{"id":348114,"date":"2026-09-17T20:29:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=348114"},"modified":"2026-09-17T20:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:29:57","slug":"former-french-anti-terror-judge-says-pmoi-was-sacrificed-to-appease-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/former-french-anti-terror-judge-says-pmoi-was-sacrificed-to-appease-tehran\/","title":{"rendered":"Former French Anti-Terror Judge Says PMOI Was Sacrificed to Appease Tehran\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_348115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348115\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-348115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Marc-Trevidic-speaks-on-TV5MONDE.png\" alt=\"Marc Tr\u00e9vidic speaks on TV5MONDE\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Marc-Trevidic-speaks-on-TV5MONDE.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Marc-Trevidic-speaks-on-TV5MONDE-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Marc-Trevidic-speaks-on-TV5MONDE-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Marc-Trevidic-speaks-on-TV5MONDE-746x420.png 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Marc-Trevidic-speaks-on-TV5MONDE-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Marc-Trevidic-speaks-on-TV5MONDE-696x392.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-348115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File Photo: Former French anti-terror judge Marc Tr\u00e9vidic speaks on TV5MONDE\u2019s L\u2019Invit\u00e9 about what he describes as attempts to silence him over the terrorist threat. Source: TV5MONDE\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former magistrate Marc Tr\u00e9vidic revisits the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/2996132.stm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 2003 raid<\/a> against the Iranian Resistance and denounces what he describes as the political instrumentalization of anti-terror justice in France&#8217;s rapprochement with Tehran. The remarks were delivered on May 4, 2026, during the conference &#8220;Justice Facing the Challenge of Terrorism&#8221; in Nantes and were broadcast on September 10, 2026, on the program <i>Grand Format<\/i> on Radio Pr\u00e9sence in Toulouse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Marc Tr\u00e9vidic, one of France&#8217;s most prominent anti-terrorism magistrates, offered a rare insider account of the campaign that targeted the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) in the 2000s. His remarks revisit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/demonizing-mek\/the-resistance-that-refused-to-die-and-why-tehran-cannot-sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">events surrounding<\/a> June 17, 2003, when French authorities launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/120873\/french-investigators-drop-terror-linked-charges-against-iranian-opposition-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">large-scale operation<\/a> against PMOI members in Auvers-sur-Oise, arresting scores of Iranian dissidents, including NCRI President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2003\/jun\/23\/iran.france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The operation<\/a> involved more than a thousand police officers and became one of the most controversial counterterrorism actions ever undertaken on French soil. All detained individuals were later released, and the judicial proceedings eventually collapsed.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tr\u00e9vidic&#8217;s remarks focus on what he views as the political motivations behind the case, the role of France&#8217;s efforts to improve relations with Tehran, and the broader problem of using terrorism designations as instruments of policy rather than law.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Full translation of Marc Tr\u00e9vidic&#8217;s remarks<\/span><\/b><strong> follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;I have also known cases where something was considered terrorism purely for political reasons.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Politically speaking, I took over the office of Jean-Louis Brugui\u00e8re. As it happened, when I was working in the anti-terrorism prosecutor&#8217;s office in the early 2000s, I witnessed this strange rapprochement between France and Iran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 2001 and 2002, France wanted to sign several lucrative contracts with Iran. Oil, gas, everything we needed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran set a condition: that we arrest its opponents. And in France, we had all the opponents. Many were in Germany, but above all we had the PMOI, the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, in Auvers-sur-Oise with Maryam Rajavi.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Resistance That Refused to Die \u2014 and Why Tehran Cannot Sleep<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pEYM3Ro9j9\">https:\/\/t.co\/pEYM3Ro9j9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy\/status\/2073485118899945701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These were people who were preparing to take power. They were also being assassinated by the Iranian regime.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the anti-terrorism services, we were dealing with terrorism, and then suddenly we were told: &#8216;But they are terrorists too!&#8217;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, everyone is a terrorist.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran was killing its opponents, and the opponents were terrorists as well. Try to make sense of that.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But because it was political, unfortunately the justice system agreed to play along. Fifteen hundred police officers descended on Auvers-sur-Oise and arrested PMOI members.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brugui\u00e8re put them in prison. Fifteen days later, the investigating chamber released them all.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fortunately, something happened.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Later, when I took over the investigation after replacing Brugui\u00e8re, I reviewed the case file.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yes, the PMOI carried out attacks in Iran. Certainly. They targeted institutional figures. They would kill a general. They would target the director of Evin Prison, for example, someone responsible for torturing people.