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FILE PHOTO: Members of the Iranian revolutionary guard march during a parade in Tehran, Iran, September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Albania Foils IRGC Terrorist Plot Albanian police said on Wednesday they have discovered an Iranian paramilitary network that planned attacks in Albania against exiled members of an Iranian group seeking to overthrow the government in Tehran. The Associated Press quoted police chief Ardi Veliu as saying that the foreign wing of Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), the Quds force, operated an "active terrorist cell" targeting Mujahedin-e Khalq, or MEK, group members in Albania. A police statement said two Iranian top security officials led the cell from Tehran. It also said the network was linked with organized crime groups in Turkey and used a former MEK member to collect information in Albania. Veliu said another planned attack on the group in Albania by Iranian government agents was foiled in March during the Sultan Nevruz...

Albanian police reveal details of Iranian regime's terror plot against MEK-October 23, 2019 New details on Iran’s terror attempt against MEK members in Albania Iran, October 24, 2019 — Albanian authorities have revealed new information about a Tehran-affiliated terrorist group that has been plotting against members of Iranian opposition  People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) . In March 2018, news broke that  Albanian authorities had foiled a terrorist plot by the Iranian regime against MEK  members in Tirana, who were gathering for the annual Nowruz celebrations.  In the past years, Albania has given refuge to thousands of MEK members previously in Iraq, where they were constantly targeted by the Iranian regime and its allies in the Iraqi government. Since the relocation of MEK members to Albania, Tehran has increased its presence in the country and is using its diplomatic premises to con...

Albanian PM strongly criticizes Iran’s terrorism, confirms supporting PMOI/MEK Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama Speaking at the 73rd Session of the United Nation's General Assembly-September 27, 2019 Iran September 28, 2019 —Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday, strongly criticized the Iranian regime’s malign activities in his country and emphasized on the Albanian people’s determination in hosting members of the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran ( PMOI/MEK ) on their soil. “Albania is particularly concerned by Iran’s destabilizing behavior in the Middle East, but also often disruptive activities in relation to the Iranian opposition community who have generously been hosted in our country after having been subject to despicable massacres elsewhere. We had to react firmly in relation to a number of Iran’s illicit against our national security interests and we stand firm o...