Saudi backed Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) cooperate with ISIS
Saudi backed Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) cooperate with ISIS
Al
Mastar News, Baghdad, March 07 2016:… Iraqi Federal Police foiled a
suicide attack by a group of MKO terrorists who attempt to target a
gathering of prominent Sunni clerics. Although Iraqi Police spokesman
was reluctant to go into further details, but the previous confessions
made by arrested ISIS members show the great degree to which MKO is
cooperating with the so-called Islamic State. Maryam Rajavi, the
self-styled president of People’s Mujahedin of Iran …
Iraqi media disclosed MKO’s role in Saudi-led campaign in tarnishing Mobilization Forces’ image.
Sharmine
Narwani, Habilian Association, January 22 2016:… I can’t imagine this
bothered them much – though it did make the Americans look extremely
hypocritical on their “War on Terror.” After all, the MEK had killed US
citizens in Iran in the 1970s, attacked US soil in 1992, and continues
to abuse its own members. This was the State Department’s very language …
Iran
nuclear talks drew to a close and a historic agreement was reached
between Iran and P5+1 and the deal was implemented, but the opponents,
from the Israeli Prime Minister and Saudi Arabia to Iran hawks in US
congress to the Iranian terrorist groups functioning unhindered in the
West, went out of their ways to sabotage the agreement from the very
beginning.
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Habilian
Association, Tehran, June 09 2015:… Dr. Jang Ji-Hyang, policy advisor
on Middle East issues to South Korean foreign minister and director of
the Center for Regional Studies at the Asan Institute for Policy
Studies, pointed out the similarity between Mujahedin-e Khalq
organization (MKO, MEK, NCRI,) and Al-Qaida affiliated groups …
Dr.
Jang Ji-Hyang, policy advisor on Middle East issues to South Korean
foreign minister and director of the Center for Regional Studies at the
Asan Institute for Policy Studies, pointed out the similarity between
Mujahedin-e Khalq organization (MKO, MEK, NCRI,) and Al-Qaida affiliated
groups like ISIS in an interview with the 2nd International Congress of
17000 Iranian Terror Victims’ correspondent.
Xinhuanet,
September 22 2014: … drew a comparison between the current hosting of
the armed rebels by Saudi Arabia and what happened at the times of the
late Iraqi President Saddam Hussain, who had hosted on Iraq soil the
Mojahedin-e-Khalq movement (MEK), an Iranian opposition movement in
exile that advocated the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran …
Habilian
Association, Tehran, October 28 2015:… “Iran has the right to demand
members of MKO from other countries and international organizations as
they have committed crimes in Iran.” MKO’s extradition to Iran is an
inevitable task and the group’s betrayals and crimes are to such a level
that Iran must take all necessary measures to deal with the group …
Anne
Khodabandeh, Iranian.com, September 19 2014: … This, however, is not a
description of ISIS, it is a description of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK),
the exiled Iranian terrorist group. While ISIS claims to be Sunni, and
the MEK claims to be Shiite, there are such significant similarities
they can both be defined as destructive cults. The major distinguishing
difference …
Ariane
Tabatabai, The National Interest, August 24 2014: …The voices
supporting the MEK are ignoring the lessons of some of the most
catastrophic U.S. foreign-policy mistakes in the past few decades,
urging Washington to repeat history. Overhyping the threat of an
adversary and blindly supporting groups opposing it led to the creation
of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan …
Mazda
Parsi, Nejat Bloggers, August 13 2014: … Regarding heavy expenses and
large amounts of money, energy and time the Mujahedin Khalq Organization
(the MKO) spends to portrait itself as a pro-democracy movement, its
so-called Great Gathering in Villepinte Paris, was expected to be
addressed by at least a few Iranian political and intellectual figures,
as it is …
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Al
Mastar News, Baghdad, March 07 2016:… Iraqi Federal Police foiled a
suicide attack by a group of MKO terrorists who attempt to target a
gathering of prominent Sunni clerics. Although Iraqi Police spokesman
was reluctant to go into further details, but the previous confessions
made by arrested ISIS members show the great degree to which MKO is
cooperating with the so-called Islamic State. Maryam Rajavi, the
self-styled president of People’s Mujahedin of Iran … 
Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, NCRI, Rajavi cult) terrorists openly declare support for ISIL, terror acts
The Godfather of terror: anti-Iran terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) cooperate with ISIS
Iraqi media disclosed MKO’s role in Saudi-led campaign in tarnishing Mobilization Forces’ image.
