The Guardian Special Report - Iran

December 2004

Several former MKO members repatriated
(IRNA, December 20, 2004)

Appeals court reinstates terrorism indictments
(The Associated Press, December 20, 2004)

Can the West Control the MKO?
(Anne Singleton, Dunia Al Arab, December 2004)

In Bed With Terrorists
(Laura Rozen, AlterNet, December 16, 2004)

Cult Is Trying to Hijack Our Iran Policy
These fanatics seek to replace Tehran's religious tyranny with their own
(Reza Aslan, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2004)

U.S. Hopes of Iran Change Have Little to Hang On
(Los Angeles Times, December 5, 2004)

November 2004

The Iranian Mojahedin: What Kind of Alternative?
(Rosa Faiz - www.dissidentvoice.org, November 29, 2004)

A Contemporary Sha'baan Ja'fari
(Rostam Poorzal, November 26, 2004)

Debate on Iran - UK Parliament
(November 24, 2004)

Nukes, Neo-Cons, and the Bush Who Cried Wolf Again (Part II)
(Steve Weissman, Scoop, December 3, 2004)

Nukes, Neo-Cons, and the Bush Who Cried Wolf Again (Part I)
(Steve Weissman, Scoop, November 25, 2004)

The Lying Game, Revisited
(Justin Raimondo, antiwar.com, November 22, 2004)

Saddam's commander reused in new role
(Iran interlink, November 21, 2004)

US problems in dispersing MKO terrorists from Iraq
(IRNA, November 20, 2004)

Read more about counter demonstration against MKO in Washington
(Carolmoore.net, November 21, 2004)

Mojahedin's Rally in Washington
(Antiwar Iranians and Americans, November 21, 2004)

Draft statement for Sharm Al sheikh, deals with Mojahedin Khaq
(Turkish Daily News, November 20, 2004)

Radio Free Speech News on the Washington demos
(November 19, 2004)

Antiwar Iranians and Americans protest Mojahedin deception in USA
(November 19, 2004)

MEK - working hard for its money, but getting no credit
(US Department of State, Daily Press Briefing, November 17, 2004)

A most peculiar kind of alliance
(Edward T. Pound, USnews.com, November 17, 2004)

E3/EU - Iran agreement steals MEK's thunder
(November 15, 2004)

MKO Members in Iraq Seek Defection
(Ehsan Naraghi, VOA, November 11, 2004)

Some MKO members the subject of US or international warrants says UK Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell
(IRNA, November 2, 2004)

October 2004

Many MKO Members in Iraq Want to Return
(BBC World Service, October 25, 2004)

Who's Financing Mojahedin-e khalq?
(VOA, October 21, 2004)

Roshana Website Reveals MKO Kidnap Plot
(Roshana website, October 2004)

MKO HAS NO INFORMATION OF IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES
(Iran Press Services, October 20 2004)

MKO in Saddam's Oil allocation recipient list
(Newsweek, October 15, 2004)

September 2004

Iranian Mujahideen at the crossroads
(Bill Samii, Asia Times Online, September 30, 2004)

Iranian Mujahedin Face Uncertain Future
(Radio Free Europe, September 28, 2004)

Ava Association Visits the European Parliament
(Press Release, September 12, 2004)

Jack Straw: the answer is 'no'
(Reuters, September 14, 2004)

MKO Rallied with 3500 in Brussels
(Gooya News, September 14, 2004)

School classes from Närke demonstrate with the Mujahedin
(Stefan Hjertén/TT – Stockholm, September 13, 2004)

Committee tells Belgian foreign minister US exploiting Mojahedin as "slaves"
(BBC Monitoring, September 12, 2004)

MKO Members Willing to Return Home
(IRNA, September 11, 2004)

Iran to lodge complaint against MKO
(Mehr News, September 2, 2004)

August 2004

Iran arrests dozens 'for spying'
(BBC World Service,  August 31, 2004)

MKO Agent Arrested in Karbala
(Alzaman, August 08, 2004)

MKO Campaign of Disinformation
(Donya al Arab, Aug 2004)

