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News archive - up to December 2004

News from January 2006

December 2005

Rajavi is in US custody in Iraq
(Irandidban, December 28, 2005)

Asylum Seeker's lies investigated by anti terrorist authorities
(DAN HERBECK - The Buffalo News, December 27, 2005)

More on Mercury Detention Camp in Iraq
(Irandidban, December 24, 2005)

Iranian 'terror group' divides Washington
(By John P. Gramlich, UPI, December 22, 2005)

MEK abandoned by former US supporters
(Irandidban, December 20, 2005)

Is Massoud Rajavi under house arrest in Camp Mercury?
(Irandidban, December 14, 2005)

A Hypocritical Approach
(Mehr News, December 12, 2005)

Seminar in Sweden - Family Network Association and the Situation of Women and Children in the Iranian Mojahedin
(December 10, 2005)

I Was Freed From Rajavi’s Claw
(Entekhab.ir (Farsi), December 10, 2005)

MKO killed Kurds with anti-aircraft weapons
(ILNA, December 7, 2005)

Repeating the Mistake!
(Abdullah Saleh/AlAsr (in Arabic), December 6, 2005)

Consequences of Dirty Diplomacy
(Irandidban, December 1, 2005)

MKO Remains on EU Terror List
(IRNA, December 1, 2005)

Foreign Office: MKO is Terrorist
(Mehr News, December 1, 2005)

Iraqi VP: We will expel the MKO
(ISNA, December 1, 2005)

Allawi Opposes MKO Activities in Iraq
(Irandidban, December 1, 2005)

November 2005

Let's talk about regime change
(By Massoud Khodabandeh, Asia Times, November 30, 2005)

MKO Issues Death Sentence for Defectors
(Irandidban, November 27, 2005)

Letter to Mr. Tunne Kelam, MEP: Awaa Club
(November 27, 2005)

Exiled Rebel Group Said to Torture Dissidents
(IPS, November 19, 2005)

IAEA Thumbs Down MKO Claims
(Mehr News, November 24, 2005)

Massoud and Maryam Rajavi's war on children
(Nejat NGO, November 22, 2005)

Khodabandeh - Interview with BBC Radio
(BBC Radio, November 18, 2005)

MEK Lobby in UK Fails Again
(IRNA, 19 November 2005)

Massoud Banisadr-Interview with Radio France
(FRI, November 19, 2005)

Trying Rajavi beside Saddam
(Mehr News, November 19, 2005)

Iran-Iraq Sign Security Agreement
(BBC, November 18, 2005)

Friendly fire and the US in Iran
(Asia Times, November 18, 2005)

Congratulations on MKO-Pentagon Alliance
(Ali Akbar Rastgou, November 15, 2005)

MKO, Proud of Criminal Acts
(Mojahedin, November 15, 2005)

UK home secretary "urged" to protect journalists from Iranian "terrorist group"
(BBC Monitoring, November 16, 2005)

Open Letter to the Home Secretary, The Right Honourable Charles Clarke, MP, calling for adequate protection for journalists reporting on the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq organisation.
(Massoud Khodabandeh, Iran-Interlink, November 15, 2005)

NCRI openly announces targeting it's critics to kill
(Mojahedin, November 13, 2005)

Another MKO plot to intimidate critics fails
(Hadi Shams Haeri, November 10, 2005)

Tension in Conference on MKO-Saddam Ties
(Mehrdad Farahmand, BBC Persian Service, November 10, 2005)

Revealing Conference in London
(IRNA, November 12, 2005)

REPORT: Iran Interlink Demands Indictment of Mojahedin-e Khalq’s Massoud Rajavi
(Report of the Press Conference on November 10 at The Ambassador's Hotel in Bloomsbury)

Geldof leaves Iran demo over terror list
(The Irish Examiner, November 8, 2005)

Chalabi says Iraq must tackle foreign militants
(Reuters, November 7, 2005)

This Is A Terrorist Organization: Hamilton
(Stockholmian.com, November 7, 2005)

Double Standards in UK Criticized
(Al-Quds Al-Arabi, November 7, 2005)

UK Foreign Office - MKO has long history of terrorism
(IRNA, November 2, 2005)

We Won’t Forget Your Master’s Crimes
(Al-Ghad (Iraq), November 1, 2005)

October 2005

Iran opposition group seeks US legitimacy
(Guy Dinmore, FT, October 26, 2005)

Exposed: "Iran Policy Committee" - Yet another front name for Terrorist MEK
(An answer from Professor Foote to Raymond Tanter, October 25, 2005)

Iranian Dissidents Square Off in DC
(Sherrie Gossett, CNSNews, October 25, 2005)

EX-MKO MEMBER DEMANDS  RAJAVI BE TRIED WITH SADDAM
(The National Iranian American Council, 25 October 2005)

