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THE BRIEFING PUBLICATION OF NEJAT SOCIETY

Nejat Newsletter I S S U E NO 1 7
1 D E C EM BE R 20 07

INSIDE THIS I SSUE:


Rajavi's latest statement: I am not a Rajavi’s latest state- 1
terrorist but I am going to kill you all ment
MKO exposed on 2
French TV
Ebrahim Towards the end statement by de-
Iraqi police arrests 4 2
Khodabandeh, of his statement, claring that: men and a woman
Rajavi who is ad- ‫راﻩ ﺣﻞ ﻣﺮﻳﻢ در ﭘﺎﻳﺘﺨﺖ ﺷﻴﺮ‬ member of MKO
Nov 11, 2007 dressing the Ira- ......‫و ﺧﻮرﺷﻴﺪ ﭘﻴﺮوز ﻣﻴﺸﻮد‬ Iraqi MP: MKO 2
nian regime in must be expelled
"Maryam's solu-
Massoud Rajavi, Tehran warns Woman brainwashed
tion will win in 3
leader of the Mo- them: into staying at guer-
jahedin-é Khalq the capital of the rilla camp
‫وﻋﺪﻩ ﻧﻬﺎﻳﻲ ارﺗ ﺶ ﺁزادي ﺑ ﺎ‬ lion and the sun".
Organisation .......‫ﺷﻤﺎ در ﺗﻬﺮان‬ Swedish MPs 4
(MKO), issued a Maryam Rajavi slammed over terror-
"The last engage- has proposed that ist MKO meeting
statement from
ment of the Lib- the NLA be armed
his hiding on 29th US tripped up over 4
eration Army with and backed by
October 2007 (7th Iranian captives
you is in Tehran". the US Army in
Aban 1358) which When Tanter di- 5
That is, the Na- Iraq and assisted
appeared on the vorces his wife to
tional Liberation to enter Iranian please a cutl
organisation's
Army (NLA) will territory and fight
w e b s i t e British parliamentary 6, 7
fight all the way against the Irani-
"hambastegimeli" delegation visits
on 1st November through to Tehran ans and move to- Nejat Society
and topple the wards Tehran.
2007 (10th Aban Professor Paul Shel- 8, 9
1358). mullahs’ regime She has also of- don Foote visit to the
forcibly. fered that her British Parliament
In his lengthy
In his statement forces in Iraq be UK parliamentary
statement he has 10
tried to encour- Rajavi clearly helped and used delegation’s visit to
by the Americans Edalat Society
age the US ad- threatens any-
body who is not to perform sabo- “Iran for me is the
ministration to 11,
advocating war tage activities in foreign policy” 12
launch a full-scale
and is opposing Tehran and other
military attack
the regime major Iranian cit-
against Iran and
has also tried to peacefully. The ies.
provide as many title of his mes- Rajavi's state-
sage of course is ment clearly
excuses as possi-
"War or Peace shows that by no
ble for that pur-
with Religious means does he
pose. He clearly
Fascism?" and favour any peace-
complains why
Rajavi clearly em- ful solution to the
the Americans are
in the state of "no phasises that Iran problem and
war" with the Is- they [NLA com- is absolutely cer-
batants] will not tain that he will
lamic Republic of
give up their war use violence to
Iran and why
with the regime. reach his political
they don't finish
off the job. Rajavi ends his goals.
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Mojahedin Khalq Organisation (Rajavi Cult) exposed on French TV


Who are Mojahedin Khalq?
France 24 Television, The international /Media/movie
November 04, 2007 French Television sta- /FRANCE-24-
tion FRANCE 24 broad- %20081107.wmv
casted today a pro-
gram about Mojahedin
Khalq Organisation
(Rajavi Cult), exposing
their true nature.
Who are Mojahedin
Khalq (Rajavi Cult)
(Video file, French)
http://iran-
interlink.org/userfiles

