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To the memory of Yaser Akbari-Nasab
The only state supporter of MKO sentenced to death
Yaser Akbari-Nasab, a
member of MKO, com-
mitted self-immolation
last summer in AshrafCamp, the base of MKO
in Iraq. His aim surely
was to end his misery in
Rajavis terrorist cult.
He obviously, like manyvictims of cults around
the world, neither could
find a way out of the cultnor he could cope with
the mental pressure im-
posed against him inside
the Organi-
sation.
Reports say
that he was
under enor-
mous psy-chological
p r e s s u r ewhen he did burn him-
self. He was certainly
burned in the flames of
cultic unawareness. .
C o m m i t -
ting suicide
has hap-
pened in
A s h r a f
Camp on anumber of
occasions before and most cer-
tainly it will happen
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4
NOVEMBER16, 2006Nejat Newsletter
BRIEFING PERIODICAL OF NEJAT SOCIETY
The only state sup-porter of MKO sen-tenced to death
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To the memory ofYaser Akbari-Nasab
1
Crisis of MKOFamilies Heightens
2
No HumanitarianHelp for Rajavi CultRefugees in TIPF
3
Terrorist MKO willnot stand in the wayof Franco-IranianRelations
3
To the care of RoyalCanadian MountedPolice
4
MEK, the West, andIran
5
Memorial Ceremonyfor Yaser Akbari-
Nasab
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7
Rajavis Visit toBelgium Unimpor-
tant
8
Meeting with Ms.
Rachel Litman9
A Terror Suspect at
Floridas Jail10
German Guarding
Department Report11
UK has no responsi-bility for MKO vic-
tims in Iraq
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
even do so at the present
time. MKO has of
course misused their
ignorance about the na-ture and real political
stances and deeds of the
Organisation. One may
ask why some individu-
als are still supportingRajavis terrorist cult in
the west despite the fact
that it has been a closed
ally of the former Iraqi
dictator and has been
listed as a proscribedorganisation in the US
and in the EU.
Those politicians who
support the MKO in the
west should question theOrganisation about howthey have treated their
own discontented mem-
bers and how they have
dealt with their oppo-nents and critics. They
should demand for inde-
pendent investigations
made to find the realities
behind many suicideattempts in Ashraf Campin Iraq. MKO must be
brought under tight scru-tiny and the leaders of
the Organisation should
face trial.
left a bitter remembrance
of the Organisation in
the minds of the people
of Iran.
If the Organisation is
aiming to find a place in
the Iranian political
scene, it should severelycriticise its past and
apologise the Iranian
people and try to wipeout that bitter memory.But on the contrary the
Organisation has even
refused to stop being
proud of entering the
war in favour of the en-
emy.
Days of Saddam Hussein
are certainly numbered.
So are those of MKO,
but there are some un-
specialised politicianswho have supported the
Organisation in the past
and a number of them
On 5th November 2006,
the former Iraqi dictator
Saddam Hussein was
sentenced to death inBaghdad. This of course
brought many in Iraq, as
well as outside the coun-
try, into jubilation.
One could bear in mind
that the deposed dictator
was the only ever sup- porter of Mojahedin-Khalq Organisation
(MKO) in a ruling gov-
ernment. He backed the
Rajavis terrorist cult for
two decades against theIslamic Republic of Iran,
and MKO in return had
helped him suppressingthe Kurds in the Northand the Shiite Moslems
in the South of Iraq.
MKOs leadership
moved to Iraq from Paristo form the National
Liberation Army which
fought the Iranian mili-
tary along Iraqi Bath
regimes armed forces in
the war between the two
countries. This of course
was considered by theIranians as betraying the
Iranian national inter-
ests, and has therefore
again if nothing is done
to stop it urgently.
Once again we urge all
humanitarian organisa-
tions and governments to
make every efforts they
can to save the lives of
those still captive in
MKO camp in Iraq. .
Full report of the cere-
mony held to the mem-
ory of Yaser on p 6 & 7.
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Irandidban,
October 18, 2006
Nasrallah Majidi, formerMKO commander, ex-pelled from the group byRajavi during the clean-sing operations in 1994and tortured severely byMKO torturers (whichcaused him psychologicalproblems), was forcedthis week by Camp Ash-
raf's Gestapo to appearon TV and take up a po-sition against his family!
