Former members of the MEK

MKO former members

Don’t let the MEK leaders deceive you

A letter from the liberated members of the central province to Mae Sato

Mrs. May Sato, the respected UN rapporteur on human rights of Iran
Congratulations to you on your new responsibility, we hope you will be successful in your new activity.

We are a number of people who have separated from the People’s Mojahedin Organization. The MEK had kept us captive for years and deprived us of any freedom.

We were not allowed to contact our families. We were not allowed to communicate with the outside world. We were constantly humiliated and oppressed. We were not allowed to leave their camp.

We finally managed to get out of the MEK camp, or better to say escape, when the American forces were based in Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
The MEK still has kept a large number of Iranians like us in captivity. We declared this issue to Mr. Javaid Rehman several times through letters, however, he did pay no attention!

Unfortunately, recently we saw that Mr. Javaid Rehman appeared among the MEK without paying attention to our testimonies.

Ms. Mai Sato,
We request you not to be deceived by the leaders of the Mojahedin organization. Their slogans about freedom and human rights are not true at all. Our bitter experiences of our years of presence in this organizations differs completely from the leaders’ claims
We are ready to provide you with our objective evidence.

Sincerely,
A number of MEK former members

Arak-Markazi-Iran
1- Fazel Farhadi
2- Taha Hosseini
3- Hassan Zarjini
4- Fawad Basri

September 10, 2024 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

MEK ex-members share concerns with the new UN rights rapporteur

Mrs. Mai Sato, special reporter on human rights in Iran

While congratulating your selection as the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran and wishing you success, we are a group of members separated from the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) who were members of the organization; some of us were members of the organization for more than three decades. Regarding your efforts in the field of truth-finding and follow-up of human rights deficiencies, we found it necessary to inform your Excellency of our concerns, which are based on our first-hand experiences of inside the MEK.

1- We consider it necessary to inform you about the political goals of the MEK in the field of human rights. During the term of Mr. Javaid Rehman, the leaders of the organization tried to serve their own goals by presenting false reports so they harmed his efforts and credibility in truth-finding about human rights

2- Based on our personal experiences and first-hand observations, we consider the MEK as a completely undemocratic movement with a cult-like structure. We believe that any cooperation with this organization cannot be defensible even by claiming that part of the prisoners who belong to them. Because many of us, like many other former members of the MEK have been executed or tortured by the group itself.

3-Actions for truth finding on human rights in Iran should not be led through the channel of cooperation with the MEK which is a formerly terrorist designated entity with a violent background. In her recent speech before the former reporter, Maryam Rajavi, the MEK leader said, “We advocate for a democratic republic founded on the separation of religion and state, with an independent judiciary adhering to principles such as the presumption of innocence, the right to defense, the right to a public trial, the complete independence of judges.”

This claim is nothing but a lie. As former members of the MEK, we are victims of torture and imprisonment in the religious extremist cult of Rajavi. In the MEK, we were sentenced to torture, imprisonment and death without the right to defense, the right to a public trial. Event after leaving the MEK, a number of MEK defectors have faced life threats by the side of the MEK simply because of the publication of their testimonies on the facts from inside the MEK.

Mrs. Sato
We find it necessary to briefly mention some serious and documented crimes of the MEK and its leadership, which proves that the organization is not democratic and does not believe in the principles of freedom.

The MEK has a completely cult-like and repressive structure. They brainwash members through long meetings called Ideological Revolution, coercing them to worship Massoud and Maryam Rajavi. They have forced couple members to divorce. Celibacy is mandatory in the MEK. Gender segregation of is strictly observed by the leaders. In their manipulative system, they force members to write reports about their most inner thoughts or dreams and sexual dreams in order to read the reports before their peers. Peers should attack each other in the meetings, including the meetings of Masoud and Maryam. They are due to verbally attack, spit in the face and insult and accuse the person who is tried in the meeting, and in some cases they physically assault the one who is accused for not being ideological enough.

4-Separation of more that 800 children from their parents who were in the MEK camps in Iraq during the 1990s and smuggling them to some Western countries without the inner satisfaction of them and their parents. This separation left children with severe emotional blows and traumas. Several of these children were then recruited as child soldiers by the MEK. Some of them participated in military operations during the MEK’s presence in Iraq and were killed.