Iraqi police arrests 4 Men and a woman members of Terrorist MKO


in Diyala province
In Diyala province, jor crimes unit, said travelling to Baghdad,
which borders Iran, the four men and a said they had relatives at
Iraqi police an- woman had been Camp Ashraf, a base
nounced that five Ira- found in a car, with no near Khalis for the Ira-
nians had been seized identification papers nian opposition group
in the town of Khalis. and speaking only Mujaheddin-e Khalq,
Maj. Mohammed Zayi- Persian. which the U.S. govern-
dan, director of the lo- ment has labelled a ter-
cal police force's ma- rorist organization.
The Iranians, who were

Iraqi MP: MKO must be expelled


Sun, 18 Nov 2007 newspaper.
Al-Ameri commented on
The head of the Iraqi Al-Ameri referred to the the presence of other
parliament's Security MKO's active role in sup- armed groups such as
and Defence Commit- pressing the Iraqi nation the PKK in the country
tee says the MKO is a under the Ba'ath regime, and said Iraq is against
terrorist group that and said the group must the presence of any for-
must be expelled from not be allowed to remain eign armed group that
Iraq. on Iraq's soil. poses a threat to
neighbouring countries.

"The Mojahedin Khalq He added that they were


Organization is a terror- asked to leave the coun- He added that Baghdad
ist group that must be try at the beginning of would try to expel the
expelled from Iraq," said the year because of PKK from northern Iraq
Hadi al-Ameri in an in- meddling in Iraq's inter- by any means possible.
terview with an Iraqi nal affairs.
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Woman brainwashed into staying at guerrilla camp


Woman brainwashed into recruiting within Canada's to be here," she said,
staying at guerrilla camp, Iranian community and Ms. "because I'm Mujahedin my-
lawyer says Mohammady, a refugee from self and I want to be here."
Bid to overturn refugee Iran, volunteered with the Her family believes she has
board decision blessing of her parents, both been brainwashed or is afraid
MEK activists. to speak her mind, and Ms.
In 1997, at the age of 17, she Bhardwaj said human rights
Stewart Bell travelled to Camp Ashraf, groups have reported that
National Post, Canada the MEK guerrilla base north "defectors" who try to leave
Friday, November 09, 2007 of Baghdad from which it the camp are routinely

launched its attacks on Iran. beaten and detained. "She's


TORONTO - A lawyer ac-
She has been there ever under mind control of the
cused a Middle Eastern guer-
since. MEK," Mr. Bhardwaj said.
rilla group yesterday of lur-
ing a teenaged Toronto girl While she was away, the rest Ms. Bhardwaj told the court
to a paramilitary camp in of the family became Cana- yesterday the refugee board's
Iraq and brainwashing her dian citizens. But Ms. ruling should be overturned
into staying. Mohammady's landed immi- because it did not take that
grant status expired because into account, nor did it con-
Pamila Bhardwaj told a Fed-
she was not residing in Can- sider that Ms. Mohammady
eral Court judge that
ada as required by law. was a minor when she was
Somayeh Mohammady had
The MEK base was disarmed recruited into the MEK.
effectively been kidnapped
after the U.S. military in- "This decision simply cannot
by the Mujahedin-e Khalq,
vaded Iraq in 2003, but hun- stand," she said.
or MEK, a rebel group based
in Iraq. dreds of guerrillas remain at But Martin Anderson, the
the camp, including Ms. lawyer representing the gov-
The lawyer made the accusa-
Mohammady. ernment in the case, said
tion at a court hearing that
Mustafa Mohammady, her there was insufficient evi-
could ultimately decide
father, has made several trips dence Ms. Mohammady had
whether Ms. Mohammady
to Iraq hoping to bring her been subjected to psycho-
will be allowed to return to
back to Canada, but Cana- logical pressure. "That may
Canada after a decade with
dian officials will not let her be, but there's not enough
the guerrillas.
return because she no longer evidence before the panel to
The MEK, a designated ter- establish that."
has immigration status here.
rorist organization under Ca-
The family challenged that He also said that even
nadian law, says it aims to
decision at the Immigration though she was a minor
use "physical force, armed
and Refugee Board last year when she first left Canada
struggle or jihad" to over-
but Ms. Mohammady torpe- for the paramilitary camp,
throw Iran's repressive gov-
doed her own case when she she had turned 18 in 1998.
ernment, according to Ot-
testified by phone from Iraq "After that time, she's an
tawa.
that she did not want to re- adult," Mr. Anderson said.
In the 1990s, the MEK was
turn to Canada. "I would like sbell@nationalpost.com
N EJ AT N EWS LETT ER P AG E 4