In recent weeks, MKOleaders have repeatedlyforced MKO members tostand against their fami-lies; these families hadasked to meet theirloved ones or they had
written lettersto the interna-tional commu-
nities askingfor the rescueof their lovedones.
The MKO's
Gestapo has also forcedthese members to go to
the US forces guardingCamp Ashraf and com-plain about their fami-lies!
The presence of familiesin Camp Ashraf created abig crisis for the Gestapoof MKO so that they arestill trying to resolve the
issue and keep the mem-bers in the Camp.
The truth is that in orderto keep the members in-
side the Camp, the MKOhas alwaystried to cutthe relation of
its memberswith theirfamilies; they
do not allow
the membersto becomeaware of theirfamilies' efforts to returntheir loved ones.
Following the fall of Sad-dam and breaking thecensorship imposed byformer security servicesof Iraq, MKO members
somet imesfind a chanceto becomeinformed ofwhat theirfamilies do.In order ton e u t r a l i z esuch efforts,the MKO
forces the members to
take stance against their
families and say thattheir families work forthe Iranian intelligenceministry!
However, despite allthese efforts, more andmore MKO members ask
to meet their families.
Crisis of MKO Families Heightens
The gang of Rajavi is de-
termined to do anythingin order not to allow thefamilies to meet theirloved ones. MKO leadershave recently admitted
in MKO's TVp r o g r a m sthat they
have interro-gated, physi-c a l l ysearched and
pressurisedthe families
coming toCamp Ashraf to meettheir children. Now, bygoing to the US forcesand complaining about
the families, they aretaking a new step. We
should expect more ef-forts by the MKO to re-solve the crisis. This cri-
sis is intensifying and itreveals more of the realnature of MKO and therelationships inside their
camp.
In recent weeks, MKO
leaders have
repeatedly forced MKO
members to stand
against their families;
MKO has always tried
to cut the relation of
its members with their
families;
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country has always attachedspecial significance to the de-
velopment of ties with Iran.
He further praised efforts made
to develop political, economic,and cultural cooperation be-
tween the two countries, and
stressed the significant role of
the two countries' parliamentsin paving the way for such co-
operation.
Regarding the anti-Iran ter-
rorist group Mojahedin-e
Khalq Organization (MKO),
which is presently operative
on the French soil, the law-
maker stressed that the
French government regardsthe MKO as a terrorist group
and that it may not allow the
group to impair the two coun-
tries' relations.
For his part, Chairman of Ira-
nian Parliament's National Se-
curity and Foreign Policy Com-
mission, Alaeddin Borujerdidescribed Iran-France ties as
desirable, and expressed the
hope that exchange of politicaland parliamentary visits by the
two countries' officials would
serve as a step forward in de-veloping cooperation based on
mutual respect.
Noting the issue of the MKO,
he said, "It is of much sur-
prise to us as representatives
of the great Iranian nation to
observe that a government
which claims to be fighting
against terrorism has allowed
the MKO and recognized ter-
rorist groups to operate in
that country."
Fars News Agency,
November 9, 2006
TEHRAN (Fars NewsAgency) -- Chairman ofFrance-Iran parliamen-tary friendship group de-
scribed Iran's remark-able role in the establish-ment of regional peace
and stability as uniqueand undeniable.
According to a report released
by the News Department of the
Islamic Consultative Assembly,
Xazier de Roux made the re-marks in a meeting with the
chairman of the Iranian parlia-
ment's National Security andForeign Policy Commission
here on Tuesday.
Also during the meeting,
Xazier de Roux noted the pre-vious ups and downs in Iran-
France ties, and assured that his
Radio Farda, (USA)
November 9, 2006
Refugee describes unfa-vorable situation ofMKO's former membersin US-run camp in Iraq.
More than 200 formermembers of Mojahedin-eKhalq organization live in
US-run camp in Iraq. Al-though they were ac-cepted as refugees by
the UN three years ago,they are still waiting in
temporary tents to getlicense for living in a free
country.
