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Iran:Successful
Completion of the Resettlement of Camp Liberty residents from Iraq to Europe
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Showing posts with label MEK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MEK. Show all posts
Friday, 9 September 2016
Iran:Successful Completion of the Resettlement of Camp Liberty residents from Iraq to Europe
Thursday, 21 July 2016
Iran:Iranian Intelligence Agent Convicted in Germany
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| Iran:Iranian Intelligence Agent Convicted in Germany |
Berlin, 20 Jul - An Iranian Intelligence Agent has been convicted in Germany of spying on Iranian Resistance members living abroad.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has welcomed this conviction of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) agent and has urged foreign governments to prosecute and expel other regime spies.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has welcomed this conviction of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) agent and has urged foreign governments to prosecute and expel other regime spies.
The agent, Meysam Panahi, was spying on members of the NCRI and the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/ MEK). Despite posing as a refugee, Panahi had worked as a spy for three years and helped to recruit extra people to the Intelligence Agency, receiving 28,600 Euros from the MOIS in at least 30 payments.
The spies would then travel to Iran to receive espionage training with help from the Iranian embassies in Europe.
Germany’s prosecution said that Iran’s Intelligence Ministry created “secret networks” in the country to spy on and spread lies and half-truths to discredit the Iranian Resistance.
The spies would then travel to Iran to receive espionage training with help from the Iranian embassies in Europe.
Germany’s prosecution said that Iran’s Intelligence Ministry created “secret networks” in the country to spy on and spread lies and half-truths to discredit the Iranian Resistance.
Monday, 4 July 2016
Iran:Struan Stevenson explains why he supports the “Free Iran” rally in Paris
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Struan Stevenson
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Struan Stevenson, former Conservative MEP representing Scotland in
the European Parliament from 1999 until his retirement in 2014, is the current
President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA). Mr.
Stevenson, also chaired the Friends of a Free Iran Intergroup (Caucus) in the
European Parliament, and was President of the Parliament’s Delegation for
Relations with Iraq from 2009 to 2014.
Iran: Political prisoner Ali Moezzi invites all to participate in “Free Iran” gathering
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political
prisoner Ali Moezzi
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Iranian
political prisoner Ali Moezzi, who is father to two members of the main Iranian
opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK), has
sent a message from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison declaring his support for
the annual gathering of the Iranian Resistance held in Paris on 9 July.
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Canada’s James Bezan MP stands in solidarity with people of Iran
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| James Bezan MP |
Ottawa, 28 Jun - The “Free Iran” gathering in Paris on 9 July has the support of Canadian Member of Parliament James Bezan. He has expressed his solidarity in a message for an Iran that is free and democratic and respects liberty and human rights.
His message is for proponents of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). He criticizes continued human rights offensives that violate international law standards by the regime of President Rouhani and Ayatollah Khamenei.
He also encourages continued solidarity to resist Iran’s persistent oppression of political activists, preventing freedom of religion, the regime’s meddling in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen by undercutting UN efforts to achieve peace in addition to coalition allies battling ISIS, and the continued barbarities by the Assad government in Syria.
‘Free Iran’ rally gives voice to those still suffering in Iran
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| Free Iran’ rally gives voice to those still suffering in Iran |
Farzad Madadzadeh, a former Iranian political prisoner, who escaped Iran last year, has written his account of why he plans to join tens of thousands of Iranians and their international supporters at the July 9 "Free Iran" rally in Paris.
In an op-ed for The Hill on Tuesday, Mr. Madadzadeh wrote: "Needless to say, it is a significant international event regarding an important international issue. But for me it is very personal. In spirit, I will be with a much larger crowd. We will be joined by a countless Iranians still living under the thumb of the theocratic regime, who will risk reprisals to watch the proceedings on banned satellite television channels."
"How do I know? After this year’s rally, I will have seen the event from both sides of the ideological wall that separates the Islamic Republic from most of the rest of the world. In past years, I was among those Iranians who supported the NCRI and its main constituent group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK), from a silent place inside the country. I put my safety and freedom at risk, as did many of my colleagues, to carry on the groups’ local activism. I spent five years in jail from 2009 to 2014 and suffered extensive physical and psychological torture for my support for the PMOI. I fled Iran at the age of 29 last year."
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
IRAN:44th anniversary of execution of Iranian MEK founders
IRAN:44th anniversary of execution of Iranian MEK founders
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| بنیانگذار کبیر محمد حنیف نژاد ودو یار قهرمانش شهیدان بنیانگذار سعید محسن وعلی اصغر بدیع ذادگان |
This week marks the 44th anniversary of the execution of the founders of Iran’s main opposition group.