(Baghdad,
Iraq)— According to well-informed security sources, today morning Iraqi
Federal Police foiled a suicide attack by a group of MKO terrorists who
attempt to target a gathering of prominent Sunni clerics. Although
Iraqi Police spokesman was reluctant to go into further details, but the
previous confessions made by arrested ISIS members show the great
degree to which MKO is cooperating with the so-called Islamic State.
Maryam Rajavi, the self-styled president of People’s Mujahedin of Iran,
has ordered her clique to develop close relation with ISIS field
commanders. Observers believe due to MKO’s military acumen in guerrilla
wars and committing myriad of terror operations against civilians, the
remnants of this terrorist group serve as valuable tools for ISIS in
murdering key Iraqi figures.
Qatari
and Saudi-funded media stepped up their vicious attack against Iraqi
Army and Popular Forces amid increasing speculations of a major terror
attack by MKO. Frustrated with recent military setbacks, Riyadh seeks to
stoke ethnic fire in Iraq by carrying out terror attacks –By using ISIS
and MKO–liquidating the leading Sunni leaders and then pointing fingers
at Army and Iraqi resistance.
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Using Mojahedin Khalq (Rajavi cult) made the Americans look extremely hypocritical
Sharmine
Narwani, Habilian Association, January 22 2016:… I can’t imagine this
bothered them much – though it did make the Americans look extremely
hypocritical on their “War on Terror.” After all, the MEK had killed US
citizens in Iran in the 1970s, attacked US soil in 1992, and continues
to abuse its own members. This was the State Department’s very language …
Remember.Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult) was one of the excuses of US attacking Iraq
‘US needs help to disentangle from Syrian misadventures’
Iran
nuclear talks drew to a close and a historic agreement was reached
between Iran and P5+1 and the deal was implemented, but the opponents,
from the Israeli Prime Minister and Saudi Arabia to Iran hawks in US
congress to the Iranian terrorist groups functioning unhindered in the
West, went out of their ways to sabotage the agreement from the very
beginning.
A
Beirut-based commentator and analyst covering Middle East geopolitics
says Saudi Arabia and Israel were desperate to strike a blow at Iran’s
further international ‘rehabilitation’. Holding a master’s degree in
International Relations from Columbia University, Sharmin Narwani says
the deal was also struck as the US and its allies “desperately needed
the support of rational, capable parties within the Middle East to help
disentangle from their Syrian misadventures.”
In the
following interview with Habilian Association, Narwani speaks about
those who’ve failed to influence the deal. Having a great knowledge of
Iranian society, she also touches upon the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK,
a.k.a. MKO) and describes them as “useful to the deal spoilers” who
lacks any kind of support in Iran.
1. What is your take on the opponents of Iran nuclear deal before the agreement was reached between Iran and P5+1?
The
primary opponents of the P5+1-Iran negotiations were Saudi Arabia and
Israel – these two states were on the forefront of a large-scale
propaganda campaign intended to derail the talks and prevent a deal from
being struck. Their motivations were entirely political as both states
actively seek to undermine Iranian influence in the Middle East and
beyond. Both states view growing Iranian clout as a direct and
existential threat to their nations, and to their ability to manipulate
the region to advantage. During the one and a half years of
negotiations, the Islamic Republic was in ascendency in the region,
while Saudi Arabia and Israel were hemorrhaging credibility – even with
their western allies. Their desperation to therefore strike a blow at
Iran’s further international ‘rehabilitation’ was even more urgent than
usual, and they were successful, on the surface at least, of gaining
public support from at least one P5 member state, France. The French
took some very hardline public postures – they managed to secure some
large weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and Qatar during this period – but
behind the scenes and at the actual negotiating table, I am told they
barely made a peep.
2. How do you assess such activities after the agreement was reached? What are their post-Iran-deal plans?
Of course
the French came into line immediately post-deal, mainly to try to gain a
piece of the Iranian post-sanctions-relief economic pie. I believe
France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius may have even been the first
P5+1 official to visit Iran. You can see from the slew of western
officials and business delegations making pilgrimages to Tehran in the
immediate aftermath of the Vienna deal, that commerce is of paramount
importance to these states suffering from stagnant economies.