Parivash Afarinandeh, aformer member of MKOin TIF camp who alongwith tens of others- andon a hunger strike- lives
in improper situation andwaits for her future to bedetermined, talked toRadio Farda on thephone:
"It's 75 days that we are
on sit-down and 40 peo-ple went on hunger
Terrorist MKO will not stand in the way of Franco-IranianRelations
No Humanitarian Help for Rajavi Cult Refugees in TIPF
strike on Tuesday be-cause we have not re-
ceived a convincing an-swer, neither fromAmericans nor UNHCR.
She says she and herfriends "wish to be inGuantanamo since the
Red Cross, humanitarianorganizations and report-ers could make it thereto interview with theprisoners but unfortu-nately none of interna-tional humanitarian or-
ganization have ever vis-ited this place".
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Yonge St. #219Richmond Hill, ONL4C 9T3 Canada
http://www.cdhriran.blogspot.com/Centre for Thought, Dia-
logue and Human Rightsin I ran Toronto CTDHR
Oct 2006
To the care of Royal Cana-dian Mounted Police
Re: Serious concern for thesafety of our client and ourdirectors
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing toyou in order toexpress mydeep concernsregarding thesafety of ourc l i e n t M r .M o h a m m a dMohammadi aswell as two directors of ourorganization including my-
self.
As Human Right advocacygroup it is our foremostduty to question and chal-lenge any system/individualthat violates the fundamen-tals of the charter that weall believe in. In the pastfew month we were work-ing on behalf of a Canadian
Citizen, Mr. MustafaMohammadi, and his family
to facilitate the freedom ofhis young daughter from amilitary camp in Iraq that isunder the control of thisIranian political organiza-tion known as Mojahedin eKhalgh or MEK.
Since the storyof this familywas picked upby national me-dia and based
on the interestexpressed byNational Postwe collaboratedwith the NP re-porter Mr.Stewart Bell, in various ca-pacity from translator tomediator and the resultwas a five (5) part seriesthat was published fromSeptember 23rd to Sep-tember 28th on the frontpage of that paper with themention to our Centre and
repeated quo-tas from us.Needless tosay, this re-port was notwritten in thefavor of thisorganization.
Since this or-ganization is active in Can-ada, as known by your of-
fice, the local membershave informed their otherpockets in North Americaand Europe hence an ex-tensive campaign startedagainst us. The regularattacks on their variousmedia from TV/Radio pro-grams to the papers andWebsites accuses us as be-ing the agents of Iranian
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Regime, a very old andoverplayed rhetoric, and
asks their members todeal with us.
Since the youngMohammad, he is thebrother of the girl in campAshraf, was kept in thatcamp against his will for 4
years in thepast he wasthe key wit-ness in prepa-ration of that
article. In therecent daysand after thecontinuationof the threatshe is very
scared about his own safetywhich makes us uncomfort-able too. Since the clearinstruction of this organiza-tion, as per their leader andstated in many of theirpublications, is to eliminateany individual who turnsagainst the organization,defector, his concern for hissafety is understandable.At the same time I and an-other director of our CentreMr. Saeed Soltanpour, awell known journalist in ourcommunity, have been in-cluded in many of thosethreats and accusations.
Knowing the volume of theissues you are dealing with
we are not requesting anyparticular protection at thistime but merely to informyou about the situation.
Sincerely Yours
Niaz Salimi
Director, North AmericanDivisions
The regular attacks on
their various media
accuses us as being
the agents of Iranian
Regime,
The clear instruction of
this organization is to
eliminate any individual
who turns against the
organization,
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Payvand News,October 30, 2006
By:Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
The relationship betweenthe Mojahedeen-e Khaleg(MEK), the West and Iran isa curious one. A fatal at-traction that provokes im-ages of a decadent manwho must indulge himselfin his particular habits in ahouse of ill-repute; theMEK being the house, with
the West maintaining a de-structive relationship forthe sole purpose of tor-menting Iran and Iranians.
For years now I have shud-dered every time a Westerncountry has made contactwith the MEK; whether itwas their spokespersonJafarzadeh, or with MaryamRajavi, or some other low-life. Anxiety would fillevery conscious hour of my
day and even creep into myresting hours and tormentme to think that Congresswas working on takingthese traitors off their For-eign Terrorist Organizationlist. How could MaryamRajavi be allowed to livecomfortably in a Paris sub-urb, this woman who is theleader of a terrorist cult?Further, how can she befree to walk into the Euro-
pean parliament, meet with(some) British MPs and beembraced by BelgiumSenators?