Swedish MPs slammed over terrorist Mojahedin Khalq meeting

Press TV, reporting hedin-e Khalq (MKO) residing in Sweden.


from SvD daily, Swe- from the EU's terror list. He also underlined that
den, "The meeting was re- Human Rights Watch has
portedly organized by described how the group
November 15, 2007 the Organization of the had h ar a s s ed ex -
United Associations for a members and used tor-
http://www.presstv.ir/De Free Iran ( FF F I) ture at their camps in
tail.aspx?id=31188&secti [affiliated to the MKO]," Iraq under Saddam's
onid=351020101 the Swedish SvD daily rule.
wrote. The MKO has committed
Two Swedish lawmakers terrorist acts against the
have been criticized after Iranian nation and col-
their recent participation laborated with Saddam's
in a panel organized by regime in its bloody
an anti-Iranian terrorist “It is inappropriate for crackdown on Iraqi
group. Bjorn Leivik and Anne Kurds and Shiites.
The Members of Parlia- Ludvigsson to have par- Iraqi officials have long
ment Anne Ludvigsson ticipated in a panel de- tried to bring the group's
and Bjorn Leivik at- bate arranged by an or- leader Masoud Rajavi to
tended a panel debate ganization known to be justice over his role in
entitled Human Rights in terrorist, cult-like and the massacre of Iraqi
Iran aimed at removing brutal,” said Majed Sa- people.
the terrorist group Muja- faee, an Iranian blogger

US tripped up over Iranian captives


By Gareth Porter campaign to break up lished a detailed article
Asia Times ..... on Farhadi on Septem-
ber 25 which claimed
November 20, 2007 that he was the com-
mander of the Quds
WASHINGTON - The Force Zafar Base and
George W Bush administra- said nothing about his
tion's campaign to seize working for Kermanshah
and detain Iranian Revolu- on cross-border trade.
tionary Guards Corps The US military was ap-
(IRGC) officials in Iraq, pre- parently operating on But an article in an Iraqi
sented by Bush himself in the basis of information Kurdish-language daily
January as a move to break from the Iranian armed on September 24 re-
up an alleged Iranian arms opposition group Muja- ported that an "informed
smuggling operation in hideen-e-Khalq (MEK) source" belonging to an
Iraq, appears to have run that was badly out of unnamed "Iranian oppo-
its course without having date. The political arm of sition group" - obviously
been able to link a single the MEK, the National the MEK - had used the
Iranian to any such opera- Council or Resistance of past tense in regard to
tion. Iran, which had been Farhadi's role as a Quds
providing information to Force commander and
Despite administration acknowledged that
rhetoric suggesting that the US intelligence on the
Iranian nuclear program Farhadi was now work-
US military had solid intelli- ing in a commercial
gence on which to base a and on Iranian officials
operating in Iraq, pub- delegation.
N EJ AT N EWS LETT ER P AG E 5

