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Country Reports on Terrorism, 2006. United States Department of State, April 2007. http://www.nps.edu/Library/Research/SubjectGuides/SpecialTopics/TerroristProfile/Current/ MujahedineKhalq.html
Sasan Fayazmanesh, ‘The Good Terrorists?’ Counterpunch, May 10, 2003 http://www.coun-terpunch.org/sasan05102003.html
Cult leader Massoud Rajavi gives go-ahead to kill witnesses in European countries., July 07,2007, Anne Singleton, http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=2804
Chapter 6 – Terrorist Organizations. US Department of State (2007).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm Global Security,
When Making a Revolution, Allies Matter, Kenneth Timmerman, 2006,
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=%7B3B4C70D2-4729-4816
AB29-4D65DFFE0EB1%7D
Mojahed, No. 424, 19 January 1998- Page 98 Mojahed, No. 410, 13 October 1998, page 189 Mojahed, No. 405, 9 October 1998, page 8
Mojahed, No. 757, 19 July 2005, page 20
Article by Mohammad Ali Sheykhi, a member of NCRI published originally in the special edition of NCRI publication dated July 1998 and quoted by Mojahed, No. 410, 12 July 1998
ibid
Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) armed wing
Mojahed Newspaper, the official organ of MKO, No. 531, p. 13.
Keyhan newspaper, 19 April 1973, No. 8627, page 2
Report Prepared by the Secretary of State, Department of State, Washington, DC. Submitted to Congress of the United States of America; Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Mojahed publication, the official organ of MKO, No. 241, p. 22
US has no better friend than Iran!: What to do with the MKO cult? ,by Ali Mohidiyen, http://www.payvand.com/news/03/apr/1147.html, 4/29/03
Mojahed publication, No. 241, p. 13.
Mojahed publication, No. 252, p. 29.
Mojahed publication, No. 319. pp 2-3
Iran Zamin newspaper, affiliated to MEK; No.132.
During this war, MKO’s garrisons were raided by US troops and the armed forces of MKO were forced to disarm themselves. Afterwards, they surrendered themselves to the US forces.
Mojahed publication, the official organ of MKO, No. 235, p. 14.
Simourgh periodical, an internal magazine published and distributed by the terrorist group MKO for The Members’ Use Only. No. 679 dated May,2004
Ibid.
Sima-ye Azadi or Sima TV, a TV channel run by MEK/NCRI . the referred quotation belongs to March 2003.}
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00EEDC143AF933A05755 C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted= Karim Haghi cited in ‘Iran’s Oppositions Many Faces’, New York Times, Elaine Sciolino, June 30, 2003
Mojahed publication, No. 311, p. 6.
Ibid.
Iran Zamin newspaper, affiliated to MKO; No. 63, p. 1.
Mojahed publication, No. 448, p. 5.
A former First Authority of MEK
Mojahed publication, the official organ of MKO, No. 539, p. 4.
Mojahed publication, the official organ of MKO, No. 562, p. 5.
Noteworthy is the fact that NLA has officially been added to the US State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organisations. Its front organisation, the MKO, has been designated by the European Union as a terrorist group. Furthermore, the United Kingdom and some other countries have blacklisted this organisation as a terrorist group.
Mojahed publication, the official organ of MKO, No. 609, p. 2.
Camp or base are two words which are alternatively used by MEK to refer to its terrorist bases. US-led coalition forces, in line with the war on terrorism, and based upon the fact that the group received almost all of its military assistance and most of its financial support from the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, bombarded MKO’s camps.
Mojahed publication, No. 612.
Swearing -in ceremony refers to a special formal event within MEK during which the mem-bers of this cult swear by the Qur’an to continue their brutal terrorist activities.
Mojahed publication, No. 622, p. 3
Mojahed publication, No. 773, p. 2.
Id-e Fetr is the first day after the end of Ramadan. On this day which is celebrated by all Moslems, the head of each and every Moslem family pays a portion of their money as a donation to help the poor and those who are in need to sustain their lives.
Mojahed publication, No. 30, p. 6.
Mrs. Modjgan Parsaei is the former MKO’s first Authority.
www.maryam_rajavi.net/Tamas_ba_ashraf_htm 4-
Le Figaro, pp. 75-76.
www.farsnews.com / Newsvmp.asp?ID= 17517
www.iranliberty.com.
Ibid.
