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Press TV, Sun,14 Oct 2007

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?i

d=27053&sectionid=351020101

A French courthas summoned

two MKOmemberswho incitedone of the

group's support-ers to set herselfon fire in a June

2003 protest.

The 55-year-oldMahmoud Alamiand 51-year-oldHossein Amini-

Qolipour who arethe members ofthe terrorist Mu-jahedin Khalq Or-ganization (MKO)were summoned

to face charges ofencouraging awoman to commitsuicide.

The MKO staged a

protest in June2003 against the

French police raidon the MKOHeadquarters inParis.

Three MKO mem-bers committedsuicide by fireduring the protestheld one day af-ter the group's

leader MaryamRajavi was ar-rested by theFrench police.

There arev i d e o s

s h o w i n gAlami andA m i n -

Qolipour buying

gasoline near thedemons t ra t i on

site and giving itto Sediqeh Mo- javeri who killedherself in the pro-

test.

Paris court summons 2 MKOmembers

Cult of theChameleon

Transcriptionof the video file

from Al jazee ra television, Oc-

tober 17, 2007

On pages

5 to 9

Iraq: Presence of Mojahedin Khalq terroristscontrary to the interests of regional states

IRNA, Baghdad,

October 31,

2007

http://www2.irna.ir/index.php?lang=en&option=com_newssearch&task=search&searchtex

t=mko&sLines=0&i_titles=checked&i_texts=checked

Elsewhere in hisremarks, Mottaki

said no matter un-

der what pretextterrorist groups

such as MujahideenKhalq Organization

(MKO), Kurdistan

Workers Party(PKK) or the Party

for Free Life in Kur-distan (PJAK) act,what is important istheir actions which

disturb security inthe region, he

added.

Meanwhile, Zebari

told the press con-ference that pres-

ence and activitiesof such terrorist

groups as MKO,

PJAK or PKK arecontrary to the in-

terests of regional

states.

I SSUE NO 16

1 NOVEMBER 07Nejat Newsletter

THE BRIEFING PUBLICATION OF NEJAT SOCIETY

Paris court summons2 MKO members

1

Presence of MKOcontrary to the inter-ests of regional states

1

MKO, the USbacked terrorists

2

Psychological Tech-niques to CultivateIdeology

3

Four more survivors

return to Iran

4

Open debate in USadministration to useMKO terrorists

4

Cult of the Chame-

leon5-9

Invitation for thehead of a proscribed

terrorist organisation

9

Lawmakers call forexpulsion of Iranian

opposition from Iraq

10

Some Useful Links 10Disrupting Satanic

Strategies11

Memories of FormerBritish Supporter of

MKO

11

Give Diplomacy aChance

12

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:


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NEJAT NEWSLETTER PAG E 2

Le Monde Diplomatique,

Selig S Harrison,

October 01, 2007

The best way for the US to start

rolling back its regime change

policy, both editors and several

officials said, would be to dis-

mantle a US-backed militia of

Iranian exiles based in Iraq,

known as the Mujahideen-e-

Khalq (MEK). The MEK sup-

ported Saddam Hussein in the1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and subse-

quently its 3,600 fighters, many

of them women, stayed on in

Iraq.

According to US sources, since

the invasion of Iraq US intelli-

gence agencies have disarmed

the fighters but have kept the

MEK camps near the Iranian bor-

der intact, using MEK operatives

for espionage and sabotageinIran and to interrogate Iranians

accused of aiding Shia militias

in Iraq.

Until recently, MEK radio and TV

stations broadcasting to Iran

were based in Iraq, but Iranian

pressure on the Baghdad gov-

ernment forced their relocation

to London. When the moderate

Mohammad Khatami was elected

president of Iran in 1997, the

State Department made a con-

ciliatory gesture by listing the

MEK as a terrorist organisation

guilty of human rights viola-

tions, and it is still on the list.

Dismantling the MEK paramili-

tary forces would be an effective

way to signal US readiness to

accommodate Tehran, sug-

gested Abbas Maleki, an adviser

to the National Security Council,

since it is the only militarised

exile group seeking to overthrow

the Islamic Republic and is the

darling of the Washington lobby

for regime change in Iran.

Alireza Jaffarzadeh, chairman of

the MEKs front group, the Na-

tional Council of Resistance of

Iran, appears regularly on the

conservative TV channel Fox

News as its Iran expert, rather

like the pro-US Iraqi politician

Ahmad Chalabi before the Iraq

invasion, rallying Congressional

and media support for military

action against Iran.