The West claims to havehigh moral values and forthe past three years, it hasbeen engaged in a war onterror. America has em-ployed extraordinary means
to fight terrorists, yetwhen Ahmadinejad deliv-
ered his first speech to theUnited Nations, the US, inspite of its declared valuesand its proclaimed war onterror, issued visas to theMEK terrorist cult to ensurethey would protest Ahmadi-nejads arrival in NewYork[i] The house was vis-ited, the US was gratified, Irantormented. This has been apattern for some time. Whoknows when it started.
And so the West has be-come addicted to these vis-its to the MEK. I say theWest but in reality, I amconfident that it is ordainedby the US. As Irans be-havior becomes more in-transigent, the MEK seemto become more popular,and Maryam Rajavi sees acrown on her head insteadof a headscarf. So as Irankeeps adding centrifuges,
more and more senatorswill visit the MEK wanna-be-queen. Embassy doorswill be flung open to herand she will no doubt accu-mulate a great deal of fre-quent flyer miles.
The strength of this lethalrelationship with the MEKhas prevailed over the Is-lam- phobia that is preva-lent everywhere in
Europe[ii]. Fear of Islam hasmanifested itself by rejectingwomen who choose to wear theIslamic headscarf or other formof hijab. The Islamic cover hasbecome symbolic of a chal-lenge to the Western democ-racy and secular society. Andyet, due to her extraordinaryposition, Maryam Rajavis Is-lamic headscarf, along with heractivities as a cult leader of a
MEK, the West, and Iran
terrorist organization is exemptfrom this rejection. She is wel-
comed by Europeans head-scarf and all.
In their fervor to torment,they have overlooked theIranian people. It is im-portant to remember thatin the volatile Middle East,the Arab Street, that is,the Arab public opinion andnot their despotic rulers,bear a great deal of hostil-ity towards the West,America in particular.Aside from Israel who is theonly US ally because it re-ceives $6 billion a year inaid so that it can go aboutits destructive business,Iranians are the only othernation in the Middle Eastwho have some degree ofamity towards the Ameri-cans. Even NATO memberTurkey blames and hatesAmerica for the recent up-rising of the PKK. The rela-
tionship the West hasadopted with the MEK willnot go down well with Ira-nians.
Iranians have not, and willnever forget the treacheryof the MEK. They are morehated than any enemyknown to them. If theWest, led by America, con-tinues its song and dancewith the disgraced MEK
cult, whatever good will isleft among the Iranian peo-ple towards the West willquickly dissipate. The Westshould first uphold its val-ues before it takes it uponitself to attack anothercountry for lacking them.Sleeping with an enemy,the terrorist leader of theMEK, will not benefit any-one.
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On 28th October 2006, a
ceremony was held in
Tabriz, to the memory ofYaser Akbari-Nasab, by
the office of Nejat Soci-
ety in Eastern Azerbai-
jan province and the
relatives of Yaser. Yaser
Akbari-Nasab had com-
mitted self-immolation
in Ashraf Camp, the
base of Mojahedin-
Khalq Organisation(MKO) in Iraq, on sum-
mer this year. One of theaims of the meeting was
to reveal the fact that Yaser
was under severe mental
pressure as a direct con-
sequence of mind ma-
nipulation inside MKO
in Iraq and hence in a
sense was murdered.
The relatives also an-
nounced that they wouldtake a legal action
against the Organisation
to the International Judi-
cial and Humanitarian
establishments.
The ceremony started by
reading verses from the Holy
Quran. Then Mr Asghari the
chairman of Nejat Society in
Eastern Azerbaijan Province
expressed his condolences to
the relatives of Yaser Ak-
bari-Nasab and emphasised
Memorial Ceremony for Yaser Akbari-Nasab
that Nejat Society has been
established to restore justice
for the families of vic-tims and rescue those
who are mentally and
physically captive in
Ashraf Camp in Iraq and
even in Europe. Then
the statement issued by
Nejat Society was deliv-
ered to the audience.
Mr Reza Akbari-Nasab,Yasers uncle, who had
spent several years
struggling against Shahs
dictatorial regime and had
experienced many years
of detention as a politi-
cal prisoner in the jails
of Shahs notorious se-
cret police SAVAK,
started his speech next.
