{"id":296881,"date":"2023-01-25T16:33:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T15:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=296881"},"modified":"2023-02-08T04:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T03:11:26","slug":"irans-authorities-rant-about-mek-for-setting-precedent-of-blacklisting-irgc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/irans-authorities-rant-about-mek-for-setting-precedent-of-blacklisting-irgc\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Authorities Rant About MEK for \u201cSetting Precedent\u201d of Blacklisting IRGC\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54198\" title=\"panel_7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/panel_7.jpg\" alt=\"panel_7\" width=\"1149\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/panel_7.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/panel_7-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/panel_7-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/panel_7-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/panel_7-696x388.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/panel_7-1068x596.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The European Parliament passed a resolution urging the European Union Member States to blacklist the Iranian regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) for its role in spreading terrorism and oppressing protesters. As the calls for proscribing the IRGC grow in Europe, regime officials express fear and rant about the Iranian opposition, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mujahedin-e Khalq\u2019s (MEK)<\/a> role in mobilizing the world against the godfather of terrorism in Tehran.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_296988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296988\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-296988 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mohammad-Bagher-Ghalibaf-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mohammad-Bagher-Ghalibaf-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mohammad-Bagher-Ghalibaf-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-296988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEurope has protected and sheltered the MEK in the last decades. Naturally, they seek to designate the IRGC and confront this organization,\u201d Parliament speaker <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/donya-e-eqtesad.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-62\/3937525-%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B4-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84-%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said<\/a> during a public session to assess the government\u2019s budget on Sunday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI warn the European Union to not fall for the MEK\u2019s trap,\u201d MP <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fardanews.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-73\/1200285-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%85-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%82-%D8%A2%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammad-Reza Mirtaj al-Dini<\/a>, member of the program and budget commission, said on January 22, according to the state-run Entekhab website.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While accusing the MEK of terrorism, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/donya-e-eqtesad.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-62\/3937194-%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA\" rel=\"noopener\">Hossein Salami<\/a>, the commander of the IRGC terrorists, criticized France for \u201cSheltering the MEK for years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The IRGC, as D primary tool of domestic repression &amp; export of terrorism 2 D region, should be designated as an FTO<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlacklistIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlacklistIRGC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/839968528086208512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_296985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296985\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-296985 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Amir Abdollahian\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Amir-Abdollahian-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Amir Abdollahian\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Amir-Abdollahian-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Amir-Abdollahian-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-296985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amir Abdollahian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;Today, we witnessed the adoption of the draft of an emotional, rough, and unprofessional resolution by the European Parliament. We have said before that the IRGC is an official and governmental institution,\u201d the regime\u2019s FM Hossein <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1401\/11\/02\/2840964\" rel=\"noopener\">Amir-Abdollahian said<\/a> on January 19.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe European Parliament called the IRGC a terrorist organization in the very conference hall it has hosted the MEK,\u201d Iran\u2019s state TV reported on January 19. While showing pictures of the NCRI\u2019s President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, in the European Parliament, the state TV said: \u201cBut who is the favorite companion of those MEPs signing this resolution? Maryam Rajavi.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s TV reflected the mullahs\u2019 utter fear and agony of how <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Mrs. Rajavi<\/a> was welcomed and invited on several occasions by the European lawmaker to hear her policy recommendations regarding Iran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime officials and news outlets went ballistic over the MEK\u2019s role in raising the issue of blacklisting the MEK. Dozens of interviews and hit pieces against the MEK were published, with officials and state media rehashing their worn-out allegations against Iran\u2019s principal opposition.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI think the European Union is being played by the terrorist MEK. I am surprised to see how easily MEK deceived the European Union member states. This would certainly be against the EU\u2019s interests,\u201d MP Gholamreza Shariati said on Sunday, <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/711948\/%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B4-%D9%88-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">according<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to the state-run Entekhab website.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_296986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296986\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-296986 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Zahermand\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zahermand-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Zahermand\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zahermand-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zahermand-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-296986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abolfazl Zohreh-Vand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe European Parliament is under the influence of likes of the MEK,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farsnews.ir\/news\/14011103000275\" rel=\"noopener\">Abolfazl Zohreh-Vand<\/a>, the regime\u2019s former ambassador to Italy, told the state-run Fars News Agency on Monday.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEurope is playing the MEK\u2019s scenario. They have allowed the MEK to participate in the EU\u2019s public and private sessions. They should\u2019ve allowed us to present the documents about the group\u2019s terrorist activities,\u201d MP Mohammad Hassan Asafari said on Sunday, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/711935\/%D8%A2%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">according<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to the state-run Entekhab website.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe European Parliament voted for blacklisting the IRGC, Iran\u2019s official military force. Meanwhile it was the MEK, a hated grouplet among Iranians, who set the stage of this play,\u201d the state-run Arman daily <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.armanmeli.ir\/fa\/main\/detail\/349969\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on Monday, January 23.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe European countries have a filthy record of supporting terrorist groups. Their unanimous support of the MEK is a stain on their human rights record, debunking all of the EU\u2019s claims of combatting terrorism all at once. The MEK\u2019s footprint in this campaign to blacklist the IRGC is visible,\u201d Javan daily, an outlet linked to the IRGC, <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/akharinkhabar.ir\/analysis\/9462445\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">wrote in its editorial<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on January 24.