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So yes, they killed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">They also had significant military capabilities there that, in my opinion, would be very useful today in bringing down the regime.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But those capabilities no longer exist because we eliminated them. We did. The Americans did. The British did. Everyone participated in that process.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet the whole thing created a serious legal problem because they were all political refugees with official refugee status.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On This Day | July 3, 2003<br \/>On July 3, 2003, NCRI President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi was released from prison after being arrested on June 17 during a raid on the NCRI&#39;s headquarters in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.<\/p>\n<p>Her release followed an international campaign that included hunger\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D2yK6JRj71\">pic.twitter.com\/D2yK6JRj71<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/2073134502663118969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At that time, they were being debriefed every fifteen days by the DST so that French authorities could learn about the situation inside Iran and about various developments there.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In other words, there was no problem.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I believe Maryam Rajavi even had the Legion of Honour.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Then, overnight: &#8216;No, they&#8217;re terrorists. Let&#8217;s arrest them.&#8217;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is that?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is the instrumentalization of anti-terror justice for political purposes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I ultimately closed my cases with dismissals.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I based my reasoning on something very simple: Article 2 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the right to resist oppression.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That principle has a value higher than ordinary law.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At some point, we must ask whether these people were not resisting a form of oppression imposed by the Iranian regime.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And above all, are we supposed to serve the interests of the mullahs?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Seriously.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What&#8217;s interesting is that everyone talks about terrorist lists.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Those lists are created solely by political authorities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The United States has its list of terrorist organizations. The European Union has one. The British have one. Everyone has one.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That&#8217;s politics.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As judges, we are not bound by whether an organization appears on a list or not.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">July 3, 2003 \u2013 A Turning Point for Iran\u2019s Democratic Resistance<br \/>Today marks the anniversary of a pivotal moment in the struggle for freedom and democracy in Iran. On July 3, 2003, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> (NCRI), was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TD5OKoY0UZ\">pic.twitter.com\/TD5OKoY0UZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Javad Dabiran (@JavadDabiran) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JavadDabiran\/status\/1940675458523111428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We examine the acts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Has a particular organization committed a terrorist act?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That is what matters to us.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Not whether it appears on a political list.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fortunately, because the PMOI was removed and reinserted several times depending on the state of relations with Iran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One day it is terrorist; another day it is not.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arafat was once considered a terrorist and later received the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At a certain point, we need to be careful.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We cannot simply follow political fluctuations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A while ago, Hezbollah was placed on the European Union&#8217;s list of terrorist organizations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Of course, Hezbollah is a terrorist organization.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But why did you discover that only now?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Why put it on the list now?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Because it is political, linked to the crisis at the moment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I have no other explanation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When Carton, Fontaine and Kauffmann were being tortured in Lebanon, was that not enough?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When the French ambassador was killed, was that not enough?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you see what I mean?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Politics is not something stable.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The problem is that criminal law requires clear definitions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It requires legal certainty.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People need to know what is prohibited and what is not prohibited.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">They need to know what terrorism is and what terrorism is not.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That is why the issue is so complicated.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former magistrate Marc Tr&eacute;vidic revisits the June 2003 raid against the Iranian Resistance and denounces what he describes as the political instrumentalization of anti-terror justice in France&rsquo;s rapprochement with Tehran. 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