{"id":223564,"date":"2020-08-07T17:35:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223564"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:50:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:50:14","slug":"iran-the-mek-in-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-the-mek-in-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: The MEK in Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ashraf-3-\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ashraf-3--300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Ashraf 3 home of MEK members in Albania\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ashraf-3--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ashraf-3--1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ashraf-3--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ashraf-3--696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ashraf-3--1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ashraf-3--747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ashraf-3-.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Since the relocation of members of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI \/ MEK<\/a>) to Albania, the Iranian regime has been trying one way or another to either attack the MEK or tarnish their image through its agents. Riddled with crises, the regime has been desperately trying to annihilate its viable alternative. The regime\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/albania-expels-2-iranian-regime-diplomat-terrorists\/\" rel=\"noopener\">embassy in Albania<\/a> was tasked with implementing the regime\u2019s malign plans against the MEK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian regime\u2019s terrorists once tried to bomb the MEK\u2019s gathering in March 2018, celebrating Nowruz, the Persian new year. This event was attended by Mrs. Rajavi, and other distinguished guests such as former New York City Mayor, Rudy Giuliani. In addition, on several other occasions, the regime sent its agents and terrorist to Albania under the pretext of \u201cJournalists\u201d or the MEK\u2019s \u201cFamily members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Simultaneous with its terrorist efforts, the Iranian regime has been launching a demonization campaign against the MEK. The \u2018<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/srs\/highly-secretive-iranian-rebels-are-holed-up-in-albania-they-gave-us-a-tour-fake-news-on-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">regime-friendly journalists<\/a>\u2019 on several occasions used their journalistic covers and the reputation of their news agency to repeat the regime\u2019s allegations against the MEK, such as calling it a \u201ccult\u201d and claiming the people in the MEK camp in Albania are practicing \u201cterrorist activities.\u201d Most notable cases are the reports published by Germany\u2019s well-known publications \u201cDer Spiegel\u201d and \u201cFrankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung.\u201d Both publications were ordered by<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/srs\/another-setback-for-iran-regimes-propaganda-against-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> courts in Germany<\/a> to remove their bogus allegations against the MEK and its members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Yet, the Albanian officials and people have rejected all the regime\u2019s efforts and expressed their support and solidarity with the Iranian Resistance.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Albanian government, in response to the regime\u2019s terrorist activities, expelled the mullahs\u2019 ambassador <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/albania-expels-2-iran-regime-diplomats-for-security-reasons\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Gholamhossein Mohammadnia<\/a> in 2018, along with the head of the regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) Station in Albania. These two diplomat-terrorists, along with several other regime agents, were expelled and considered as \u201cpersona non grata\u201d for &#8220;involvement in activities that harm the country&#8217;s security&#8221; and &#8220;violating their diplomatic status.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The major setback for the regime and its agents was the \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/live-report-end-iran-regimes-terrorism-shut-down-its-embassies-day-3-of-free-iran-global-summit\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Iran Global Summit<\/a>,\u201d which was attended by many Albanian political and social figures from different political tendencies, who expressed their solidarity with the MEK, Ashraf 3, and the Iranian people\u2019s struggle for a free Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Remarks made by the Albanian figures during the 3-day \u201cFree Iran Global Summit\u201d show the Iranian regime\u2019s absolute failure in dealing with the MEK and Ashraf 3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cI think this summit finds your resistance as the only real hope for the liberation of your strong nation and closer to the realization of its major goal: a free Iran. I am proud to support your movement and that Albania is your second home today. I have appreciated the expulsion of the Iranian ambassador from Tirana, abut I think the complete severance of diplomatic ties with the mullahs\u2019 regime would be the most necessary response to the terrorist acts planned against you,\u201d said Sali Brisha, former Albanian prime minister, in a message to the \u201cFree Iran Global Summit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Pandeli Majko, former Albanian Prime Minister, and current Minister of diaspora said: \u201cYou are in our faith. The Mojahedin (MEK) is a standard-bearer of the future freedom of their country. They are the unwritten rule of freedom. This is a reason why they are the flag of hope where the choices reflect their bravery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Albanian opposition leader Luzlim Basha who addressed the event said: \u201cOur position is clear. We stand firmly against the Iranian regime continuous reverting to illegal and terrorist practices on our soil and to its structured drive to export fundamentalism in Albania and our region. We support the Iranian people in their goal for a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic of Iran. We support the Iranian people&#8217;s desire for change and commend Madame Rajavi&#8217;s 10-point plan for the future of Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Emiriana Sako, Mayor of Durr\u00ebs, the second-largest city in Albania located near Ashraf-3, said: \u201cIt is in our tradition to open our doors for people who are in danger. During the past three years, the MEK has established friendly relations with the local communities. Ashraf-3 has played a positive role in the area and provided humanitarian aid to the locals. I wish you a fast return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Members of Manz\u00eb Municipality, a town near the MEK camp in Albania, while expressing their support for the MEK said: \u201cWe, like many Albanians, support Ashraf-3, and we understand the lies of the mullahs. We hope the region and the world will be liberated from the mullahs. We wish for Iran and Albania to have friendly relations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Since their relocation to Albania, the MEK members have built a strong relationship with the locals. Following the 2019 earthquake in Albania, which damaged some towns and villages, MEK members provided humanitarian aid and donations to the disaster-stricken people. In addition, opposition leader Mrs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a> personally visited residents of Manz\u00eb, where she was accompanied by Mr. Muharrem Sula, the mayor of the city. During this visit, Mr. Sula said that since the establishment of Ashraf-3, the MEK has developed sincere relations with Albanian citizens in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the relocation of members of the People&rsquo;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK) to Albania, the Iranian regime has been trying one way or another to either attack [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":223360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,45],"tags":[129,197,200,218],"class_list":{"0":"post-223564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"category-news","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-mek-iran","11":"tag-mek-in-albania","12":"tag-demonizing-mek"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran: The MEK in Albania - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Since the relocation of members of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK) to Albania, the Iranian regime has been trying one way or\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-the-mek-in-albania\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran: The MEK in Albania - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since the relocation of members of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/ MEK) to Albania, the Iranian regime has been trying one way or\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-the-mek-in-albania\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-07T16:35:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-01T04:50:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ashraf-3-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mahmoud Hakamian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mahmoud Hakamian\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-the-mek-in-albania\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-the-mek-in-albania\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mahmoud Hakamian\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ae412f6365d3323a9490e02514c5702c\"},\"headline\":\"Iran: The MEK in Albania\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-07T16:35:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T04:50:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-the-mek-in-albania\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":854,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-the-mek-in-albania\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Ashraf-3-.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Iran\",\"MEK-Iran\",\"MEK in Albania\",\"Demonizing MEK\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Iran Opposition &amp; 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