July 2004

Why the US granted 'protected' status to Iranian terrorists
(The Christian Science Monitor, July 29, 2004)

Recent UK Parliamentary Business Concerning the MKO
(Hansard, June-July 2004)

BOOK REVIEW: ESCAPING A MAZE OF HATRED
Memoirs of an Iranian Rebel - By: Masoud Banisadr by Amir Taheri
(Asharq Alawsat, July 27, 2004)

Iran slams US for "hollow" anti terror overtures
(IRNA, July 27, 2004)

US 'protects' Iran rebels in Iraq
(BBC News, July 27, 2004)

State Department Noon Briefing July 26, 2004

The United States is talking with Iraq and international organizations about sending the fighters back to Iran on a voluntary basis
(AP, July 26, 2004)

MKO Fate With Relation to Iran Under Question in UK Parliament
(Hansard, July 20, 2004)

National Council of Resistance of Iran v. Department of State
(legal times, July 19, 2004)

First-Hand View of MKO
(Ocnus.net July 17, 2004)

Future of Iran opposition group held in Iraq hangs in balance
(Financial Times, July 14, 2004)

Federal court rejects MKO for the fourth time
(Washington times, July 9, 2004)

Human Rights Mojahedin Style
(Amir Moasaghi, July 4, 2004)

UK Foreign Affairs Committee Report on Iran, 2004
(Question 8, Page 4 on MKO)

Most Dangerous
(Ali Ghashghavi, Germany, July 2, 2004)

Mojahedin-e-Khalq, Bizarre Terrorist Group
(Mahan Abedin, Voice, July 4, 2004)

Iranian Opposition Group in Limbo in Iraq
(Fox News, July 2, 2004)

June 2004

Who is Paying Alireza Jafarzadeh?
(Barry O'Connell, Washington DC, June 30,2004)

Saddam's Baath party and Rajavi's MKO
(D.Alarab, June 2004)

Belgian Senate Denies Official Support Of MKO
(IRNA, June 20, 2004)

Saddam's regime tied to secondary players
(Newsday, June 20, 2004)

Terrorist MKO Faces Uncertain Future In New Iraq
(AFP, June 20, 2004)

Spotlight on Terror - An Interview with Hamid Bayati
(Mahan Abedin, Jamestown Foundation, June 2004)

Former MKO Members' Seminar
(Iraneayandeh website, June 17, 2004)

French Lawyer Calls His Government's Support for MKO a Big Mistake
(IRNA, June 09, 2004)

Iranian brothers detained for alleged terrorist ties
(AP, June 07, 2004)

May 2004

UK MP Steve McCabe hits back in Saddam row
(Birmingham Post, May 24, 2004)

An Iraqi View of the Mojahedin-e Khalq in Iraq
(The Jamestown Foundation, May 17 2004)

Mojahedin Facing Internal Crisis
(Nejat Association, May 17, 2004)

Germany Expels MKO Members
(Stat Roo, Germany, May 11, 2004)

APRIL 2004

Family denies MKO's torture claims
(Barnet Times, April 29, 2004)

Once Again, the US Makes a Bad Deal with the Wrong Group
(Antiwar.com, April 22, 2004)

Silence, Disintigration and Suicide
(Irandidban.com Editorial, April 21, 2004)

Pressure on Canada to take 'terror cult' recruits -
Rajavi's ransom hostages will not leave Iraq without him
(National Post, April 17, 2004)

CSIS visits B.C. Tory MP after rally for Iran: Agents accuse exile group of terrorism
(National Post, April 15, 2004)

Italian Police Move in on Mojahedin
(ANSA, April 14, 2004)

Teammates Against Terror?
(David L. Phillips)

March 2004

Five Mojahedin Members Killed in Armed Clash
(Al-Takhi, Iraq, March 17, 2004)

MKO sympathizers' family members seek international organizations' assistance
(IRNA, March 16, 2004)

Iraq Prepares to Try MKO
(Dilip Hiro, The Nation, March 2004)

Mojahedin in Financial Crisis
(March 9, 2004)

February 2004

Richard Perle in the firing line again
(February 2004)
(see also Perle Resigns)