5- Imprisonment, physical, mental and psychological torture of dissident members inside the MEK, under baseless accusations. Launching psychological warfare and character assassination against defectors of the MEK. Taking out women’s wombs without any medical reason to justify it. Disconnection of members’ communication with their families. Lack of freedom of speech. Deprivation of access to the outside world and of free use of the Internet and other media communication facilities.
We are ready to share our experiences with you in person or online and to answer your questions carefully and honestly. In the end, while wishing you success in your valuable and independent efforts for human rights, we reiterate our concern.

With respect, a group of former members of the MEK from Khuzestan, Iran

September 10, 2024 0 comments

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Appeal of the legal representative of the MEK former members to Mai Sato

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Dr. Mai Sato
United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Greetings and regards:

Before entering into the nature of my appeal, I would like to congratulate you on your new assignment as the special rapporteur on human rights in the affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran and I wish you success.

I am the legal representative of hundreds of former members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO) based in Iran. The current members of the MEK, led by Maryam and Masoud Rajavi, are now living in an isolated and remote camp called Ashraf 3 in the city of Manez in the province of Durres in the country of Albania.

firstly, I would like to review your serious responsibility in the matter of human rights. Special rapporteurs are responsible for the mission assigned to them by the United Nations Human Rights Council, which they carry out independently of governments and with respect for non-partisanship. In this way, they play an important role in monitoring the sovereignty of nations and policies and democratically elected governments. The role of special rapporteurs, beyond fact-finding missions, is to report on the complaints of those who are victims of human rights violations.

Unfortunately, Mr. Javaid Rehman, the former rapporteur of HR, by violating the protocols of the United Nations, acted based on the double standards policies, not as a representative of the United Nations, but as a special agent and spokesperson for Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the MEK. As, recently he attended the MEK terror group’s meeting.

Dr. Sato
I am the legal representative of former members of the MEK based in Iran. By using mind control methods, MEK has practically launched modern slavery and brainwashes people with cultic methods and subjects them to spiritual and physical abuses, as well as torture and finally kill them.

According to one of the important clauses related to the limits of the authority of special rapporteurs in order to implement the mission related to gathering evidence, the fact-finding committee, by following relevant standards and methodologies, tries to access and collect information, documents and evidence. It includes interviews, testimony of witnesses, documents and other information, and in order to collect information related to their investigation, this committee communicates with a variety of people and institutions.

Considering the fact that many former members of the MEK live in Iran and are located in the geographical region of your jurisdiction, I invite you as the legal and official representative of these people to meet with at least a number of former members to find out the truth about the anti-human actions of the MEK, conduct a face-to-face meeting and follow up on this issue by receiving their complaints.

I am impatiently waiting for your reply

With respect
Samad Eskandari
Legal representative of the former members of the MEK based in Iran

September 1, 2024 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

Nejat Society Albania’s Action in Support of Families of MEK Members in Iran

On Friday, July 19, 2024, the Nejat Society Albania took an action in support of the families of members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), who want to contact their loved ones after decades.

In this campaign that was held in the National Park of Tirana, a number of Iranian and Albanian members of Nejat Society Albania distributed explanatory flyers among the passers-by. They were welcomed by the people in the national park.

This action was carried out in support of the families of Nejat Society in Iran and in order to expose the violation of the most basic human rights in the MEK’s camp in Manez, Durres province, North of Tirana.

While taking the papers, the people asked for more explanations about the MEK and their presence in Albania, their internal relations and the inhuman treatment they have against their own members and their families. In response, the members of Nejat Society Albania provided them with detailed information.

Those who read the flyers and heard the explanations, expressed their sympathy for the families and expressed regret for the suffering they have endured during these years.
All the people emphasized on the demand that the Albanian government should intervene in this matter and put an end to the miserable conditions and to aid the people inside the closed and remote Manez camp so that they can choose for their own fate.

The video and full report of the action will be broadcast soon by Nejat Society Albania.

