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TEHRAN (FNA)- French journalist and
author Thierry Meyssan said that the
country's government during the
presidency of François Mitterrand
supplied the anti-Iran terrorist
Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO
also known as the MEK, PMOI and
NCR) with HIV-infected blood to be
injected to defiant members and
defectors.
Meyssan made the remarks in an
interview with Seyed Mohammad Javad
Hasheminejad, the secretary-general of
the Habilian Association, a human rights
group formed of the families of 17,000
Iranian terror victims.
Meyssan said that during the Iraqi-
imposed war on Iran (1980-1988), while
he was doing journalistic works and
studying operations at blood transfusion
centers, he was taken aback by
understanding that the infected bloods in
France were being given to the MKO
instead of being perished.
The MKO claimed that it needs the blood
to be injected to its members in case of
being injured or sick while the bloods
were HIV-infected and caused
aggravatingly painful diseases, he said.
"After that I understood François
Mitterrand's wife had ordered the sale of
(infected) bloods to the MKO and helped
them in this regard," he added.
Many of the MKO members abandoned
the terrorist organization while most of
those still remaining in the grouplet are
said to be willing to quit but are under
pressure and torture not to do so.
A May 2005 Human Rights Watch report
accused the MKO of running prison camps
in Iraq and committing human rights
violations.
According to the Human Rights Watch
report, the outlawed group puts
defectors under torture and jail terms.
The group, founded in the 1960s, blended
elements of Islamism and Stalinism and
participated in the overthrow of the US-
backed Shah of Iran in 1979. Ahead of the
revolution, the MKO conducted attacks
and assassinations against both Iranian
and Western targets.
The group started assassination of the
citizens and officials after the revolution
in a bid to take control of the newly-
established Islamic Republic. It killed
several of Iran's new leaders in the early
years after the revolution, including the
then President, Mohammad Ali Rajayee,
Prime Minister, Mohammad Javad
Bahonar and the Judiciary Chief,
Mohammad Hossein Beheshti who were
killed in bomb attacks by MKO members
in 1981.
The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it
was protected by Saddam Hussein and
where it helped the Iraqi dictator
suppress Shiite and Kurd uprisings in the
country.
The terrorist group joined Saddam's army
during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran
(1980-1988) and helped Saddam and
killed thousands of Iranian civilians and
soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi
imposed war on Iran.
Since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the
group, which now adheres to a pro-free-
market philosophy, has been strongly
backed by neo-conservatives in the
United States, who argued for the MKO to
be taken off the US terror list.
The US formally removed the MKO from
its list of terror organizations in early
September, one week after Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton sent the US Congress
a classified communication about the
move. The decision made by Clinton
enabled the group to have its assets
under US jurisdiction unfrozen and do
business with American entities, the State
Department said in a statement at the
time.
In September 2012, the last groups of the
MKO terrorists left Camp Ashraf, their
main training center in Iraq's Diyala
province. They have been transferred to
Camp Liberty which lies Northeast of the
Baghdad International Airport.
Camp Liberty is a transient settlement
facility and a last station for the MKO in
Iraq.
Fars News Agency :: French Journalist: MKO Members Infected with HIV
author Thierry Meyssan said that the
country's government during the
presidency of François Mitterrand
supplied the anti-Iran terrorist
Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO
also known as the MEK, PMOI and
NCR) with HIV-infected blood to be
injected to defiant members and
defectors.
Meyssan made the remarks in an
interview with Seyed Mohammad Javad
Hasheminejad, the secretary-general of
the Habilian Association, a human rights
group formed of the families of 17,000
Iranian terror victims.
Meyssan said that during the Iraqi-
imposed war on Iran (1980-1988), while
he was doing journalistic works and
studying operations at blood transfusion
centers, he was taken aback by
understanding that the infected bloods in
France were being given to the MKO
instead of being perished.
The MKO claimed that it needs the blood
to be injected to its members in case of
being injured or sick while the bloods
were HIV-infected and caused
aggravatingly painful diseases, he said.
"After that I understood François
Mitterrand's wife had ordered the sale of
(infected) bloods to the MKO and helped
them in this regard," he added.
Many of the MKO members abandoned
the terrorist organization while most of
those still remaining in the grouplet are
said to be willing to quit but are under
pressure and torture not to do so.
A May 2005 Human Rights Watch report
accused the MKO of running prison camps
in Iraq and committing human rights
violations.
According to the Human Rights Watch
report, the outlawed group puts
defectors under torture and jail terms.
The group, founded in the 1960s, blended
elements of Islamism and Stalinism and
participated in the overthrow of the US-
backed Shah of Iran in 1979. Ahead of the
revolution, the MKO conducted attacks
and assassinations against both Iranian
and Western targets.
The group started assassination of the
citizens and officials after the revolution
in a bid to take control of the newly-
established Islamic Republic. It killed
several of Iran's new leaders in the early
years after the revolution, including the
then President, Mohammad Ali Rajayee,
Prime Minister, Mohammad Javad
Bahonar and the Judiciary Chief,
Mohammad Hossein Beheshti who were
killed in bomb attacks by MKO members
in 1981.
The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it
was protected by Saddam Hussein and
where it helped the Iraqi dictator
suppress Shiite and Kurd uprisings in the
country.
The terrorist group joined Saddam's army
during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran
(1980-1988) and helped Saddam and
killed thousands of Iranian civilians and
soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi
imposed war on Iran.
Since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the
group, which now adheres to a pro-free-
market philosophy, has been strongly
backed by neo-conservatives in the
United States, who argued for the MKO to
be taken off the US terror list.
The US formally removed the MKO from
its list of terror organizations in early
September, one week after Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton sent the US Congress
a classified communication about the
move. The decision made by Clinton
enabled the group to have its assets
under US jurisdiction unfrozen and do
business with American entities, the State
Department said in a statement at the
time.
In September 2012, the last groups of the
MKO terrorists left Camp Ashraf, their
main training center in Iraq's Diyala
province. They have been transferred to
Camp Liberty which lies Northeast of the
Baghdad International Airport.
Camp Liberty is a transient settlement
facility and a last station for the MKO in
Iraq.
Fars News Agency :: French Journalist: MKO Members Infected with HIV
