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Perio di cal Publi cation o f the Neja t So cie ty

Nejat Newsletter
Issue No 24 31 August 2008

Inside this issue:


Iraq takes control of Camp Ashraf
Iraq takes control of Camp 1
Ashraf BBC Monitoring military was able to national constitution,
Iraqi government willing 1 Middle East take over control of the Iraqi government
to take charge of the ter- the camp. asked the US to turn
rorist group
over management of
Text of report by Ira- The al-Forat television Camp Ashraf to Iraqi
nian conservative, pri- network reported that
An Urgent Appeal 2, 3 forces. The pressure
vately-owned Fars spokesperson for Iraqi
Ambassador to Tehran, 4 placed on the Ameri-
News Agency website defence ministry, Gen
paid a visit to the Nejat cans by the Iraqi gov-
Society Mohammad al-Asgari ernment finally suc-
Tehran, 26 Aug: After
Symposium of Nejat Soci- 5 made the announce- ceeded yesterday eve-
a five-year US military
ety in Tehran ment. He said: At this ning.
presence and the pro-
time, the camp is sur-
tection provided by
September 11th 2002 and 6 rounded with support Located in Diyala
them to the mon-
MKO Tactic of Duplicity form an Iraqi military Province, Camp Ahsraf
afeqin in Camp Ashraf
battalion and Iraqi is 45km outside Bagh-
[a pejorative that
Inconspicuous affinity 7 forces have placed it dad. It was gifted to
between Al-Qaeda and the means hypocrites and
MKO inside a security en- the leader of the mon-
refers to the Mojahe-
closure. afeqin gang, Masud
British MPs paid a visit to 8 din-e Khalq Organiza-
Rajavi, by Saddam
the Nejat Society in Te- tion (MKO)], efforts by About two months
hran [Huseyn] recognition
the Iraqi government ago, in response to of his serve
Foreign Delegations Visit 8 have succeed. Yester- repeated public calls
Nejat Society in Tehran
day evening, the Iraqi and in line with the
Governor of Khalis: MKO 9
responsible for all violence
in Dyali Iraqi government willing to take charge of the terrorist group
Posted on 2008-08-20 Qomi and the chief of make a decision about
MKO has 6 months to 9 Iran’s foreign policy stra- them.
leave Iraq US to concede the MKO tegic council Kamal
Iraqi Cabinet Takes Hard- 10
responsibility to Baghdad. Kharazi have not held any According to this official
line Stance On MKO Iraqi government willing talks with a U.S. delega- the U.S. is also willing to
to take charge of the ter- tion in Ankara, this official concede the MKO respon-
CIA actively supporting 10 rorist group said. sibility to Baghdad.
Mojahedin Khalq Terror- End Item
ists TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (ISNA)- Meanwhile regarding a
Nejat Society open Letter 11
An official close to Tehran committee founded in ISNA - Tehran, Aug 09,
to The Prime Minister rejected the rumors that Iraqi defense ministry to 2008
Iranian high-ranking offi- pursue the Mujahedin
Families of MKO members 12 http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/
gather in front of the Brit- cials have met with a U.S. Khalq Organization (MKO)
ish Embassy in Tehran delegation in Ankara, NewView.aspx?ID=News-
case the official said that 1177888&Lang=E
Joint Statement of the 12 Turkey. Iraqi government is will-
Nejat Society and the
Sahar Family Foundation Iranian ambassador to ing to take charge of the
Baghdad Hassan Kazemi MKO terrorist group and
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An Urgent Appeal, for Actions and Initiatives


on behalf of Iranians in limbo in Iraq
Nejat Society unmet promise of the Iranian under extremely harsh and in-
people’s revolution and told humane conditions , we deem
Posted on 2008-08-19 that if they loved their country it our responsibility to come to
and people well enough, they the defense of these fellow Ira-
An Urgent Appeal, for Actions would give up everything and nians as well as to the defense
and Initiatives on behalf of Ira- take up arms for just six short of the legitimate rights of all
nians in limbo in Iraq; in De- months, sought to prove this political asylum seekers in
fense of Human Rights and the love by doing just this. Iraq. And we call upon all ac-
Right to Asylum Security, jobs and children tivists and defenders of human
Tragedy is too often the stuff even were left behind, as these rights as well as political or-
of literature. The majority of often young men and women - gans and organizations to fa-
people worldwide, try to avoid and some teenagers - left for miliarize themselves with this
persons and situations that are Iraq , from where this struggle tragedy and - with us - to at-
shaped by too great a tragedy, was to take shape. tempt to bring about a humane
concentrating instead on that solution..
Yet, each six month term was
which is simple and promises to be followed up with another, Iran National front – Europe
some easy resolution and they who had sought an (Germany); Summer 2008
Yet activists are literary fig- alternative to two dictatorships The Following is a list of some
ures. They concentrate on hu- within their own country, be- of these former MKO members
man tragedies, not shying came victims of their leader’s who are now in a state of limbo
away from multi-dimensional power fantasies (which with in Iraq, following the very re-
problems and readily working time went as far as forcing all cent closing of camp “TIPF”. Of
towards difficult solutions. to divorce their partners and these, 35 have been able to
ban all other love - except the leave Iraq and are yet still in
In a region increasingly love for the one power - out of search of a destination.
marked with tragedy , perhaps their very hearts) , Saddam
no story is more tragic than Hossein’s war games , and the Ebrahim Bolochi
that of the former members of mind control, punishment rou- Ebrahim Rahimi
the Iranian Mojahedin Khalq tine , beatings and torture by Abolfazl Dehnamaki
Organization (MKO), who wish their comrades! Ahad Omidvar
to leave their state of limbo in Ahmad Soleimani
war ravaged Iraq, can not re- And as the report released in Ahmad Shahbazi
turn to Iran and hope for 2005 by Human Rights Watch Ahmad Sehat
safety, and have not yet man- noted, there was “NO EXIT”![1] Ahmad Gharamohammadi
aged to gain asylum to any They were denied even the Ahmad Minai
other corner of this earth. freedom to defect or leave. Ahmad (pseudo name: Mehdi
Ranjbar)
The Iranian poet Shamlou - in And so they were kept at Camp Ardeshir Baghbani
his poem “Public Love” - talks Ashraf in Iraq until this was Arash Ahmadian
of the dead of the year 1953 turned into Camp “TIPF” , un- Esfandiyar Bakhshi
being the most loving of the der the charge of US American Esmail Momeni
living. And we have often re- forces. As hard at conditions Esmail Hooshyar
peated this when talking of were at Camp “TIPF”, with its Afshin Gharatapeh
those who have given their recent closing the situation of Iraj Golalipour
lives in any given year in the these individuals became even Iraj Mousavi
still ongoing struggle for free- more desperate. Parviz Derakshan
dom and human rights in Iran. Today, understanding the great Parviz Ranjbar
And yet one group of men and and multi-faceted tragedy of Parviz Farahmand
women, driven away by the these lives held in limbo and Parviz Mousavi
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An Urgent Appeal, for Actions and Initiatives


