Former members of the MEK

MKO former members

After years of devotion to Rajavi, I was threatened to death

Varshi joined the MKO 27 years ago. As a 19–year–old teenager his ideal was the overthrow of the Islamic Republic through armed struggle. But ultimately, the totalitarian and manipulative system of the group made him leave it. ”After 27 years of companionship with the group, I was threatened to death (by Alireza Budaqchi under the pseudonym of Ahad) just because I had said that the leader’s arguments were not realistic,” …

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Pictorial- Two brothers escaped MKO Camp in Iraq

The two brothers managed to release themselves after 27 years of imprisonment within the MKO bases.Bahadori brothers were recruited by the MKO in 2002 in Baku Azarbayjan where the older one was working. The MKO recruiters promised to provide them with European refuge. Although they were promised a better life in Europe, they found themselves in Turkey and then Iraqi Camp Ashraf…

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Two brothers, defected from the MKO, returned home

Although they were promised a better life in Europe, they found themselves in Turkey and then Iraqi Camp Ashraf where they were immediately separated from each other. They were not allowed to meet each other for years. They were not told about their family who had several times come to visit them in Camp Ashraf, Iraq.

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Masoud Banisadr:Living and Escaping a Terrorist Cult

MeK was designated as a terrorist organization by the US State Department until 2012. The Iranian government estimates that MeK activity has claimed some 12,000 Iranian lives over the last three decades.Operating from exile, the organization had all the trappings of a cult. Attracting young, idealistic Muslims with slogans of Islamic justice and social freedom,..

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