Film of Washington, DC Press Conference, October 24, 2005

Mojahedin, War Criminals - 3 hour live phone-in about revelations of MKO war crimes in Iraq
(RangaRang TV, Washington, DC, October 23, 2005)

Portuguese member of the European Parliament with terrorist friends
(Expresso, October 28, 2005)
(Automatic translation from Portuguese) The Portuguese MEP, Paulo Casaca has an assistant, Firouz Mahvi, British citizen, member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, political arm of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), the People's Mojahedin, an organization classified as terrorist for the EU and for the USA. Casaca confirmed to Express that he has contracted "a person of English nationality in the Iranian Resistance", reputing it to be of "first class quality". But he considered totally "false" the "terrorist" label attributed to the MEK.

Ruling in MEK fundraising case:
US can call foreign groups terrorists, court says
(Reuters, October 20, 2005)

Bankrupt Terrorists Admit Spying
(Habilian, October 20, 2005)

DISSIDENTS DEMAND THAT RAJAVI ALSO BE PUT ON TRIAL
(Safa Haeri, IPS, October 20, 2005)

MKO Call for another Rally Episode
(Mojahedin.ws/October 20, 2005)

MKO Remains on EU Terrorist List
(IRNA, October 18, 2005)

Defectors Asked for Rajavi’s Trial
(Radio Farda, October 18, 2005)

Human Rights Watch: 'We weren't duped.'
(UPI, October 13, 2005)

More former MKO veterans return to Iran
(Nejat Association, October 13, 2005)

Wearing Saddam's Dirty Boots
(Iran-Interlink, October 13, 2005)

Focus: MKO Members Return to Iran
(IRNA, October 13, 2005)

Let’s Break the Cult’s Life-Glass
(Mohammed Moradi, October 13, 2005)

MKO Spying for Americans
(IRNA, October 12, 2005)

Terrorist MKO paid British MP to visit UN
(IRNA, October 12, 2005)

MKO - MEK - PMOI - NLA - NCR - NCRI: All the same name for Terrorism
(U.S. Department of State, October 11, 2005)

UK 'hypocritical on terror' by not banning MKO campaign meetings
(IRNA, October 11, 2005)

Thought crime - 'Brainwashing' is routinely invoked to explain atrocities,
but what does it really mean?
(Kathleen Taylor, The Guardian, October 8, 2005)

BBC’s Interview with Anne Singleton (transcript)
(BBC Radio Four, Woman's Hour with Jenni Murray, October 6, 2005)

BBC Woman's Hour interview with Anne Singleton (audio)
(BBC Radio Four, Woman's Hour with Jenni Murray, October 6, 2005)

A Torturer from Mojahedin
(Irandidban.com, October 4, 2005)

Austrian Security Office Report on MKO
(Khabargah.com, October 3, 2005)

Iran says Ottawa trains terrorists
(National Post, October 1, 2005)

September 2005

Anti-terrorism seminar, Amsterdam, September 2005 (video)

MKO Critics Warn - Take MKO Threat Seriously
(BBC Persian Service, September 30, 2005)

Rajavi’s Fedayeen in Europe
(Massoud Khodabandeh, September 29, 2005)

Massoud Rajavi - Conditions in Camp Mercury
(Human Rights Watch, September 26, 2005)

With Friends Like These
(Eric Sass, foreignpolicy.com, September 2005)

MEK (Rajavi Cult)’s Gratitude for New York Times and International Herald Tribune Articles
(Paul Sheldon Foote, California State University, September 25, 2005)

Bargaining with the Devil
(Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich/Peyvand (USA), September 25, 2005)

Allawi: MKO Banned in Iraq
(IRNA, September 25, 2005)

Outlawed Iranian opposition group rents demonstrators in New York
(by Kenneth R. Timmerman, Marze Por Gohar, September 15, 2005)

Iran’s opposition faces internal differences
(Financial Times, September 15, 2005)

MKO Members' Prosecution in Iraq
(Radio Ashena, September 14, 2005)

Exiled Iranian Resistance Could Help Pressure Tehran
(Angelique van Engelen, Global politician, September 10, 2005)

MKO forced to retreat on leadership question
(Anne Singleton, September 10, 2005)

MKO and the Iraqi Constitution
(Farhad Javaheriyar, September 5, 2005)

In the Shade of Saddam… and Bush
(EL PAIS/ANGELS THORNY, September 3, 2005)

August 2005

Sean Penn in Iran
(San Francisco Chronicle, August 26, 2005)

Who is the MEK? Why are they protected in Iraq?
(http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/25/181733/227)

Proscribed Terrorist Group MKO to appoint new military head based in Paris
(Iran-Interlink, August 23, 2005)

All MKO say are pure lies
(Safa Haeri, Iran Press Services, August 20, 2005)

