{"id":5696,"date":"2018-07-25T08:02:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T06:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=5696"},"modified":"2018-07-25T08:28:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T06:28:49","slug":"mek-iran-pmoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/07\/mek-iran-pmoi\/5696\/","title":{"rendered":"MEK\/PMOI enjoys wide support outside of Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MEK enjoys wide support outside of Iran<\/p>\n

The Iranian Regime would have you believe that the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> are highly unpopular both inside and outside of Iran, but nothing could be further from the truth.<\/p>\n

We have dedicated several articles to the intense popularity of the MEK inside Iran and amongst the Iranian diaspora, which you can see for yourselves by looking at the ongoing Iranian uprising (organised by the MEK to incite regime change in Iran) and MEK TV (run by the MEK to provide news and information about the true nature of the Regime), so in this piece we will look at the evidence for wide support for the MEK outside of Iran.<\/p>\n

There is an incredible amount of evidence that the MEK enjoys wide support amongst the international community, from activists to heads of state to everyone in between.<\/p>\n

We can see this in small ways, through MEK supporters using the hashtag #IStandWithMaryamRajavi (the leader of the MEK) on social media, and in big ways, like highly-ranked foreign dignitaries making speeches in support of the MEK and advocating for their countries to recognise the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) \u2013 a coalition of dissident, democratic groups, including the MEK \u2013 as the government-in-exile of Iran.<\/p>\n

International support for the MEK transcends party politics, national borders, and traditional alliances, proving that the MEK is far from an \u201cinsignificant\u201d group.<\/p>\n

Support for the MEK<\/p>\n

Here, we\u2019re going to look at some of the biggest ways that the MEK has received support from the international community.<\/p>\n

\u2022 France allows the NCRI to operate pubically inside its borders, despite intense pressure from the Regime
\n\u2022 Albania is sheltering 3,000 MEK refugees, who were under attack from the Regime whilst in Camp Liberty in Iraq
\n\u2022 The US military defended the MEK from the Regime in Camp Liberty and Camp Ashraf
\n\u2022 The UN declared that the MEK were protected persons under the Geneva Convention and should be protected from harm in Iraq<\/p>\n

These are all great examples of the international community\u2019s support for the MEK, but one of the most important ways to judge MEK support is through the Free Iran Grand Gathering, which is held annually in Paris. It is regularly attended by over 100,000 people from politicians to human rights activists to Noble Prize winners to monarchs.<\/p>\n

The Free Iran Gathering<\/a><\/p>\n