Mojahed, No. 561, 27 July 2001, page 5
Ibid, No. 403, 28 August 1998, page 4
Ibid, No. 561, 31 July 2001, page 3
Ibid, No. 480, 15 February 1999, page 8
Mojahed, No. 561, 31 July 2001, page 5
Ibid, No. 316, page 7
Ibid, No. 433, page 7- Interview with Hamid Reza Taher Zadeh (member of NCRI)
Ibid, No. 316, Announcement of the Secretariat of NCRI, 11 September 1993, page 7
Ibid, No. 366, Interview with Manouchehr Hezar Khani (member of NCRI), 24 November 1997, page 6
Both of them were killed in terrorist operations.
In MKO structure, the Leader (Masoud Rajavi) has the highest power. “The first in rank”, has the highest power in the Group after the leader . Masoud Rajavi who is the leader of MKO, is also the chairman of NCRI. His wife, Maryam Rajavi, who was once the first in rank of MKO, later became the President - elect of NCRI.
See e.g. FACTNet or Information Disease (about cults) by Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman, Science Digest, 1982 http://iranscope.ghandchi.com/Anthology/Cults/index.html
Research paper, Cult Information Center, London, www.cultinformation.org.uk
Cults and Terrorism: MKO A Case Study, http://www.cultsandterror.org/subfile/case%20study%20Rajavi%20cult.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/6278987.stm
Intrinsic Cult Drift Preceded MKO’s Ideological Revolution, http://www.hambastegimeli.net/article/show_en.php?id=2453,
“Mojahedin, in the Mirror of History”, Ali Rastgou, 2003, Arnheim Netherlands, page 232.
Maryam Ghajar Azadanlou, the wife of Masoud Rajavi, was in the same rank as the leader of NCRI/NLA/MKO and designated by NCRI as the President of the Republic
Khoshhal- Mahdi, a former member of MKO terrorist group, Force Control, page 51, the Netherlands, 2004,
Haeri-Shams, Defeated Reactionary, Mordab, Fall 1996, pages 85 to 87
US State Department Report-1994, page 4 & 20
Mojahid publication, No. 241, page 17.
See ‘Cults’ and ‘Cults and Iranians’0020http://www.ghandchi.com/37-Cults.htm
See ‘Cults and Terrorism: A Case Study – The Mojahedin Khalq (aka Rajavi cult, headed by Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Rajavi’ http://www.cultsandterror.org/subfile/case%20study%20Rajavi%20cult.htm
Haeri-Shams, Defeated Reactionary, Mordab, Fall 1996, pages 101 -102
First rank official of NLA/MKO and member of NCRI in Iraq
ibid
Responsible for the Peace Commission of NCRI and member of NLA/MKO
Mojahed Publication, Nos. 252 and 253, Speech delivered on 1987
Mojahed publication, No. 255, page 23
Mojahed Publication, supplementary edition, Fall 1991
Masoud Rajavi, Leader of MKO and the Commander of NLA and Responsible for NCRI
Maryam Azedonlou known as Maryam, the wife of Masoud Rajavi, Leader of MKO, NLA and NCRI
Mojahed publication, No. 241, pages 29 and 30
Mojahed publication, No. 241, page 25
Mojahed Publication, Supplementary issue, Fall 1991
www.cultcstudiesreview.org , Para 4.2
Mojahed publication, No. 241, 4 April 1985
Human Right Watch Report, 2005
Mojahed Publication, No. 242, 12 April 1985
ibid
The name of a failed operation carried out against Iran in 1988 by the cultish MKO/NLA/NCRI.
A separated member of the Group, former President of Iran
Banisadr, Memoirs of an Iranian Rebel, p. 307.
Ibid, page 311.
www.cultcstudiesreview.org , “Cults among Us”, Margaret Thaler Singer, section 4/2
Former member of NLA/MKO who after undergoing military training in Iraq, along with one other member of the group, for the second time, entered Iranian territory on 24 December 2000 to carry out terrorist operations, but was arrested upon exiting the country. For the time being she is free and is active to release other members of her family from this group.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/6278987.stm
“Mojahedin, in the Mirror of History”, Ali Rastgou, 2003, Arnheim Netherlands, page
Known as Maryam Rajavi, the wife of Masoud Rajavi
Ibid, page 142.
Ibid, page 142-143.
Mojahed Electronic Publication, No. 31, page5, 9 December 2005.
www.cultcstudiesreview.org , “Cults among Us”, Margaret Thaler Singer, section 5/7.
Quoted from Focus, “Mojahedin, in the Mirror of History”, Ali Rastgou, 2003, Arnheim Netherlands, page 154-155.
Ibid, page 167.
Ibid, page 167
Human Rights Watch, “No Exit, Human Rights Abuses Inside the Mojahedin Khalq Camps”, 2005, Section on Testimonies.