Pentagon backs Saddam's Private Army in their military show in Iraq
(Iran-Interlink, 21 February)

Video of MKO- Saddam terrorist link - RealPlayer (2MB)  MPG file (30MB)
(Sky News, 5 February 10pm)

Saddam and Rajavi in Terrorist tape
(Sky News web, 6 February)

The fate of Saddam's mercenaries
(Dunia al Arab, February 2004)

January 2004

Cabal behind MKO-Washington Love Fest
(Al-Masakin, 31 January)

Mujahedin Khalq (MKO) Reconfigured by CIA as anti-Islamic Proxy Militia in Bizarre Bend Sinister
(Al-Masakin, 27 January)

Perle Must Resign Or be fired….
(Justin Raimondo - Antiwar.com, 30 January 2004)

Perle at charity said to have terror links
(UPI, 29 January)

Charity Event May Have Terrorist Link
Pentagon Adviser Who Spoke at Function Thought Money Was for Quake Victims
(Washington Post, 29 January)

Richard Perle Supports Terrorism: He spoke at a terrorist fundraiser
(Justin Raimondo - Antiwar.com, 28 January 2004)

Saddam Backed MKO Financially
(28 January 2004)

Mojahedin's financial contacts with foreign terrorists in Norway uncovered
(IRNA, January 24)

Lawmaker Says Iran Event Terrorist-Linked
(Associated Press, January 22)

Official will skip Iran-aid meeting
(The Denver Post, January 22)

Terrorists plan D.C. fundraiser
(The Hill, January 21)

American Red Cross in deep over Mojahedin link
(Time Magazine, January 2004)

17 Canadians in custody in Iraq
(Globe & Mail, January 6)

Friends or foes? Cultlike group stuck between three powers
(The Christian Science Monitor, January 1)

December 2003

Film of Rajavi accepting tanks, and money from Saddam's Secret Service
(Al Jazeera, December 30)

Rajavi and his gang - utmost efforts to exploit the Bam earthquake disaster
(Iran-Interlink, December 27)

Expelling the MKO is a test for Iraqi sovereignty
(Daily Star, December 23)

US Support for MKO
(Source Irandidban.com)

Mojahedin-e-Khalq: Saddam's Iranian Allies
(Terrorism Monitor, December 18)

Iraqi Governing Council votes unanimously to expel Mojahedin from Iraq :
- Washington Post
- Gulf News
- Reuters
- Associated Press
(December 10)

The Mysterious Disappearance
(To Vima interview, December 2003)

British Parliament says Mojahedin are international terrorists after visit to Iraqi camp
(Lords Hansard, December 3)

Interview with Dr Abol Hassan Banisadr 'For or Against Peace'
(Dunia Al Arab, December)

November 2003

Iran Ready to Offer Amnesty
for Low Ranking MKO Members: Talabani
(AFP, November 25)

Investigation - Necessity or Excuse?
(By Shahin Torabi)

Rice Clarifies Stand On Iranian Group
(Washington Post, November 13)

US under pressure to explain their procrastination over Mojahedin presence in Iraq
(AP, November 13)

Armitage: Officials questioning MKO members
(Washington Post November 10)

Germany Exposes Mojahedin Fraud
(DPA, November 6)

Mojahedin should leave Iraq
(Iraqi television, November 5)

October 2003

State Department Official slams Pentagon
(AP, October 29)

Al-Qaeda - Mojahedin swap on US, Iran agenda?
(Excerpt from AP, October 22)

Transformations may mark demise of Mujahideen
(Daily Star Lebanon, October 16)

Refugee claim linked to terror: judge
(National Post, October 14)

Fox News employed a Terrorist!
(Irandidban site, 14 October )

Shirin Ebadi won this year's Nobel peace prize
(BBC October 10)

Mojahedin's aliases exposed

US State Department Press Statement concerning Mojahedin
(October 2)

US renews terror tag
(News International, October 3)

Warning - Mojahedin cult actively recruiting in Europe
(October 1)

Who celebrated the terrorist act of Sep 11!?
(Al Arab, Sep/Oct 2003)

September 2003

Families again try for access to relatives in Mojahedin's Iraq bases

Families of MKO members protest in Iraq (Video, Irandidban)

Mojahedin - pawns in a power game?