Economic
considerations aside, this deal was also struck because the US and its
allies desperately needed the support of rational, capable parties
within the Middle East to help disentangle from their Syrian
misadventures. By mid-2012, the US and its western allies suddenly
realized that Syria would not be a quick ‘regime-change’ operation and
were starting to grow concerned about the proliferation of jihadis and
other extremists outside of their control, most of them armed, funded
and supported by western allies in the Persian Gulf and Turkey. That’s
when the US reached out to Iran in a secret meeting in Oman. So I think
another consideration for the P5+1 is definitely to gain Iran’s
assistance in helping to put out some of these fires. Iran will help, in
the sense that eradicating political violence, re-stabilizing states
and halting extremism is high on its priority list, but it is important
to understand that western goals are not the same. The west is perfectly
happy with weakened Mideast states – it just doesn’t want the extremism
it has spawned to breach its own borders. At the present moment, the
nuclear deal has been helpful in that the US can openly work in the same
military theaters (Syria, Iraq) with Iran without a confrontation
breaking out between the two. This is a direct result of Vienna.
3. Please tell me what do you think of Netanyahu’s March 2015 address to the US Congress over Iran accord?
I didn’t
watch the speech – Netanyahu never has anything interesting or truthful
to say. I did, however, watch the circus around it, and I have to say
that if I was an American I would be seriously appalled at the pandering
of my elected officials to a foreign official. I do think Netanyahu was
a net loser by giving that speech. He created a contentious split in
the American body politic and gained acrimony instead of galvanizing
support. Clearly he lost, as the Iran nuclear agreement is a reality
today. But it would be a mistake to write off Netanyahu. He – and his
allies in the US and elsewhere – intend to exploit every opportunity, at
every turn of this agreement, to put a wrench in the works. One way to
do this is to undermine the ‘spirit’ of this deal, which we are seeing
at the moment with further sanctions talk, threats about Iran’s missile
program, and the ridiculous visa restriction measure that was signed
into law by Obama a few weeks ago…
4.
What is your opinion about the activities of Iranian groups such as the
Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, aka MKO) against this agreement?
I was in
Vienna covering the final round of talks and there were some MEK people
around with their usual stunts. I don’t really see this group as
significant in any way. They are useful to the deal spoilers only
insofar as they provide them with token ‘Iranians’ to parrot more
anti-Iran propaganda. The MEK’s main interest is in constant
demonization of the Iranian government because it enhances their funding
opportunities and gives them access to some rather shifty
‘policymaking’ rooms in the west. So Vienna was a valuable platform for
them – it probably earned them a few extra dollars. They make good
parrots, but nothing more.
5.
What is your take on the MEK which was until recently listed as a
foreign terrorist organization in the US and is now functioning
unhindered in the US and European countries?
Look, the
MEK doesn’t really figure into any serious analyst’s calculations on
anything to do with Iran. They are an extremely marginalized group
within Iran – in all my visits to the country over the years, I have
never heard a supportive word for the MEK from a single Iranian. On the
contrary, Iranians tend to view them as traitors for fighting alongside
Saddam Hussein’s military in an aggressive 8-year war that saw hundreds
of thousands of Iranians die. So there is no love lost for the MEK
inside Iran. Furthermore, the group’s support comes almost exclusively
from foreign adversaries of Iran, which adds to the perception of MEK
treachery.
Even when
the organization was listed as a terrorist group in the west, it
continued to function under different aliases, with the tacit approval
of its western hosts. It has only ever been used as a tool by the west,
to be pulled out when these states want a ‘lever’ against Iran. Look at
the delisting in the US…it took place in late 2012, a few months after
Washington had initiated quiet meetings in Oman with Ahmadinejad’s
government which ultimately was the ‘opening’ that led to this nuclear
deal. The Americans delisted MEK so they could have a pressure ‘card’ in
their hand – to show the Iranians the US was willing to escalate if the
Iranians didn’t fall into line. But Iran is well-versed in US tactics. I
can’t imagine this bothered them much – though it did make the
Americans look extremely hypocritical on their “War on Terror.” After
all, the MEK had killed US citizens in Iran in the 1970s, attacked US
soil in 1992, and continues to abuse its own members. This was the State
Department’s very language when they delisted the group.
Listed or
delisted, the MEK remains exactly the same. It always enjoyed western
cover of sorts. Like many other western-groomed ‘opposition’ groups
based outside the Middle East, it will be employed opportunistically by
its hosts, and cut off when it is no longer of use.
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What does it mean when we say ISIS operates as a mind control cult?
Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult) and Al-Qaida affiliated groups are alike
Habilian
Association, Tehran, June 09 2015:… Dr. Jang Ji-Hyang, policy advisor
on Middle East issues to South Korean foreign minister and director of
the Center for Regional Studies at the Asan Institute for Policy
Studies, pointed out the similarity between Mujahedin-e Khalq
organization (MKO, MEK, NCRI,) and Al-Qaida affiliated groups … 
The Mojahedin Khalq (Rajavi cult) and Saddam’s daughter support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)
‘Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult) and Al-Qaida affiliated groups are alike’
Dr.
Jang Ji-Hyang, policy advisor on Middle East issues to South Korean
foreign minister and director of the Center for Regional Studies at the
Asan Institute for Policy Studies, pointed out the similarity between
Mujahedin-e Khalq organization (MKO, MEK, NCRI,) and Al-Qaida affiliated
groups like ISIS in an interview with the 2nd International Congress of
17000 Iranian Terror Victims’ correspondent.
Regarding
the fact that thousands of people in the Middle East have fallen victim
to terrorist operations mainly conducted by terrorist groups such as
MKO and Al-Qaida affiliated groups like ISIS, Dr. Jang Ji-Hyang said:
“Mujahedin-e Khalq organization and Al-Qaida affiliated groups are
similar in the sense that they try to gain publicity and international
attention trying to maximize the demonstrative effects.” She also
pointed out that both Shia and Sunni Muslims are victims of such
terrorist incidents.
Referring
to ISIS’s killing of both Shia and Sunni Muslims in the region and that
the whole Muslim community in general is the victim of the so called
“Islamic terrorist groups”, she went on to say that ordinary people in
Eastern communities such as South Korea are not keenly aware of the fact
that Muslims in general are also the very victims of those terrorist
groups.
She
continued: “The public sentiment [among South Korean people] might be
that the radical terrorists are Muslims, and their main targets are
foreigners, non-Muslims, or Westerners. The reason behind this partial
knowledge is that 1) ordinary people do not follow the international
politics 2) the Middle East is far away from the North East Asia 3) we
are so busy dealing with a trouble maker in North Korea that it is a
luxury to catch up the international politics of terrorism.”
About the
role that International organization such as the United Nations can
play in the fight against terrorism, Dr. Ji-Hyang reiterated: “UN by
nature does not implement a decisive unitary action toward many urgent
international issues.”
At the
end, referring to the role popular movements and non-governmental
organizations can play in the combat against terrorism and extremism,
she added: “The 2nd International Congress of 17000 Iranian terror
victims can play a significant role in raising public awareness
targeting the global community. It brings about a definitely significant
impact given that the movement is initiated in the Islamic Republic of
Iran.
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Training Syrian rebels in Saudi Arabia reminder of training Mojahedin Khalq (Rajavi cult) terror group in Saddam’s Iraq
Xinhuanet,
September 22 2014: … drew a comparison between the current hosting of
the armed rebels by Saudi Arabia and what happened at the times of the
late Iraqi President Saddam Hussain, who had hosted on Iraq soil the
Mojahedin-e-Khalq movement (MEK), an Iranian opposition movement in
exile that advocated the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran … 
Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult) Leader Expresses Solidarity with Jaish-ul-Adl Terrorists
News Analysis: Providing arms, training to rebels will exacerbate Syria crisis
DAMASCUS,
Sept. 19 (Xinhua) — Washington’s recent decision to arm and train the
Syrian rebels, who will supposedly fight the Islamic State (IS) terror
group, will only exacerbate and prolong the Syrian crisis in what
analysts said would be like “casting oil on a smoldering fire.”
Unlike
the situation in Iraq, where the administration of President Barack
Obama is coordinating and cooperating with the Iraqi forces in their
battle against the IS militants, Washington has turned a deaf ear to the
calls of the Syrian government for cooperation on battling the IS in
Syria, seeking instead to cooperate and deal with the so-called
“moderate” Syrian rebels by agreeing to arm and coach them to be able to
confront the IS in Syria.
Obama,
who is leading an international coalition of reportedly 50 countries to
fight the IS, said that the Syrian opposition forces were fighting both
the brutality of Islamic State terrorists and the “tyranny” of the
administration of President Bashar al-Assad.
“We will
provide training and equipment to help them (moderate rebels) grow
stronger and take on IS terrorists inside Syria,” said Obama, who is a
staunch critic of Assad that repeatedly called for his departure and
questioned his legitimacy.