As its terrorist listing of the MEK

showed, the Clinton administra-

tion hoped for a diplomatic

opening to Iran. When the Re-

publican House speaker, Newt

Gingrich, pushed through an

$18m appropriation for non-

lethal covert action to force the

Mojahedin Khalq Organisation the US-backed Terrorists

replacement of the current re-

gime in Iran, the White House

restrained the CIA. But the Bush

administration was quick to

change course. Cheney shared

Gingrichs goal of regime

change and he persuaded

doubters that pressure on Te-

hran would strengthen the US in

negotiations to end the uranium

enrichment programme. First,

the administration revived and

expanded the dormant plans for

direct US non-lethal covert ac-

tion. Then, in February 2006, it

obtained a $75m appropriation

from Congress for an overt State

Department programme to pro-

mote openness and freedom for

the Iranian people. Finally, it

cast about for covert ways to

harass the regime militarily with-

out the need for a formal presi-

dential finding.

Selig S Harrison is director of

the Asia Program at the Center

for International Policy, senior

scholar of the Woodrow Wilson

International Center for Schol-

ars (both in Washington), and

author of In Afghanistans

Shadow: Baluch Nationalism

and Soviet Temptations

(Carnegie Endowment for In-

ternational Peace, 1980)

Le Monde Diplomatique,

Selig S Harrison,

October 01, 2007


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www.mojahedin.ws

Bahar IraniMojahedin.wsSep. 27, 2007

The ideological revolution withinMojahedin-e Khalq Organization, orcult of Mojahedin, has led to somany changes in terms of internalrelations of MKO. Mojahedin basedthe survival of the organization onthe necessity for institutionalizingthe components of the ideologicalrevolution; before that, it wasthrough providing due back-grounds and taking unique ap-proaches. These adopted ap-proaches, according to MKO ex-members, were similar to the tech-niques utilized by the past andcontemporary cults and were ap-plied as leverages to coerce insid-ers into absolute obedience to Ra-

javis totalitarian and ideologicalleadership. Since the main objec-tive behind the institution of theideological revolution was a quanti-tative instillation of a new systemof values, ethics and thought,then, appropriate techniques andapproaches had to be imple-mented. Here are a number ofthem deduced from commentsmade by detached members:1. Shock2. Accusation3. Doubt4. Subversion5. Discharge6. Illusion7. Commitment8. Repetition9. Reformation

ShockBroaching the issue of Maryam andMassouds marriage in the earlymeetings in order to raise ethicalmisapprehension indicates thefunction of shock in destabilizingthe mental and ethical balance inMKO members. Since Mojahedinconsidered Rajavi as the symbol ofideological and political legitimacy,the issue of Maryam and Massoudsmarriage came as a sudden strikeof shock.

Accusation

Under the very impact of the sock,in an immediate reaction the mem-

bers took an inevitable turn to ac-cuse the elements of the shock.However, as the scenarists of theideological revolution indicate,through the next phases the accus-ers turned to be the accused formaterializing their mentality.

DoubtThe uppermost outcome intendedin the mental and psychologicalimbalance and shock is raisingdoubt in ethical, ideological, andpolitical legitimacy in the members.The significance of this phase was

due to the fact that no longer inorganizational relations Masoudwas taken into consideration.Moreover, members showed signsof dissatisfaction and consideredhim as an illegitimate leader. Thisphase was most important in theplan for materializing membersmentality and even detecting theircontradictory views formed againstleadership.

SubversionThe next phase made membersbelieve that they are in contradic-

tion with themselves. In this stageall members on account of theshown reaction to the early shockare accused of making compro-mise, incurring adversary and hold-ing reactionary views against theleader. As a result, those whowould rebuke the leadership foundthemselves to be in leaders debt.

DischargeThe sole solution for the membersto be released of any accusationswas to come to the point thatevery body had to develop an in-

ternal revolution. The first step tosuch a revolution was that all thehidden thoughts and mentalities ofmembers against the leadershiphad to be thought over. Later on,such a mechanism was applied todig out what was lying deep inmembers mind.

IllusionDischarge created the impressionthat members mentality concern-ing the revolution and leadership

Psychological Techniques to Cultivate Ideology

had not been yet thoroughlycleansed. Members developed the

illusion that due to their internalcontradictions, they had to chal-lenge themselves if they were tostart an internal reformation. Theinternal challenge led them underthe illusion that up to that time notonly they had been of no use butalso had been impediment to anyprogress. Consequently, they felt astrong need to be attached to anew value system and outside ele-ment who was Massoud in thiscase.

Commitment

Commitment to the leader meantsubmission to a process that in-tended to draw individuals out of anadir of wretchedness and endowthem with a new identity that couldonly be acquired but trough abso-lute submission to the new atmos-phere and relations that deprivedmembers of thinking and any otherquest. The major step was theacceptance of the ideological lead-ership. Up to this phase, the mem-bers were convinced that theycould not understand what happenaround them; ideological leader-

ship was to bear the sins of mem-bers and guaranteed their salvationif they were ideologically commit-ted to him.

