Iran: The Untold Story-Episode 6

Iran: The Untold Story-Episode 6

Former National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones says Iranian resistance group should be celebrated. In the 1980s, fearing competition, the Iranian regime pushed its main opposition group, known as the MEK, out of Iran. They fled to safety in Paris and later were forced to move to Iraq. At Camp Ashraf in Iraq, the MEK was repeatedly attacked by pro-Iranian forces. More than 140 MEK members were killed and more than 1,300 were wounded between 2009 and 2016.

The attacks convinced members of Congress to issue six bipartisan resolutions to protect the MEK as “protected persons.” And the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015 called for the protection of MEK members in Iraq. By 2016, the US and United Nations helped the MEK to safely resettle to Albania.

Gen. James Jones, the National Security Advisor to President Obama and former Commandant of the US Marine Corps, views the MEK and the broader coalition the National Council of Resistance of Iran as an important force seeking regime change in Tehran.

“A lot of us have rallied to their cause,” Gen. Jones said, because the NCRI embraces democratic values and has “a 10-point plan for what the government of Iran is going to look like after the regime falls. We hope that happens in the near future.”

“Iran is still one of the number 1 exporters of terror in the world. They have not changed,” Gen. Jones said. “I think we should celebrate the NCRI and their existence” and invite their leader, Maryam Rajavi, for meetings in Washington, Jones added.

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