MKO admits involvement in Iran's protests

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MKO admits involvement in Iran's protests
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:48:42 GMT

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Leader of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization Maryam Rajavi
The Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) has acknowledged that it played a role in Sunday's violent anti-government protests in Iran.

MKO followers cooperated with the demonstrators and coordinated the protests, the organization's leader Maryam Rajavi told AFP in Paris on Tuesday.

Rajavi also urged unity among those bent on overthrowing the Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

"It's a call for solidarity among all those who reject the rule of the supreme leader, the Velayat e-Faqih," she told AFP in Paris.

"What we call the 'Green movement' against the electoral fraud quickly disappeared to be replaced by a deeper movement whose goal is the total overthrow of the regime," she claimed.

The MKO leader also predicted that the government of Iran would fall within 12 months if foreign powers remain neutral.

Her comments came after protests in Iran during Sunday's Shia Muslim ceremonies of Ashura — the anniversary of the martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Imam Hussein (PBUH).

According to police reports, at least seven people were killed in clashes that broke out between security forces and protestors during the disturbances.

The MKO, listed as a terrorist group in Iran, Iraq, Canada, and the US, has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks against Iranian government officials and civilians over the past 30 years.

The attacks include the assassination of the late president Mohammad-Ali Rajaei, prime minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar and judiciary chief Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti.

The MKO is also known to have cooperated with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hossein in suppressing the 1991 uprisings in southern Iraq and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds.

The organization is also notorious for using cult-like tactics against its own members, tactics which include torture and murder of defectors.

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Police find clue about Mousavi's nephew killing
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:55:18 GMT
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Mir Hossein Mousavi's nephew Ali (R) was killed in a side street away from the riots in Tehran. 
Iranian police have detained the owner of the car involved in the shooting of the nephew of former Iranian Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

"After thorough investigations, police have identified the owner of the car involved in the suspicious killing (of Mousavi's nephew)," an informed source told Fardanews website on Wednesday.

The source added that the car owner claimed that his black Nissan Patrol was stolen a few days before the incident and could not find it.

However, the car owner is currently in detention because he failed to report it missing. Police say he is one of the people suspected to be behind the killing.

Seyyed Ali Habibi Mousavi Khamene, the defeated presidential candidate's nephew, was killed in Tehran on Sunday.

On Tuesday, Tehran's police said the 42-year-old Mousavi's nephew was not involved in the Ashura unrests in Tehran and was the target of a drive-by shooting.

"Seyyed Ali Habibi Mousavi Khamene, without being present in the riots, was assassinated by assailants driving a vehicle in one of Tehran's side streets known as Shademan," a police statement read.

The Iranian police force has described Mousavi's nephew's death as "suspicious," saying that investigations into his "assassination" are underway.

The deaths came as anti-government protestors took to some central and downtown streets in Tehran on Sunday, chanting slogans against top Iranian government officials.

Iranian police forces used tear gas to disperse protestors.

Seven people were confirmed dead during the Sunday unrest.

Iran's Deputy Police Chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said earlier that the force under his command did not use violence against protesters, denying any involvement in the killings.

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