Pentagon, Running Away from the Scandal Of Supporting Terrorists
(irandidban September 17)

Massoud Rajavi abandoned Mojahedin members in Iraq
(September 17)

A State Department official said in a recent interview that there is "what could almost be described as a rogue operation ... being run out of the Pentagon to keep [the MEK] a live and viable anti-Iranian group."

U.S. detains Iranian opposition fighters
(By Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post
12 September)

State Questions Military Tolerance of Iranian Dissidents
(Washington Post, September 11)

U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing, Washington DC September 11, 2003
Briefer: Richard Boucher, Spokesman

Mojahedin - old spies, new jobs?
(Spies who are coming out from the cold, Daily Star, September 6)

IRAQ'S MYSTERY TERRORISTS Are the Mujahideen-e-Khalq behind the Najaf massacre?
(antiwar.com September 3)

August 2003

Interview with Anne Singleton author of Saddam's Private Army (Dunia Al Arab)

What is the justification for helping terrorists in Iraq? (AFP, August 28)

State Department Amends Terrorist Designation of Mujahedin-e Khalq
(U.S. Department of State, August 15)

Washington 'must prove stand on terrorism' (Gulf Daily News, August 17)

Iranian exiles' offices shuttered (The Washington Times, August 15)

U.S. closes offices, freezes assets of Iranian opposition group (AP, August 15)

Proposed terrorist swap (irandidban, August 14)

Bush administration paralysed over Iran (Dawn International, August 10)

Mojahedin accused of fresh terrorist plans (Al-Hayat, August 9)

More conflict between Pentagon and State Department over fate of MKO (August 9)

Israel's Advocates Conspiring Against Iran (Al-Hayat, August 9)

MKO in western news (August 6)

Mojahedin use members' children to swell their numbers

U.S. May lose chance to negotiate with Iran (TheState.com, August 1)

July 2003

Maryam Rajavi in court. French judge questions Rajavi for 6 hours (AP, July 29)

News reports from Australia have implicated Mojahedin activists in an arson attack on a French school (July 29) More...

Anti-terror police raid Iranian group linked to Saddam (Financial Times, July 26)

Families abused in Ashraf Camp, Iraq (24 July)

Mixed messages on terrorism (AP, July 22)

Analysis - Changes in Iran will come about from within (Asia Times, July 22)

Mojahedin re-absorbed into Iraq's Intelligence Services (New York Times, July 21)

Quelling Iraqi Terror, Amir Taheri (New York Post, July 21)

BBC WORLD SERVICE James Menendez: 'Iran Mojahedin' (July 13)

Friends in High Places (The Guardian, July 15)

The Cult of Rajavi (New York Times Magazine, July 13)

Terror label aside, Iran exiles boast access (The Baltimore Sun, July 13)

MKO’s attacks on Kurds injured Lebanese family (Al-Hayat, July 13)

Crackdown Urged for Iranian Group on U.S. Terrorist List (Washington Post)

There is no bad terrorism!

June 2003

Iranian Opposition Movement's Many Faces (The New York Times, June 29)

Iranian Group Fights for Survival (AP, June 28)

Sleeping forces stir in Iran (Asia Times, June 26)

Islamist, Marxist ... terrorist  Amir Taheri (The Wall Street Journal, June 26)

MKO Supporters Rally in France (San Francisco Chronicle, June 26)

Iranian Rebel Group Had Attack Plans, French Report Says (New York Times, June 25)

Fire Protest woman dies (BBC News, June 24)

France Says Iran Sect are 'Fanatics' (The Observer, June 22)

Analysts Debate Reasons for Sudden French Crackdown on 'Mujahedeen Khalq' (VOA, June 22)

Fourth Person in Fire Protest (BBC News, June 20)

French Raid Throws Exiled Iranian Militants into Spotlight
(Eurasianet.org, June 18)

Maryam Rajavi, Mojahedin activists arrested in Paris in major police operation - large quantity of money and computer equipment seized (BBC News, June 17)