Repetition (internal control)Now members had to follow newteachings. They had to undergoanother novel process called

current operation wherein psycho-logical and ethical mentalities ofthe members were scrutinized inorder to resolve members circum-stantially encountered contradic-tions. In this phase, all the actions

and thoughts of members cameunder strict control.

Reformation Continuous control and scrutiny ofmembers mentality led to the de-velopment of a mechanism forreconstructing a new value system.In this phase, the members, un-aware of the quality of the madechanges, try to get rid of their pastreactionary ideas and replace themwith fresh thoughts suggested byothers.


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October 29, 2007

According to a news re-port from Nejat Associa-tion (the association tosupport families of victimsand survivors of the Ra- javi cult MojahedinKhalq Or-ganisation ),four moresurvivors ofthe Rajavi

cult have es-caped fromthe militarybase of thisterrorist or-ganisation in Iraq and, af-ter taking refuge with theAmerican forces in Iraq,have now arrived at Me-hrabad Airport in Tehran.The survivors are 1-Mohammed Jamali son of

Reza (from Rasht)2-Zabihollah Rabiee son ofAkbar (from Tehran)3-Mohammed HusseinNemati son of abdol-hossein (from Shiraz)4-Norooz Shahbazi son ofBiglar (from Ilam)

Since the fall of SaddamHussein andthe surrenderof the MKOto American

Forces, over600 victimsof this culthave takenadvantage of

this window to freedomand have returned to theirfamilies. It is believed thatif the Americans open thedoors of Camp Ashraf,most of the remaining3,000 victims of this ter-

though the MKO is nolonger engaged in op-

erations against Iran, itspresence in Iraq remains

a major irritant in Te-hran. However, therehas been an open debate

in Washington as towhether the MKO could

be used as part of somefuture campaign to de-

stabilise the Iranian re-gime, and the admini-

stration is in no mood togive any perceptible

ground to Iran over the

issue.

Los Angeles Times, October

29, 2007

LA Times: Iran

suggested that

US is using Moja-hedin Khalq Ter-

rorists in Iraq

Economist Intelligence Unit- Risk Briefing, 24 October2007

http://www.eiu.com

The Iraqi government is

being urged by Iran toremove the Iranian Mu-

j a h i d e e n - e K h a l q

(known as the MKO)from its territory. Al-

Four more survivors return to Iran

Economist In telligence Unit: Open debate in US administration touse Mojahedin Khalq Terrorists

http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/world/ny-

woiraq295437253oct29,0,6611237.story

Mottaki called PKK, PE-

JAK and the Mujahedin

Khalq Organization, orMKO, terrorist groups

and suggested the

United States was sup-porting them. "We do

hope that the U.S. ad-

ministration will takecorrective actions re-

garding clandestine andbehind-the-curtain sup-

port for the terrorist ac-

tivities," he said.

rorist cult would choose toreturn to normal life.


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A documentary by

Aljazeera televisionabout Rajavi cult(Mojahedin Khalq

Organisation)

Aljazeera television onOctober 17, 2007

broadcasted a docu-mentary aboutRajavi cult.

Rageh Omar: Helloand welcome to WIT-NESS. I am RagehOmar. During theongoing and oftencontentious negotia-tions between Iranand the UnitedStates, there is onesubject they bothagree on: the MEK orthe Peoples Mojahe-din of Iran is a ter-rorist organisation.Massoud Rajavi is the

leader of this bizarreIranian Cult who overthe years helped AyatollahKhomeini overthow the Shah,then declared war on the Is-lamic Republic ruthlessly kill-ing their fellow countrymen.They allied themselves withSaddam Hussein but now thathe is gone are ardent support-ers of the coalition. The MEKhas switched allegiances sooften that any underlying ide-ology is long gone. But onefundamental tenet remains;

personal power. Massoud Ra-javi claims to be a bridge be-tween his followers and Godand the faithful believe him.Rajavi is a master of humanpsychology. He manipulatedhis followers weaknesses untilthey are prepared to do any-thing for him. One woman car-ried cyanide capsules in hermouth for two years ready todie for her leader. Iranian filmmaker Maziar Bahari met her

and other followers as he triedto untangle the CULT of the

Chameleon.Narrator: For more thanthree decades, it has been oneof the most secretive cult inthe world - The Peoples Moja-hedin of Iran - or the MEK. Itsleader is Massoud Rajavi.

Anne Singleton: MassoudRajavi has likend himself asthe bridge between people and

God. Now from that position,he can more or less order hisfollowers to do anything.