The
Congress on Thursday backed Obama, authorizing the military to arm and
train moderate Syrian rebels. The U.S. move, while failing to surprise
the Syrian politicians given the fact that the U.S. has always been in
favor of the opposition, was seen as a policy toward prolonging the
crisis in Syria by attempting to replace the IS fighters with others who
will remain loyal to their Western patrons and would keep fighting
against the Syrian government.
Maher
Murhej, a Syrian politician and head of the Youth Party, told Xinhua he
wasn’t surprised by the recent U.S. move, pointing out that the training
of the Syrian rebels has already started.
“My
information is that the new Congress decision has sanctioned the
financing of the rebels, and regarding the training, I have information
that training camps have already been opened in Saudi Arabia two weeks
ago, namely in the city of Ha’il in northwestern Saudi Arabia, to train
Syrian rebels of the Islamic Front and Islam Army groups,” Murhej said,
noting that there is no such a thing as “moderate” rebels as the vast
majority of the armed militant groups are radicalized.
Saudi
Arabia overtly agreed last week to host training camps for “moderate”
Syrian rebels, agreeing thus on Obama’s broad strategy to combat the IS
group, which has captured large chunks of territories in Syria and Iraq
over the past few months.
Meanwhile,
Murhej pointed out that the American strategy aims at keeping the
Syrian government busy with fighting the rebels for years to come as it
is seeking to replace the IS fighters with other rebel groups that would
continue fighting the Syrian government troops.
Obama has
recently sanctioned to strike the IS positions in Syria, akin to what
his air force is doing in Iraq. However, the conundrum for Obama was
that he didn’t want to make a move against the IS that could play in the
hands of the Syrian regime, meaning that he wouldn’t want to weaken the
IS so that the Assad troops can fill in the void.
Instead,
the U.S. president decided to arm the “moderate” rebels so that they
could be able to fill in the void that the IS may leave after the U.S.
strikes on their positions in Syria, analysts said.
Still,
the new approach may take at least a year to train the rebels and weaken
the IS fighters, which means that the Syrian crisis is likely not going
to see an exit or an end in the near future.
“After
getting done with the IS, the West wants to leave other rebels to keep
fighting the Syrian government… they want an armed insurgency that could
last for years in Syria,” Murhej said, adding that “the superpowers are
not only working on prolonging the crisis in Syria, actually they are
drawing a new strategy for the future in the region. They are talking
about camps that would be permanent so we are looking at 10 to 15 years
of insurgency in Syria.”
Murhej
drew a comparison between the current hosting of the armed rebels by
Saudi Arabia and what happened at the times of the late Iraqi President
Saddam Hussain, who had hosted on Iraq soil the Mojahedin-e-Khalq
movement (MEK), an Iranian opposition movement in exile that advocated
the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran. During the Iran-Iraq War
in the 1980s, the group was given refuge by Saddam Hussein and mounted
attacks on Iran from within Iraqi territory.
“They
(superpowers) are attempting to create a similar group to the Islamic
State but this time under the commandership of the West,” Murhej said.
Also read:
Habilian
Association, Tehran, October 28 2015:… “Iran has the right to demand
members of MKO from other countries and international organizations as
they have committed crimes in Iran.” MKO’s extradition to Iran is an
inevitable task and the group’s betrayals and crimes are to such a level
that Iran must take all necessary measures to deal with the group …Anne
Khodabandeh, Iranian.com, September 19 2014: … This, however, is not a
description of ISIS, it is a description of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK),
the exiled Iranian terrorist group. While ISIS claims to be Sunni, and
the MEK claims to be Shiite, there are such significant similarities
they can both be defined as destructive cults. The major distinguishing
difference …
Ariane
Tabatabai, The National Interest, August 24 2014: …The voices
supporting the MEK are ignoring the lessons of some of the most
catastrophic U.S. foreign-policy mistakes in the past few decades,
urging Washington to repeat history. Overhyping the threat of an
adversary and blindly supporting groups opposing it led to the creation
of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan …Mazda
Parsi, Nejat Bloggers, August 13 2014: … Regarding heavy expenses and
large amounts of money, energy and time the Mujahedin Khalq Organization
(the MKO) spends to portrait itself as a pro-democracy movement, its
so-called Great Gathering in Villepinte Paris, was expected to be
addressed by at least a few Iranian political and intellectual figures,
as it is …
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