on behalf of Iranians in limbo in Iraq
Tohid nejad Mohammad Yousef Charezahi
Jaber Tai Samirami Abdollah Nikbakht Tabrizi Mahmoud Bayat
Jamal Azimi Ali Ahmadi Mahmoud Khaleghi
Javad Assadi Aliakbare Bojari Mahmoud Eynaki
Hamed Sarafpour Ali Bakhsh-afarinande (Reza Morteza Mohajer
Hojatollah Rostampour Gooran) Masoud Zarghami
Hojatollah Kafai Ali Barzegar Moustafa Heydari
Hassan Piransar Ali Jahanifard Moustafa Shafiie
Hassan Nemati (Safar) Ali Khademan Mansour Asari
Hossein Bakhshalizadeh Alireza Shahmoradiyan Mansour Keshmiri
Hossein Bazrpour Ali Abdollahi Manouchehr Khodadadi
Hossein Borojani Ali Mohammad Baloch Mehdi Barjeste Garmaroudi
Hossein Rezai Ali Moghadas Mehdi Abbaszadeh
Hossein Zendegi Ali Mirahmadi Mehdi Fazollahi
Hossein Mehravar Ali Miri Mehdi Nikbakht
Hamzeh Tomari Alireaz Goyande Mehrdad Abdolvand
Hamidreza Sistani Alireza Mozenzade Tabrizi Mehrdad Fathi
Hamidreza Karimi Omad Bagheri Mehrdad Vosoghi
Hamid Abdolghafari Gholamreza Asghari Mousa Marzban
Hamid Fellahat Gholamreza Rezai Mirbagher Sedaghati
Hamid Mohebi Gholamreza Kermani Nader Keshtkar
Hamid Naji Farzin Fasihi Nader Naderi
Khosrow Dehani Farshid Farsat Nadali Rahimi
Davoud Razavi Farhad Bazrafshan Nasrollah Azari
Dormohammad Dehani Firooz Karegar Norouz Tavakol
Rayan Petrosian Kambiz Taghipour Hadi Afshar (pseudo name:
Rahim Khodagholi Kaveh Pourhamadani Said Jamali)
Reza Azmodeh Karam Eslami Hashem Ostovar
Reza Zand Kamal Mousavi Homayou Kaviani
Reza Mohammadi (Mehrtash) Kiakavoos Amirahmadi Vahid Karami
Ramezan Ghorbanzadeh Keyvan Rastbin Younes Hassanpour
Ramezan Mohammadinasab Michael Petrosian List compiled on 15.08.2008
Rouzbeh Kurdi Majid Rouhi [1]For more information please
Soleiman Kheyri Majid Shabani read:
Siavash Biyabani Mohsen Abdolkhani http://www.hrw.org/backgroun
Siavash Saidnia Mohsen Abdollahi der/mena/iran0505/1.htm
Seyed Abbas Moussavi Mohammad Ebrahim Rahimi Mojahedin Monitor, Aug18,
Cyrus Taefi Mohammad Amir Raisi 2008
Cyrus Vafa Mohammad Taghi Ansari http://www.haamawaz2.blogsp
Shokrollah Mohammadi Mohamad Tehrani ot.com/
Shahab Ekhtiyari Mohammad Hossein Yousefi
Shirin Masratbakhsh Mohmmad Dadjou
Sadegh Khorshidi Mohammad Dostdar
Sadegh Zohouri Mohammad Razaghi
Abedin Janbaz Mohammad Reza Hosseini
Adel Kheyri Mohammad Saadooni
Adel Matlabi Mohammad Sahebi
Abdolamir Sayahi Mohammad Ali Ahmadi
Abdolsatar Jahangiri Mohammad Ghale-joghi
Abdolkarim Mohammadtaghi- Mohammad Karami
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Ambassador to Tehran, paid a visit to the Nejat Society


