Once sworn enemy; Now tactical ally
Is the Trump Administration Allowing a Terrorist Group to Shape Its Iran Policy? A now powerful player in the White House, the MKO/MEK group has become a force to be…
Is the Trump Administration Allowing a Terrorist Group to Shape Its Iran Policy? A now powerful player in the White House, the MKO/MEK group has become a force to be…
The oddly named People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (known as the MKO or MEK), whose sole purpose is the overthrow of the people’s government of Iran, has been busy. Some…
This Iranian opposition group was labeled a terrorist organization. Now it has supporters in the White House For decades, the United States categorized the Mujahedin Khalq, or MEK, as a…
Terrorism and Corruption: Albania’s Issues with EU Accession Albania has been longing for joining the European Union for years, but the tiny Balkan nation still faces major challenges to its…
“Will the Presence of Iran’s MEK Threaten Albania’s Already Shaky Stability?” wonders Frida Ghitis of the World Politics Review. Frida Ghitis who is a world affairs columnist, a former CNN…
Bolton giving Trump poor advice on Iran Americans will die if John Bolton gets his way. Slowly but surely, the ultra-hawkish National Security Advisor is dragging President Trump into a…
A few incumbents among the mass of former officeholders On the last Saturday, 13 July 2019, the annual”Free Iran”conference was held for the first time at Ashraf 3 in Albania,…
The remaining members of the group fled to Iraq, where Saddam Hussein gave them refuge in a military base called Camp Ashraf. The MEK took Hussein’s side in the brutal eight-year war between Iran and Iraq, causing them to lose what little support they may have still had in Iran.
Stephen Harper speaks at conference held at ‘cult’ Iranian dissident group’s Albanian compound For a second straight year, former prime minister Stephen Harper spoke at a conference organized by the…
Described by critics as ‘a cult’, Iranian opposition group is now lauded by top US officials as alternative to Iran’s government As soon as Maryam Rajavi, her face beaming across…