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Iran-Opposition: Ayatollahs' ploys against PMOI unveiled |
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Friday, 09 December 2005 |
 NCRI – Mullahs’ disinformation campaign against the Iranian Resistance,
an umbrella organization for Iranian opposition groups including the
People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, was unveiled in a major
convention of Iranians in Amsterdam on December 7. Several
parliamentarians from European countries and human rights activists as
well as groups of Iranian communities with some experience of the
clerical regime’s campaign exposed the intentions of the fundamentalist
regime in Iran with its ominous campaign.
Dr. Ali Safavi, a member of the panel gave a detailed report of the
clerical regime’s conspiracies in his remarks to the gathering.
Following is the full text of his speech:
In the past two-and- half years, the Iranian Resistance was subjected
to major blows. It was dragged into a war in which it played no role
and took no one’s side. In the context of a deal between the Iranian
regime and the coalition forces, particularly the US and the UK, the
resistance’s bases were heavily bombarded. Subsequently, its camps and
much of its resources were either looted or seized. Some 50 Resistance
members were killed and hundreds wounded. Under pressure of the Iranian
regime, the Resistance forces were disarmed.
Each of these blows were sufficient to destroy any movement. Yet, the
June 17 raid by 1,300 French policemen against NCRI headquarters in
Paris was still in the wings. French officials were openly saying that
the raid was conducted to destroy the Resistance’s organizational
structure.
As such, 10 different countries were in collaboration with the Iranian
regime in exerting pressure and attacking us with the stated objective
of destroying the People’s Mojahedin as a viable opposition
organization. Tehran has invested heavily on this. In similar cases,
elsewhere, many movements have been destroyed due to much lesser
difficulties.
But, owing to the correct strategic guidelines and policies formulated
by the Resistance’s leadership, as well as the perseverance of those in
Ashraf City, none of this devastating blows succeeded in destroying the
resistance. Despite their schemes, the mullahs failed to achieve their
objectives. For the sake of brevity, I do not get into details about
the recognition of the PMOI status by the Multi-National force and
subsequent developments.
Nevertheless, as the Iranian regime considered the PMOI as its number
one enemy and a threat to its existence, it does not stop its
conspiracies. In short, now, the regime has focused on a propaganda
war, a psychological warfare against the PMOI. It is trying to create a
situation of pacifism and hopelessness in the organization and to
destroy it from within.
For your information, in just one month, it published more than 600
articles against the PMOI in different Intelligence Ministry websites.
Based on the regime’s figures, after the war in Iraq, the MOIS
organized and sent more than 1,600 families to Ashraf. Under pressure
of the MOIS, and some in direct collusion with the MOIS, these families
were putting pressure on their children in Ashraf to go back to Iran.
Once at Ashraf, however, most families recognized the depth of the MOIS
scheme and exposed them, calling on their children to persevere.
In addition, the regime held hundreds of meeting and conferences under
various pretexts and disseminated misinformation, published books and
leaflets and sent them to governments, parties, international agencies
and members of parliament who support the organization.
Since two years ago, PMOI representatives signed an agreement with the
representatives of the coalition forces on the basis of which anyone
who did not want to continue the struggle would be allowed to leave
Ashraf. We told the coalition that these people should be allowed to go
wherever they want. But the coalition had its own ideas, saying that
other countries would not accept them.
In November 2003, a written agreement was signed with the PMOI and the
coalition forces in which it was stipulated that as far as the PMOI is
concerned, anyone who wishes to leave the ranks of the resistance, he
or she could do so. To this end, such people go to a Temporary
Internment Facility, that is run by the US military.
Most of those who go to “TIF” are those who have reneged on their
pledge to resist against the regime and take refuge with the
foreigners. They try to slander the PMOI to convince the Americans to
send them abroad. Others offer their services to the regime. Americans
are now acknowledging that in order to obtain information from the
repented members, they were giving them false hopes of sending them
abroad.
A number of these people went to Iran under the auspices of the
International Committee of the Red Cross. At the same time, the MOIS
expanded its presence and influence in TIF, through the relatives of
those who had gone there or through its own agents. They even employed
the services of Iranian and Afghan translators who worked for the
Americans. The regime even employed some Iraqi drivers who were
transferring food to TIF to work as their contact persons. Others
were trying to recruit those in TIF from abroad. The regime was
pursuing two objectives. It has tried to take a number of these people
to Iran and brief them for its misinformation campaign. It is also
trying to buy the services of others in TIF, so that once they are sent
abroad, they could have some credibility.
To this end, TIF has become a roaming ground for the MOIS. Its website
wrote in November, “The presence of the camp of those who have defected
next to Ashraf is the Achilles’ heal that promotes demoralization and
pacifism among the Mojahedin.”
It is clear that anyone who wants to go to TIF could do so freely. But
it must be clear that turning one’s back to the resistance and breaking
one’s pledge under such difficult circumstances is treacherous and
shameful. But going to TIF and under foreign control for those who
cannot continue the struggle is doubly disgraceful and treacherous.
We have already said that TIF is the roaming ground for the MOIS and
have paid a heavy political price. But the issue is very serious. The
regime is using this facility to undermine Ashraf. We cannot and should
not remain silent.
Nevertheless, the heavy bombings and all the conspiracies and back
channel deals and Western collusion with Tehran failed to break the
resolve of the combatants of freedom and destroy this resistance
movement. In the past three years, from behind the dark clouds and in
the midst of the storm in a country that is engulfed in war, Ashraf
City and the combatants of Iran’s freedom have remained steadfast,
owing to the command and leadership of the PMOI’s Leadership Council
and Ms. Parsai and Hosseini, former and current Secretary Generals of
the PMOI.
The day to uproot this regime and all its factions with the help of this resistance and the Iranian people is drawing nearer.
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