When Raymond Tanter divorces his wife to please a cult

Novopress info, groups. spokesman of the Mo-


jahedin in the USA,
November 22, 2007 Alireza Jafarzadeh, of
Indeed, Tanter cur-
first becoming a friend,
http://be.novopress.inf rently chairs the Iran
then the confidant and
o/?p=3367 Policy Committee (IPC)
finally mentor to her
which performs lobby- husband. At that point
ing for the Mojahedin-
he convinced Tanter to
e Khalq (aka PMOI,
leave his wife.
MEK, MKO, NCRI,…
etc.), recognized as a
terrorist organization This kind of mental
by both the European manipulation is usual
Union and the USA. in the Mojahedin and is
the methodology of a
At the end of October typical type of sectar-
a symposium was held ian group (cult) that
in the French National has been frequently
Assembly, attended by described.
a few second rate per-
sons from the world of
Although curious this
France and politics
has been the fate of
which brought nothing
Raymond Tanter. A US
new to confront the
academic who has be-
Iranian threat.
come faithful to a ter-
rorist cult…
More interesting is the
guest of honour: Ray-
It is, in this case, inap-
mond Tanter.
propriate for him to
pretend to be an inde-
Interesting first in his But what is interesting pendent expert…
capacity as a professor is how Tanter has been
at Georgetown Univer- under the control of
the Mojahedin. At one Novopress World-
sity in the USA and as
point his wife, Con- wide
a former member of
the National Security stance An d e rs on -
Council at the White Tanter, accused the Quand un membre
House. But also be- People's Mujahideen of de l’administration
cause it is a striking being responsible for US vire sa femme
example of an ambigu- the separation of the pour faire plaisir á
ous relationship be- couple. une secte
tween a part of Ameri-
can political circles and In several testimonies Thursday 8 November
certain terrorist she clearly accuses the 2007
N EJ AT N EWS LETT ER P AG E 6

British parliamentary delegation visits Nejat Society in Tehran

British parliamentary Stuart, Sir John Stanley, Mr Khalq Organisation (MKO)


delegation visits Nejat John Horam, Mr Fabian who have freed themselves
(Rescue) Society in Te- Hamilton and other MPs. from both mental and physi-
hran cal boundaries of the organi-
sation. He clarified that the
Mr Ebrahim Khodabandeh, MKO lead by Massoud Ra-
A parliamentary delegation an associate of the Nejat So-
from Britain who is visiting javi is a terrorist and destruc-

Iran, met with the members tive cult which primarily


ciety opened the meeting and threatens the life of its own
and associates of Nejat welcomed the guests and in-
(Rescue) Society in their of- members. He emphasised
troduced the officials of the that the members of the soci-
fice in Tehran on Wednesday society including Mr Babak
14th November 2007. ety are aiming to rescue their
Amin the general secretary, former colleagues from the
Mr Arash Sametipour the confines of Rajavi cult.
The delegation headed by Mr international relations secre-
Mike Gapes, the chairman of tary and Ms Hura Shalchi the
the foreign affairs committee public relations secretary. Mr Sametipur discussed the
of the House of Commons, international activities of the
society and the trips they had

Mr Amin described the goals to European countries. He


consisted of the members of and purposes of Nejat soci-
that committee including Mr mentioned that last year they
ety and explained that the had a press conference in
Richard Younger-Ross, Mr NGO is formed by former
Ken Purchase, Ms Gisela Paris to draw the attention of
members of Mojahedin-e the world's public opinion to
N EJ AT N EWS LETT ER P AG E 7

British parliamentary delegation visits Nejat Society in Tehran

what is going on in Ashraf foreign affairs committee of tion thanked everyone for the
Camp which is the base of the House of Commons who information provided to the
Rajavi's cult in Iraq guarded had previously learned about MPs who are dealing with
by American forces. He the case of Khodabandeh & the foreign affairs in the
urged the parliamentarians to Bassam were amazed to see British Parliament and prom-
make every effort in their them safe and sound sitting ised to do whatever possible
capacity to ensure a visit be- opposite to them. They to ensure a visit between the

tween the families and their wanted to learn more about families and their relatives in
beloved ones in Ashraf their present situation and Iraq through every possible
Camp. expressed their eagerness to channel.
see them in Britain soon.
Ms Shalchi described the In the end some documenta-
society's constant contact Mr Gapes the chairman of tions about the MKO was
with the families of the pre- the foreign affairs committee submitted to the MPs and
sent members stationed in of the House of Commons photos were taken for the
Iraq. She talked about the and the leader of the delega- society's memorial album.
desire of the families to see
their relatives and beloved
ones captured in the hands of
the MKO.

Other members and associ-


ates of the society who spoke
about their experiences with
the MKO were Mr Ali
Nemati who had come back
home to his family from Iraq
only three weeks ago, Mr
Reza Sadeqi, Mr Jamil Bas-
sam, Mr Kambiz Baqer-
zadeh, Mr Asghar Farzin,
and Ms Ronak Dashti.