Human Rights Watch telephone interview with Karim Haqi, February 11, 2005.
www.cultcstudiesreview.org , “Cults among Us”, Margaret Thaler Singer, section 4/3
Ibid, No. 449, 20 July 1999, page 7
Ibid
Ibid, No. 499, 5 July 2000
Ibid, No. 498, 28 June 2000, page 2
Ibid, No 499, 5 July 2000, page 8
Ibid, No. 499, 5 July 2000, page 10
Ibid, No. 498, 28 June 2000
Ibid, No. 498, 28 June 2000
Ibid, No. 499, 5 July 2000, page 11
Ibid, No. 499, 4 July 2000, page 11
Ibid, No. 416, 24 November 1998, page 10
Ibid, No. 498, 28 June 2000, page 2
Ibid, No. 424, 19 January 1998, page 9
Ibid, No 477, 1 February 1999, page 5
Ibid, No. 501, 12 July 2000, page 7
Ibid, No. 501, 12 July 2000, page 7
Ibid, No. 366, 24 November 1997, page 6
Iran-Zamin, No. 156, 13 October 1997
Mojahed, No. 513, 13 September 2000, page 8
Ibid
Mojahed. No. 513, 13 September 2000, page 8
Ibid, No. 408, 29 September 1998, page 6
Ibid, No. 437, 27 April 1999, page 9
Ibid, No. 405, 8 September 1998, page 6
Ibid, No. 438, 4 May 1999, page 7
Ibid, No 432, 19 March 1998, page 11
Ibid, No. 433, 23 March 1999, page 8
Ibid, No. 536, 21 February 2000, page 8
Ibid, No. 480, 15 February 1999, page 8
Ibid
Ibid, No. 536, 21 February 2000 page 7
Ibid, No. 520, 1 November 2000, page 6
Ibid, No. 499, 5 July 2000, page 11
The statement released by MKO’s headquarters which bears the title of “ rising of people in Sabzevar ( a city in Khorasan Province ) dated 11 September 2001
“Mojahed” publication , No. 563, special number for rising of Iran dated 30 October 2001.
Mojahed, No. 581, page 1, dated 30 April 2002.
Mojahed publication, No. 585 dated 21 May 2002, page 1.
Mojahed publication, No. 594 dated 16 July 2002, page 1
Electronic Mojahed, No. 10, 9 November 2005, page 3
E-Mojahed, No. 9, 8 November 2005, page 3
E-Mojahed, No. 25, 1 December 2005, page 7
Mojgan Parsaei, holding same rank as Maryam Rajavi in Iraq, Commander of NLA/MEK and member of NCRI
Sedigheh Hosseini, First Authority of MEK/NLA in Iraq and member of NCRI
Mojahed publication, NO. 167 dated 26 December 2006, pages 1,2 and 3
Iran-Zamin, No. 156, 13 October 1997.
Publication of the Union of the Students Islamic Societies Abroad affiliated to MKO terror-ist group, No. 143. page 11
Mojahed, No. 527, 20 December 2000, page 10
Ibid, No. 446, 29 June 1999, page 8
Ibid, No. 438, 4 May 1999, page 11
Ibid, No. 449, 20 July 1999. page 10
Ibid, No. 366, 24 November 1997, page 6
Ashraf “is the main military base of the MKO / NLA terrorist group is Iraq (specially during Saddam Hussain , ruling time. 2 Members of NCRI /MKO 1 Nimrouz, No. 11601, September 2000, pages 3 and 19. (Nimrouz is a publication belonging to Iranian opposition groups outside Iran who also oppose NCRI/MKO.)
www.irandidban.com- Last part.
Nimrouz, No. 628, 10 March 200, page 1 and 49.
www.iraninterlink.org, 14 August 2005.
Here as well as in some other reports, this group is also called cult for the cultish relationship that exists among the leaders and its members.
www.interlink.org, 14 August 2004, page 2.
Peter Waldman, Wall Street Journal, Anti-Iranian Militias, Lose some Followers and find some friends in Washington, 4 October 1994.
Associated Press, 10 May 1991, “The Liberation Army in Iraq is waiting”
Mike Toudolou, Times of London, Tehran Forces are fighting Iranian militias at the Iraqi Border, 2 April 1991.
Iran-Interlink, First edition, PO Box 148 Leeds LS16 5YJ United Kingdom
Ibid, page 52
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Ibid, page 15.
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Mojahedin publication, no. 157, dated 22 June 1981. Pages 1- 9.
Daily Telegraph, 14 May 1981
Etehadiyeh publication affiliated to MKO, No. 158, page 16
Intelligence Service of the former Iranian regime
Publication no. 127 dated 1 February 1988 of the Association of the Muslim Students Societies in Abroad, affiliated to MKO.
