{"id":267321,"date":"2022-12-01T13:41:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T12:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=267321"},"modified":"2025-09-20T17:19:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:19:33","slug":"iran-dozens-of-renowned-american-politicians-debunk-malleys-anti-mek-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/demonization-documents-statements\/iran-dozens-of-renowned-american-politicians-debunk-malleys-anti-mek-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Dozens of Renowned American Politicians Debunk Malley\u2019s Anti-MEK Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-267324\" title=\"US-Personalities-\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Personalities-.jpg\" alt=\"US-Personalities-\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Personalities-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Personalities--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Personalities--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Personalities--150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Personalities--696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a joint statement, 23 renowned American dignitaries condemned the US Envoy\u2019s rather pathetic statement slandering Iran\u2019s principal opposition, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mujahedin-e Khalq<\/a> (MEK). Last week, Robert Malley, the United States Special Envoy for Iran, issued a statement attacking the MEK while repeating the worn-out allegations commonly used by the Iranian regime and its apologists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDesperate to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), US Envoy Robert Malley has sought to appease the Iranian government by publicly discrediting one of regime\u2019s primary opposition group,\u201d the statement of renowned American politicians reads in part.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While underlining that \u201cMr. Malley\u2019s statement parrots the same falsehoods made by the religious dictatorship that rules Iran,\u201d the American luminaries considered a \u201ca senior American official repeating such false claims while MEK and fellow protestors are being brutally suppressed is outrageous, and in fact, facilitates the regime\u2019s killing machine on the streets and campuses across Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is worth noting that the American politicians\u2019 statement was welcomed by several news outlets, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-takes-heat-former-us-officials-criticism-iranian-dissident-group-flagrant-betrayal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/diplomacy\/flagrant-betrayal-luminaries-blast-bidens-iran-envoy-abetting-suppression\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News<\/a>. The following is the full text of this statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden admin takes heat from former US officials for criticism of Iranian dissident group: \u2018Flagrant betrayal\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/764jF6ERw7\">https:\/\/t.co\/764jF6ERw7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1598143615032872967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Former Senior US Officials Reject Statement by Robert Malley\u2019s Office on Iran Opposition<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the NCRI platform is based on the principles of democracy and religious freedom. These are the same goals now echoing through the protests and gunfire across Iran.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Iranian authorities have identified MEK members in <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a> as \u201cleaders\u201d of the protests. Many have been arrested and many have been killed.<\/li>\n<li>Discrediting Iran\u2019s organized opposition is part of the policy of appeasing the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/li>\n<li>Spreading lies against the MEK, while they and their fellow protestors are being brutally suppressed is outrageous.<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Malley\u2019s statement parrots the same falsehoods made by the religious dictatorship that rules Iran.<\/li>\n<li>Repeating such false claims against the MEK facilitates the regime\u2019s killing machine on the streets and campuses across Iran.<\/li>\n<li>The MEK and the NCRI do not need Mr. Malley\u2019s endorsement to continue their heroic freedom struggle along with other Iranian dissidents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Desperate to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), US Envoy Robert Malley has sought to appease the Iranian government by publicly discrediting one of the regime\u2019s primary opposition groups. Through his public affairs officer, on November 14th Malley released a statement which included the comments:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>W<\/em><em>h<\/em><em>ile the United States revoked the designation of the MEK as a foreign terrorist organization in September 2012, the United States does not see the MEK as a viable democratic opposition movement that is representative of the Iranian people. The State Department continues to have serious concerns about the MEK as an organization, including allegations of abuse against its own members.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Malley\u2019s statement, at least on the surface, was a response to the Iranian regime falsely accusing the US Government of training members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)<\/a> in cyber communications at their compound in Albania. Rather than being content with denying the Iranian claim, Mr. Malley saw an opportunity to appease the regime by making these false and disparaging allegations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We understand that Mr. Malley\u2019s primary mission in Iran is to resurrect the JCPOA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What Mr. Malley needs to understand is that his action, taken while tens of thousands of Iranian women and men are fighting and dying for freedom from tyranny, is a flagrant betrayal of both the Iranian people and a foundational principle that our country has long honored.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Malley\u2019s statement parrots the same falsehoods made by the religious dictatorship that rules Iran. In fact, among the legions of brave Iranians who have risen against the regime over the last weeks are MEK members operating in resistance cells. Iranian authorities have identified them as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/iran-the-nationwide-uprising-and-the-role-of-mek-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cleaders\u201d of the protests<\/a>. Many have been arrested and many have been killed. The Iranian regime has consistently blamed MEK agents as provocateurs and claimed that the rising tide of unrest is related to MEK cyber, media, and direct organizing activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reasonable people can disagree on the elements of U.S. policy toward Tehran. There is, however, no place for transparent dishonesty and appeasement. Mr. Malley\u2019s comment about allegations of mistreatment of MEK members at the hands of their own leadership is another blatant repetition of Iranian regime propaganda. Multiple US Army senior officers assigned to the original Ashraf camp in Iraq heard the same slander, conducted unannounced inspections and investigations into the allegations, and determined them to be lies