July 20, 2024 0 comments

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The great gathering of Nejat Society Albania in Tirana

On June 23, 2024, Nejat Society Albania, as a supporter of Iranians living in Albania and as an officially registered Albanian institute, held a large gathering with public invitation in Tufinë district of Tirana.

The purpose of holding this gathering was to express the demands and goals of the Nejat Society Albania, which was announced as follows:
“No to the violation of human rights in the Mujahedin-e Khalq camp in Manz, Durres”
“Yes to visit between the mothers and their children in the MEK’s camp in Manz, Durres””
“No to the separation of men and women in the MEK’s camp in Manz, Durres”
“Yes to the release of the confined members in the MEK’s camp in Manz, Durres”

The gathering had more than 500 participants. A large number of human rights associations and civil rights, women’s rights and mothers’ rights activists in Tirana participated the event and supported its goals.

The great gathering of the Nejat Society Albania started at 10:00 am with the opening clip broadcast on the big wide screen. Then, Erisa Idrisi (Rahimi), the head of the society thanked all the participants. She also thanked the Albanian government and police for making it possible for them to establish the Nejat Society Albania and implement the event. She explained about the society and its goals, as well as the MEK.

Nejat Albania’s great gathering

Idrisi also appreciated the managing director of Nejat Society, Ebrahim Khodabandeh, for supporting and guiding the society of Albania. Pointing to the fact that they have not yet reached their main commitment, which is the release of all the members trapped in the MEK camp in Manz, Durres, and the meeting of the families with their children.

A documentary which highlights the cut-like and anti-family nature of the MEK was aired, which shocked the audience by the realities about the group.

The second speaker of the event Angjela Doçi, the head of the student defense committee of the Nejat Society Albania, said: “The MEK camp in Manz in Durres has very strict rules that actually torture the residents there. Residents of this camp are not allowed to talk or communicate with their family members. They are not allowed to think freely, they cannot even breathe freely. Their suffering has no end, but it increases day by day and their lives become more and more hell, a burning hell that burns their souls and break their hearts.”

Angjela Doçi

The next speaker was Ela Deda, the legal director of Nejat Society Albania. Deda said: “Today, we have gathered in this conference to talk about the rights of migrant refugees, especially the Iranian members of Nejat Society Albania and all the MEK members who are imprisoned in the group’s camp in Manz, Durres. It has been two years since I joined Nejat Society Albania to support a very important goal, namely the freedom and human rights of former members of the MEK, and to convey their valuable messages in order to have a small contribution to the unification of as many families as possible. Human rights are an important part of legal theories and an important philosophical-political concept. Among the basic human rights, we can mention the right to individual freedoms, the right to life, the right to self-determination, the right to choose a religion, etc. Human rights describe the concept that all people are born with universal human rights. Human rights do not only mean freedom from coercion, discrimination and abuse. Human rights must be current in all aspects of our life with maximum potential. Human rights compel governments to protect our freedoms and work to ensure dignity, justice and inclusion for all.”

Ela Deda, the legal director of Nejat Society Albania

The gathering went on with airing a clip of the families of MEK members inside Iran. Consequently, the attendees were deeply affected by the stories of mourning mothers and fathers who miss their loved ones who are barred in the MEK camp. Many shed tears after watching the clip.

Mehdi Soleimani, former member of the MEK and an active member of the society, gave a speech in Albanian. Mehdi Soleimani said: “I was in the MEK for fourteen years and I lived with them. The MEK is a Cult-like group and its members do not have the right to have any relationship with the outside world of the cult. I was in a prison called MEK for fourteen years and during this time I could not talk to my mother, father, siblings. According to the MEK, the family is considered an enemy and one should not talk to them. Many people who came to Tirana ran away from the MEK while going to the doctor or in the dark of the night. When I escaped from the MEK, it took me a month to find my brother’s phone number. When I called him, he didn’t know me. After I gave several addresses and told the names of my father, mother and sister, my brother recognized me and said that he would go home and call at night. At night when he called, the whole family was gathered. When I talked to my mother, she said this is not my Mehdi. I again showed that it was me so that she recognized me and started crying. For a week, I only talked to my mother from morning to night. During that week my mother only cried and spoke a few sentences and then cried again.”