Uneasy calm in Tehran streets (BBC,  June 14)

Militia attack Tehran protesters (BBC, June 14)

Iranians protest for second night (BBC, June 12)

Rajavi's New Message... (June 12)

MKO Lies about Tehran protests (Iran Didban)

US Department Of Defence: We view the MEK as a Terrorist Organization and we are treating them as such. June 4 (Source: US. State Department in Persian)

Iranians protest against clerics (BBC, June 11)

Iran is no cakewalk (Jang Group Article, June 10)

BBC Monitoring (June 2-8)

US Department of Defense latest on MEK (June 4)

Pentagon denies support for Mojahedin

Australian police arrest Mojahedin supporters (ABC Online, June 3)
 

May 2003

US rejects claims by NCRI

Rajavi seduced by new bed-fellow before decree absolute from Saddam
(News Roundup from May)

Prez woos 'terror' ally vs. Iran (New York Post, May 30)

FOR SALE: Terrorist Organization... Waiting for final bids

Pentagon out of step with governments on MKO (The Guardian, May 29)

'Iranian opera singer, Taghadossi, will take legal action against Mojahedin' May 29

Iran hints at deal for al-Qaeda chief (Sydney Morning Herald, May 28)

Next Stop Tehran? (The Guardian, May 27)

Bolstering the Culture of Combating Terrorism (The Jordan Times, May 26)

Mojahedin's Intelligence Sources Revealed

Rajavi's effrontery over family visits May 22

4th Infantry Division Update on Mojahedin-e Khalq
(May 22)

The Future Of The Mujahideen Khalq
(Mahan Abedin, Daily Star, May 20)

America's Dubious Ally (Institute for war and peace reporting, Roger Howard, May 19)

Iraq: Amnesty International urges Bush and Blair to intervene in relation to "disappeared" (See Press Release from Iran-Interlink)

Media denied access to MKO bases in Iraq (Al-Hayat, May 12)

Press Release from Iran-Interlink (May 7)

British government on MKO (IRNA, May 6)
 

April 2003

Europe's Position, April 30

American Views (April 30)

US has no better friend than Iran!: What to do with the MKO cult? (Payvand News, USA, April 29)

Anti-Mojahedin feeling in Iraq (www.irandidban.com)

Human Rights Alert (April 15)

Mojahedin leaders to flee Iraq - Jordan offers safe passage (April 9)

News Digest - June 2003

Iraqi Support for the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) - US Department of State

Iraqi Shias and the MKO (Washington Post)

Pentagon sets sights on a new Tehran regime

Cult or Opposition? (article)

Nourizadeh Article

Banned Mojahedin still active in UK (The Financial Times, March 21)

MEP Emma Nicholson on the Mojahedin (March)

UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee

Lords Hansard (UK Parliament, March 27)
 

February 2003

Emma Nicholson Warns of Iraqi Terrorist Threat
(Press Release, February 2, 2003)

European Parliament Debate links MKO to terrorism and Iraq (February 12)

Who are the People's Mujahedin of Iran? (WSWS Article)

Mojahedin-e Khalq from 'Patterns of Global Terrorism'

Torricelli's Terrorist-List Friends

With Friends Like These

The Terror Lobby

Iran: Washington Says Iranian Opposition Helping With Iraqi Security Operations

Pending human rights disaster (July 2002)

Proscription of MKO as terrorist group justified, says UK minister (October 24 2002)

Asefi says Iran opposes US attack on Iraq

Mojahedin threat to kill dissident

Opposition 'claims' Tehran blast

Iraq: UN human rights expert wraps up visit, first after 10-year hiatus

Iraq invites human rights inspection 29/01/02 Iraqi leaders: Accused of brutal repression of opponents

Iran released 700 Iraqi POWs as a goodwill gesture
28/01/02  see also Report on Mojahedin dissidents in Iraqi Abu Ghraib prison - many transferred to Iran

Saddam's Deadly Secret
(Aaron Sands, Ottawa Citizen, November 17, 2001)

Mujahedeen Khalq - Baby Snatchers
(KurdishMedia.com - By Dr Rebwar Fatah, February 23, 2000)

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