Marjan Malek: The MEK telltheir members that MassoudRajavi is not only your leader,but also your husband, fatherand brother. He is the onlyone who should matter in yourlife and you shouldnt thinkabout anyone else.

Narrator: In a suburban

house in the northern Englishcity of Leeds, Anne Singletonlooks like any other suburbanmother having a bit of afterschool playtime with her son .But for Anne and her husbandMassoud Khodabandeh, it hasbeen a long strange journey tothis normality. In the 1970slike many university students,Anne was looking for a chal-lenge and a cause. She foundit in an Iranian revolutionary

Cult of the Chameleon

group active in Leeds Univer-sity.

Anne Singleton (formerMEK supporter): When I be-came a full time cult member Igave up everything that I had.I gave up my home, and allthe possessions in it. I gave upmy car. I converted to Islam. Ibecame Moslem. I had evenburned my diaries. Since I wasa kid I kept diaries, and in or-der to show them that I was

so dedicated tothem I just burnedthem all. Just, Igave myself tothem.

Narrator: WhenAnne joined the MEKin Leeds in 1979,the organisation washelping the leader ofthe Iranian revolu-tion - AyatollahKhomeini - to de-pose Irans Monarch- the Shah. The MEKshared Khomeinishatred of Americaand called him their

Imam or Islamicleader. But the Aya-

tollah never thought Rajaviwas a true Moslem. After therevolution, the MEK was out-lawed, and Rajavi was bannedfrom running for president.

Narrator: The MEKs terrorteams killed many officials aswell as more than ten thou-sand innocent Iranians. In turnthe Islamic government exe-cuted and tortured thousandsof MEK members, and eventhose who only sympathisedwith Rajavis ideas. MajidFarahani was one of them. Hewas working as a trades unionactivist when he was arrestedand sent to prison for fouryears.

Majid Farahani: When I wasin prison they tortured me indifferent ways. For examplethey played football with me.The torturers literary kickedme around between them.


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They also made me lie downat the door of the torture

chamber, so I could hear thescreams of others being tor-tured inside. But the most ef-fective form of torture wasbeating my feet with an elec-tric cable. When they hit youthey start with a thick cable,after a while your feet gonumb and you cant feel any-thing anymore. So theychange the cable and hit youwith a smallerone. That hurtsmuch more.

Narrator: Like

thousands of im-prisoned politicaland labour activ-ists, soon after hisrelease Majid joined the MEKsguerrilla fightagainst the Is-lamic govern-ment.

Majid Farahani:While I was beingtortured, the mainthing I was think-

ing about waswhen my feetwere going toheal. But while my feet werehealing there was not a mo-ment in which I was not think-ing about taking revenge forwhat they did to me.

Narrator: While the torturesand assassinations continuedin Iran, in London Anne Sin-gleton joined a group of Rajavisupporters on a hunger strikeagainst Khomeinis regime.

Anne Singleton: After aboutthree or four days of hungerstrike, I began to feel if as Iwas really on a different levelto the rest of the world aroundme. It was almost as if when Iwalked down the street, I waswalking at twice the speed ofeveryone else. I was having areally kind of spaced out ex-perience. And I interpretedthis - and I was encouraged tointerpret this - as if I had kind

of seen a hidden truth.And thetruth was that by understand-

ing the Mojahedin and under-standing their leadership - theRajavis - I had somehow tran-scended normal existence andthat therefore I had made thegrade.

Narrator: In 1981 Rajavi es-caped to France. Soon after,the MEK began evolving into acult. Rajavi declared that theorganisation should be run

equally by a man -himself -and a woman. The problemwas Rajavi's wife had diedfighting the Islamic govern-ment. He needed a new part-ner to join him at the top ofthe organisation. Rajavi's dep-uty Mehdi Abrishamchi volun-tarily divorced his wifeMaryam, so Rajavi couldmarry her. Massoud Rajavi'smarriage was the beginning of

a series of ideological and sex-ual revolutions which he usedto take over his followerslives.

Anne Singleton: They wentbeyond arranged marriagesand actually ordered theirmembers to divorce. This did-n't just mean that if you aremarried - actually married tosomebody - you must divorcethem. It meant that if youweren't married you had to

Cult of the Chameleon (cont)

somehow mentally, emotion-ally divorce, to understand

that you are divorced fromyour sexuality. And the de-mand was made - on the sur-face - it was justified by say-ing that you had to give allyour energy and your time tothe cause and not be dis-tracted by your sexual feelingsand your love for your wife oryour husband.

Narrator: Anne's husbandMassoud Khodabandehwas Rajavi's bodyguardfor six years. He is oneof the very few people

who observed up-closethe characteristicswhich make Rajavi acharismatic leader.