Some British MPs from the


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Professor Paul Sheldon Foote visit to the British Parliament

A report by can candidate for the Cali- Khalq organization (aka


fornia State Assembly en- MKO, MEK, NCRI, Rajavi
Iran-Interlink, dorsed by the California cult) in the pursuit of
Republican Assembly 'regime change'. As well as
November 22, 2007 (1992). He is also a Viet- being a totalitarian cult
nam veteran. Professor which acted as Saddam
Foote is married to an Ira- Hussein's private army for
nian-American and has two decades, the MEK is
conducted extensive re- listed as a terrorist group in
search on Iran's political the EU and USA.
an d cu l t u ral i ssu es. In this way, Professor Foote
explained, the neoconser-
Professor Foote was wel- vatives have hijacked the
comed in London by some traditional right wing in
individual members of par- America. According to Pro-
liament, f e s s o r
research- Foote, op-
ers and position
media toward the
Members of Parliament in represen- Admini-
Britain got to hear what tatives. st rati on 's
traditional Republican Party foreign
members really think about On Thurs- p o l i c y
the US Administration's day, No- does not
neoconservative approach vember come ex-
toward Iran yesterday. 22, 2007 clusively
Professor Paul Sheldon from the
(Thanksgiving Day in Amer- American left and the De-
Foote on a short visit from ica), at the invitation of the
the USA was invited by mocratic Party. America's
Conservative Middle East traditional right is also out-
Conservative members of Council ( CME C)
parliament to present a spoken in criticism of the
http://www.cmec.org.uk, neoconservatives. Among
briefing talk about US for- Professor Foote addressed
eign policy toward Iran. these are Congressman
a group of MPs in a Q & A Ron Paul and Patrick J. Bu-
meeting in parliament with chanan author of 'Where
Paul Sheldon the title 'US
Foote is a the Right went Wrong'.
Division of
Professor at Foreign Policy "Real American conserva-
the California Towards Iran'. tives support setting an ex-
State Univer- ample of how to have a
sity and an The talk high- great republic at home, not
outspoken lighted the how to invade other coun-
critic of US false position- tries to steal resources"
neoconserva- ing of neocon- said Professor Foote.
tives and servatives as Others include Justin Rai-
American po- represent in g mondo, Claes Ryn, Lew
litical leaders the far right. Rockwell and Bruce Laingen
who support war on Iran. Instead, Professor Foote - a Republican and highest
Professor Foote served as identified their agenda as ranking diplomatic hostage
an elected member of the being in-line with commu- in Iran, who has supported
Republican Party Central nist totalitarian ideology. talks and diplomatic rela-
Committee, Los Angeles From this position, neocon- tions with Iran.
County (1990 to 1992) and servatives promote the ex-
as a conservative Republi- Professor Foote and Mas-
iled Iranian Mojahedin-e
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Professor Paul Sheldon Foote visit to the British Parliament


(cont)
soud Khodabandeh from cult). The banned group's review on the significant
"Centre de Recherche sur le abuse of democratic institu- issues in the Middle East
Terrorism (Paris)" met with tions, including the misuse during 2007 which will be
members of the Home Af- of privileges given histori- broadcast for Press TV's
fairs Select Committee and cally to some unelected 'Middle East Today' pro-
Foreign Affairs Select Com- members appears to have gram on 26 December
mittee in gone un- 2007.
the House challenged.
of Parlia- Mr. Khoda- He also gave his expert
ment dur- b a n d e h view on the subject of the
ing which presen t e d US Administration and pos-
they high- documents sible ways of engaging in
lighted the clearly il- the problems posed by the
damage l u st r at i n g Middle East, which will be
which the the gravity published in next month's
British par- of this is- edition of CFSOT (Centre
liament's sue and for the Study of Terrorism
reputation the impact – London) , the "Islamism
has received worldwide by it has already had on the Digest".
ignoring the infiltration into reputation of Parliament. During his trip Professor
parliament of proscribed Professor Foote participated Foote also met with Anne
terrorist organization Moja- in a one hour round-table Singleton of Iran-Interlink.
hedin Khalq (aka Rajavi
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UK parliamentary delegation's visit to Edalat (Justice) Society