Nejat Society, The British high diplomats structive cult which has held its
thoroughly explained the legal followers mentally and even
Tehran, Aug 16, 2008 procedure of the decision made physically captive in the Ashraf
by the Proscribed Organiza- Camp. "All cults need to show
http://www.nejatngo.org/i tions Appeal Commission false victories to their followers
ndex_en.php?news_id=937 (POAC) which ultimately ex- to keep them manipulated
cluded the MKO from the list of within the isolated atmosphere
terrorist groups in Britain. of the cult" he said, "therefore
Sir Geoffrey Adams, British
de-listing the MKO serve the
Ambassador to Tehran, paid a
leaders to have better chance
visit to the Nejat Society
to deceive people".
The British Ambassador to
Mr. Adams and his company
Iran, Geoffrey Adams, along
agreed that no excuse should
with a high ranking official
be given to the MKO to have
from the British Foreign and
open hands to carry on mind
Commonwealth Office (FCO)
control techniques within the
who was visiting the country
cult. They also approved the
required a meeting in the office
fact that the prime victims of a
of the Nejat society in Tehran.
cult are its own followers who
A number of members and as- would lose everything. Mr. Ad-
sociates of the society includ- ams also gave assurances that
ing Mr. Arash Sametipour, the under no circumstances the
international relations secre- British government is willing or
tary, were present in the meet- aiming to use the MKO ele-
ing. ments for any purpose at all.

Mr. Sametipour welcomed the He made it clear that the Brit-


visitors and introduced those ish government would not stop
present in the meeting and ex- its struggle to proscribe the
plained that the Nejat Society Mr. Adams emphasized that organization again in Britain.
in Tehran consists of the for- the British Government has not The high ranking British diplo-
mer members of the Mojahe- changed its policy towards the mats visiting Nejat Society in
din-e Khalq Organization group and still considers the Tehran expressed their hope
(MKO) who managed to flee MKO as a terrorist entity and that the Ashraf Camp would be
from the notorious base of this has prohibited all government controlled by the Iraqi govern-
organization called the Ashraf officials to have any contacts ment as soon as possible and
Camp in Iraq and are striving with the organization. the misery of the families who
to help their former colleagues
"Britain is part of the European wish to meet their beloved
trapped inside the MKO terror-
Union (EU) and the EU has ones captured inside Rajavi's
ist cult.
continuously designated the cult be ended in near future.
The topics of the discussions organization as a proscribed In the end they invited Nejat
were the de-proscription of the terrorist group and this pro- Society to send a delegation to
MKO by the British government scription applies in Britain too" Britain to discuss the matters
and its consequences and also he explained, "the decision further with the British states-
the situation of the Ashraf made by the POAC would have men and parliamentarians in
camp in Iraq after the resolu- no effect on the policy adopted London. Mr. Adams reckoned
tion passed by the Iraqi ad- by the FCO or the British gov- such trip to be quite fruitful for
ministration which gives the ernment anyway". the aims of the society.
control of the base to the Iraqi
government. Mr. Sametipour discussed the
very fact that the MKO is a de-
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Symposium of Nejat Society in Tehran


One day symposium of the Ne- that protesting against the decision Families gave slogans such as "there is
jat Society in Tehran, Monday made by the British government is no good or bad terrorism", "down with
quite essential as far as the families are Rajavi" and "free meetings are our just
28 July 2008 concerned. right" and they condemned legitimizing
In a one day symposium held on 2008- About the resolution of the Iraqi gov- a terrorist cult which in the first hand
07-28 by the Nejat Society in Tehran, ernment on the MKO based on the Iraqi has mentally captured its own members
the members and the associates of the constitution, Khodabandeh gave some and followers.
society as well as the families of mem- detailed explanations and finally de- According to Nejat reporter from oppo-
bers of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organi- manded the Iraqi government to ensure site the British Embassy in Tehran, the
zation (MKO) captive inside the Ashraf that the items of the resolution are ful- participants were carrying banners with
Camp in Iraq gathered from different filled as soon as the control of Ashraf writings such as "do not sacrifice our
provinces demanding the free access of Camp is handed over to the Iraqi gov- children for state terrorism" and "the
the families to their children in Iraq. ernment. He emphasized that the fami- Saddam's terrorists are now employed
lies do not accept any delay for a direct
and free visit with their beloved ones
when the Iraqi government holds con-
trol over Ashraf Camp in Iraq.
Khodabandeh pointed out that when the
former regime in Iraq was toppled,
there were hops that the families could
have free access to their relatives in
Iraq. They were disappointed when
they released that there are other forces
Initially in this symposium Mr. Ebra- who intend to use the group the same
him Khodabandeh a former member of way Saddam Hussein did. He explained b y t h e Br i t i sh g ove r n m en t ".
the international relations department that when the MKO is de-listed in Brit- The participants also signed a resolu-
of the MKO in the UK discussed two ain the worrying of the families have tion in the form of a letter addressed to
topics which were the de-proscription become doubled and they have the fear the British Prime Minister Mr. Gordon
the MKO in Britain and the recent reso- that their beloved ones might be used Brown and protested against the deci-
lution passed by the Iraqi governments as tools of terror again. He said that the sion made by the British government to
which indicates that the control of the families expect the Iraqi government to de-proscribe the group.
Ashraf Camp must be handed over to end their sufferings and facilitate direct The families gathered outside the Brit-
the Iraqi authorities. He pointed out and continuous meetings with the rela- ish Embassy in Tehran emphasized in
that the families have suffered most tives in the Ashraf Camp in Iraq. their letter to the British Prime Minister
from the latest decision made by the Next Mr. Arash Sametipour the inter- that they are dreadfully worried about
national relations secretary of the Nejat
Society explained about the recent ac-
tivities of the Society in connection
with the Iraqi government and efforts
made to pave the way to let the families
visit their beloved ones in Iraq. He then
answered the families' questions in this
regard and expressed that the Iraqi gov-
ernment must facilitate the immediate
and direct connection of the families in
Iran with their relatives in Iraq once
British government since the MKO they had control over the Ashraf Camp the decision made and its consequences
needs to show false victories to its fol- and its inhabitants. over their captured children in the Ash-
lowers to further control their minds After the session was terminated, the raf Camp. This resolution was handed
and keep them captive for longer peri- participants moved to outside the Brit- over to the British Embassy in Tehran.
ods. Khodabandeh emphasized that if ish Embassy in Tehran and made a Foreign reporters as well as representa-
the British government intends to play gathering opposite to the main entrance tives from humanitarian and interna-
the role of Saddam Hussein for the to protest against the decision made by tional organizations were present in this
MKO, one has to expect more catastro- the British government to remove the gathering that made talks with some of
phes to occur which would result to name of the MKO from the list of ter- the 200 families present at the scene.
more victims on both sides. He stressed rorist groups in that country.
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September 11th 2002 and MKO Tactic of Duplicity