On 25 May 1972, the founders and leaders of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK), were executed by death squads after months of imprisonment and torture from the regime of the Shah.
The MEK, a group which sought, and still seeks, a secular Iranian government, was considered one of the main threats to the regime of the Shah.
The Shah’s secret police, SAVAK, arrested all MEK leaders and most of its members in a series of raids in 1971.
The founders, Mohammad Hanifnejad, Said Mohsen, and Ali-Asghar Badizadegan along with two other leaders, Mahmoud Askarizadeh, and Rasoul Meshkinfam stood firm in the face of the Shah’s regime and paid with their lives.
The origins of the MEK
The MEK was founded on September 6, 1965, by engineers; Hanifnejad, Mohsen, and Badizadegan. All three were once members of the Liberation Movement; created by Medhi Bazargan in 1961 and outlawed, along with other pro-democracy groups, in 1963 following the June Uprising in which opponents to the Shah’s regime were gunned down in the streets.
The men wanted to create a new path to democracy and began by meeting with like-minded friends for a twice-weekly discussion group focusing on religion, history, philosophy, and revolutionary theory.
They sought to discover the true interpretation of Islam which, they have shown, is incredibly democratic and compatible with modern ideals. The MEK views freedom, human rights and the equality of people regardless of gender, race or religion as commitments that were set out in the Quran, in teachings from the Prophet Muhammad and by other senior members of the faith.
Saturday, 9 April 2016
IRAN: Germany charges 2 Iranians with spying on opposition members – AP
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Germany
charges 2 Iranians with spying on opposition members - AP
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BERLIN (AP) — German
prosecutors have filed espionage charges against two Iranian men accused of
spying on exiled opposition members for Iranian intelligence.
Federal prosecutors
said Friday that the indictment against 31-year-old Maysam P. and 33-year-old
Saied R. was filed March 22 at a Berlin court. The two men's full names weren't
given in keeping with German privacy rules.
Prosecutors say both
men once belonged to the opposition group known as the People's Mujahedin of
Iran, or MEK.
Monday, 4 April 2016
IRAN: Political prisoner pays tribute to Iran’s heroes in Camp Ashraf
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Political prisoner Ali
Moezzi, father of two PMOI members, wrote in his tribute
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NCRI
- Prominent Iranian political prisoner Ali Moezzi has sent out a message from
Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the
April 8, 2011 attack by the Iraqi army against members of the main Iranian
opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) in Camp Ashraf,
Iraq.
The
unprovoked attack on the unarmed and defenseless PMOI (MEK) members in Camp
Ashraf, which was carried out at the behest of the mullahs’ regime in Iran,
left 36 camp residents killed and hundreds of others injured. The attack was
condemned by the international community
Political
prisoner Ali Moezzi, father of two PMOI members, wrote in his tribute:
On
the fifth anniversary of April 8, 2011, we commemorate the epic valor and
sacrifice of PMOI members. We bow our heads in recognition of the sacrifice of
PMOI members that destroyed the fundamentalists’ conspiracies. Their blood,
mixed with the blood spilt on the asphalt streets of our country and that of
the executed political prisoners, will ensure a glorious future for Persia.
From Saba Haftbaradaran who bled to death in front of her father’s eyes and
lived true to her statement that we will stand resolute to our last breath; to
Marzieh who valiantly rushed to her slaughter place and instantly died; to the
Madadzadehs and other courageous heroes who were overrun by the [Iraqi]
HUMVEEs. What a valiant stand they took at the scene.
Friday, 5 February 2016
Iran - Iranian regime faces crisis in recruiting Afghans to fight in Syria
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February 2015 photo of
Qassem Soleimani (Left), commander
of Quds Force with Afghan commanders killed in
Syria
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The Iranian regime has
dispatched thousands of foreign mercenaries including Afghan refugees to fight
in Syria and prop up the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad, according to
sources of the main Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin
Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
Incapable of mobilizing
and dispatching necessary troops from Iran to the conflict and apprehensive of
a backlash within its forces due to rising IRGC casualties, the regime has
resorted to mobilizing the mercenaries using various tactics including
threating them with execution.
n recent years,
particularly Afghan refugees living in Iran have been tapped for this purpose.
The Iranian regime has threatened the refugees with deportation from Iran,
imprisonment or even execution (all serious violations of human rights) to
dispatch the Afghan refugees to Syria.