Ebrahim Khodabande, the CEO of Nejat Society, spoke live to theaudiance. He said:

“Greetings to all the respected audience and thank you for making it to gather here to support the goals of Nejat Society Albania. I would like to thank each and every member and officials of Nejat Society Albania, both Iranian and Albanian, and also appreciate the assistance of the authorities of the Albanian government who made the establishment and registration of the Nejat Society possible.

“Nejat Society belongs to families who are in Iran far away from their loved ones in the MEK camp because the leaders of the MEK do not allow their members to communicate with their families. Nejat Association tries to somehow provide the possibility of communication between families and members living in the MEK camp in Durres.

“Many news is heard that the leaders of the MEK do not respect and recognize the minimum rights of their members in this camp. It is also heard that the Albanian government is not allowed to interfere in the affairs of this camp, which is in Albanian territory.

“On behalf of thousands of families in Iran, I request the government of Albania to exercise its sovereignty over this camp and ensure that human rights are respected in this camp in accordance with the standards of the Council of Europe Human Rights Convention, of which the Republic of Albania is one of the signatories.

“Thank you again to all of you who came together to defend the goals of Nejat Society and I request you to ask the responsible authorities in the Albanian government why the Albanian government cannot or will not exercise its sovereignty over this camp. And is it really true that this camp in Durres is under the absolute control of the leaders of the People’s Mojahedin Organization?”

Soraya Abdullahi, the mother of Amir Aslan Hassanzadeh, and Masoumeh Rezaei, the mother of Saeed Farajullah Hosseini, spoke live on behalf of all mothers and families in Iran, and spoke about the pain and suffering of the separation of tens of years, which touched the audience immensely. They urged the Albanian government to make arrangements to connect these heartbroken mothers and expectant families with their loved ones. Their words were accompanied by expressions of emotion and continuous praise from the audience.

RTSH report on the great gathering of Nejat Albania

The great gathering of Nejat Society Albania was also welcomed by the media. TV and radio channels and various publications covered this gathering by sending a team of reporters and cameramen. Famous and popular televisions including: RTSH 1 (Nationwide State Television Network), RTSH NEWS (national state television news network), NEWS 24, ALPHAPRESS TV, ATV, Tirana 1, TRING TV, BIO NEWS, PUBLIALB and Kristal TV covered the event.

June 24, 2024 0 comments

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Final Statement of the Great Gathering of the Albanian Nejat Society

At the end of the great gathering of the Albanian Nejat Society in Tirana on Sunday, June 23, 2024, a statement was read by the president of the society, and then its copies were signed by all the participants, which will be delivered to the authorities of the Ministry of Interior of Albania in the coming days.
The text of this statement is as follows:

Honorable people of Albania
About 7 years ago, the members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO) were brought to this country from Iraq in a humanitarian gesture by the Albanian government and were finally settled in a camp near the city of Manez in Durres province. But according to the statements of the Albanian government officials, the MEK did not fulfill its obligations and acted against the laws and regulations of Albania and became a threat to national security.

According to the testimony of those who managed to escape from the MEK camp in Albania and return to normal life under the support of the Albanian government, unfortunately, the leaders of the MEK violate the basic human rights of the members in this camp. The members are denied the right to marry and form a family, the right to communicate with the outside world, especially the family, and the right to choose their own destiny.

The Albanian Nejat Society was formed with the help of the families of the members of the MEK in Iran in order to support Iranians who were able to separate from this organization and return to normal life, as well as to draw the attention of the general public to the conditions inside the camp and to register it with the legal authorities of the Republic of Albania.
On June 20 of last year, Albanian police officers went to inspect this camp with a court order, but unfortunately, they faced a violent confrontation against this legal action of the police officers. The MEK’s violent confrontation against the police and the Albanian government revealed the terrorist nature of the leaders of the MEK to everyone in Albania.
The MEK claims to expand democracy and create the right to free choice for everyone, but in practice, in its relations in its camp in Durres, it does not give its members the least right of choice and freedom of speech.

Although this camp is inside the territory of Albania, but according to those who were previously stationed there, its control is absolutely in the hands of the leaders of the MEK and the Albanian government has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the MEK camp in Durres.