Hardly anyone doubts that Al- ‘Solidarity Front’. Such moves were commit terrorist acts in Europe, the
Qaeda who perpetrated 11 Septem- much the outcome of its lost mili- Middle East, the United State, Can-
ber attacks had a great impact on tary equipments and potentialities ada, and beyond”.
Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, or that were indispensables of armed MKO seems to be the sole terrorist
Rajavi cult, to make a shift in its struggle rather than a fundamental group on the State Department’s
terrorist conducts. The global reac- shift to democracy in its strategy of list that has been carefully scruti-
tion against the attacks and a struggle. nized to be found that it would un-
shown decisiveness to combat The ECJ's lower court ruling dergo no fundamental and strategic
against the abominable phenomena wherein it was stated that MKO change unless it reconsidered its
of terrorism made MKO to de- had denounced terrorist deeds since ideology whose infrastructure is
nounce armed activity if not in na- June 2001 emboldened the group to aggressive confrontation of global
ture but provisionally in words. start an overall propaganda blitz to imperialism embodied in the US.
The US invasion of Iraq as 9/11’s get rid of the terrorist tag and draw Thus, MKO’s refuge in liberalism
aftermath and the consequent fall supports especially among the stronghold in no way indicates that
of Saddam Hussein actually de- Americans. However, neither the it has submitted to an ideological
prived MKO of a bountiful, reliable US nor the EU paid was duped by shift but rather parlaying circum-
strategic ally. Not only Saddam what they concluded to be a new stantial opportunities to break out
Hussein granted the MKO soil and tactic by a terrorist group. One of of its complete isolation, a result of
abode, but also supplied them with the reasons contradicting the a universal combat against terror-
logistics and arms, espionage equip- MKO's claim of renouncing terrorist ism, from the political stage.
ments, training and abundant dol- activities since June 2001 was pre- Americans in particular and the
lars. In fact, MKO's greatest enthu- sented by the State Department’s West in general have discerned that
siasm to overthrow the Iranian re- April 30 report releasing the list of although Al-Qaeda and Mojahedin-e
gime came all from Saddam’s sup- designated terrorist organizations: Khalq show slight differences in
port. Saddam’s fall absolutely disap- In 2003, French authorities ar- interpretation of Islam, in contrast
pointed MKO of further availability rested 160 MKO members at opera- to al-Qaeda, the MKO appear more
of the precious opportunity that tional bases they believed the MKO dogmatic in confrontation of the US,
destined the group’s survival or de- was using to coordinate financing the West, and the camp of capital-
mise. and planning for terrorist attacks. ism. Once Al-Qaeda formed a short-
The global war on terrorism turns Upon the arrest of MKO leader lasting alliance with the US against
to be an internationally sensitive Maryam Rajavi, MKO members the threat of communism in the
issue at the present. Consequently, took to Paris streets and engaged in world of Islam; the MKO, because of
the MKO had to start a new phase self-immolation. French authorities its ideological collectivity, played
to avoid coming under the central eventually released Rajavi." [Rajavi the same role for the camp of social-
focus of anti-terrorism moves as was released on bail and is cur- ism.
well as enabling them to take a dif- rently awaiting trial on terrorism The MKO's immediate, explicit re-
ferent step and a new democratic charges]. action to Al-Qaeda’s terrorist at-
array in its struggle against the Furthermore, in an unprecedented tacks was its extravagant banquet
Islamic Republic. It was impossible move, the report branded MKO as a and cries of jubilance at Camp Ash-
unless the MKO could be adopted ‘cult of personality’. It happened at raf. Instead of taking a strong posi-
inside a new sphere of power and a time when the MKO eluded to tion against Al-Qaeda operations at
influence that was dominating the show a clear position concerning least as a proof of their own claims
region. Fortunate enough for the 9/11 plots and maintained a mean- of renunciation of terrorism, The
MKO, the long friction between the ingful silence over a most lam- MKO began condemning Iranian
new authoritative power in Iraq and basted terrorist deed that exempli- regime and proposing seemingly
Iran’s ruling power was at its cli- fied the highest threat of terrorism pro-democratic solutions in a new
max. which demanded a global move to turn of phony democratic struggle
But there existed an impediment; confront. Developing a deep compre- after long advocating the violent
MKO was on the State Depart- hension of the MKO's terrorist na- overthrow of the clerical regime.
ment’s FTO since it was initiated. ture, the US is well aware that Before going any further in propa-
Now the blacklisted group had to MKO cannot change a terrorist gation of democracy, to convince the
convince the invader-host that it no mentality it has preserved for suspicious eyes surveying their
more advocated armed and aggres- nearly forty years. As asserted in slightest terrorist attitudes, the
sive means and sought democratic the State Department’s re- MKO should have a revision of their
approaches. The first steps were port,”MEK (or MKO) leadership ideological bigotry and exhibit a
taken by its novel proposition of the and members across the world clear stance toward the globally
‘third option’ and establishment of a maintain the capacity and will to despised terrorist Al-Qaeda.
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Inconspicuous affinity between Al-Qaeda and the MKO