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe MEK\u2019s efforts in this anti-IRGC campaign cannot be overlooked. They made many efforts and launched an extensive campaign to reach this point, and the European Parliament fell for their propaganda, and lost its independence and damaged its reputation,\u201d the state-run ISNA News Agency <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isna.ir\/news\/1401110100680\/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">quoted<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isna.ir\/news\/1401110100680\/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1\" rel=\"noopener\"> Mohammad Hashemi<\/a>, a member of the regime\u2019s Expediency Council, on January 23.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The main topic of the regime\u2019s Friday Prayers Sermons was the EP\u2019s resolution against the IRGC. The Friday Prayer Leaders, acting as the supreme leader\u2019s mouthpieces, ranted about the MEK\u2019s role in this regard. The state TV broadcasted these anti-MEK slurs.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cInstead of being realistic, you chose to accept the propaganda by a bunch of terrorists you sheltered. The MEK is misleading you, and they have a dark record. You are digging your own grave by supporting them,\u201d Mohammad Ali Nekonam, the Friday Prayer leader of Shahr-e Kurd, said on January 19.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EU decision to blacklist top Iran Guards, terrorist Qods Force &amp; IRGC\u2019s intelligence org is movement in right direction <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iranelection?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iranelection<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/85095173696126976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cYou passed a resolution in the very place you have been hosting the MEK. How dare you designate the IRGC?\u201d Vaad Morad-beigi, Friday Prayer leader of Ilam said on Friday.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cNow you are designating the IRGC? Where? In the same place, you hosted the MEK terrorists and supported them. Do you hold meetings for them and dare to speak about blacklisting IRGC? This is pathetic,\u201d Rasul Falahati, Rasht\u2019s Friday Prayer Leader, said on January 19. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cDemands for blacklisting the IRGC is a precedent set by the MEK and the [opposition] leader Maryam Rajavi. For example, on March 23, 2010, the so-called \u2018president-elect\u2019 addressed German lawmakers in a meeting in the Bundestag\u2019s presidium palace and urged western governments, mainly Germany, to \u2018impose comprehensive sanctions, especially on the oil sector, on Iran and put the IRGC in the list of a terrorist organization. She also underlined that sanctions are necessary but not enough. They should be coupled with policy change and supporting the Iranian Resistance,\u201d Etelaat daily wrote on January 23.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian Resistance has been the prime target of the IRGC and its terrorist Quds Force.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Apart from killing MEK members inside Iran, the IRGC also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-23921573\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked the Camp Ashraf<\/a> and Camp Liberty of MEK residents in Iraq. The regime&#8217;s terrorists attempted to bomb the NCRI&#8217;s &#8220;Free Iran Summit&#8221; in 2018 near Paris and a Persian New Year&#8217;s celebration in Albania, where MEK members were relocated in 2016.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian regime outrage and fears are unending over the possibility of the designation of its main oppressive force. What further infuriates mullahs is the Iranian resistance\u2019s role in exposing the IRGC\u2019s crimes, inside and outside Iran, while urging the international community to blacklist the terrorist entity.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_296984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296984\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-296984 size-medium\" title=\"The Rise of the Revolutionary Guards Financial Empire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Rise-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Financial-Empire-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Rise of the Revolutionary Guards Financial Empire\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Rise-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Financial-Empire-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Rise-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Financial-Empire-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Rise-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Financial-Empire-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Rise-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Financial-Empire-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Rise-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Financial-Empire-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Rise-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Financial-Empire-696x1044.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Rise-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Financial-Empire.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-296984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rise of the Revolutionary Guards Financial Empire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 2019, the NCRI\u2019s Representative Office in Washington detailed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrius.org\/publications\/books\/rise-irans-revolutionary-guards-financial-empire.html\" rel=\"noopener\">the rise of the Revolutionary Guards Financial Empire<\/a> and how, with the blessing of the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, it managed to gradually gain control of a large segment of the Iranian economy, using the revenues and the profits to fund its terrorist operations in the Middle East and beyond. This happened shortly before the U.S. decision to put the IRGC on the list of terrorist organizations. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The NCRI-US book was in addition to dozens of conferences by the Iranian Resistance in the last four decades exposing the IRGC\u2019s destructive role both inside and outside Iran.\u00a0 Article 2 of Mrs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavis-ten-point-plan-for-future-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajavi\u2019s ten-point plan<\/a> for the future of Iran calls for the \u201cDissolution and disbanding of the IRGC, the terrorist Qods Force, plainclothes groups, Basij, the Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS), the Cultural Revolution Council, and all suppressive patrols and institutions.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s anti-MEK tirade in recent days and complaints about the organization\u2019s impact on European lawmakers starkly contrast Tehran\u2019s decades-long propaganda that the MEK is a \u201cfringe group\u201d with \u201cno popular support\u201d inside Iran.\u00a0 It is common knowledge that no organization would survive under a brutal regime, such as Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy, without having deep social and historical roots in its homeland. In fact, the MEK\u2019s ability to create its network of<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> Resistance Units<\/a> inside the country and expand it, along with its activities in the diaspora, is the organization\u2019s advantage in its foreign relations.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So the regime\u2019s whistling in the dark about and the paradox of attacking what it describes a \u201cgrouplet\u201d only shows the mullahs\u2019 fear of a viable alternative that plays a key role in the revolution in the making inside and outside Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Based on my amendment, the EP called for the EU and its member states to include the IRGC on the bloc&#39;s terrorist list &quot;in the light of its terrorist activity, the repression of protesters and its supplying of drones to Russia&quot;.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i79BUJVVKB\">https:\/\/t.co\/i79BUJVVKB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna Fotyga Biuro Poselskie (@AnnaFotyga_PE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnaFotyga_PE\/status\/1615991724656005120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Parliament passed a resolution urging the European Union Member States to blacklist the Iranian regime&rsquo;s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) for its role in spreading terrorism and oppressing protesters. 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