{"id":320375,"date":"2024-06-10T21:41:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T20:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=320375"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T15:21:18","slug":"why-is-irans-regime-revisiting-the-mek-child-soldier-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/demonization-articles-analyses\/why-is-irans-regime-revisiting-the-mek-child-soldier-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Iran&#8217;s Regime Revisiting the &#8220;MEK Child Soldier&#8221; Allegations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-320376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-ntv-saleh-abbas-zadeh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-ntv-saleh-abbas-zadeh.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-ntv-saleh-abbas-zadeh-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-ntv-saleh-abbas-zadeh-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-ntv-saleh-abbas-zadeh-751x420.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-ntv-saleh-abbas-zadeh-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-ntv-saleh-abbas-zadeh-696x389.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent months, those who care about developments inside Iran, its uprisings, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\">People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization<\/a> of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) have noticed a new narrative emerging on Persian-language social media as well as some major news outlets: child soldiers within the MEK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At first glance, it appears that an independent journalist or an amateur filmmaker has spontaneously decided to investigate and expose this extraordinary subject out of personal care and motivation. However, upon closer examination of the extensive propaganda and exploitation of this narrative inside Iran, it becomes clear that the primary audience and beneficiaries of this coordinated campaign are not in Europe but rather within Iran itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"a4aba6b1-faa3-458e-9b1c-0f9f71f8505a\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Quite surprisingly, the topic takes a front seat in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/demonizing-mek\/regimes-mock-trials-expose-true-fear-of-pmois-influence-and-commitment-in-iran\/\">sham trial orchestrated<\/a> by the clerical regime in Tehran. In this show that is trying to mimic a judicial process, the regime urges European countries to extradite MEK members while attempting to intimidate Iranian society about any affiliation with the organization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">L\u2019enqu\u00eate du Monde sur le groupuscule terroriste MEK<\/p>\n<p>Gazal Golshiri a interview\u00e9 les t\u00e9moins malheureux instrumentalis\u00e9s par cette organisation criminelle comme des Enfants-Soldats.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dk94Icux3B\">https:\/\/t.co\/dk94Icux3B<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/78Lxg2hqDV\">pic.twitter.com\/78Lxg2hqDV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRNA Fran\u00e7ais (@Irnafrench) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Irnafrench\/status\/1800068468152406278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2024<\/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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The campaign initially surfaced in Germany&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Zeit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0magazine, followed by a so-called documentary film screening in Sweden, and then an article in\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le Monde<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0on Saturday, June 8. The message is very clear: the writer or filmmaker, who has produced their content at the behest of particular beneficiaries, claims that the MEK, the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/demonizing-mek\/who-represents-the-people-of-iran\/\">coherent and unified organization<\/a> that has fought against the clerical dictatorship for the past 45 years, is worse than the regime itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iranian state media then systematically translated the content and highlighted this narrative, slamming the millions of young people who chanted &#8220;Death to Khamenei,&#8221; by stating, &#8220;Don&#8217;t risk your lives in vain. Those who took this path before you are worse than we are.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, one of those depicted by the filmmaker or journalist as a victim, AKA a former \u201cchild soldier,\u201d someone who supposedly should not have been allowed to join a resistance movement fighting against a brutal dictatorship, has now created a program debunking the regime\u2019s lies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This person, now in his 40s, moderates a political platform. According to the Iranian regime, he should have been executed like thousands of other under-age political prisoners. But instead of cowing to the slander against himself and his friends, he presents documented evidence showing that the motives behind the coordinated effort were far from being aligned with human rights and the love for mankind. This program has been broadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/iranntv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Simaye Azadi<\/a>, and an English version can be viewed below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Exposing the so-called documentary film on &amp;quot;MEK&amp;#039;s Child Soldier&amp;quot; saga\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_kDBHKjMVTq0\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkDBHKjMVTq0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kDBHKjMVTq0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT40M26S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-06-10T20:36:54Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_kDBHKjMVTq0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkDBHKjMVTq0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Exposing the so-called documentary film on &quot;MEK&#039;s Child Soldier&quot; saga<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kDBHKjMVTq0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkDBHKjMVTq0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Exposing the so-called documentary film on &amp;quot;MEK&amp;#039;s Child Soldier&amp;quot; saga\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3SMgEla\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months, those who care about developments inside Iran, its uprisings, and the People&rsquo;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) have noticed a new narrative emerging on Persian-language social media [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":320376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[845,5493],"tags":[218],"class_list":{"0":"post-320375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-demonizing-mek","8":"category-demonization-articles-analyses","9":"tag-demonizing-mek"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why is Iran&#039;s Regime Revisiting the &quot;MEK Child Soldier&quot; Allegations? 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