Massoud Khoda-bandeh (former MEKmember): As someonewho lived closely withMr Rajavi for years, Ican tell you that he isvery intelligent and heis quite a charmingman, but most impor-tantly he is a hard

worker. He spends a lotof time and energy onwhatever he wants to

do. He is really interested inpsychology. There is no bookon psychology that he has notread a few times. But he is avery lonely person. That mightbe because he is a ruthlessleader who has killed or alien-ated many of his close friendsand colleagues.

Narrator: In 1986 at theheight of the Iran-Iraq war,the MEK moved to Iraq at theinvitation of Saddam Hussein.Saddam was already responsi-ble for the death of hundredsof thousands of Iranian youngmen. To many Iranians whoalready hated the MEK for itscampaign of terror, Rajavi'scollaboration with Iraq wasnothing short of treason.

Massoud Khodabandeh:Shortly after we went to Iraq,we became part of Saddam's


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Army. We collaborated veryclosely with the Iraqis. You

may ask me now: how youhelp the enemy of your coun-try? But it goes back to thenature of cults. Being part of acult kills all kinds of emotionsin you. A member becomes atool in the hands of a cult. Youdon't care about your country,or even your mother and fa-ther anymore. We saw our-selves as saviours of human-ity, so nationalism orother feelings werenot important for usanymore.

Narrator: The groupsettled at camp Ash-raf, a military baseone hundred kilome-tres north of Bagh-dad. In this isolatedsetting, Rajavi couldexert more controlon his followers anddelude them abouthis power. In 1988he convinced themall to make an all outattack on the regimein Iran, an act ofcollective suicide.Rajavi told his fol-lowers that they could takeover Tehran within a few days.The operation was called theEternal Light. And the order toattack was give by Rajavi'swife Maryam.

Massoud Khodabandeh: Atthe time of operation EternalLight, we were isolated incamp Ashraf in Iraq and didn'tknow anything about what wasgoing on in Iran. We were un-

der the illusion that if we at-tacked Iran, the people of Iranwould help us and then wecould topple Khomeini's gov-ernment. That was wrong andmost Iranians we came acrossfought against us.

Narrator: After the attackAyatollah Khomeini orderedthe massacre of MEK membersinside Iranian prisons. Within afew weeks thousands of MEKprisoners were summarily exe-

cuted. Rajavi in turn, used thelegacy of the Eternal Light

martyrs to reinvigorate theorganisation.

Massoud Khodabandeh:Rajavi had his own reasons tofight the Iranian regime. Hebelieved that more victims oneither side of the conflictwould help him consolidate hiscontrol over the MEK. After theoperation he even exagger-ated the number of the dead

on both sides. Ironically MrRajavi was helped in his mis-sion by the Iranian govern-ment. They killed about threeto four thousand MEK prison-ers after the operation andensured that Rajavi could rulethe MEK for years.

Rageh Omar: For individualscaught up in the strange worldof a cult, the price is high. Buton the worlds political stage

the MEK, led by Massoud Ra- javi still had a few more sur-prises. Join me after thebreak. Welcome back. Lifeinside a cult is filled with disin-formation and psychologicalmanipulation. Massoud Rajaviis a master of mass hypnosis,harnessing the faith of his fol-lowers and convincing them tofight his battles. He switchesallegiances at will to suit thecurrent political climate. But


some started to question theirleader when he asked them to

kill children.Narrator: In 1991, at theheight of the first Gulf War,Saddam found a new use forRajavi. He ordered the MEK tohelp put down the uprising ofthe Iraqi Kurds with maximumforce.

Majid Farahani: When weentered the town of Kifri in

Iraqi Kurdistan, theMEK used heavy ar-tillery against any-one who was in their

way. It didn't matterif the person was aninnocent civilian, aman, a woman oreven a child. TheMEK shot anyonewho came in theirway through thetown.

Narrator: Majid'splatoon killed mostof the captives, butone was handed tothe Iraqis to be exe-cuted.

Majid Farahani:They brought this

little boy who was hit in thestomach and was suffering alot. The MEK didnt give himany medical help or even aglass of water. The next morn-ing they handed the boy to theIraqi authorities and the Iraqiskilled him right there andthen. I can never forget thescreams of the boy who calledBaba, Baba, asking for his fa-ther. Those words still echo in

my head.Narrator: Majid and manyothers left the organisation inprotest after the genocideagainst the Kurds. Once againRajavi needed new membersfor the MEK. He found themamong vulnerable Iranian asy-lum seekers in Europe. In1996, Marjan Malek was livingas a refugee in Holland.

Marjan Malek (former MEKmember): The MEK are mas-


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ters of human psychology.When they meet someone

they spot that person's weakpoints. They talked to me andthey realised that I had manyproblems with my ex-husbandwho used to beat me. So theystarted talking about women'srights and the equality be-tween men and women, inorder to attract me for the or-ganisation.