A careful and close scrutiny of Al- ogy of the group enables it to de- dicted parameters and catalysts
Qaeda and MKO’s organizational velop a revolutionized philosophical work as aspects of influential mate-
infrastructures reveals surprising world outlook. In an attempt to ra- rial laws and thus, it is required to
similarities in their theorizing of tionalize the group’s revolutionary advance according to these laws.
terrorist operations. That is much ideology, Rajavi in an ideological The practical and fundamental dif-
because the two nearly show great handbook that represents the main ference between Al-Qaeda and Mo-
interest in the same ideological ideological teachings of the MKO jahedin-e Khalq is exactly the same
teachings of terrorism theoreticians. stated: difference between a rebel and a
It should be pointed out that these Without a revolutionary ideology, it revolutionary, that is, to best con-
outdated and despised teachings is impossible to have a revolution- trol, organize and conduct terrorist
attracts no attention today, but at ary movement, organization and operations. Parallel to these pre-
least in two or three past decades man because ideology works as our cepts, the MKO, in regulation of
they worked as applicable revolu- source of light and guide to lead us their relations with the members,
tionary approaches especially for on. I have to assert that ideology is strive to infuse them with ideologi-
the third world revolutionaries. Fol- one of the most outstanding mani- cal teachings rather than engaging
lowing the same line, Mojahedin-e festations of man’s life. That is to them in practical orders. Accord-
Khalq Organization from its very say, man is the only creature that ingly, it might be a rightly made
formation in four decades ago lives with ideology; his life and claim by the MKO that the organi-
adopted militia warfare as the doc- death relay on a belief and ideology zation never enforced orders on the
trine of its struggle. The MKO’s that he is bond to it in all conditions members to commit self-
knack to survive out of dire and and communes with it. immolations in June 2003 following
serious conditions singles it out as a Forging such a mentality, the MKO the arrest of Maryam Rajavi in
complex terrorist organization that can not only control their sup- France and they were deliberate
readily adapts itself to global rela- pressed primitive feelings but also actions.
tions because of its ideologically organize them and put them into The people who commit these loath-
based interest-seeking and pragma- practice quantitatively and qualita- some acts are no doubt the byprod-
tist visions. Thus, it proves to be tively whenever and wherever they ucts of the MKO’s adopted ideology.
much harder a task to confront ter- will. They are ideological terrorists Explicitly putting in the words, they
rorists like the MKO compared with who deliberately parlay democratic are slaves of a deeply imbued ideol-
Al-Qaeda. approaches to aggravate the ten- ogy that can be put into practice
The prime problem lies in the fact sions and mount obstacles amidst even in the absence of the leaders.
that the MKO cannot be easily com- any non-violent dialogue. In theoriz- As stated by Rajavi when drawing
pared to and considered as soldiers ing their relation with the world, the organization’s ideological princi-
of fortune, anarchists, or psycho- they divide it into a two- ples:
paths who under some melancholic dimensional sphere of black and Everybody has to be a legist and
influences engage in violent prac- white, the foes and friends, and de- interpreter of the given principal
tices. The MKO cannot even be velop no comprehension beyond cues of principles.
equals to the rebels and insurgents that. Both Al-Qaeda and the MKO As indicated by Rajavi, Al-Qaeda
who rise to confront cultural, social, have the opinion that these are in- has a formalistic understanding of
economic, and ethnic discrimina- evitable approaches to solve the ideology. The MKO believe that al-
tions. The problem is that the or- encountered would-be disputes. though Al-Qaeda is on the front line
ganization deems it a duty and re- The difference between the two is of launching daring operations, but
sponsibility when perpetrating atro- that Al-Qaeda perpetrates its ter- fails to have a good understanding
cious, terrorist operations, and in- rorist operations based on the im- of their impacts and the aftermath
deed the MKO believe in what they pact of its ostensible ideological in- essential calculations. Structural
do. Here is the proof when they de- clinations while Mojahedin-e Khalq similarities between Al-Qaeda and
marcate a rebel from a revolution- justify them based on deep interpre- MKO regardless of minor differ-
ary: tation of their ideology. The MKO’s ences well expose the global threat
A rebel conducts blind insurgency methodology before relying on ideol- of Mojahedin-e Khalq far beyond
against the ruling regime while a ogy originates from its scientific the potentialities of Al-Qaeda. If
revolutionary element knows well look at the world. The MKO develop there are still optimistic people who
whereto conduct the insurgency. the idea that struggle is not neces- foster hope that the MKO would
The main feature that distinguishes sarily a man-willed drive but is undergo a radically ideological and
the MKO from other similar groups more the result of knowing the laws structural change, they are under
is its remarkable potentiality in and evolutionary advance of the the spell of some ignorance they
practice of ideologically justified history: have to break before it is too late.
activities. The revolutionary ideol- The view point induces that unpre-
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British MPs paid a visit to the Nejat Society in Tehran


