A meeting held in Isfahan on the occasion of International Women’s Day Analysing the situation of women in the Rajavi’s Cult by participation of MKO former memebrs .
Representatives of the International Red Cross met several families of MKO members .
Nejat Society shall be pleased to receive any developing information on the issues mentioned bellow:
1- Surveillance on MKO’s relation with Saddam Hussein’s Regime.
2- Analytic report on the last days of Saddam’s Regime and the investigation on MKO’s positions.
3- MKO’s position while US and UK invasion to Iraq by the forces.
4- Disarming of MKO after the cult’s forces bombed by the American forces.
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The European Council announced on 31st January following the 2778th Council meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs that it has "decided to provide the PMOI with a statement of reasons for keeping it on the EU’s ‘asset freeze list’ of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts, and to give the PMOI one month to present its views, together with any supporting documentation".
Nothing is violated and the council has decided to comply with the judgment of the Court of First Instance. That is exactly what MKO had claimed to have been deprived of, yet the group is frustrated over the council’s decision because the outcome contradicts what they expected.
As a reaction, reported by Iran Focus, a number of European parliamentarian advocates of MKO including Alejo Vidal Quadras, Luisa Morgantini), Manuel Dos Santos, and Edward McMillan-Scott accused the European Union of breaching a ruling by Europe’s Court of First Instance saying that the decision is “violating the rule of law and placing the Council’s opinion above that of the highest EU courts’ and called it “both scandalous and shameful”.
How a legal decision adopted by a body those parliamentarians are its members turns to be “scandalous and shameful”, terms commonly found in MKO’s literature, is a paradox that has to be explained by them. What do they have to say about other decisions taken by the council?
The decision, above all, has acted as a crushing blow over the body of the cult especially at a time when the insiders were being convinced to have achieved a big success. For sure, none of its European advocates can possibly influence the council’s decision since the council is wise enough not to unleash a dangerous terrorist cult and it is well aware that in no way can the cult exculpate itself of the provided reasons keeping it on the EU’s list.
Here is the council’s decision:
Terrorist list – Follow-up to court ruling in OMPI case
The Council, following the judgment by the Court of First Instance on 12 December 2006 in the OMPI case (Organisation des Modjahedines du Peuple de l’Iran), decided to provide OMPI with a statement of reasons for keeping it on the EU’s asset freeze list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts, and to give OMPI one month to present its views, together with any supporting documentation.
The Council will consider any reaction by OMPI within this period of time, before taking a final decision.
It is recalled that on 12 December 2006, the Court of First Instance, in case T-228/02-, OMPI, v. Council, annulled Council Decision 2005/930/EC insofar as it had imposed an asset freeze on OMPI following its inclusion on the terrorist EU list. The Court found i.a. that the decision ordering the freezing of OMPI’s funds had not contained a sufficient statement of reasons and that the right to a fair hearing had not been respected.
The Council therefore decided to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment.
mojahedin.ws – 05/02/2007
According to reports, following the comments of Iraqi Government Spokesman on the expulsion of terrorist MKO from Iraq, the MKO leaders and members have sunk in deep fear and a critical situation rules their camp.
Despite pressures from pro-Baathist supporters of MKO and obstacles by occupiers, Iraqi officials acted decisively and announced the issue of MKO expulsion from Iraq. They have notified Iranian officials of their will.
Following the announcements by the spokesman of Iraqi government Mr. Ali Al-Dabbagh, terrorist gang of Rajavi has gathered its supporters to force the Iraqi government to accept its refugee status in Iraq.
Also, in order to boost the morale of its desperate members and in order to remind them of a promise that the US will use them along with its policies, they quoted a coalition commander in Iraq saying: "The comments of Ali Al-Dabbagh don’t reflect the positions of the US and we don’t agree with these comments. The position of the US on the rights of Camp Ashraf residents has not changed and Iraqi officials have been repeatedly notified of such position and the US forces are responsible for their protection."
Meanwhile, the officials of foreign ministries of the US and Britain have repeatedly stressed that the issue of MKO’s expulsion or its refugee status is something that should be decided by Iraqi government and that the US and Britain don’t interfere in such issues.