Narrator: Marjan was borninto a working classfamily in Tehran. Shewas not politicallyactive and simply left

Iran with her familyto find a better life inEurope. When theMEK operatives firstapproached Marjan inHolland, her asylumapplication had justbeen rejected. TheMEK helped her suc-cessfully appeal theDutch government'sdecision and in sodoing, gained a newrecruit for the organi-sation. By the timeMarjan joined theMEK, Rajavi was us-ing even more personal meas-ures to control his followers.

Marjan Malek: SometimesMassoud Rajavi had generalmeetings with women andnever alowed men to enter thesession. I remember in one ofthose meetings he gave usbrushes, combs and hairclipsas a gift. But before givingthem to us he used them onhis own hair first. Or in an-

other session, he gave womenTerrycloth robes as a gift.Again he put them on first andwalked around the stage alittle bit before giving robes tothe women.

Narrator: In 1998, Marjanwas chosen to be a member ofan all women sabotage teamsent into Iran.

Marjan Malek: Before leavingfor operations in Iran, I had

training in camp Ashraf onhow to hold cyanide capsules

under my tongue. We had touse the capsules in case wegot arrested by the Iranianregime. We had to break theglass, scratch our tongueswith it, and within a few sec-onds commit suicide, so wecouldn't reveal any organisa-tional secrets to our captors.In order to practice, we puttwo small date pits under our

tongues. I hope I can remem-ber how to do it - good - I stillremember. We had to hold thepits for days under ourtongues to practice, and thepits are really hard. I amsorry, can I throw these out?

Narrator: After a failed attackon an army base in Tehran,Marjan was captured in a res-taurant just as she was takingout the cyanide capsules so

she could eat. The MEKthought that she succeeded incommitting suicide. Rajavicalled her a martyr . . . a shin-ing emerald in the sea of lovewho reached the highest levelsof dignity and glory.

Marjan Malek: When theyarrested me I thought of noth-ing else but Massoud andMaryam Rajavi. I didn't thinkof getting killed, tortured orwhatever else might be about


to happen to me. My onlythought was that I disap-

pointed Massoud and MaryamRajavi.

Narrator: Soon after her ar-rest, Marjan publicly de-nounced the MEK. At a pressconference, she told reportersthat while in prison she hadtime to question Rajavi's poli-cies and his cult of personality.Marjan came to realise thatterrorism and collaboration

with Saddam hadmade Rajavi a ha-tred figure in Iran.She also experi-

enced the new atti-tude that the Iraniangovernment tooktowards the MEKprisoners.

Mar jan Ma lek:When I was inprison, I often askedmy captors whenthey tortured andkilled the MEK mem-bers in the past,why they werentdoing that now?

They answered thatin the past they did-n't know better so

they resorted to violence. Butnow they realise that if theykilled me, my whole familywould want to revenge myblood. So the Iranian regimehas realised that if they treatthe MEK as cult members andnot criminals, there will not bebad blood between them andthe victims family, so therewould not be any reason forrevenge.

Narrator: Soon after leavingthe MEK, Marjan opted fornormal life. She married an-other MEK dissident and theynow live in the Netherlandswith Marjan's two daughtersfrom her former husband. Af-ter the fall of Saddam Hussein,Rajavi ordered the MEK togreet the coalition forceswholeheartedly. Rajavi himselfwent into hiding and he hasnot been seen since. The MEK


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Invitation for the head of a proscribed terrorist organisation


surrendered their arms andoffered to help the Americans

to fight against the Ayatollahsin Iran. Rajavi's wordssounded like music to the earsof those Americans whothought after the fall of Bagh-dad they could attack Tehran.While many in the Pentagonwanted the United States tosupport the MEK, the StateDepartment insisted that Ra- javi cannot be trusted. ButSaddam's overthrowmeant that the MEKhad to find otherways of financing

their survival in Iraq.There are many sto-ries of members em-bezzling their par-ents to send moneyto them. Rezvan andMohammand Saf-fari's son joined thecult sixteen yearsago.

Mohammad andRezvan Saffar i(parents of anMEK member): Henever called us ortried to get in touchwith us for fifteenyears. We thought that godforbid he might have died ina war. He said I want to leavethe MEK and I need money tohire a lawyer. I withdrewwhatever savings I had tosend to him. I was reallyhappy that I could send himthat money. I thanked Godthat he could finally come backto us - come home. I worked

so hard to raise my son. Iworked until midnight to pro-

vide for him and his brothersand sisters. I sent him to Lon-don to become a dentist, tobecome a useful member ofsociety. I really don't knowwhat to say.