A British Delegation consisting of was supported by the former Iraqi sented fresh documents while the
three members of parliament from dictator for two decades against the case was being dealt with in the EU
the conservative party; Ross Burly, ordinary people in which clearly
Andrew Robathan, and David Lid- Iran and the MKO proves the terrorist
ington; enquired a meeting with the cooperated with nature of the or-
Nejat Society in its office in Tehran. Saddam Hussein in ganization. By us-
Arash Sametipour, Babak Amin, suppressing the ing these docu-
Asghar Farzin, Ebrahim Khoda- Iraqi people. ments the process
bandeh and Jamil Bassam were could start again in
present in the meeting. The British MPs Britain. He men-
visiting the Nejat tioned that a simi-
Mr. Sametipour, the international Society in Tehran lar case had hap-
relations secretary of the society, went into details of pened with the IRA
welcomed the visitors and described the legal procedure many years ago.
the initiatives and activities of the in Britain which lead to the de-
society and expressed his displeas- proscription of the group. They ex- The British MPs were asked how
ure about the latest plained that the the POAC considered the MKO a
decision made by MKO and its law- terrorist group for nearly 8 years
the British govern- yers used the gapes and now what new documents has
m e nt to de- in the British laws changed the mind of the judges in
proscribe the Moja- and legal systems that commission; and does POAC
hedin-e Khalq Or- to win the case but think that they have never been
ganization (MKO) this would not terrorists or they think that the
in that country. He change the policy of MKO has changed its strategy? The
explained that this the British govern- British MPs were briefed about the
destructive cult ment and soon the nature and past activities of the
was listed as a ter- laws would be MKO and how using violence to
rorist group for amended by the gain political goals has been estab-
nearly 8 years in Britain and it is parliament and groups such as the lished in their theory and practice,
now de-listed while it is still desig- MKO would certainly be proscribed. and how the MKO leaders would
nated a terrorist entity by the US never give up terrorism in their pol-
and Canada as well as the EU. He One of the MPs stressed that re- icy.
further emphasized that the group cently the French government pre-

Foreign Delegations Visit Nejat Society in Tehran


During the months of July and Au- are concerned about the fact that group is really endangering its
gust, diplomatic delegations from the members of the MKO in the members. They proved to the dele-
European countries such as Britain, Ashraf Camp in Iraq might move to gations that the only threat against
Switzerland and Denmark enquired Europe after the control of the MKO the inhabitants of the Ashraf Camp
visits with the Nejat Society in its base is handed over to the Iraqi offi- are the leaders of the organization
central office in Tehran. cials. The truth is that governments who have managed to control their
do not trust the outcomes of a ter- minds and brainwashed them and
These delegations which had di- rorist cult to go to their countries are able to force them to do any-
rectly been sent to Iran by their and they would rather keep them thing including committing mass
governments on a fact finding mis- where they are in Iraq or send them suicide or self immolations.
sion about the Mojahedin-e Khalq to Iran.
Organization (MKO), required ask- In all meetings it was concluded
ing their questions about the or- Members of the Nejat Society gave that dealing with the Ashraf Camp
ganization from the former mem- detailed explanations about the na- is a delicate matter and careful con-
bers of the MKO who are now active ture and activities of the MKO par- siderations must be adopted once
in the Nejat Society to help the ticularly in the Ashraf Camp which doing that and the knowledge and
families of the present captive mem- is a base of a cult in the form of a experience of the former members
bers in the Ashraf Camp in Iraq. military garrison and presented must be used to prevent a cult hu-
many documents showing that the man catastrophe to take place.
It seems that the western countries
I S S U E NO 2 4 N E J AT N E W S L E T T E R PAGE 9

Governor of Khalis: Mojahedin Khalq (Rajavi cult,


MEK,MKO) responsible for all violence in Dyali
Habilian Association, Aug Khalis demanded for the Iraqi ters for the armed terrorist
11, 2008 government to intensify its op- groups. He asked the Iraqi se-
erations in the region. curity forces to deport MEK
http://www.habilian.com/ terrorists from
view-en.asp?ID=02412 Iraq as soon
as possible. He
Staging a protest rally in front called MEK a
of Governor’s building, Hun- terrorist cult
dreds of peoples of Khalis in which is re-
Iraq called for the expulsion of sponsible for
MKO terrorists from their land. all the existing
The protesters, who carried unrests and
different placards, demanded violence in
that the Iraqi government’s Dyali.
security plan should not
change into a political issue
and must involve all parts of
Dyali province.

The demonstrators also de- Oday Khedran


clared their demands via the also called for
placards for the expulsion of the presence
MKO terrorists from Iraq. of the Iraqi
military and
security forces
Welcoming the movement
in all critical
against the presence of terror-
parts of Khalis
ists in Iraq and appreciating
which have
the Iraqi government’s recent
now changed
military operation in Dyali
into safe shel-
province, the governor of

MKO has 6 months to leave Iraq


http://www.presstv.ir within six months and prohibit government has formed a com-
it from conducting any activity mittee to expel the terrorist
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 in Iraq. group from Iraq.