Irandidban – 2007/01/31
No change in EU terrorist list
TEHRAN, Sept. 10–Representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Iran Peter Stuker here Thursday said the Committee has got to know that many members of the terrorist Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO) want to return Iran.
Stuker told IRNA on Thursday that unfortunately, due to lack of security in Iraq and loss of some staff members, the ICRC did not deem it advisable to visit the Ashraf Refugee Camp, where the MKO agents are based.
He added that the ICRC representatives would take actions in that connection immediately after restoration of security to Iraq.
Families of the deceived MKO members in Ashraf camp staged a sit-in in front of the ICRC’s Tehran office and outside the Swiss Embassy, that looks after the US interests in Tehran, calling for measures to secure the release of their children from MKO captivity.
Meanwhile, the EU does not intend to remove the Iranian grouplet MKO from its terrorist list, EU diplomatic sources said here Friday.
The comments followed reports that the MKO is planning to hold a demonstration on Monday in front of the EU headquarters in Brussels to call for the removal of its name from the EU terror list.
"The MKO has been on the EU terrorist list since 2002. I am not aware of any formal moves to do that (to remove). There has been no movement in recent time on this issue," EU diplomatic sources told journalists on condition of anonymity.
"Some individual politicians have raised questions, but I am not aware of any initiatives to change the names on the terrorist list."
EU foreign ministers are to discuss ties with the Islamic Republic during their formal monthly meeting in Brussels on Monday.
The Brussels-based English weekly "European Voice" published a full-page, in what seems to be a paid, advertisement titled "Remove People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI) from Terror List."
The ad claims that "100 parliamentarians, political figures call for the rally in Brussels on September 13".
Observers here are astonished at the ‘duplicity’ of Belgian and EU authorities in allowing members of a terrorist group to demonstrate openly.
IRNA, 26 January 2007
In a meeting with Shirvan Al-Vaeli, Iraqi Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs, Gholam Hussein Mohseni Ezhei, Iranian intelligence minister, expresses regret for unrest in Iraq and promised that Iran would help its neighbor in establishing security.
In the Meeting, the issue of Mojahedin-e Khlaq organization, major armed Iranian opposition group based in Iraq, was also discussed.
The details of discussions have not been revealed, but the Iranian government has always asked for the removal of MKO’s camps in Iraq and extradition of its forces to Iran.
MKO, founded before the revolution of 1979, had troubled relations with the new government.
In early 1981, many of its leaders left Iran and settled in Iraq, that was at that time fighting with Iran.
Since that time, this armed group with more than 4000 organized members started border-crossing attacks inside Iran. Also, in the final days of Iran-Iraq war, they initiated the huge operation of "Forough-e Javidan", in which many of the members of the group were killed or captured.
The power and abilities of this group have decreased radically in recent years and they were disarmed after the US invasion against Iraq.
During past two years, after Iran issued public pardon for those MKO members who had not committed specific crimes, several MKO members returned to Iran.
BBC – 2007/01/17
Salvation
Salvation
Nejat Society correspondent-Tehran- Through a meeting with the President of the Republic of Iraq , Nejat Society representative delivered a letter to Mr. Jalal Talebani on behalf of Nejat families. His Excellency Jalal Talebani The Honourable President of the Republic of Iraq Your Excellency Nejat Society would like to sincerely welcome you to Tehran and express gratitude for your stances regarding expelling the members of the Mojahedin-é Khalq Organisation (MKO) lead by Mas’ud Rajavi from Iraq. Nejat Society, which is established by some defected members of Rajavi’s Terrorist Cult, is active for humanitarian and anti-terrorist causes to safeguard and implement the democratic thoughts and civilised ethics. One of the higher goals of Nejat Society is to help the victims of terrorism in all its forms, and assist individuals held captive by the leadership of MKO in Ashraf Camp in Iraq, as well as their anxiously awaiting families in Iran.
Nejat Society deeply believes that being committed to find democratic conducts to assist those under the rule of terrorist cult groups such as MKO is a sacred and humanitarian responsibility. Fortunately you are well acquainted with the MKO and its deeds particularly against the Kurdish people. No one can deny the very fact that MKO did actually assist Saddam’s army to suppress Kurds in 1991.