Saturday, 26 December 2015
Maryam Rajavi, a Muslim leader who should be heard this Christmas. Townhall
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| Ken Blackwell |
By
Ken Blackwell | Dec 25, 2015
"This is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have
loved you.” (John 15:12-13)
These
words of Jesus represent the true essence of Christmas and this special season.
This
is the time of year to wish for God’s blessing in the upcoming year. But it is
also a time to reflect upon what happened during the year that is about to end.
The
world news this year has unfortunately been filled with horror, and the last
months of the year brought that horror disturbingly close to home. The carnage
in San Bernardino showed that the threat of Islamic extremism recognizes no
boundaries and that the sense of security President Obama expressed earlier in
2015 was ill-advised.
And
as we usher in 2016, which is an election year, one of the main issues of the day
has again become terrorism and how to handle it, especially in the form of the
Islamic State and Islamic extremism as a whole.
This
phenomenon is a danger not only to our national security but also to the
cherished values of civilized society. It has targeted the very concepts of
cultural and ideological tolerance and has tried to undermine friendship and
coexistence between Muslims and Christians which are part of the fabric of our
society in the modern era.
In
fighting Islamic extremism, a strategy is needed. It includes decisive
military, intelligence, and law enforcement measures; but that is not enough.
Part of a coherent strategy is identifying our allies in this battle and
reaching out to them. And the best such allies are moderate Muslim leaders who
are willing to stand up to Islamic extremists in word and deed, especially
those who possess legitimacy among the same people who are living under the
thumb of extremist groups.
A
prime example of such a leader is Maryam Rajavi. As the head of the Iranian
opposition, she is leading the charge to overturn the rule of the ayatollahs
that effectively brought political Islam into the modern world and turned
extremist ideology into a global force. It was after the revolution of 1979 in
Iran that high-profile hostage-takings became a means of governance and
bombings, suicide attacks, and assassinations became the modus operandi for a
theocratic state.
As a
practicing Muslim, she has been fiercely pushing back against the ayatollahs’
extremism for decades. A true believer in a democratic, moderate, tolerant
interpretation of Islam, Rajavi believes anything that promotes terrorism or
dictatorship is counter to the teachings of Islam, as is anything that violates
people’s freedoms or denies equality to women.
By
embodying this modern, tolerant Muslim faith, Mrs. Rajavi has helped to
demonstrate the error of attributing this year’s barbaric crimes to Islam
itself. And by advocating on behalf of that faith, she urged other Muslims to
avoid remaining on the fence during the conflict that will likely define the
year 2016. She had emphasized that Muslims who believe in democracy are the
most effective force that could fight and defeat this global danger.
Mrs.
Rajavi certainly understands and accepts the sacrifice that is involved in
taking part in this fight. The Iranian regime executed some 120,000 members of
the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), the main Iranian opposition
movement and the primary component of the coalition that she leads. One of her own
sisters was executed by the ayatollahs and another by the regime of the Shah.
Yet
she and her movement have not wavered.
In
her message on the occasion of Christmas and the New Year, Mrs. Rajavi wished
“that 2016 would be a year of unity and victory over Islamic extremism and
especially the religious fascism ruling Iran and its evil allies in the Middle
East who sow the seeds of enmity in the world.”
Her
message is made timelier by the fact that this year Christmas coincides with
the celebration of the birth of Mohammad in the Muslim world.
Mrs.
Rajavi used her Christmas message to underscore her view on the need for unity
in the fight against Islamic terrorism: "Muslims and Christians can rely
on their common values to stand up to those who pervert their religions. So, in
contrast to what the extremists want, we should make our hope and faith in
humanity deeper than ever.”
We
can all share with her hope for a swift end to extremism, for the freedom of
various peoples from the dictatorships of Bashar Assad, Ali Khamenei, and ISIS
(ISIL) terrorists, and for an end to persecution of Christians throughout the
Middle East and Christian converts in Iran from the oppression of the ruling
mullahs.
Because
her hopes for the coming year are the same as the hopes that are traditionally
cherished in the West, she should be listened to this Christmas.
Amb.
Ken Blackwell is a former Cincinnati mayor and U.S. ambassador to the UN human
rights commission.
Fmr Jordanian ambassador to Iran condemns missile attack on Camp Liberty
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| Dr. Bassam al-Omoush, a former Jordanian minister |
Dr.
Bassam al-Omoush, a former Jordanian minister of administrative development and
former Ambassador to Tehran, has called for Iraq’s National Security Advisor
Faleh Fayyad to be replaced and international protection be provided to members
of the main Iranian opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
(PMOI or MEK) in Camp Liberty in Iraq.