Mr Akbari-Nasab con-demned Rajavis terror-
ist cult and called them
into question for his
nephews death. As he
could not stop his tears,
Mr Akbari-Nasab de-scribed his attempts try-
ing to rescue his brother and
his two nephews from Ash-
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raf Camp in Iraq.
According to him
the MKO authori-ties did not even
let him visit his
relatives when heapproached the
camp. He em-
phasised that
Yaser was under
enormous mental
pressure from daily brain-
washing processes practiced
inside the Organisation
which lead him to
commit self-immolation. In
the end he urged
all international
humanitarian or-
ganisations to
identify those re-
sponsible for his
nephews death
and put them on
trial.
Mr Ebrah im
K h o d a b a n d e h ,
former member of the Na-
tional Council of Resistance
and MKO was next to de-
liver his speech. He uttered
his condolences to Akbari-
Nasabs and reminded that
inside the Organisation self-
immolation has always been praised and encouraged.
After I was arrested and
jailed in Evin prison, the Or-
ganisation had called my
daughter in Britain and in-
structed her to commit self-
immolation he added. He
continued his speech de-
scribing how cults mentally
confine their followers and
quoted the book called the
memoirs of an Iranian re-
bel written by Dr Masud
Banisadr former member of
MKO. He explained that in-
side the Organisation one
Memorial Ceremony for Yaser Akbari-Nasab (cont.)
would put her/
himself on trial
and give verdictfor her/himself
and even carry on
the punishmenta g a i n s t h e r /
himself. In the
case of Yeser of
course he has ap-
parently carried
out the death penalty in the
most brutal way against him-
self.
The last person
who addressed the
meeting was Mr
Arash Sametipur,
a key responsible
figure in Nejat So-
ciety, who re-quested the fami-
lies of victims of
MKO to fully co-
operate and be ac-tive to rescue their
beloved ones from
Ashraf Camp in
Iraq. He referred to previous
cases of suicide attempts in
Ashraf Camp such as the
case of Alan Mohammadi
who shot herself being under
intense mental pressure. He
mentioned that MKO is list-
ing those volunteering forself-immolation and encour-
ages everyone to register. He
also urged the International
Organisations to make inves-
tigating efforts for such
deaths and try to safeguard
the life of those who are still
captive in Iraq and are totally
isolated from their family
and the outside world.
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IRNA, October 27, 2006
A former member of terror-ist group of Mojahedin-eKhalq said the visit ofMaryam Rajavi, one of theleaders of the group, to thesenate of Belgium lackedpolitical importance andthat it proved Europe's des-peration in its nuclear ne-gotiations with Iran.
Massoud Khodabandeh, for-mer senior member of MKOwho now runs "Iran-
Interlink" in the UK, said toIRNA on Thursday:
"Some Belgian politiciansuse isolated elements topress Iran and to get whatthe West wants from Iran."
Khodabandeh said the visitof MKO's self-claimed presi-dent to Belgium Senate bythe informal invitation ofsome minor politicians in
that country was a propa-gandistic effort from unim-portant groups in thatcountry that are seekingfame.
Iran-Interlink official saidthis old method (usingpropagandistic meetings ofMKO officials with Europeanpoliticians) is unimportantand inefficient, adding:"Iran's strong response to
this meeting and summon-ing Belgian and Finnish am-bassadors to the IranianForeign Ministry was due tothe terrorist and murderoushistory of this terrorist cultand it didn't meant thatIran is afraid of this groupor the group is important atall.
"There are still some people
who want to frighten Iranby using the remnants of
MKO, but the fact is thatthe MKO should have beendismantled long time ago ifit wasn't for the US's poli-cies," Khodabandeh said.
"If the MKO was able tochange the regime in Iran,it could have done thatwhen it possessed tanksand weapons backed bySaddam Hussein and notnow, when it's wandering in
Iraq's desert without anyclear future," he added.
According to this Iran-I n t e r l i n k o f f i c i a l ,"immediately after the fall
of Baathist regime in Iraq,Americans wanted to keepCamp Ashraf for a rainyday and to put pressure onIran, but now they keep itto have the exclusive honorof dismantling it on theright time".
