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Don’t buy Tehran’s propaganda that the MEK is a terrorist group

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https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-02/response-from-mek-iran Don’t buy Tehran’s propaganda that the MEK is a terrorist group Mujahedin Khalq members wave Iranian flags during the conference “120 Years of Struggle for Freedom Iran” in Manza, Albania, on July 13.  (Gent Shkullaku / AFP/Getty Images) UG. 3, 2019   3 AM To the editor:   This article  fails to mention the real source of the Mujahedin Khalq’s (MEK) power: its network inside Iran, which has enabled it not only to reveal the most sensitive information on the mullahs’ two-decade-long clandestine nuclear weapons program, but also to organize and direct the nationwide protests that erupted in Iran in 2018. In April 2019, Iran’s intelligence minister admitted that the regime had arrested operatives from 116 MEK-affiliated teams. Dozens more, according to intelligence officials, were detained in East Azerbaijan province. Tehran has also waged a sophisticated propaganda ca...

Re-Imposing Sanctions Against Iran’s Regime Is An Undeniable Necessity

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Re-Imposing Sanctions Against Iran’s Regime Is An Undeniable Necessity By JCPOA, the United States and the European Union hoped to encourage the regime to change its behavior and cooperate with the international community. For decades, the western policymakers pursued to keep a tight rein on the destructive behavior of the Iranian regime through appeasement policy. In this regard, they inked an accord called JCPOA, which was supposed to be a comprehensive accord; in accordance with its name, to persuade the regime to put an end to employing its malign activities in the region and across the world. But instead, we witness how the regime hoodwinked its international counterparts. Likewise, the mullahs not only continue their malign activities but also increase and intensify them. In such circumstances, we need to the turnabout in the past failed policies and adopt a firm policy such as  re-imposing sanctions , as well as supporting what the Iranian people ask for.  Th...