Iran Interlink Weekly Digest

Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – 66

Rajavi has published an extensive article (in Farsi) claiming that the Paris judge has said ‘the MEK are a legitimate political force and have not undertaken any wrongdoing whatsoever, and are a respectable group, etc, (basically repeating what the MEK’s hired lobbyists say). It is interesting …

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Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – 65

A third article from Ebrahim Khodabandeh in Tehran has been published in which he talks about the contact he has from both current members and former members of the Mojahedin Khalq aka MKO/MEK/PMOI. He relates what these various people say to him along with his own opinion about their issues. Khodabandeh says the people in …

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Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – 64

On the anniversary of the attack on Camp Ashraf in which 52 MEK members and Massoud Dalili, an ex-member, were killed, Maryam Rajavi made some risible statements. She claimed that Maliki’s departure and arrival of Abadi from the same Shia faction is a victory that the MEK has achieved, and because of this the blood of these 52 …

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Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – 63

This week Maryam Rajavi travelled to Geneva, as a publicity stunt, where she talked about everything under the sun, posing simultaneously as both a humanitarian personality and the leader of an opposition group. This prompted many victims of the MEK/MKO/PMOI to write against what she said, naming her as ‘at the top of the list of human rights abusers …

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Iran-Interlink Weekly Digest – 62

For two weeks the MEK aka MKO/PMOI has carefully ignored the major news concerning the situation of Gaza. Finally, from two days ago, the MEK has given in and written something; though it falls far short of what even Israelis write to condemn the tragedy that has been inflicted on Gaza by Israel. Following this …

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Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – 61

posted a short piece titled, ‘When the Mojahedin Khalq override their masters’. After a spokesman for the Pentagon announced, “As far as we know Iran has no military presence in Iraq”, the MEK published a different version. A screenshot of the MEK/MKO/PMOI website declares: ‘Pentagon spokesman says Iranian military is present in Iraq” …

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Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – 60

This week, right minded Iranians all over the world have given their attention to the atrocities being inflicted on Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Predictably, only the MEK – out of fear of their Israeli owners – have remained silent on this issue in particular. ++ The mother of a resident in Camp Liberty held hostage by Rajavi has died after …

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Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – 59

An article by Ebrahim Khodabandeh drew a fierce reaction from the MEK, including death threats. The article reveals that some members and internal critics of the MEK are in contact with him in Tehran by telephone and email and they like to nag about what is happening inside the MEK. Some also travel to Tehran and have met with him there. This includes several members of the NCRI. One who visits regularly says the MEK don’t have

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Iran-Interlink Weekly Digest – 58

Dr Zahra Jazayeri, a fierce critic of the MEK and its leaders, died this week in London. Zahra is the sister of Hassan Jazayeri who died in Iraq from heat exhaustion exacerbated by a heart condition in an MEK training camp in the 1980s. Zahra vociferously criticised the MEK and took action against her brother’s widow, a loyal MEK supporter …

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Iran Interlink Weekly Digest – 57

Still in the context of MEK support for ISIS, other writers link it with the MEK rally in Paris on 27 June which celebrates armed struggle. The articles touch on the MEK’s history of violence and terrorism. They conclude that although the MEK aka MKO/PMOI was removed from the terrorist lists of several countries, the group has always remained a terrorist …

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