generated by Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. diplomatic personnel visited the two MEK camps in Iraq before they relocated to Albania and have since visited the compound in which they now reside. Likewise, most,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">if not all, of the signatories to this statement have visited the Albanian camp and interacted directly with MEK members. In Albania, as before in Iraq, there is no credible evidence of any human rights problems within the MEK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also does not appear that Mr. Malley understands that the MEK is but one organization within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (NCRI). Led by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI platform is based on the principles of democracy and religious freedom. Mrs. Rajavi has been publicly advocating for a free, democratic Iran in the face of regime assassinations, kidnappings, terrorist bombings, and disinformation. Mrs. Rajavi and the NCRI have been relentlessly calling for the creation of secular democratic institutions with universal suffrage in Iran, the full empowerment of women and minorities, and a non-nuclear nation reconciled with a peaceful international community. These are the same goals now echoing through the protests and gunfire across Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The MEK, and the NCRI for that matter, does not need Mr. Malley\u2019s endorsement to continue its heroic freedom struggle along with other Iranian dissidents, but his personal attack on the major opposition group which shares American principles of human rights and democratic representation dangerously undermines the credibility of the entire democratic opposition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Malley conveniently ignores the following facts about the government he is trying to embrace. There\u2019s still no accountability for the 1996 bombing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2001\/05\/14\/louis-freehs-last-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khobar Towers<\/a> which killed 19 American airmen. In 2018 the U.S. Department of Defense released a report that directly attributed to the IRGC the deaths of over 600 American service members in Iraq. In 2020, an Iranian missile attack targeted a US military facility in Iraq and severely injured American uniformed personnel. The Albanian Government has expelled Iranian diplomats over terrorist plots against MEK members living in its country. German, French, and Belgian authorities have investigated, tried, and convicted an Iranian diplomat of an act of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/en\/2021\/02\/02\/iranian-terror-suspect-is-belgian-jail-is-top-spy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state-sponsored terrorism<\/a> for his attempt to bomb an NCRI rally outside Paris in 2018 at which many Americans and European Union members were present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today the people of Ukraine are subject to the bombardment of hundreds of Iranian- manufactured drones containing illegally secured American components. International outrage has been met mostly with American silence. What further acts of appeasement does Mr. Malley intend to offer to get his Iranian counterparts back to the negotiating table?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To witness a senior American official repeating such false claims while MEK and fellow protestors are being brutally suppressed is outrageous, and in fact, facilitates the regime\u2019s killing machine on the streets and campuses across Iran. If Mr. Malley mistakenly believes that adopting the regime\u2019s false, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/demonizing-mek\/why-and-how-tehrans-propaganda-machine-puts-focus-on-mek-amidst-irans-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-MEK propaganda<\/a> will persuade the terrorists to revive JCPOA negotiations, he needs to be relieved from this important mission. The Administration and Secretary Blinken must reach out with support, and not condemnation, to the thousands of freedom fighters being killed and imprisoned in Iran. Mr. Malley\u2019s reckless action aids and abets the suppression of liberty and democracy in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador <strong>J. Kenneth Blackwell <\/strong>\u2013 Former U.S. Representative to United Nations Human Rights Commission<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colonel (Ret.) <strong>Thomas Cantwell <\/strong>\u2013 Former Ashraf Commander, Iraq<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. <strong>Linda Chavez <\/strong>\u2013 Former Assistant to the President for Public Liaison; Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colonel (Ret.) <strong>John Cirafici <\/strong>\u2013 Former Defense Attach\u00e9, Algiers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">General (Ret.) <strong>James Conway <\/strong>\u2013 Former Commandant U.S. Marine Corps<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lt. General (Ret.) <strong>David Deptula <\/strong>\u2013 Former Chief of Intel, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, U.S. Air Force<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professor <strong>Alan Dershowitz <\/strong>\u2013 Professor of Law, Harvard Law School<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. <strong>Louis J. Freeh <\/strong>\u2013 Former Director of FBI<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. <strong>Newt Gingrich <\/strong>\u2013 Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">General (Ret.) <strong>James L. Jones <\/strong>\u2013 Former USMC Commandant, NATO Commander, National Security Advisor to the President<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. <strong>Robert Joseph <\/strong>\u2013 Former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. <strong>Patrick Kennedy <\/strong>\u2013 Former U.S. Congressional Representative, Rhode Island<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. <strong>Joseph I. Lieberman <\/strong>\u2013 Former U.S. Senator, Connecticut<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colonel (Ret.), U.S. Army <strong>Wes Martin <\/strong>\u2013 Former Senior Antiterrorism Officer of Coalition Forces, Iraq<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colonel (Ret.) <strong>Gary Morsch\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Former Senior Medical Officer at Ashraf, Iraq<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. <strong>Michael B. Mukasey <\/strong>\u2013 Former U.S. Attorney General<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brig. General (Ret.) <strong>David D. Phillips <\/strong>\u2013 Former U.S. Army Military Police Commandant<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. <strong>Ted Poe <\/strong>\u2013 Former U.S. Congressman, Texas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. <strong>John Sano <\/strong>\u2013 Former Deputy Director of CIA National Clandestine Service<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>P<\/em><em>r<\/em><em>ofessor <strong>Ivan Sascha Sheehan<\/strong>, Ph.D. \u2013 Executive Director School of Public and International Affairs, Univ of Baltimore<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. <strong>Eugene R. Sullivan <\/strong>\u2013 Retired Federal Judge<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. <strong>Robert Torricelli <\/strong>\u2013 Former U.S. Senator, New Jersey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">General (Ret.) 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