While thanking and appreciating the responsible authorities in the Albanian government for the assistance and support provided and the conditions provided for the return of these people to normal life, the Albanian Nejat Society asks the Albanian government to fulfill its legal right in the MEK camp in apply the territory of Albania and take over the control of this camp and ensure compliance with the standards of human rights based on the human rights convention of the Council of Europe, of which Albania is one of the signatories.
In this regard, the Nejat Society of Albania is willing to cooperate and assist with the responsible authorities in the Albanian government.

Also, the Albanian Nejat Society requests the German government, which is hosting the meeting of the MEK this month, to reconsider this decision and not to allow an undemocratic group to use the democratic atmosphere of western countries to gain legitimacy and deceive people.
This statement is endorsed by the following signatories:

(list of signatures)

June 24, 2024 0 comments

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Atefeh Sebdani: My new mother had seen Cinderella in me

My foster mother did everything to prove me wrong. Jealous, a psychologist would say many years later. But what do I know.

If only I gave a little more. Be a little kinder, more capable? If I maxed out the grades? Just responded to summons. If I did all the cooking, everything cleaned up afterwards without prompting. Didn’t want anything. Didn’t sing, because they hated when I did. I, who loved it, had a talent for it. Like I didn’t see that grain of rice on the floor when I was sweeping the kitchen, how could I be so stupid? It was just to take the consequences of that, that became my foster father’s task. I was then six years old.

I quickly learned not to make the same mistakes again.

We were a total of six children but my new mother had seen Cinderella in me. A docile, desperate girl and…? I had to take care of everything. Never good enough. If I didn’t have time to clean the whole house of 300 square meters in the half hour notice I was given before the spontaneous guests would arrive, then there was a family meeting afterwards about my ineptitude. In the best case.

The stress and pressure were constant. In between I would sit quietly in my room. Not meeting friends. At least not outside the organization. Sometimes it let go of the reins so that outwardly it looked good. Then I hung out with my friends. Felt the sweetness of freedom. Be myself and be appreciated for it. Outwardly I was happy, laughing out loud and not least at my own jokes.

No one was told what was going on behind closed doors. Either what my new mother or my new father did. They had taken on different roles, and both were devastating.

If I survive this, then I will be free.
I have to survive because I had promised my mom to take care of my little brothers. If I don’t survive, I’ll never see her again.

Hold on Atefeh.
So, I persevered.
Atefeh Sebdani’s Face Book, June 14th, 2024

June 16, 2024 0 comments

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Former members and families of MEK hostages write letter to the Germany Chancellor

A group of former members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO), along with some families of the current members of this organization from Zanjan Province in Iran, wrote a letter to the Chancellor of Germany, which was delivered to the Embassy of the Federal Republic in Tehran.

The text of the letter is as follows:

His Excellency Mr. Olaf Scholz,
Honorable Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Greetings and regards

We, a group of survivors from the MEK, as well as some of the families of the members of the MEK, who are currently captured in the camp known as Ashraf 3 in the city of Manez in Durres Province in Albania, under the control and domination of the MEK, led by Maryam Rajavi, from Zanjan, Iran, would like to inform you of the followings:
The MEK, which used to hold its main annual conference every year in Paris, France, was banned from holding this program by the French government and police since last year due to the nature of this group.

Now that the leaders of the MEK have failed to hold this program in France as well as in Albania, which is their headquarters, they plan to carry out the desired program on June 29, 2024 in Berlin, Germany, with the permission of your government, in order to deceive public opinion.
We, the signatories of this letter, in order to reveal the true nature of the leaders of the MEK, declare that this fraudulent group, by resorting to cultic methods with brainwashing, captures the soul and body of the members and abuses them for inhuman interests.

According to the testimony of a large number of survivors from this organization, many of the opposing members of this destructive cult were arrested, tortured and even executed by the direct orders of Masoud and Maryam Rajavi and were killed in the prisons of the MEK.

Despite the years of efforts of the old and expectant fathers and mothers, who have no desire but to meet their family members who are trapped in the MEK camp, they have always faced anger and wrath from the leaders of the MEK, and were not allowed even a minute to visit their families. The legal and human rights of the members of the MEK have been trampled under the feet of the leaders of this group.