Update on pleas to save the life of Mojgan Parsai
(Iran-Interlink, August 17, 2005)

Lessons to be taken from the fate of Mojgan Parsai
(Batool Maleki, Awaa Association, August 15, 2005)

Charged with Treason by Rajavi: Plea to Save the Life of Ms. Mojgan Parsai
(Massoud Khodabandeh, Association for Support of Victims of Mojahedin-e Khalq, August 9, 2005)

An interview with UK's ambassador to Tehran
(Baztab, August 15, 2005)

Three Former MKO Members Reunited with Families
(IRNA, August 14, 2005)

Rajavi's Plan for Nuke Explosion in US
(Rassoul Mohammed Nejad, August 11, 2005)

Al-Rubaie: Put the MKO on Trial
(IRIB, August 4, 2005)

Whereabouts of Mojahedin-e Khalq fugitive war criminal Massoud Rajavi
(Dunia Al Arab, August 2005)

More MKO defectors repatriated
(Nejat Association, August 3, 2005)

MKO Leaders Must be Tried
(IRNA, August 01, 2005)

July 2005

US Openly Supports Iranian Terrorists
(William Van Wagenen, Electronic Iraq, July 27, 2005)

Mojahedin to Quit Terrorism
(Alayoum newspaper, July 24, 2005)

Sarcozy's warning for terrorists
(Iran Interlink, July 21, 2005)

A New Chapter in Iran-Iraq Relations
(Mehr news, July 17, 2005)

MKO Documents Should be Trashed
(Report by Irandidban, July 15, 2005)

MKO Supporter Tom Tancredo: We Could Bomb Mecca
(540 WFLA radio, Florida, July 14, 2005)

Interview with Mohammad Javad Firouzmand
(BBC, July 13, 2005)

Radio France Reports on Firouzmand's Revelations
(Radio France, July 12, 2005)

Five MKO Members Returned Home
(IRNA, July 12, 2005)

MEK find some interesting friends
(Asia Times, July 6, 2005)

June 2005

Faded Hopes for Iranian Exiles
(Mahan Abedin, June 29, 2005)

International Arrest Warrant for MKO Members
(Le Temp, June 23, 2005)

Maryam Rajavi prosecuted over human rights violations
(Le Parisien, June 20, 2005)

A message to the US army personnel in Camp Ashraf
(Yaser Ezati, June 26, 205)

U.S. court backs indictment on terror-list status
(Reuters, June 17, 2005)

Four arrests in anti-terror raids
Four men have been arrested in north London under terrorism laws.
(BBC News, June 17, 2005)

Terrorist Suspect Arrests in London
(IRNA, June 17 2005)

Four Terror Suspects Arrested in London
(Media reports, June 17, 2005)

Iranian exile group strikes back
(Mahan Abedin, Asia Times, June 8, 2005)

May 2005

Group on U.S. terror list lobbies hard
(UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, May 31,2005)

'Tank girl' army accused of torture
(David Leigh, The Guardian May 31, 2005)

Mojahedin in Oil-for-Food scandal
(The Weekly Standard, May 30, 2005)

Canada adds Mojahedin-e Khalq to terrorist list
(Canada Newswire Group, May 25, 2005)

Khodabandeh and Bassam Want to Appear in Maryam Court
(Iran Interlink, May 25, 2005)

Neocons' Pet Iranian Revolutionaries Accused of Torture
(Jim Lobe, antiwar.com, May 20, 2005)

Iran Policy Committee - Pentagon  Mouthpiece, Israeli Ally, MEK Supporter
(John Stanton, May 19, 2005)

Germany upholds Iranian opposition MKO ban
(Iranmania, May 19, 2005)

Let Them Go!
(Dr. Nourizadeh, Radio Yaran, May 2005)

Sobhani, Soleimani, Stork - Interview with Radio Farda
(Radio Farda, May 19, 2005)

Mojahedin claims its members executed and tortured in Iran
(BBC World News, May 19, 2005)

Iran: Exiled Armed Group Abuses Dissident Members
(Human Rights Watch, May 19, 2005)

Consider the Source
The State Dept. says MEK is a terror group. Human Rights Watch says it’s a cult. For the White House, MEK is a source of intelligence on Iran.
(Newsweek, May 18, 2005)

The Anniversary of Disarming Mojahedin
(Milad Ariayee, May 05, 2005)

"The Third Way" of Maryam Rajavi
(Anne Singleton, May 2005)

Who pays for Rajavi's satellite programs?
(Iran-Interlink, May 04, 2005)

April 2005

MKO's Victory in Iraq's General Elections!
(Hassan Sadeghian, April 20, 2005, Source: www.Irandidban.com)

Laying the Groundwork for War with Iran
(Aaron Glantz, April 20, 2005, Source: www.irandidban.com)

Angelika Beer - the EP assesses MKO as a terrorist group
(IRNA, April 18, 2005)