Dr.
al-Omoush issued a statement regarding the October 29 missile attack on Camp
Liberty and reminded the international community of its responsibility to
secure the wellbeing and protection of the camp’s residents.
Excerpts
of his statement:
On
October 29, 2015, a deadly attack on Camp Liberty by elements of Iranian regime
in the government and security forces of Iraq led to hundreds of casualties
among the camp’s residents, including 24 dead, and the destruction of large
sections of the camp. Located in one of the most protected areas of Baghdad and
near the Baghdad International Airport and place of deployment of U.S. forces,
this attack on the camp would have been impossible without the collaboration of
part of the Iraqi state and security apparatuses.
A
year and a half after the removal of Nuri Maliki from power in Iraq, the file
of Camp Liberty remains in the hands of Faleh Fayyad, a well-known element of
the Iranian regime who has been directly involved in the massacres of the
residents over the past seven years.
Despite
many international calls, the government of Iraq continues to dodge its
responsibilities in protecting the camp and has not initiated any
investigations into the October 29 massacre.
Moreover,
Iraqi forces are barring attempts to normalize the conditions in the camp
devastated by the missile attack and are also hampering delivery of food, fuel
and basic needs to the residents.
We
are thus calling on our own government, the United Nations, the U.S. government
and the European Union to compel the government of Iraq to live up to its
commitments to the residents, and in particular:
1. Camp Liberty should be designated a refugee camp under UNHCR
supervision to ensure residents’ security by the UN.
2. Immediate needs of Camp Liberty should be provided following the
missile attack to normalize the condition of the camp.
3. Camp Liberty’s file should be removed from the hands of Faleh
Fayyad, and those managing the camp ought to be replaced with individuals not
associated with the Iranian regime.
4.
The residents should be allowed to sell their property in [Camp] Ashraf or be
reimbursed for it to be able to provide for their expenses.
Saturday, 19 December 2015
No news of Iran political prisoner for nearly 2 months
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| political prisoner Misaq Yazdan-Nejad |
Seven
weeks have passed since political prisoner Misaq Yazdan-Nejad was moved into an
isolated ward of Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, with the regime giving no
information during this time to his family about his state.
Mr.
Yazdan-Nejad is a relative of a member of the People's Mojahedin Organization
of Iran (PMOI or MEK) in Camp Liberty.
He
was arrested at his home on September 10, 2007 by agents of the regime's
Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and sentenced by the
fundamentalist regime's kangaroo courts to 13 years in prison for attending a
ceremony to mark the 19th anniversary of the 1988 massacre of 30000 political
prisoners in Iran. At the time he was a linguistics student in Payam-e Nour
University.
On
October 26, Mr. Yazdan-Nejad was transferred out of Gohardasht Prison in Karaj,
ostensibly for medical treatment; but instead of taking him to a hospital, the
regime's agents transferred him to Ward 2A of Evin Prison, a notorious secluded
ward which is run by agents of the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
He
has not been given visitation rights to see his family at Evin Prison.
Mr.
Yazdan-Nejad who has spent more than eight years in prison, including at least
eight months in solitary confinement, had previously been arrested for visiting
his sister, a member of the PMOI (MEK), in Camp Ashraf, Iraq.
Misaq’s
father and mother have previously endured three years of imprisonment, and
three of his uncles were martyred by the regime for supporting the PMOI (MEK).
Monday, 7 December 2015
Euro MPs call for International Protection for Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty in Iraq
In a
statement signed by 170 Members of the European Parliament representing all
political groups in the Parliament, lawmakers condemned the brutal attack of 29
October 2015 on defenceless Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty in Iraq and
called for international protection for these refugees.This
camp is home to over 2000 members of the Iranian opposition PMOI [MEK] which
advocates for a free and secular Iran, equality between men and women and
abolition of death penalty.
Residents
of this camp have been repeatedly attacked and killed by Iraqi forces and
Iranian regime’s militias. Despite an international outrage and repeated calls,
no one has ever been arrested for these atrocities.
MEPs
called for replacement of Iraqi security advisor Faleh Fayyadh, known for his
close links with Iran, who is responsible for harassing the residents on a
routine and humiliating basis.
The
lawmakers urged the international coalition to put Camp Liberty, which is
situated close to the Baghdad airport, under its aerial protection.
The
statement also called for an UN-led investigation into this massacre.