There is one undeniable fact that MKO and its National Liberation Army (NLA) have been an inseparable part of Saddam Hussein’s Regime and have even participated along the forces of the Deposed Despot to suppress the People of Iraq’s freedom movement. The Organisation is also responsible for many sabotage and terrorist activities inside Iran through the years.
You are aware that around 3000 members of MKO are residing in Ashraf Camp (Al-Khalis Garrison) under the control of the US Army. These people have no connection with their families what so ever and they have all been somehow brainwashed by the leaders and kept unaware about the outside world. They are systematically manipulated to serve to the benefits of the leaders.
The Mojahedin-é Khalq Organisation, over the years has situated numerous people in their Camps inside Iraq under severe control, repressive conditions, and totally disconnected them from the outside world; and therefore has placed many serious obstacles against their members stopping them from contacting their families in Iran. Hereby we wish to express our disgust against the undemocratic deeds and inhuman manners of the leadership of the Organisation who abuses the basic rights of the members inside Ashraf Camp, which is on the contrary to the democratic values and principles of an advances community. Therefore we urge you to facilitate the possibility of inhabitants of Ashraf Camp meeting their families in a free atmosphere without the presence of the officials of MKO, by using your legal capacity and political authority.
Nejat Society finds its duty to try to bring these people out of their misery and once again introduce them to the normal life and the real world. In other words these people must be helped to survive from the state of captivity that they are experiencing at the moment. Driving them out of Iraq would mean liberating them from the hand of their capturers. Expelling the members of MKO in a way that they no longer could be controlled by the leaders of the Organisation would be to their own best interests and that of their families. Once they become freed from the barriers of the Organisation and be let to think and decide independently and find themselves in a new world, they would certainly be most pleased about their new situation out of the Organisation’s control.
We also wish to draw your attention to another important matter. It is well clear that the leadership of MKO had always acted as a strategic ally of dictatorial regime of Saddam Hussein, in recent years. They have joined the security and military forces of the Regime of Iraqi Ba’th Party to take part in violent activities and planning terrorist operations against both nations of Iraq and Iran and murdering and terrorising the civilians. The former ruling regime of Iraq has covertly spent millions of dollars gained from the UN oil for food programme during economical sanctions against the people of Iraq to help MKO, without informing the international authorities, and has breached international regulations regardless of economical pressures imposed to the people of Iraq. This Organisation has in return tried to restore the political and military power of Saddam Hussein; in such way that one can say the leader of MKO and the former Iraqi dictator have been one spirit in two bodies.
MKO would of course like to keep hold of the Ashraf Camp since it provides them a good opportunity to withhold the members isolated from the outside world. As far as the Americans are concerned they are just passing time to see what would be the outcome in the future. It seems that they are not certain what to do with them. Some 600 people have defected from the MKO in Iraq since the collapse of Saddam Hussein while about 400 of them have managed to come back to Iran to their families and start a new life. Around 200 are therefore still with the TIPF alongside Ashraf Camp.
Let’s wish that all these unfortunate people who have been utilised by Mas’ud Rajavi in Iraq against the two great nations of Iraq and Iran as well as their own families who have also suffered through the years missing their beloved ones would soon gain reunion and start a new prosperous life.
Regarding the above mentioned points, and considering humanitarian tendencies, democratic values, and human rights accounts, and bearing in mind the very important fact that according to government of Iraq, in addition to the world community, MKO is categorised as a terrorist Organisation, this Society demands prosecuting and bringing into justice the leaders and officials of the Organisation. We believe that dealing properly with terrorism and giving a trial to the terrorists, is the most desired and logical manner to be adopted. We also believe that using terror is a fascistic method and is in contrast with the human conscience, communal ethics, and wisdom teachings of the contemporary mankind.
We do hope that your efforts and your useful attempts as well as those of the members of the Iraqi Government would pave the way to the trial of the terrorist leaders of MKO, and the rescue of misfortune members kept captive in Iraq. We trust this would bring a hopeful perspective to the world community, particularly the two great nations of Iraq and Iran, to establish a society without violence and terror.
With regards and many thankfulness Nejat Society Tehran, Iran November 29, 2006