Khodabandeh believes thatdespite the past when therewere restrictions for theresidents of MKO's terroristcamp in Iraq, now Ameri-cans support the group andin the case of cutting thissupport and opening thedoors of the camp no onewill stay in MKO's prison.
He then rejected MKO'spropaganda that MaryamRajavi's charges have beendropped and said that hercase in French judiciary is
Rajavis Visit to Belgium Unimportant
still open and the time willsoon come for her to stand
for trial.
He stressed that liftingbans on Rajavi's movementis only because the investi-gations have finished and itdoesnt mean that she hasbeen cleared of charges.
Also, on former members'efforts to bring to justiceMassoud Rajavi, the mainleader of the group, for ter-
rorist activities and his co-operation with SaddamHussein, Khodabandeh saidthat Massoud Rajavi is nowunder the custody of coali-tion forces and a big casehas been prepared againsthim.
He said copies of the casehave been sent to Ameri-can, European and Iraqiofficials but he stressed
that the main issue in trialof Massoud Rajavi is findingthe country where heshould be tried.
European Union and the UShave officially designatedthe MKO as a terrorist or-ganization, banning its ac-tivities.
However, the cover organi-zation for this group (NCRI)
is allowed to act in somecountries and a number ofEuropean and Americanofficials are in touch withthe group's leader underthis cover.
Iran-Interlink in the UK iscomprised of a number offormer MKO members whotry to save other membersof this terrorist cult.
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Habilian Association,October 9th, 2006
On Tuesday, October 9th,the representatives of Ha-bilian Association in ameeting with Ms. RachelLitman a high rankingmember of DOS's delega-tion, describing the terrorissues in Iran, explainedthe objectives of the asso-ciation and the activitiesdone by that. During themeeting, Mr. Hashemi Ne-
jad and Ms. Litman talkedtogether.Mr. Hashemi Nejad:Thanks for your time. Asyou know violence and ter-rorism is happening all overthe world everyday. Theterrorism of which ourcountry is one of the vic-tims. We are a group offamilies and children ofthose who have been killedby a criminal terroristgroup Mujahedin-e-Khalq-
MEK. We have formed agroup to demonstrate thedimension of MEK's crimesand have collected a largenumber of documents andevidences on the assassina-tions made by MEK.Ms. Rachel Litman:
I'm glad to talk with youand I'm sorry for the ter-rorist events happened inyour country killing the in-nocent people.
Mr. Hashemi Nejad:When your country alongwith Western countriescame to Middle East withthe goal of removing ter-rorism, it seemed that thisdisaster would be eradi-cated from the world. As asurvivor of terrorism vic-tims, I got happy of yourcountry's action, but unfor-tunately the action ended
with dividing the terroristsand protecting them. Ac-
cording to the State De-partments report of 1994,the MEK has killed thou-sands of innocent peopleand you are surely in-formed that a few of themwere from your country.Ms. Rachel Litman:
The group has been re-stricted and disarmed byUS and they dont have theright to operate and theyare designated as a terror-
ist organization.Do you claim that thegroup is under our protec-tion?Mr. Hashemi Nejad:The presence of MEK inIraq while the Iraqi peopleand government detestthem so much (because oftheir crimes against thiscountry) is absolutely be-cause of the US support ofthem in order to use themin future. This is the main
reason for American sup-port of MEK.Does your country dividethe terrorists into good andbad? Dont you think thatyour dual behavior towardour father's killers causedMKO to find a safe heavenand lobby in US congressand parliament freely? Whydo the terrorists contactyour representatives andcongressmen so freely?