(Victims of Mojahedin-e Khalq terrorism)
IRNA, November 21, keeper) was martyred by groups who are terrorists
2007 the MKO's terror teams in and easily change color and
1982 said: "Utilizing terror tell lies."
http://www1.irna.ir/en/new is not a tactic or a strategy The chairman of the UK
s/view/line- for the MKO. It is part of delegation, Mike Gapes,
17/0711215855145947. h t their ideology and that is said after receiving some
m why they could never give documents indicating the
in using violence; and this violation of human rights
British Ambassador to Te- is an important and crucial and terror by the MKO,
hran, Geoffrey Adams, point for those foreign sup- "This documentation and
along with members and porters of the MKO who are other reports published by
the Chairman of the For- aiming to use them as a the international bodies
eign Affairs Committee of tool. about the MKO show that
the House of Commons "The leaders of this organi- there is no doubt about
have met and talked with sation are their vio-
several families of victims not trust- lent back-
of terrorism at Edalat w o r t h y g r o u n ds .
(justice) Society in order to even for We are
become familiar with ter- t h e i r victims of
rorist nature and deeds of friends." terrorism
Mojahedin-e Khalq Organi- The visit of too and
sation (MKO). the UK the British
The British parliamentari- parliamen- people
ans visited Iran recently on tarians to are also
the invitation of the Iranian T e h r an severely
parliament (Majlis). and their s u f f e ri n g
meeting from this
Ms Sepehri, a member of phenome-
the society whose father (a with the society of the
families of victims of terror- non." Some documentation
45-year-old tailor) was about the terrorist activities
martyred by the MKO's ter- ism took place while the
MKO is claiming that they of the MKO was handed
ror teams in 1984, while over by the Edalat Society
referring to the memoirs are enjoying the support of
UK peers. to the UK delegation.
from his father, said that
the MKO has assassinated The MKO is currently in the Finally, the Chairman of the
over 12000 individuals in list of designated terrorist Foreign Affairs Committee
Iran besides cooperating groups in the UK, and the of the House of Commons
with Saddam Hussein in FCO has warned the states- emphasised, "We have is-
killings of many Kurds and men not to have any con- sued a joint statement be-
Shiite Moslems in Iraq. tact with the members of tween the governments of
this organisation. France, Germany, and the
Mr Mike Gapes, the Chair- UK with the Islamic Repub-
man of the Foreign Affairs During the one-hour meet- lic of Iran in Paris. In this
Committee of the House of ing, Ms Sepehri addressed statement we reached an
Commons who was present the members of the delega- agreement that one article
in the meeting said, "MKO tion and said, "Those who of it indicates that three
are quite known to us; we have sold their nation and European countries and
d o k n ow t h e m their country to the aliens Iran are decisively willing
through Amnesty Interna- could never claim to be the to tackle against terrorism
tional and the Human advocate of the interests of and they are determined to
Rights Commission of the the other nations and coun- do so. These groups include
United Nations." tries. This is a historic les- Al-Qaeda and other terror-
Then Ms Sobhani whose son that tells us one should ist groups such as the
father (a 46-year-old shop- avoid those opportunist MKO."
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"Iran for me is the foreign policy"