The point to think about, which has caused the resentment of families and former members, is the acceptance of hosting the meeting of the MEK by the German government. The German government has given permission to the MEK to officially open offices there for illegal activities to deceive people and attract them to terrorist acts.
Mr. Federal Chancellor

What has been formed in the minds of us Iranians from your country is the existence of a rich history and culture that seriously fights terrorism. Unfortunately, the acceptance of the MEK and the issuance of a license to promote lie and deceit and murder by this destructive cult in Germany have challenged our opinion.

Our question is how the German government considers itself to be the leader in the fight against terrorism and the defense of human rights, but in practice, it puts its territory at the disposal of a terrorist and criminal group whose hands are stained with the blood of thousands of innocent people and even discontented members within itself?!

We emphasize that a number of rescued members of the MEK filed a complaint against the leaders of the MEK for torture, murder, genocide, deprivation of civil liberties and numerous crimes through the Tehran International Court Branch 55, which issued a definitive verdict in 39 pages. It was noted that the implementation of this ruling is followed up through international authorities. Also, there is a criminal trial going on in Iran regarding the filing of a lawsuit by a large number of families of terror victims against the leaders of the MEK.

We, far from any international political discussions, only as members and families affected by the crimes of the MEK, ask you not to allow the MEK to endanger the image of your country with their usual tricks and leave a bitter memory in our minds.

Thank you in advance for your attention:

List of signatures:
Rescued members of the MEK:
– Samad Eskandari
– Fathullah Eskandari
– Kamand Ali Azizi
– Rahim Qanbari
– Adam Karimi
– Nasser Almasi

The families of members in the MEK camp in Albania:
– Ghasemi
– Kamyab
– Jama’ti
– Sadeqi
– Mohebbi
– Kalantari
– Mohammadi
– Zakery
– Bagheri
– Karami Afzal
– Soleimani
– Afshar
– Borji
– Qadimi

June 10, 2024 0 comments

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Amir Yaghmai: Didn’t we have the right to choose?

A visual narrative from childhood to adulthood of Amir Yaghmai as a child of Mujahedin-e Khalq

Amir Yaghmai, a former child soldier of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), was one of the first children of this group who spoke out to expose its leaders. 5 years ago, when he went to meet his mother in front of the MEK’s camp in Albania, he was not allowed by the group leaders to meet her. Then, he started publicly criticizing the leaders of the MEK, and in return, he was accused and defamed by the MEK that claimed that Amir is the agent of the Iranian Intelligence.

Amir is one of the 1000 children of the MEK, whose Mujahed parents offered them to Masoud Rajavi when they were children. He is one of the 4 children who participated in the documentary “Children of Camp Ashraf” directed by Sara Moin, and after the release of this documentary, he was hated by the MEK more than before.
In response to the attacks of the MEK’s insults, he has increased his activity on social networks more than before. He, who is always accused of being a mercenary for the government of Iran by supporters of MEK, addressed them in one of his posts on the X social network and promised that he would share more stories from his past time inside the MEK in response to each accusation.

Thus, his account on X is full of photos and videos that show the painful history of helpless children of the MEK in its brainwashing system. Some of these children, such as Amir, have been involved in the issues of this terrorist cult since birth or at a very young age. Some of these children were able to distance themselves from the group, some have managed to leave it, and some are still trapped by it.

Amir is a child of Iranian parents, but he was born in France. He is the son of Ismail Vafa Yaghmai, a former member of the MEK. His father, who was once a member of the National Council of Resistance and a poet of the group, managed to leave the organization when Amir was young. His mother Akram Habib Khani, who is still trapped behind the bars of the Cult of Rajavi, has taken strong positions against Amir and his father in recent years under organizational pressure.

After enduring a long and difficult process, Amir Yaghmai managed to leave Camp Ashraf and join the temporary camp of the American army in the neighborhood of Camp Ashraf, and after 8 years of being a child soldier and living in the modern slavery structure of the MEK, he made his way to the free world. In 2005, he managed to return to Sweden.