How can you justify thesupport for such terrorist ina country that has desig-nated them as terrorist?The double standard ofyour country toward terror-ism caused MEK membersto contact Human RightsCouncil in the UNand evenlobby that place.I have the background andspeeches made by them in
Meeting w ith Ms. Rachel Litman a high ranking member of StateDepartment's Delegation
support of terror and alsothe verdict issued by Inter-
pol to arrest them that Iwill provide you with someother documents.Ms. Rachel Litman:Do you want them to betried? You mean they mustbe brought into trial in USor another country or byUN?Mr. Hashemi Nejad:Our goal is to fight terror-ism and terrorist thinking.We dont want the other
children like us miss theirfathers due to the ambi-tions of some criminals whohave killed our people andalso their own members.Ms. Rachel Litman:
You should know that inorder to achieve your goal,your presence in this meet-ing is effective. You shouldtry to contact different peo-ple and groups describingyour activities. Your coun-try and what is happening
in your country has the pri-ority for us. Therefore wewant the reflexes of yourevidences and documentsasking you to give informa-tion and documents to mygovernment and send mein the future. I will surelytransfer your documentedevidences to concernedsources and I hope to becontacted with you in orderto reflect any thing you
give me.Mr. Hashemi Nejad:
Thanks for your favor. Wewill give you the documentswe have brought and wewill complete them in fu-ture through the contactway you put toward us.At the end, some docu-ment, evidences and bookson MEK presented to Ms.Litman.
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NEJAT NEWSLETTER PAG E 10
New America Mediasent by Afaq Raha,
October 12, 2006The following is a sum-mary of an article circu-lated by New AmericaMedia, Investigative Re-porting, Camille T.Taiara, Oct 10, 2006Although Camille T.Taiara, as the editor ofNew America Media, be-
lieves that disappeared
in America is a new,regular feature profiling
immigrants who've beendetained or deported andwhose cases illustrateunjust or inhumane fea-
tures of the Departmentof Homeland Security'simmigration and deten-tion systems, yet the
nightmare of 9/11 trag-edy continues to disturb
the minds of the nationand precau-tions aretaken to pre-vent similar
attempts.
Sept. 11 ter-rorist opera-tions set theparadigm for the US to
approach persons who
were accused of terroristactivity and had linkswith suspected groups.
The US Congress hasgiven the Bush Admini-stration unprecedented
rights to hold terror sus-pects overseas withoutcharge or the right to atrial. Masoud Hosseini is
one such suspect held at
Floridas Colquitt County jail now for four years.
The US Department ofHomeland Security hasaccused him of involve-ment in the Mujahedin-eKhalq (MEK) which the
State Department classi-fied as a terrorist organi-zation in 1997.
Coming to theUS on a stu-
dent visa in
1995 afterhaving been
arrested inIran threetimes, he hasbeen reported
to have attended atthree political rallies in1997 and 1998 (in LosAngeles, Denver, and
New York) sponsored bythe National Council of
Resistance of Iran(NCR), anu m b r e l l agroup withstrong ties
to the MEK,and helpingsell a Muja-
hedin news-paper at one
of them.
He never registered atthe university he was
supposed to attend inSan Diego and he wasalso one of 29 peopletargeted as the result ofa 1999 sting operationagainst Bahram Tabata-bai, a legal consultant inLos Angeles whod beensubmitting false visa ap-
A Terror Suspect at Floridas Jail
plications including,allegedly, for members
of the MEK.
But it was post-9/11hysteria that landed
Hosseini in detention. Sept. 11 set the para-digm for how we ap-
proach persons who areaccused of terrorist ac-
tivity, saysMatt Adams,
an attorney
with theN o r t h w e s t
Imm ig r an tRights Pro-
ject in Seat-t l e who
agreed to representHosseini for free.
In October, 2002, a Joint
Terrorism Task Forcepicked up Hosseini at the
small corner store hedopened in St. Peters-
burg, Florida, where hedmoved with his new
bride. Hosseini says FBIagents interviewed himin jail in March, 2004,and cleared him as not a
person of interest. TheFBI would neither con-firm nor deny the asser-
tion.
Today, Hosseini says hewants nothing to do with
politics. They took fouryears of my life just be-cause I told my opinion,he says. I just want to
go to work, come back,have my own family. Iwant to have a peaceful
life.
Department ofHomeland
Security hasaccused him of
involvement in theMujahedin-e Khalq
A Joint Terrorism
Task Force picked
up Hosseini at thesmall corner store
hed opened in
Florida
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NEJAT NEWSLETTER PAG E 11
Posted by Nejat NGO,October 19, 2006
The organization MEKwants an absolute resig-nation and having au-thority over the whole
world. The organizationis under the authority ofRajavis couple. The Na-
tional Liberation Army isruled by women.Women's ruling in NCRIis presented as a model
against the Iranian gov-ernment.
