True of Iran

Meet the MEK: Iranian freedom fighters working to effect regime change On a recent business trip to Albania, I was invited to visit the new camp of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, or the Mojahedin-e Khalq ( MEK ), still being built about 45 minutes outside of Tirana, on the way to the Albanian coast. I accepted the invitation, although I must admit, I had no idea what to expect upon reaching the sprawling facility which is the new home for approximately 3,200 of the Iranian resistance movement’s personnel, after being forced out of Iraq by violence from the Iranian-backed government. I want to write more about the group and its agenda in the near future, but today I just want to explore what I found at ‘Ashraf 3’, which is the name the MEK has given the new camp, after the first Ashraf on the Iraqi border, where the group launched raids into Iran almost two decades ago. With the Trump administration pulling out of the so-called Iran deal, the MEK has been g...

On Wednesday, June 20, 2018, the Washington Times published a report on the #FreeIran2018 major rally scheduled for June 30, 2018 in Villepinte, near Paris, France. Some 100,000 Iranians and their supporter as well as dozens of current and former senior officials from five continents are expected to attend the rally. The advocacy section, entitled, “Iran: The Alternative, and sponsored by Iranian American communities, included a section on the ten-point plan of  Maryam Rajavi , the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, and another one on eight characteristics of an alternative. It also included a page on the anti-government uprisings that engulfed 142 cities in Iran and involved virtually every sector of society. TAGS:  Iranian Resistance