Narrator: Their son gave themoney to the MEK and is nowone of spokesmen of the or-ganisation. Massoud Rajavi isstill in hiding and stil

l in charge. His organisation islisted as a terrorist group bythe United States and theEuropean Union. For threedecades he has changed ide-ologies and swapped alle-giances, while keeping his fol-lowers enthralled with sexualmanipulation. After the Ameri-can debacle in Iraq, Rajavi's


followers are trapped at acamp in the Iraqi desert,

awaiting his next alliance. Andin northern England, at leastone former cult member thinksabout those in the desert allthe time.

Anne Singleton: I look nowat the people in camp Ashrafand I remember how I was inthat organisation. And I feelnothing but the mostenormouscompassion for them. I really

wish I could helpthem to escape fromthat organisationbecause I do feel

very deeply how in-human their life is inmany ways. Theyreally have no rightsat all. And now that Ihave regained myfreedom - my free-dom of thought - ofbelief - my freedomof speech - and justbasic enjoyment oflife, I understandhow deeply their hu-manity has beencrushed, and I reallywish they could behelped. Rageh

Omar: Massoud Rajavis fol-lowers are still sitting in theIraqi desert waiting for theirleaders next move. They arebeing looked after by Ameri-can and Bulgarian forces.Thank you for watching.

Transcription of the videofile from Al jazeera televi-sion, October 17, 2007

the head of the terroristMujahideen Khalq Or-

ganization to take partin the fall meeting of the

European Council parlia-

mentary assembly. "Bysuch a move, I in fact

intended to give the

message of protest attheir double-standards:

Shambles in EuropeanParliament Irna, reporting from EuroNews, October 10, 2007http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-24/0710106093203240.htm

He (Majles Speaker) saidhe had cancelled visit to

France in protest to aninvitation extended to

Somewhere they con-demn terrorism and they

and even Americansconfirm terrorist nature

of MKO and somewhere

else, they invite the MKOheads, who are under

i n t e rna t i ona l po l i ce

chase, to attend theEuropean Council meet-

ing.


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Kurdistan Alliance

MP: MKO (terroristgroup) is guardedby USA who uses

them as perssure

card

Roozhnama, Iraq ,

October 29, 2007

Text of report by Hastiyar

Qadir headlined "If

Iraq expels the PKK,Iran will request evic-

tion of its oppositions

[from Iraq]", pub-lished by Iraqi inde-

pendent daily news-

paper Rozhnama on

29 October

If the Turkish efforts suc-

ceed in driving out the Kur-distan Workers' Party (PKK)

from Kurdistan Region, Iran

will demand driving out the[Iranian opposition groups

in Iraq, such as] Mojahe-din-e [Khalq], Komala,[Iranian Kurdistan] Democ-

ratic [Party] and the PJAK

[Kurdistan Free Life Party]from Iraq and Kurdistan

Region.

Member of the United IraqiAlliance Bloc in the Iraqi

parliament Abd Ali Ni'mahhas told Rozhnama: "The

Iraqi government has to

call for driving out the Ira-nian Mojahedin-e Khalq justas it calls for expelling the

PKK. In fact it has to driveout the Mojahedin-e Khalqbefore expelling the PKK."

The Shi'i lawmaker added:

"The Iraqi constitution does

not allow the use of Iraqi

territories as a base by ter-rorists. The Mojahedin-e

Khalq are terrorists and it is

very important to expelthem from Iraq. The United

Iraqi Alliance supports theIranian government's calls

for expelling the group

from Iraq."

In the same context, theKurdistan Alliance member

in Iraqi parliament Mahmud

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lawmakers call for expulsion of I ranian opposition from I raq

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U t h m a n h a s t o l dRozhnama: "Iran looks for-

ward to the upshot of theproblem between Iraq and

Turkey on the PKK issue. If

Ankara government's ef-forts succeed in driving outPKK, Iran will demand the

expelling the [Iranian] op-position sides from Iraq.The most wanted organiza-

tions by Iran are the PJAKand particularly the Moja-

hedin-e Khalq, whichis guarded by the USA

who uses them aspressure card against

Iran."

Uthman added: "Al-Maliki's government is

very weak in the faceof the neighbouring

countries. The Turkish for-

eign minister's visit to Iranand the telephone conver-

sation between [Iraqi Prime

Minister Nuri] Al-Maliki and[Iranian President] Ahmadi-

nezhad proves that there isa coordination between An-

kara and Tehran on the is-

sue."

Source: Rozhnama, Sulay-maniyah, in Sorani Kurdish

29 Oct 07


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Irandidban,

September 19, 2007

http:/ / ww w.irandidban.

com/ master-

e.asp?ID=13762

The strategy of "spark andwar" has been the major

strategy of murderous gangof Rajavi for the past 20years, now boosted by thehistorical status of Neo-

Cons.