The propaganda for de-mocracy made by theorganization toward theoutside world is not usedinside the organization. A
type of leadership sys-tem, cult like, around the
personality of Maryamand Masud with groupobligation and Stalinist
Cult leadership and psy-chological suppressionhave causedthe members
to suppresstheir own indi-viduality ino rde r t o
achieve theirduties. Theyshould obeythe order of
their leaders withoutcriticizing. The memberswere even forced to di-
vorce their spouses, byMasud. They were iso-lated from their familiesto focus on their dutiesin MKO completely andwithout any deviation.Their children has been
brought to Western
counties and kept in theso-called Children's
Houses.The management ofNCRI is under the au-thority of long timewomen members who
have alwaysbeen respon-sible to report
everything tothe leadersc o m p l e t e l yand continu-
ally, in Iraq.Since they
missed theircontrol headquarters inIraq, the leadership mustbe under the control oftheir headquarters in
Europe, ei in France.One of the characteris-
tics of MKO's leadershipis to circulate the mem-bers all over the world
which is used in any di-mension of their work. In
the past theyoften used
this circula-tion to movethe femalecommanders
of NLA toE u r o p e a nheadquartersor their
headquarters in NorthAmerica.The continual circulation
of members makes themnot having a specialty inonly a type of work sothat they are preventedto create another centerof power by side of Ma-sud and Maryam. There-
fore, in order to circulate
German Guarding Department - 2006 Report on MEK Leadersh ip
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members in the worldand to keep the hierar-
chy of leadership and tobe safe from Iranian In-telligence Service, theyuse a series of humansmuggling system. They
used falseidentities tos m u g g l e
members inthe past.They usetheir sup-
porters'identities.
The mem-bers of NLA receive seri-ous military training andalso guerrilla warfaretraining in about 15
camps in Iraq. Theirweapons were firstly
brought from Iraq.Therefore MKO was de-pended on Iraqi govern-
ment and was supportedby Iraqi state obviously.
The propaganda fordemocracy made by
the organization
toward the outsideworld is not used
inside the
organization.
Since they missed
their control
headquarters in Iraq,
the leadership must be
under the control of
their headquarters in
Europe, ei in France.
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signed agree-ments preparedby the force com-
mander;
(6) if she will
publish the com-munication dated7th October 2005from Major Gen-
eral William Bran-denburg on behalfof the multi na-tional coalitionforces to the peo-ple of Ashraf; andif she will make astatement.
Adam In-gram (Minister ofState (Armed
Forces), Ministryof Defence) Han-sard source
I have been
asked to reply.
Camp Ashraf,
near Baghdad, isoutside the UK'sarea of responsi-bility in Iraq. Assuch, the UK hasno responsibilityfor, or involve-ment with, CampAshraf or its resi-
dents. These arematters for the
US and Iraqi Gov-ernments.
ternational Coali-tion;
(3) on what datein February theheadquarters of
the Multi NationalForce-Iraq reaf-firmed its com-mitment to Article
45 of the GenevaConvention rela-tive to the treat-ment of civilianpersons, 1949 inrespect of thepeople of Ashraf;whether the com-munication madereference to theprinciple of non-refoulment; and ifshe will make astatement;
(4) on what datethe commanderof the multi na-tional coalitionforces authorised
the opening ofbank accounts inIraq by residentsof Ashraf city;
(5) whether indi-
viduals in Ashrafhave abrogatedthe undertakingsthey entered into
with the com-mander of the
Mu l t i -Na t i o n a lForce-Iraq and
which were de-tailed in the
Written Answers,Foreign and Com-monwealth Affairs
-IraqSource: Hansard,November 6,2006
Andre
MacKinlay
(Thurrock, La-bour) Hansardsource
To ask the Secre-
tary of State forForeign and Com-monwealth Affairs
(1) how manyand what propor-tion of the people
of Ashraf signedforms accepting
their compliancewith the condi-tions stipulatedby the Com-mander of theMu l t i -Na t i o n a lForce-Iraq for
their continuedprotection by theMu l t i -Na t i o n a lForces-Iraq;
(2) whether theletter of the Dep-uty Commanderof the Multi Na-tional Force-Iraq
to the people ofAshraf dated 21stJuly 2004 was onbehalf of the In-
UK has no responsibility for Rajavi cult victims in
Camp Ashraf
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