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Iran Says U.S. Plot Suspect Is a member of MKO

Tehran has sent a letter to the United Nations complaining about U.S. accusations Iran was behind a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said the letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon charges the plot is part of a multi-pronged U.S. strategy to smear Tehran. .. the letter says the man whom U.S. prosecutors have identified as an Iranian military official in the alleged plot is actually a member of the exiled Iranian rebel group Mujahideen Khalq Organisation …

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Iran Says U.S. Plot Suspect Belongs to MKO Exiles

Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi confirmed an Interpol request concerning Gholam Shakuri, hinting the suspect was a member of the Mujahedeen group.”There are 150 Gholam Shakuris (in Iran). Interpol sent us a question about this name, and our investigation showed a certain Gholam Shakuri who lives in the United States and is a member of the Mujahedeen-e Khalq Organization aka MKO/MEK/PMOI..

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Saudi Envoy plotter a member of Paris based MKO

Salehi said there are 150 names similar to the one requested by Interpol for the alleged plot to kill the Saudi envoy to Washington.”There are 150 Gholam Shakuris (in Iran). Interpol sent us a question about this name, and our investigation showed a certain Gholam Shakuri who lives in the United States and is a member of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO),”Salehi was quoted by Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsat ..

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Iran Judiciary to open file against USG for using MKO and other Terrorists

The American administration crimes against Occupy Wall Street movement activists, its support for crimes committed by US puppet regimes in the Muslim countries including Egypt and in the meantime advocating the crimes against Iranian nation committed by terrorist Mujahedeen Khalq Organization aka MKO/MEK/PMOI as well as Washington’s crimes against Iranian revolutionaries before 1979 Islamic Revolution should be pursued and indicted,”…

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Americans excuse for invasion of Iraq was to fight MKO

Considering that fighting terrorism was the excuse for the US invasion of Iraq, it was expected that terrorist elements, including MKO aka MEK/PMOI forces, would be confronted. But not only was there no confrontation, but they were also supported, and even now that the Iraqi government is determined to expel the MKO from the country, the US and Western countries are trying to hinder the move,” Hejazi added.

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Washington backed assassinations and terrorism always futile

… the enemies of the Islamic Republic, particularly the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), are backed by the colonialist powers.The MKO carried out several terrorist acts in Iran with the goal of crippling the Islamic Revolution, but their efforts have always been futile, and “they will take their ambitions to the grave,” he stated. The MKO assassinated Iranian President Mohammad Ali Rajaee and Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar in 1981. ..

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A remarkable number of the MKO members return to Iran

Asked about Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), he said that the Iraqi government is determined to expel the members of the terrorist group from the country by the end of this year.He also said that most of the members of this group that have escaped from Camp Ashraf are trying to return to Iran.“After escape, they usually seek refuge in Iraq, and most of them demand to be granted permission to enter Iran as they have requested in their interviews with the International Committee of the Red Cross,” he said referring to those members of the group that have not been involved in any criminal action.

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Iran: Despite hues and cries about campaigns, west is supporter of terrorism

…”The Iranian nation with more than 17,000 martyrs is the biggest victim of terrorism in the world,”… He lambasted the western countries for their support for terrorist groups despite their hues and cries about campaign against terrorism, and said the world arrogant powers equipped terrorist groups against the Islamic Republic on the early days after the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and they are now also striving to save the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) …

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