One should note that whenthe ceasefire between Iran

and Iraq took effect in1988, terrorist MKO faced a

political-military deadlockthat, in Rajavi's view, couldbe resolved only by a newwar between Iran and Iraq

or Iran and the US.

Moreover, the currentsituation of the US in Iraq

has convinced the ownersof arms factories, Zionist

lobby and American war-mongers to propose mili-

tary action against Iran as

the only way for getting outof this situation. This hasalso prepared the situation

for satanic activities by Ra-

javi's gang.

For two reasons, the re-tarded leader of terrorist

MKO tries to hide his ugly

anti-Iranian activities.

First, America's public opin-ion has a bad memory of

Iraqi opposition's role be-fore the US invasion to

Iraq. Therefore, Rajavi'sgang tries to distance itself

from activities similar to

those done by Iraqi opposi-tion.

Second, besides trying to

stoke the fire of war, he

consider it his own duty towhitewash the face of war-

Yorkshire in July 2007,Anne Singleton recalledher bitter days.

link to the Audio file:

IRNA, Sep 24, 2007

Reported by Iran Did-ban:

http://www.irandidban.com/master-e.asp?ID=13771

Anne Singleton, Britishlady who was formerly amember of Mojahedin-eKhalq organization, saysshe was brainwashed bythis terrorist group.

In an interview with BBC

Disrupting Satanic Strategies

Memories of Former British Supporter of MKO

mongers and claim that theUS should attack Iran be-

cause it's meddling in Iraqor because it's not sus-

pending uranium enrich-

ment.

In Rajavi's view, this de-creases the ugliness of

MKO's approaches; this is

important because MKOmembers would becomesuspicious of these satanic

activities and these are theonly ones Rajavi has been

able to deceive.

Revealing MKO's strategy

disrupts their activities, tar-

geting Iranian people.

Despite the fact that many

experts believe any militaryaction against Iran would

receive harsh response,

those seeking such situa-tion should be identified

and exposed so as to pre-

vent them from taking

peaceful gestures.

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The BriefingPublication of

Nejat Society

tion will do nothingto solve the prob-lems that exist be-tween and the West,but rather that such

an approach wouldcreate a ghastlylong-term dynamicin the region. As-saults, invasion,bombing, cross-border raids or de-stabilizing acts onthe part of any of theplayers in the situa-tion will mean thatthe present troubleswill be eclipsed byfar more destruction

and loss-of-life thanwe have seen to datein the region.

The way forwardmust be through se-rious and genuinedialogue. The rheto-ric of mutual de-monization, recklesst h r e a t s a n dbrinksmanship mustbe left out of thatdialogue. Negotia-

tions must be basedon the recognition ofthe legitimate con-cerns of all partiesfor physical security,economic security(including energysecurity) and na-tional sovereignty.Just as stability andrecovery in will notbe advanced by sec-tarian strife that is aproxy for wider con-flicts, neither willadvancement of civilsociety in be fur-thered by outsideintervention.

Whether done withsudden, overwhelm-ing and devastatingforce, or in a grad-ual, step-by-step se-ries of increasinglyinvasive actions, a

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Give Diplomacy aChance - Say Noto Military Con-flict!

We, the under-signed, representthe views of a di-verse grouping ofIranian expatriates inthe , the and else-where in the West.Some of us havevastly differentviews regarding the

current governmentin ; we are individu-ally members ofmany different politi-cal parties; we donot all agree on howbest to reach stabil-ity in the Middle East. But we all feel aconnection with bothour homes in theWest and the finestcore values of thesocieties in which

we are living, andwith the country ofand its cultural tradi-tions, whether wecame by these tiesby birth, heritage orfriendship.

Moreover, we areunited in our firmly-held opinion thatmilitary confronta-

military assault onIran would havecatastrophic andlong-lasting impactson the people of Iran

and prospects fordemocracy there, onthe security of itsneighbors includingIsrael, on US armedforces in the regionand on US nationalinterest and globalstanding, and on re-lations between theMuslim world andthe West already atan historic nadir.

We urge the leadersof the U.S., the U.K.and Iran to set asideall pre-conditionsand resume directand open negotia-tions on all issues ofdispute, to bringabout a lowering oftensions, to createan opening formeaningful progresstoward understand-ing, and to envision

a Middle East inwhich all its resi-dents can coexistand together ad-dress the commonproblems of vio-lence, poverty, ill-ness and environ-mental degradation.

We urge the peopleof the US, the UKand all countries inthe Middle East - allmen and women ofconscience andcharacter -- to presstheir leadership tobe responsible andstatesmanlike duringthis time of greatdanger, for it is thechildren, the inno-cents and civil soci-ety that always ulti-mately pay the priceof our failure to do

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