Farah Karimi / talking to recruited into radical politi- and I formed a team house,
Soheila Vahdati cal movements. Here I point but I did not have any mili-
out some of the incidents tary activities since I had be-
briefly. gun supporting the MKO
I was born in November recently.
1960 in the village of Has-
san-Abad of Garus in the Life in Kurdistan
province of Kurdistan. When With the number of arrests
I reached the age to start and executions arising, we
school we immigrated to Te- had to leave Tehran. Many
hran and so I was raised in of my friends were executed
Tehran. at that time. After leaving
In October 1979, I entered Tehran, we moved to Kurdi-
the Technical University of stan, and we lived there for
Farah Karimi made a trip to Esfahan, but like most peo- five months including the
the US in Aug 2007. In her ple of my age on those days I winter time. I was then preg-
short visit to the Northern got involved in revolutionary nant and my boy was born in
California, I found an oppor- activities. Some time later, one of the villages of Kurdi-
tunity to sit and talk with her while the "cultural revolu- stan. Afterwards we moved
and raise some questions tion" began (in the universi- into Iraq through the Sar-
regarding her private life, ties), I returned to Tehran. dasht boarder and we stayed
immigrating from Iran, the there for 24 hours and then
experience of being a deputy we moved to Istanbul and
Political activities lived there in a very harsh
in Dutch Parliament, and After the revolution of 1979,
her other international ac- condition. I personally had
I was first working with the problems with the MKO who
tivities. Following is the out- Shariati Centre. In 1981 I
come of our talks. While were badly treating their own
was arrested and after a members and using them in
thanking Farah Karimi and week on the verge of 20th of espionage activities against
wishing her every success, I June incident I was realised. the people inside the organi-
present you the text of her After the 20th of June sation and also using them as
sayings. ( d e mo nst r at io ns a nd a tool. They tried to destroy
clashes), the suppression and the relationship between the
The chronicle of my life and executions escalated. couples. I was then a young
struggle in Iran and in the Amongst the first group of woman and I was passing
Netherlands has been pub- people being executed after my pregnancy period and
lished in a book called "the the 20th of June there was a surely my relationship with
mystery of fire" which has leftist fellow from our uni- my husband had some ef-
been translated into Spanish, versity who was arrested fects on me. I had many
but it has not been translated some time before that and criticisms against the organi-
into Persian or English. I then executed. These inci- sation and they thought I did
have written some details dents motivated me to be- not have enough motivations
about my life in this book. come more radical and join for the struggle.
For instance, I have de- the Mojahedin-e Khalq Or-
scribed about my political ganisation (MKO). I married
activities in length and even a supporter of the MKO in Fleeing from Iran
about how individuals are January 1982. My husband The MKO members helped
TheBriefing "Iran for me is the foreign policy" (cont)

Publicationof us to move out of


the country. But
could see that the
organisation, which
Immigration
the Netherland
to

Nejat Society they left us alone in


Turkey and there-
I would call it a
"monster" would
In 1989, I got mar-
ried to my present
fore we had a very take everything ever husband and after
hard time there. We a person's child. I some time I immi-
managed to go to could not see my grated to the Nether-
Germany from there son inside the or- lands with my fam-
with many difficul- ganisation and it ily and I started a
ties. We were looked if though he new life there.
Address granted political was a property be-
E-mail: info@nejatngo.org When I started my
asylum in Germany longing to the or- life in the Nether-
P.O. Box 14395/679, Tehran and once again we ganisation and did
Fax: 88 96 10 31 lands I was totally
had house and facili- not have anything to disappointed with
ties. The MKO do with me. These the political affairs
found us again and harsh Stalinist ways inside Iran. The in-
once more we were of personality terror- ternal situation of
recruited in and our ism which were very Iran looked gloomy.
house became a cen- hard became impos- My sister was killed
tre for the MKO's sible to be tolerated. in 1988 in the
activities. Others From the year 1986, MKO's attack into
kept going to the I moved back to Iran in an operation
MKO's headquarters Germany. My hus- called the "eternal
in Paris and we be- band who loved me light". I had seen
came active too. Af- very much moved MKO closely and I
ter the marriage of back to me to Ger- knew that this or-
Massoud Rajavi many. But the or- ganisation cannot be
with Maryam Azo- ganisation imposed a political alterna-
danlou, or as it is pressure on him so tive. Both the Ira-
called t he he was made to go nian regime and the
"ideological revolu- to Iraq and stayed MKO were acting so
tion" we moved to there for one year inhuman that I did
France and lived while swinging rig- not want to do any-
there for one year. orously between the thing to do with
We’re on the web After that I could organisation and his Iran.
not tolerate the ruin- family i.e. my son
www.nejatngo.org ing system of crash- and me. But nothing
ing human beings was left between us (The rest of the arti-
personalities and it so we were like cle is about the ac-
was ever so disturb- strangers to each tivities and experi-
ing to me. On one other, therefore we ences of Ms Karimi
hand I had motive to eventually got sepa- in the social and po-
work due to the rated. litical scene of the
situation in Iran, and Netherlands)
N ej at Soci et y on the other hand I

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