Publication of the Association of the Muslim Students Societies in abroad, no. 127, page 11, 1 February 1988
Iranian Rebels Try Suicide by Fire, June 19, 2003, New York Times, Elaine Sciolino
Mojahed, the official publication of MKO, No. 466 dated 16 November 1999, page 1.
Ibid, No. 438, 4 May 1999, page 7
Ibid, No. 445, 22 June 1999, page 5
Mahdi Khoshhal, “Chantage”, Iran Payvand Society, the Netherlands, Spring 2004. pp 47-52
www.iranliberty.com
www.iranliberty.com
Member of MKO.
Member of NCRI.
Mahdi Khoshhal, “Chantage”, Helen, page 15.
Speech by Maryam Rajavi on the anniversary of the self-immolation act by Neda Hassani and Saddigheh Mojaveri, issued in Mojahed, No. 813 dated 10 July 2006, page 13.
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US State Department Report-1994, ATTACKS IN THE WEST
FBIS, o604184992, JN, Baghdad, Iraq’s News Agency in Persian, 15:30 GMT, 6 April 1992.
A group of Iranian oppositions abroad and former member of NCRI
Mojahedin in the Mirror of History, Ali Rastgou, 2003, Arnheim Edition, the Statement issued by Hassan Massali, member of the Gilan and Mazandaran Zahmatkeshan Movement separated from NCRI, pages 325,326 and 329.
The Labour Party is an Iranian opposition group abroad and it was previously a member of NCRI.
Mojahedin in the Mirror of History, Ali Rastgou, 2003, Arnheim Edition, page 339.
This group is also an Iranian opposition abroad and it was previously a member of NCRI.
Mojahedin in the Mirror of History, Ali Rastgou, 2003, Arnheim Edition, pages 342-343.
Ibid, page 346.
This Party is an Iranian opposition abroad and it was previously a member of NCRI.
Mojahedin in the Mirror of History, Ali Rastgou, 2003, Arnheim Edition, page 349.
The former Representative of NCRI in USA.
“Rise and Fall of National Council of Resistance of Iran”, published by Iran Payvand Association, Spring 2001, pages 166-167.
An opposition group abroad.
Fouad Paksaei, The Secretary General of the Constitutional Party of Iran, 10 July 2005.
The deposed President of Iran who fled the country accompanied by Masoud Rajavi (the Leader of terrorist MKO and the President of NCRI). Later on Bani Sadr left NCRI.
An opposition figure abroad.
The late Mahdi Bazargan, the First Prime Minister after the 1979 Revolution and the former leader of the opposition group named “Freedom Movement” inside Iran.
Former member of MKO.
Publications of the opposition groups abroad.
An Iranian opposition group in abroad.
The son of the Shah of Iran who now lives in the United States.
See different issues of Mojahed like Mojahed Nos: 296, 299, 306, 364 and 517.
Opposition figure living abroad.
The former Representative of NCRI in USA.
Labour Communist Party is an opposition party abroad.
An opposition figure living in Iran.
An opposition group abroad.
Secret services of Iran’s former regime.
NLA is a proscribed group listed in the terrorist organisations of European Union and the United States. NLA is affiliated to NCRI and MKO. In fact, these 3 groups i.e. NCRI, MKO and NLA are the same and have on identity with a one person leading them and common members and similar strategies.
Masoud Rajavi, Analysis of the Situation.
Chairman of NCRI and the leader of MKO
US State Department Report, 1994, Executive Summary.
US Today, 15 April 2005.
Lilli Gruber, Chador in the Broken Heart of Iran, 19 November 2005, Section 5.
Ibid,Section 5: “Sianour tablet”.
www.iraninterlink.org.
Iranian Opposition Group outside Iran.
“Front Lint”, some information regarding NCRI/MKO, page 28.
Maryam Rajavi is the wife of Masoud Rajavi (the President of NCRI and at the same time the Leader of MKO/NLA). Maryam Rajavi has been appointed as the President - elect of NCRI who has also taken the post of the presidency of NCRI in the absence of her husband.
Mojahed publication, No. 785, 6 February 2006, page. 3.
US State Department Report-1994, Part III- Structure.
US state Department Statement, 1997.
Report of the Intelligence Service of the Netherlands, 2003, part 1, 2 and 3 page 20, www.aivd.nl
Le Figaro, 24 June 2003
Libre le Soir, 5/8/1385, written by Jovir Papi and Martin Robosion
Iran Zamin ( the land of Iran ) magazine, No. 105 dated 23 July 1997, page 6.
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