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October 12, 2007

Dear Sir/Madam,

Since April 2003, and after arrival of the American forces in Iraq, the administration decided to gather all the members of Mojahedin-e Khalgh Organization, from various bases in Iraq, inside their main camp, Ashraf, and disarm them.  During this process and later on they realized that there are hundreds of individuals who were kept inside those camps and even in Iraqi prisons including notorious Abu-Gharib by force and against their will since they expressed their desire to leave the organization.  In many cases the history of their imprisonment went back to years and there were also individuals who were kidnapped or brought in by false promises including endorsement of their status for the refugee purposes. 

American forces in charge of this project had no time or resource to make a final decision about the reallocation of these people yet could not leave them inside the main camp as it would have been a source of constant unrest between the two groups.  The fact that many of these people did not have proper documentation made it impossible to make a different decision at that time.  Also as we all know Americans were under the impression that their stay in Iraq will not take more than a few months.  For all that reasons they assigned a piece of deserted land behind their buildings at the gates of Ashraf, they had forces in charge of thousands inside the main camp, and secured it by three meters high barbwire fences and set a few tents and a water tank and placed these people in there.  This place is known as Temporary International Facility Presence or TIPF.

However, the temporary and insufficient condition has lasted almost four and half years and while the residents of the main camp have enjoyed a normal life condition including living in proper buildings and having access to other amenities such as bathing facilities, sport facilities, gathering rooms, functional kitchen, library, medical service and entertainment among other things.  They also enjoyed the attention and visits from delegates of international organizations and some governments over the time.  The fact that the organization was pronounced a terrorist organization by the United State first and recognized by some other countries as such did not make a big change in their collaboration with the American forces inside Iraq or elsewhere.  Yet, surprisingly, this labeling only reflected negatively on the residents of TIFP who either denounced the organization and suffered the consequences for years or have never been a member but rather a hostage. 

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Pars-iran
March 26, 2007

Greg Elich believes that the provision of aid to anti-government forces offers certain advantages to the Bush Administration because covert operations are a cost-effective means for destabilizing a nation, relative to waging war. In his article of March 23 published in Global Research, he states that according to a former CIA official, funding for armed separatist groups operating in Iran is paid from the CIA’s classified budget. The aim, claims Fred Burton, an ex-State Department counter-terrorism agent, is “to supply and train” these groups “to destabilize the Iranian regime.”

One of these groups blacklisted by the US as a terrorist group is MKO. Giving more details on the group Greg Elich writes:

The largest and most well known of the anti-government organizations is Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), operating out of Iraq. For years MEK had launched cross-border attacks and terrorist acts against Iran with the support of Saddam Hussein. Officially designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department in 1997, and disarmed of heavy weaponry by the U.S. military six years later, Washington has since come to view MEK in a different light. Three years ago, U.S. intelligence officials suggested looking the other way as the MEK rearmed and to use the organization to destabilize Iran, a recommendation that clearly has been accepted.

Accusing MEK of past involvement in repressive measures by former president Saddam Hussein, the current Iraqi government wants to close down Camp Ashraf, located well outside of Baghdad, where many of the MEK fighters are stationed. But the camp operates under the protection of the U.S. military, and American soldiers chauffeur MEK leaders. The Iraqi government is unlikely to get its way, as the MEK claims to be the primary U.S. source for intelligence on Iran.

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Pars Association, December 17, 2006

I am writing to voice my concerns over the repetitive appearance of Mr. Alireza Jafarzadeh as a foreign affairs analyst on FOX news. Although his opposition and criticism of the mullah’s regime in Tehran is justified by the irrational and radical policies of that government, his past and present affiliation with a well known terrorist organization is indeed alarming, and regrettably lowering the credibility of your news organization by association.

A brief investigation in Mr. Jafarzadeh’s background reveals his close association with the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a front for the Mujahedin al-Khalq Organization also know as MKO or MEK, a cult like organization with a 40 year history of terrorism, much of it directed against U.S. interests abroad and recognized as a terrorist organization by its inclusion in the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Terrorist Organizations list.

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Dear Mr. Kilgour,
Nov.12, 2006

We are writing to you to express our sadness and disappointed by your standing alongside of Mojahedin Khalgh, the days before “Remembrance Day” that so many Canadian soldiers sacrificed their lives to fight for

liberty against fascism. Your support of MKO or MEK and NCRI is a slap in the face of those soldiers who died because MEK is a violent, undemocratic and Stalinist organization that systematically has been violating human rights in their organization for so many years. For instance, they took youth under age 16 from to in 1997 and d1998. They kept one Canadian, against his will from 2000 to 2004 (National post report -26 Sep 2006).

The first principal for an honest politician is to be responsible before people and to be ?transparent to the public. There is not a word on the status of the leader of MKO, (MEK, NCRI) who has disappeared since 2003 in that proves they are hiding something from public.

Also, if somebody supporting MEK who has been financially and militarily sponsored by Sadam Hussein, from 1988 to 2003, then why not supporting Sadam Hussein?

Charter of rights is a principal of Canadian society then how can you tell Canadian on your support from a violent group which alongside of I.R.I has created a cycle of bloodshed, torture and terror that cost lives of thousands of Iranians and forced millions of Iranians to fled Iran . .

May we ask you when was the last election in the organization that has observed by non affiliated people or to be covered by media? .the answer is never. All the totalitarian regimes such as Sadam Hussein, Robert Mugabe, , Kim Ill Sung, Dictator of N. Korea, and valiye- faghih of I.R.I. are declaring their election free that is not true

Masoud Rajavi , the leader of MKO called himself as the “leader of new revaluation of Iran “ since 1981, at the start of the armed struggle against I.R.I,. Also, he appointed his wife, Maryam Rajavi, as the leader of MKO in 1988 and then president of in 1989. How can somebody support an undemocratic organization that has no idea of a free election? Free election is the way that people to practice their power in a democracy. Election is the soul of every democracy and the best tool to distinguish between a democracy and dictatorial system.

MKO is infamous among Iranian and activists include independent and partisan politicians in .Also, vast majority of Iranian – Canadian community who fled loathe the group for their violence activities

Supporting MKO means more bloodshed, violence and gives green light for the group to continue violation of human rights.

Thus, Supporting MKO is abusing the freedom of speech in because it is spread of hatred

Any support of MKO until the group has not publicly denounced any kind of violence and has not respected the human rights is against peace and humanity.

Any support of MKO until, the leaders have publicly not answered the serious accusations on some of the disappearance of the members such as Saeed Noroozi , whose family are Canadians , the allegations of torture and death treats against dissidents an critics of the group can be challenged in the Canadian human rights tribunal.

Please bring this matter to your attention that supporting MKO will not help Iranian democracy movement and will not help to restore the human right in .

By the way, it looks that some MPs feel they are upper than the Canadian law because they are supporting a terrorist organization that is listed in the terrorist list of ?

We urge you to respects the law to be a role model for immigrants and not a bad model for them. .

Yours Truly

Pars- Iran