Iran's envoy to Iraq says Kazemi-Qomi said the presence


the Iraqi government has of the group in Iraq will damage
set a six-month deadline for ties between the two countries.
the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Or-
ganization (MKO) to leave The MKO has been in Iraq's Di-
Iraq. “The Iraqi government consid- yala province since the 1980s.
ers the terrorist group as a fac- Prior to the US-led war on Iraq,
Iran's Ambassador to Iraq, tor behind the insecurity in the MKO was supported by for-
Hassan Kazemi-Qomi said the Iraq,” Kazemi-Qomi said. mer Iraqi dictator Saddam Hus-
Iraqi government had passed a sein.
legislation that would order the The Iranian envoy told the Fars
MKO to leave the country news agency that the Iraqi
I S S U E NO 2 4 N E J AT N E W S L E T T E R PAGE 10

Iraqi Cabinet Takes Hardline Stance On MKO


http://www.newshoggers.com
June 24, 2008
By Cernig
The anti-Iranian group variously
known as the Mujahedeen e-Kalq,
MKO, People's Mojahedin Organi- tention between the US and Iraq. reference to the US forces) to stop
zation of Iran (PMOI) or National Now the Iraqi cabinet has banned considering themselves responsi-
Council of Resistance of Iran has anyone at all from dealing with ble for the MKO and cede all the
long been a pampered favorite of the organisation. checking and monitoring affairs to
the neoconservative faction within Iraq's cabinet has in its latest Iraqi authorities.
the Bush administration. We've meeting stressed expulsion of the It remains to be seen if the Iraqi
written a fair bit about the MKO Mujahideen Khalq Organization government will try to get US oc-
here at Newshoggers over the (MKO) from Iraqi territory, an cupation forces to stop using
years. They have ensured that the organization considering as MKO interpreters and interroga-
US has kept the group in com- "terrorist" by Iran and some other tors. If they do, we may well see a
parative luxury in their Camp countries. dramatic drop in claims that some
Ashraf in Iraq and used MKO ...A cabinet approval bans on any captured militant or other has
members as sources of Iran intel, engagement with the MKO by any confessed to being an Iranian
as interpreters or interrogators Iraqi or foreign organization, agent. It also remains to be seen
for the US military and as - alleg- party, institution or person inside whether the US military will al-
edly - proxies for terror strikes Iraq. low the Irai government to en-
inside Iran. However, the MKO It says any person dealing with force arrest warrants for MKO
are highly unloved by the Maliki the MKO "law breakers," will be members inside Camp Ashraf.
administration as the group acted treated based on the anti- But maybe Ken Timmerman of
as Saddam's bully-boys, carrying terrorism rulings and will be NewsMax, FOX News' Ali Jafar-
out atrocities on his behalf handed over to legal authorities zadeh and the folks at the Iran
against the Shiite population of under the law. Policy Committee shouldn't plan
Iraq. Thus the group's sheletered It also called on all the multina- any trips to visit their friends at
status has become a bone of con- tional forces (a possible indirect Camp Ashraf.

CIA actively supporting Mojahedin Khalq Terrorists


... Scott Ritter published a MEK shares the same goal The Arkansans Democrat Ga-
long article for an online as the Bush-Cheney admini- zette, August 5, 2008
magazine in which he stration: regime change in
claimed that the CIA has Teheran. So they're useful http://www2.arkansasonline.co
been actively involved in for American purposes. m/
supporting an Iranian resis- When's a terrorist not a ter- Editorial
tance group that's responsi- rorist? When he's on your COLUMNISTS American Cassan-
ble for repeated acts of side ... dra
sabotage-with all too
deadly consequences-inside George Arnold
Iran. Oddly enough, the 5 August 2008
group, the Mujahadeen-e
Khalk, is listed as a terrorist The Arkansas Democrat Gazette
organization by our own George Arnold is opinion editor
State Department. The MEK of the Arkansas Democrat-
worked with Saddam Hus- Gazette's northwest edition.
sein and even fought as his
ally in the war against their
own countrymen. But the
I S S U E NO 2 4 N E J AT N E W S L E T T E R PAGE 11