Former members of MKO terrorist group meet in Qazvin
(IRNA, April 17, 2005)

U.S. takes an ambiguous line on opposition group MEK
(John Diamond in Baghdad, USA Today, April 15, 2005)

Iranian Group Asks State To Lift Terror Designation
(By ELI LAKE Staff Reporter, The New York Sun, 15 April 2005)

Iranian opposition challenges Bush to keep his word, drop terror label
(AFP, April 14, 2005)

Bolton's Terrorist Tango - Bush pick for U.N. ambassador makes smooth with Iran's MEK
(James Ridgeway, The Village Voice, April 10, 2005)

MKO crimes against us
(Almavaten newspaper, April 07, 2005)

March 2005

Amnesty International and MEK
(Radio Farda, March 30, 2005)

Anti-MKO Gathering in Paris
(Voice of America, March 30, 2005)

Counter Mojahedin Protests in Paris
(Radio Farda, March 30, 2005)

Anti-Iran militants return home;
More than 250 young Iranians, from a group committed to toppling Iran's leaders, are back in Tehran
(The Christian Science Monitor, March 22, 2005)

Camp Ashraf, Iraq
(LA Times, March 19, 2005)

Uncertain Future for MKO
(Hannah Allam/Knight Ridder Newspapers/March 18, 2005)

Fox News Employs NCR/MKO member
(Liberals Against Terrorism, March 18, 2005)

Teen terror booted
(Toronto Sun, March 18, 2005)

132 former MKO members arrive home
(Agency reports, March 9, 2005)

Stalemate lengthens brothers' detention
(Washington Post, March 5, 2005)

Mojahedin Ain't Good Spies
(Newsweek, March 3, 2005)

Signs Point to Quick Resolution for Camp Ashraf Captives
(Iran Interlink, March 3, 2005)

Mojahedin's Dirty Money
(March 3, 2005)

Mojahedin-e Khalq's Devolution: Attractive Prospect for the War on Terror
(Arshavez M., Turkish Weekly, March 2, 2005)

February 2005

Iranian academic wins apology for book slur
(The Guardian, February 24, 2005)

Iranian Opposition Group Seeks Legitimacy In US
(AP, February 24, 2005)

Over 230 of Rajavi's hostages repatriated to join their families
(Iran Interlink, February 26, 2005)

Oh where, O where have the terrorists gone?
(Irandidban.com, (Linealin) February 23, 2005)

US policy toward MEK in Iraq still under question
(House of Commons Hansard Debates for 23 February 2005)
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/cm050223/debtext/50223-03.htm#50223-03_wqn6

The Secret Plans of the US Government for Iran
(MONITOR - WDR TV, Germany, February 3, 2005)

Multinational Participants of MKO Rally
(Various reports of the MKO rally in Berlin, February 17, 2005)

MKO lines up with USA against Iran
(UPI, February 11, 2005)

German police bans MKO rally in Berlin over fears of violence
(IRNA, February 10, 2005)

Looking for a few good spies
(Newsweek, February 14, 2005)

Former UK minister condemns Bush's outburst against Iran
(IRNA, February 5, 2005)

They have no place in Iran
(International Herald Tribune - Letters, February 2, 2005)

January 2005

The Terrorist Group
(VG newspaper, Norway, January 30, 2005)

ICRC President discusses MKO repatriation
(IRNA, January 28, 2005)

The Disintegration of Mojahedin-e Khalq in Post-Saddam Iraq
(The Jamestown Foundation, Massoud Khodabandeh, Washington, January 27, 2005)

Cat And Mouse Game Over Iran
(by Richard Sale, UPI Intelligence Correspondent, New York (UPI) Jan 26, 2005)

How Iran could help the US in Iraq
(Massoud Khodabandeh, Asia Times, January 19, 2005)

Mojahedin Khalq Organization too small to be considered
(Aljazeera, January 2005)

Now US ponders attack on Iran
(The Guardian, January 18, 2005)

MKO Deserters Speak Out
(Fars News Agency, January 16, 2005)

13 who Reject Mojahedin Arrive in Iran in Borrowed Clothes
(January 12, 2005)

Some MeK members returned to Iran
(The Washington Times, January 10, 2005)

Red Cross prepared to help MKO members return home
(Report based on original sources, Mehr News Agency (MNA) and IRNA
January 4, 2005)

A Letter to the Madeleine Church
(Mitra Yousefi, January 3, 2005)

Paid adverts by Terrorist MKO in the International Herald Tribune
(Iran-Interlink, January 2, 2005)

Christine Aziz's special relationship with the MKO
(Iran-Interlink, January 1, 2005)

Merry Christmas And Happy New Year to all
(Survivors' Report, Jan 2005)

A letter to The Independent
(Anne Singleton, December 29, 2004)

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