This article is supposed to republish some of the photos and notes shared by Amir Yaghmai in his account on the X social network, in the order of the time of occurrence, from his childhood to today. Your attention is drawn to a few images from the story of a child who was a victim of the totalitarian and extremist cult of Masoud and Maryam Rajavi at least until he was 19 years old, translated by Nejat Society:

Amir Yaghmaei and his mother Akram Habibkhani

Amir Yaghmai’s post on X, May 5th, 2024

5 years ago, I and one of my friends went to Ashraf 3 in Albania, hoping to meet our mothers. At that time, I had not contacted my mother for about 16 years, and my only intention was to inform my mother that she would have a grandchild in a few months. MEK responded negatively to the meeting request.

Amir Yaghmaei in his childhood

His post on X, May 28th, 2024
This is a photo of me when I was 5 years old in the area of “Skan” or MEK’s housing complex in Badiezadegan camp near Baghdad. I was with my family one day a week and then I would go back to the overnight boarding house. We were used to missing our parents. Sometimes I think I dreamed everything…

His post on X, June 1st, 2024
The first year after I left Iraq and came to Sweden. Wherever I went, the photo of the two “ideological prophets” of the MEK was above my head.

Amir Yaghmaei in Sweden

His post on X, May 9th, 2024
Here at the base of the Zayerian in the suburb of Paris and me at the front, at the age of 4. We are singing the songs of the MEK. The brainwashing of MEK children started from this age. Pay attention to the letter board “A is like a revolution, G is like a gun, W is like war, K is like Khomeini…

the base of the Zayerian in the suburb of Paris

His post on X, May 10th, 2024
About 1 year before we were sent back to Iraq, I met Maryam Rajavi during a trip to Paris. She gave me a gold necklace. The necklace that she gave to all the children of MEK. 1 year after that, I left for the hell in Iraq and the exit doors were completely closed on me.

Amir Yaghmaei and Maryam Rajavi

His post on X, May 10th, 2024
A photo of “Auver”, the main base of MEK in the suburbs of Paris in 1998. The underage children in this photo were all sent to Iraq and Camp Ashraf. They were brought from Germany during the school holidays to be brainwashed and recruited by the MEK. I’m in the middle with a red shirt.

A photo of Auver

His post on X, May 11th, 2024
The MEK claims that there were on child soldiers in the group. This is a picture of me at the age of 14 in a military uniform in Camp Ashraf. After 1 year of active brainwashing by the authorities, I was transferred from Paris to Iraq in 1998, and this captivity lasted for 6 years until the arrival of the American forces.

Amir Yaghmaei at Camp Ashraf-Iraq

His post on X, May 31st, 2024
This is at Alavi’s border camp. I was transferred here from Faeze camp because I was a “non-organizational” person and did not follow the MEK’s rules. I had told myself that now that I was forced to be a prisoner here, I will be “childish” and I will not let them steal this time from me. I am the second person standing from the right in a white T-shirt.

MEK child soldiers

His post on X, June 7th, 2024
I am in Camp Ashraf. Smiles do not always express the truth.

Amir Yaghmaei

His post on X, May 16th, 2024
Dr. Jones, colonel dentist who took me under his wing after I was released from Ashraf prison and taught me the lesson of humanity. He trained me as his assistant in the dental office and paid me, he provided me with connection with the Swedish embassy and helped me in all the steps forward.

Dr. Jones, colonel dentist

His post on X, May 12th, 2024
Birthday celebrations were forbidden in MEK. Sometimes people who secretly have a friendly relationship with each other put a secret gift such as syrup powder or a handwritten greeting in each other’s closet. If it was revealed, you would be severely punished. But in the American camp, that “foreign imperialist” force, celebrated my birthday after 6 years.

Amir Yaghmaei’s birthday at the American Camp

His post on X, May 26th, 2024
In the end, it was the American forces who took me by helicopter to the Baghdad airport on October 2, 2005, to take me to the Swedish embassy in Jordan and finally return to Sweden. At the moment of the helicopter flight, the female colonel told the pilot to fly one round over Ashraf so that Amir would see this hell for the last time.