Nejat Society open Letter to The Prime Minister Gordon Brown


Posted on 2008-08-03 other people's interests? Would relatives in the Ashraf Camp. We
their captivity in the Ashraf Camp also demand you to make sure that
Prime Minister Gordon Brown last for a long time again? the group would not use our chil-
10, Downing Street dren in terrorist activities again.
You well know that the MKO is an You well know that there is no evi-
London established cult of personality which dence to prove that the MKO has
mentally manipulates its members. given up using violence to reach
England And you also know that cults need political goals. They have kept their
false victories in order to continue army structure in Iraq and continu-
Monday, July 28, 2008 brainwashing their followers. Your ously have their parades and mili-
Mr. Prime Minister government has granted this tary trainings. They have even re-
chance to the MKO leaders to keep fused to publicly denounce the
We the undersigned, the families of on deceiving their members in Iraq. armed struggle and the usage of
the members of the Mojahedin-e violence. They have not changed
Khalq Organization (MKO) who are Our children would certainly get a
wrong impression from your gov- their strategy by any means. They
based in the Ashraf Camp in Iraq, claim that they have not launched
are seriously concerned about the ernment's decision. All cults also
need a remote place to isolate their any military actions since 2001. It is
recent decisions made by the British obvious that they have been inca-
government. followers from the outside world.
The facility of the Ashraf Camp pable of doing so. Once they find
Regrettably we have learned that which is guarded beyond the con- the right backing they have the ca-
the British government has de- trol of the Iraqi government has pacity to start using violence
proscribed the Rajavi's terrorist cult given the organization such oppor- against civilians inside Iranian cit-
known as the MKO after they have tunity. This is certainly in contradic- ies. At the moment they plainly look
been listed as a terrorist group for tion with the policy of war on ter- at the British government as that
nearly 8 years in Britain. ror. potential support and openly de-
mand their weaponry to be re-
The consequences of this decision Apart from all political issues, we turned to them.
which has been made for political would like to draw your attention to
interests is that our beloved ones a humanitarian problem. Encourag- What has happened under Saddam
captured both mentally and physi- ing the MKO by such actions as de- Hussein's regime must not be re-
cally in the Ashraf Camp would be listing them would have the follow- peated again. We require assur-
used as terror tools again. This has ing outcomes: ances from the British government
caused all of us who are anxiously that our children would not enter
waiting for the return of our rela- 1. We as the families would be terrorist activities one more time,
tives for many years a grave turbu- worried to death about the fate and if they do so we certainly would
lence and stress. of our beloved ones confined in find your government responsible
the Ashraf Camp. for it.
After the fall of Saddam Hussein,
there were hopes that our children 2. Our children would be brain- With Regards
would soon achieve normal contact washed more and more and
would be used again in terrorist Nejat Society
with the outside world and with
their families and would eventually operations against ordinary Copy to:
be freed. Our expectation proved to people.
be wrong and the MKO finally man- Ambassador Sir Geoffrey Ad-
3. The Iranian innocent civilians ams
aged to find a substitute for the would be subject to terror as
former Iraqi dictator in the west. before which will certainly leave The British Embassy
We the families of the MKO mem- many victims and casualties.
Tehran, Iran
bers are the first people suffering Mr. Prime Minister
from this decision since we have
gone into deep worrying about the We as the suffering families of the
fate of our relatives. Would they be MKO members urge you to safe-
used again as terror apparatus for guard meetings between us and our
P E R I O D I CA L Families of MKO members gather in front of the
P U B L I C A T IO N O F T H E British Embassy in Tehran
NEJAT SOCIETY Families of members of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization
(MKO) gathered in front of the British Embassy in Tehran on Monday
to protest London's recent decision about the notorious organization.
Address London has recently removed the terrorist organization from the Brit-
ain's terror list. The protestors were families of those MKO members
P O Box 14395/679 who have been kept (mostly unwillingly) in the terrorist cult's camp
Tehran, Iran some 60 km north of the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.
The center, called the Ashraf Camp, is a place where the MKO mem-
Fax: 88 96 10 31 bers are brainwashed to get prepared to participate in terrorist op-
erations against civilians targets. At the end of the gathering, the
families read a protest letter addressed to the British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown condemning the UK's decision. The letter considered
as the gathering's final statement, voiced the families serious con-
cerns about the fate of their relatives and loved ones. Stressing that
Nejat Society London has made the decision for "political" reasons, they urged Brit-
ish premier to "make sure" that the terrorist group "would not use
our children in terrorist activities again." "What has happened under
info@nejatngo.org Saddam Hussein's regime must not be repeated again. We require
assurances from the British government that our children would not
enter terrorist activities one more time." The protesting families
stressed that they would find the British government responsible,
We’re on the web once their children entered any more terrorist operations. They also
called on Brown to "safeguard meetings between us and our relatives
www.nejatngo.org in the Ashraf Camp". Established in 1960s, the MKO is at the Euro-
pean Union's list of terrorist organizations subject to an EU-wide as-
sets freeze and has been designated by the US government as a for-
eign terrorist organization. July 28, IRNA

Joint Statement of the Nejat Society (Iran) and the Sahar Family Foundation (Iraq and the UK)

August-September 2008 The just demand of the families


now is that the free and adequate
Regarding the fact that the control meetings without the presence of
of the base of the Mojahedin-e anyone other than the related
Khalq Organization (MKO) in Iraq family members with their beloved
called the Ashraf camp, as a part ones to be facilitated in a place
of the Iraqi territory, is going to be outside the Ashraf camp. The
handed over to the Iraqi authori- appointments and the Rajavi's ter- families are insisting that the reso-
ties by the coalition forces accord- rorist cult managed to prevent the lution of the Iraqi administration to
ing to the constitutional law of this free contacts of the families the be fulfilled immediately.
country and the resolution passed same as it did under the rule of The Nejat Society in Iran and the
by the Iraqi government; the fami- Saddam Hussein. Therefore more Sahar Family Foundation in Iraq
lies of the members of the MKO than 5 years passed as before. and in the UK are following this
who are both mentally and physi- During this period the Iraqi gov- case and are pursuing this just
cally captive in the Rajavi's terror- ernment continuously sought to requirement through different
ist cult find it necessary to state take the control of the Ashraf channels. In this regards the fami-
the followings: camp as a part of the Iraqi terri- lies who are willing to travel to
Once the former dictatorial regime tory. But the American forces even Iraq and see their beloved ones
of Iraq was toppled, the families of prevented the warrants of the ought to write a letter to the rep-
the captives in the Ashraf camp Iraqi judicial system to be exe- resentative office of the Interna-
were optimistic to see an end to cuted and the Iraqi authorities' tional Committee of the Red Cross
their misery and hence visit their investigations in the Ashraf camp (ICRC) in Tehran similar to the
beloved ones after in some cases could not be made. The ap- model below and post it to the Ne-
more than 20 years. But when the proaches of the families were al- jat Society in Tehran to be fol-
Ashraf camp fell under the control ways faced with the insulting and lowed accordingly by the society.
of the coalition forces and the po- harassments of the MKO officials The copy of the letter after trans-
litical interests were at stake once and they did not accept the meet- lation would be sent to the ICRC in
again, the hopes turned into dis- ings to take place in the end. Iraq, the UK, and Switzerland.

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