French police last month, her followers went on hunger strike. Several set themselves alight in front of television cameras, with two later dying. …