Yaghmaei at Camp TIPF

His post on X, June 6th, 2024
One of my first photos after returning to Sweden after 8 years in the hell of Iraq. I fell behind in everything, in education, social relations, even how to buy goods and train tickets. Someone told me, “Your fate is not strange, your parents were Mujahids and you ended up with Ashraf”. Does that mean we didn’t have the right to choose?

Amir Yaghmaei in Sweden

His post on X, May 6th, 2024
When I tried to meet my mother, the supporters of the MEK mockingly said, “A 40-year-old child is looking for his mother”, not knowing that in a free society, especially in Iranian culture, children have a relationship with their parents until the end of their lives. But my biggest regret is that my daughters have not seen their grandmother until today.

Amir Yaghmaei

Today, Amir Yaghmai is an environmental scientist and lives in Sweden. He is married and has two children. He believes that authenticity is with truth. Although in the middle of his content, he introduces himself as an atheist and against the government of Iran, he is well aware that the truth of the MEK must be acknowledged, and efforts must be made to end violation of human rights of the members of this violent cult.

By Mazda Parsi

June 9, 2024 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

My life experience with the Mujahedin-e Khalq

Mohammad Reza Torabi nicknamed “Ray”, former child soldier of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) has recently published a thread in his personal account on X social network on his life experience with the group. He was a member of the MEK’s army for 18 years. He left the group after it was relocated in Albania.

Ray’s father Ghorbani Ali Torabi was killed under torture in the MEK’s prison. His mother Zahra Seraj is still a member of the Cult of Rajavi. She is not willing to contact Ray because she considers him a traitor who has left the group and speaks out against it.

Ray Torabi’s thread on X published on April 28th, 2024

This is Ray Torabi’s thread on X published on April 28th, 2024:
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the fate of some 1000 MEK children who were separated from their parents during the Gulf War and sent to European and American countries. As one of those children, I want to clarify some facts.

These children came to Iraq with their parents in the 1980s, specifically after the establishment of the National Liberation Army (MEK’s armed wing). Their parents joined MEK military units and the children were kept in daycares and boarding houses in Camp Ashraf.

During the week the children were kept in daycare and the parents received military training in separate units. Parents picked up their kids from the boarding house on Friday and stayed with them in housing units until Sunday morning when they were dropped off again.

With the start of MEK’s internal “ideological revolution” and after the implementation of mandatory divorces within its ranks, families were separated. The father would get the child one weekend and the mother the next.

With the start of the Gulf War and upon Massoud Rajavi’s orders, the children were separated from their parents and moved to Jordan. We were kept in different hotels until MEK found families for us abroad. Many of the children were moved to families of MEK supporters.

Some went to MEK boarding houses in European countries. These boarding houses had terrible conditions such as lack of food and physical abuse by MEK caretakers. Most of the children were smuggled into these countries illegally. I was 9 when I was smuggled to Canada.

Many, like myself, later faced complicated legal issues for immigration status because of this. I want to note that there was little to no supervision from MEK and many of us children were subjected to physical, mental, and sexual abuse in the families where we were placed.

In some cases MEK tried to cover up these crimes and silence the children. In the late 90s MEK emotionally manipulated and made hollow promises to some of the children, including myself, to move back to Iraq to be with our parents again. I will also write about this later.

It’s not easy to talk about the pain and suffering we’ve experienced. Hence you don’t hear from the others. Many of the children started new chapters in their lives, forgot their past, and moved on. Most of them don’t want anyone to know they were affiliated with the MEK.

Do you know how difficult it is for me to publicly say I was sexually abused in my childhood in Camp Ashraf and then in MEK headquarters in Canada by an MEK members/supporters? The other children don’t want to talk about these things and I respect their right not to.

There are very few of us who speak openly. I’ve overcome my past. I don’t feel guilty for what happened to me. I hold the MEK responsible. I found the courage to speak up and share the truth about my past openly and confidently.
The people of Iran must understand the crimes, deception, and evilness of the MEK. I have learned in the past 7 years, since leaving the MEK, that people only have a shallow understanding of this cult. I will do my best to reveal their lies, deception and evil.

I’m not afraid to speak up because I only speak the truth. Those who read my words will feel it with their hearts. And I am willing to testify every word I write in any court.

April 29, 2024 0 comments

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