{"id":230078,"date":"2020-11-23T09:52:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T09:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=230078"},"modified":"2023-01-26T21:29:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T20:29:10","slug":"the-iranian-resistance-the-prime-target-of-the-mullahs-terror-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/the-iranian-resistance-the-prime-target-of-the-mullahs-terror-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Iranian Resistance, the Prime Target of the Mullahs’ Terror Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Paris-ghathering\"<\/a>
\nSince its inception in 1981, the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (NCRI<\/a>) and its members have been the target of several deadly attacks orchestrated by the Iranian regime, according to the Parliamentary Human Rights Group of the United Kingdom.
\nAn assassination attempt against Mr. Hossein Abedini, a member of the NCRI, took place in Turkey on March 14, 1990<\/a>.
\nBesides, there was the murder of Mr. Kazem Rajavi<\/a>, brother of Massoud Rajavi<\/a> and the representative of the NCRI in Geneva, on April 24, 1990. Several Iranian agents using governmental passports ‘on mission’ carried out the attack<\/a>.
\nOn March 16, 1993, Mr. Mohammad Hossein Naghdi, the NCRI representative in Italy, was shot. In 2014, the United States refused an Iranian diplomat as an ambassador for the UN headquarters in New York because of his involvement in the Naghdi assassination.
\nA plan to eliminate Mrs. Maryam Rajavi failed when rockets and a giant mortar were seized on an Iranian cargo ship near Antwerp.
\nBefore this, there was already a plot to murder Mrs. Rajavi during a large Dortmund meeting in June 1995. Hossein Mousavian, the Iranian ambassador to Germany, had initiated the attack<\/a>.
\nThere are indications that the Villepinte failed attack also targeted Mrs. Rajavi.<\/p>\n

In February 1996, Ms. Zahra Rajabi, a member of the NCRI, was murdered in Turkey. One of the perpetrators was an agent of the Iranian regime and was sentenced to years in prison. The Istanbul Criminal Court sentenced<\/a> Reza Berzeger to life imprisonment, including one year of solitary confinement for the murders of Ms. Rajabi and Mr. Ali Moradi.<\/p>\n

On March 21, 2018, an attack against the PMOI was foiled in Albania. Following the event, Albania deported two secret agents from the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS).
\nSince 2016, Albania has been home to some 3,000 MEK members in the Ashraf 3<\/a> camp. Subsequently, it turned out that the workforce of the initially tiny Iranian embassy in Tirana had increased significantly. Several embassy members were since expelled from the country for violating their diplomatic status (read: actively engaged in espionage activities and initiated preparatory acts for terrorist activities ).
\nIn August 2018, the United States prosecuted two secret agents of the Iranian regime for espionage against two members of the NCRI. These agents were expelled from the country.
\nSince 2004, the NCRI has organized a large annual gathering for all its members and sympathizers. This event evolved from a meeting of a few thousand people to an attendance in 2018 estimated at tens of thousands of people.<\/p>\n

The over eight-hour event includes speeches by dozens of dignitaries, performances, and a memorial service for those killed by the regime. The event hall is packed to the brim, and the participants are very close together. The bombing would therefore have caused enormous damage. The effect of tens of thousands of people who, startled by the explosion, would search for an exit would also have caused undeniable physical damage.<\/p>\n

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Iran news in brief, July 3, 2018<\/div><\/div>
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