{"id":331509,"date":"2025-05-14T20:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=331509"},"modified":"2025-09-20T15:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T14:44:21","slug":"tehran-escalates-threats-against-european-hosts-betraying-deep-fear-of-pmois-global-and-domestic-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/demonizing-mek\/tehran-escalates-threats-against-european-hosts-betraying-deep-fear-of-pmois-global-and-domestic-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehran Escalates Threats Against European Hosts, Betraying Deep Fear of PMOI&#8217;s Global and Domestic Momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_331511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-331511\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-331511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iranian-regimes-mock-trial-against-pmoi-13052025.jpg\" alt=\"Tehran, May 13, 2025 \u2014 The Iranian regime held the 33rd session of its widely criticized trial against the Iranian Resistance in absentia\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iranian-regimes-mock-trial-against-pmoi-13052025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iranian-regimes-mock-trial-against-pmoi-13052025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iranian-regimes-mock-trial-against-pmoi-13052025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iranian-regimes-mock-trial-against-pmoi-13052025-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iranian-regimes-mock-trial-against-pmoi-13052025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iranian-regimes-mock-trial-against-pmoi-13052025-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-331511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehran, May 13, 2025 \u2014 The Iranian regime held the 33rd session of its widely criticized trial against the Iranian Resistance in absentia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime\u2019s judiciary convened the 33rd session of its protracted in absentia trial against 104 members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-of-iran-pmoi-mek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization<\/a> of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) on May 13, 2025. This latest spectacle, far from demonstrating judicial resolve, was dominated by increasingly desperate and direct threats against European nations, particularly France, for providing refuge to members of Iran&#8217;s principal opposition.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baseless Demands and Distorted Law<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Presiding Judge Amir-Reza Dehghani\u2019s aggressive rhetoric underscores not a position of strength, but the clerical regime&#8217;s profound and mounting fear of the PMOI&#8217;s surging influence, both within a restive Iran and across the international stage. This sham trial has evidently become a key instrument in Tehran&#8217;s frantic attempts to stymie this undeniable momentum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/snn.ir\/fa\/news\/1261290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">During the session<\/a>, Dehghani launched a tirade of baseless accusations and demands, openly attempting to intimidate European governments. He explicitly stated, \u201cThe French government, according to international regulations, is not allowed to host the defendants in the Monafeghin case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Monafeqin&#8221;\u2014Arabic for &#8220;hypocrites&#8221;\u2014is a pejorative term used by the Iranian regime to delegitimize and demonize the PMOI in public discourse and state propaganda.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a> Trial: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Regime&#39;s Response to an Existential Threat<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m9dKdNnPfj\">https:\/\/t.co\/m9dKdNnPfj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1758242033494352301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 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;\">He went on to brandish a distorted interpretation of various international treaties, including the UN Convention against Terrorist Bombings and the 1951 Refugee Convention, to insist that host countries are obligated to extradite PMOI members. \u201cThe French government and the European Union\u2026are today obliged to extradite the terrorist defendants to this court,\u201d Dehghani proclaimed, further threatening that \u201cThe Iranian nation\u2026will pursue its complaint against all governments that host the accused contrary to international laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a particularly cynical twist, the judge asserted that any hindrance to the defendants&#8217; forced appearance in his court \u201cis a kind of confrontation with international peace.\u201d This, while the regime itself is a primary state sponsor of terrorism and a notorious violator of international peace and security. To bolster the facade of popular demand for this judicial charade, the court also noted that &#8220;more than 200 new plaintiffs&#8221; had supposedly been added to the case, a recurring tactic to inflate the regime&#8217;s manufactured grievances.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Deeply troubled by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UN<\/a> Special Rapporteur&#39;s report exposing its atrocity crimes and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/genocide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#genocide<\/a> in the 1980s, the world&#39;s leading executioner per capita is using a sham trial in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tehran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tehran<\/a> to attack the UN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TLSxwMB8an\">pic.twitter.com\/TLSxwMB8an<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1836733334094774613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regime&#8217;s Narrative Collapses Against Facts<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The transparent illegitimacy of these proceedings and the regime&#8217;s manipulative interpretation of international law are stark. The demand for extradition is, in reality, a thinly veiled call for these individuals to be handed over for certain persecution and likely execution, a fate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/countries\/iran\/20240717-SR-Iran-Findings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well-documented for opponents<\/a> of the regime. This judicial theatre is further exposed by the U.S. Congressional Resolution of 2023, which recognized such sham trials as a pretext designed &#8220;to justify terrorist plots&#8221; against the PMOI and &#8220;continue targeting dissidents abroad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This assessment directly links the regime&#8217;s legal machinations to its fear of effective opposition and its intent to extend its repression beyond Iran&#8217;s borders. Furthermore, the PMOI&#8217;s delisting as a terrorist organization by the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, followed by widespread and growing endorsement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/global-support-statements\/iran-4000-legislators-from-50-countries-endorse-maryam-rajavis-10-point-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from thousands of lawmakers<\/a> worldwide who recognize the NCRI as a legitimate democratic alternative, flatly contradicts Tehran&#8217;s narrative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PMOI leadership has for over two decades challenged the regime&#8217;s highest authorities to an impartial trial in an international court, an offer consistently evaded by Tehran. This evasion speaks volumes, suggesting the current sham proceedings are merely an attempt by a cornered and deadlocked regime to find an &#8220;escape route&#8221; from genuine accountability.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Regime Escalates Show Trial Against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mojahedineng<\/a> Amid Growing International Isolation<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S19qS35bIi\">https:\/\/t.co\/S19qS35bIi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1912529667497603156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regime&#8217;s True Motive for Aggression<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The true motivations behind this aggressive judicial posturing are rooted in the regime&#8217;s deep-seated fear. The very charges levelled in this trial \u2013 &#8220;rebellion and war (Baqi and Moharebeh) against the regime&#8221; \u2013 against 104 NCRI members and its leadership, reveal that Tehran views the organization as a fundamental and existential threat, particularly given its increasing resonance with Iran&#8217;s discontented population.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is not a new fear; it is a continuation of a decades-long obsession. 37 years after Khomeini&#8217;s fatwa to execute all steadfast PMOI members, the regime&#8217;s relentless pursuit of the organization underscores its enduring dread of the PMOI&#8217;s resilience, organizational capacity, and unwavering commitment to a democratic Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The desperate attempts to co-opt international law and pressure foreign governments are clear indicators of a regime that feels its domestic and international standing eroding, prompting it to try and isolate its primary opposition precisely because of the PMOI&#8217;s expanding global support network. Dehghani&#8217;s claim that host nations bear &#8220;criminal responsibility before the Iranian people&#8221; for sheltering PMOI members is a ludicrous attempt to deflect from the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/location\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/middle-east\/iran\/report-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> regime&#8217;s own extensive<\/a> record of crimes against the Iranian people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read The Iranian regime&rsquo;s judiciary convened the 33rd session of its protracted in absentia trial against 104 members of the People&rsquo;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) and the National 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