MEP
Gérard Deprez, chair of the Friends of a Free Iran in European Parliament,
congratulated his colleagues for this overwhelming support. Speaking from
Brussels, Deprez said “It is time the European Union takes serious measures and
holds Iraq responsible for repeatedly failing to uphold its commitments to
protect the refugees in Camp Liberty.
“We cannot just stand and watch defenceless refugees being
repeatedly targeted in this way and nobody is held responsible.”
Signatories
of the statement include two vice presidents of the parliament as well as 13
Committee and Delegation Chairs.
Office
of Gérard Deprez MEP
Chair,
Friends of a Free Iran, European Parliament
IRAN: Prominent dissident publicly slams regime in Tehran at PMOI (MEK) supporter funeral
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| Dr-Maleki |
On
Thursday, December 3, 2015, Ms. Mehri Jannatpour, a long-time supporter of the
Iranian opposition group the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)
[Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)], passed away in Iran. She actively supported the MEK
for over four decades, enduring prison terms at Evin prison on three occasions
after the 1979 revolution for her political views. Although she underwent
brutal torture by the clerical regime, she continued to support the
organization, and never submitted to the regime's pressures. Two of her
children are with the MEK, one of them at Camp Liberty, Iraq.
A
funeral service was held for Mrs. Jannatpour on Saturday December 5 in Tehran.
Dr. Mohammad Maleki, the first post-revolution Chancellor of Tehran University,
spoke at the event and praised the late Mrs. Jannatpour for her support of the
MEK.
Below
are excerpts of Dr. Maleki's remarks:
... What can I say
about this women, a human being who lived her life like Zeynab [sister of
Shiite Imam Hussein, who died in 680 AD]. She lived like Zeynab, and brought up
her children and made them productive members of society. But she did not only
have her own children, she also had children among those across the border [at
Camp Liberty in Iraq], who face missile attacks, and experience thousands of
challenges and problems. But, they are persevering and are as solid as a
mountain. They are this mother's children. How fortunate she was!
There
are many who come into this world, "enjoy" life and die. But the
fulfillment experienced by such mothers is different.
Mother,
what can I say about your compassion, your words when you could still speak,
your knowledge, your talents, your wisdom and mind which was productive until
the last second.
I
can only say that there are now many who have been orphaned after your death.
They say that people are orphaned when their mothers die. We are now truly
orphans.
You
lived like Zeynab. You lived like her and were among the Zeynabs of the world.
Agents [of the regime] should record my voice and my words. Yes, I am declaring
loudly that you lived like Zeynab and you were a Zeynab of your time. There
were thousands like you, like Mother Dashti, who passed away a few days ago.
She went to Heaven to make it ready for you.
On
behalf of the family of the deceased, I want to thank all of you who have
gathered here despite all the challenges to attend the funeral of this Zeynab
of our time. Last night, too, I said at Mother Dashti's funeral that you should
not worry. Despite all its problems, corruption and the ruling regime that
breeds corruption, our society continues to give birth to many Zeynabs and
Husseins.
There
continue to be Zeynabs and Husseins. For over 50 years, both the Shah and the
clerical regime tried to end this lineage [MEK]. But how can they succeed?
I am
reminded of a quote by the late Grand Ayatollah Montazeri who wrote to Khomeini
in a letter that rest assured, an idea cannot be killed through murder. You
have killed so many, you have beaten so many, you have destroyed so many.
[Reciting a song by the MEK]: "You fired
bullets, wielded axes, and targeted defenseless bodies." When you got
nothing out of all this, you fired 80 missiles [at Camp Liberty on October 29,
2015] thinking that you can destroy it all. But be sure that just a few short
months from now Camp Liberty will become even more beautiful, better and more
gorgeous than it has ever been. This will be so as long as there are people who
care for their people, and as long as they are people who say "seek
freedom from cradle to grave." They remove the word "knowledge"
[from the original Persian expression] and replace it with "freedom,"
because knowledge without freedom is not knowledge.
At a
university that there are many so-called professors and scientists, they pay no
attention to the disgraceful and depressing state of society, no word is said
about theft and corruption, only silence. Yes, in this society, we must once
again cry out:
"Seek freedom
from cradle to grave."
Because
without freedom in society, there can only be what you are witnessing now:
theft, corruption, and prostitution.
And,
Imam Hussein and Zeynab dedicated everything they had for freedom, and declared
that they will "never surrender."
And
we now see that Husseins and Zeynabs stand proud throughout history.
I
once again thank you all on behalf of the family, and I ask you to please make
your way toward the location of the ceremony.
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