Judge of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP Court: Providing land to those accused of terrorist charges is a threat to world peace, justice, and security

 

 

 

 

According to Mizan News Agency , the 44th and 45th court sessions examining the charges against 104 members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization, also known as the MKO TERRORIST GROUP, as well as the nature of this organization as a legal entity, were held on Tuesday (November 17, 1404) in Branch 11 of the Criminal Court of a province in Tehran.

The judge of the court said: “After the court is formed to hear the charges against individuals for terrorist acts, especially an open court with the presence of hired lawyers for the defendants, and also emphasizing the fact that the defendants can choose lawyers in addition to hired lawyers and send them to court, and there is freedom in choosing a lawyer, and the court will hear the defendants’ charges in the presence of the lawyer.”

He continued: “In the European Union, the Union’s common position document on combating terrorism, adopted in December 2001, calls on European governments to prevent terrorists and suspects from using European Union territory.”

Judge Dehghani said: “They should also prevent the transfer of individuals accused of terrorist acts. In addition, the aforementioned document calls on governments to ensure that refugee status is not abused by suspects, perpetrators, organizers, and facilitators of terrorist acts.”

 

He said: The common position document contains numerous definitions of terrorist acts and in Article 12 of another treaty, the Qualification Guidelines of the Council of the European Union, adopted in April 2004, it addresses the necessary conditions for receiving asylum as stated in Article 1 and the 1951 Refugee Convention, and it seriously warns against abuse by the accused and perpetrators of these crimes.

 

Judge Dehghani stated: “According to the interpretations provided regarding the Eligibility Guidelines document, governments are allowed to clarify and expedite the asylum application process, so that if a person abuses it, it will be rejected by wasting the inadmissible title.”

 

He added: “On this basis, European governments, especially France and England, which, based on the aforementioned treaties and numerous other treaties, are prohibited from facilitating visas for movement and providing territories, facilitating the coverage of news related to individuals accused of terrorist acts, and cannot accept the accused in their territories.”

 

He added: “The basis of the principle of extradition for those accused of terrorist acts is the principle of the necessity of extradition of those accused of terrorist crimes. This principle has been stated, for example, in numerous international documents, especially Article 11 of the UN Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings. In accordance with Article 11, terrorist crimes and terrorist charges have been excluded from the scope of political crimes and political charges so that in the context of extradition of criminals and accused of terrorist crimes, they do not enjoy the protection associated with the impossibility of extradition of political criminals.”

 

The judge continued: “According to Article 11 of the Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, none of the crimes stipulated in this Convention are considered non-extraditable crimes, and with regard to the accused, it is particularly emphasized that the principle of the necessity of extradition must apply to them. The same issue is also seriously emphasized in Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism adopted by the European Union. Based on these articles and the aforementioned Convention (adopted in 1997 on the Punishment of Terrorist Acts), it is stipulated that the perpetrator must either be arrested and tried or extradited, and states are obliged to provide legal assistance in this regard.”

 

He said: “This court, based on the judicial cooperation agreement between the Iranian government and the French government, and with regard to the establishment of a court to investigate terrorist acts against the accused, emphasizes that the governments of France and the United Kingdom are obliged to extradite. I draw the attention of all European countries, including the people of England and France, to the fact that the rules of asylum cannot be invoked and used by terrorists or terrorist suspects. Countries signed these treaties primarily to create security, peace and justice and have committed to implementing them.”

 

The judge continued: “Statesmen in France or England who, contrary to their domestic laws and international conventions, host or provide their territory to those accused of terrorist acts should know that they will eventually be recognized by NGOs and many civil activists, even by the people of their own country, as individuals who have committed an act contrary to peace and justice, have jeopardized the security of their country and global security, and are sending a message to the world and the perpetrators of bombings, hijackings, and other terrorist acts that France or England can be a haven for terrorist accused; which will be the most dangerous factor and element in global security and the security of French and English citizens.”

 

He added: “Therefore, the aforementioned governments should avoid double standards regarding terrorist suspects and adhere to the principle of the necessity of extradition of suspects after the formation of courts to investigate the charges and return the suspects. They should also know that this court, which is formed in a public and open view and with the presence of lawyers, has provided all the necessary elements for the observance of justice and the freedom to choose a lawyer for these suspects. The court strongly reiterates that it will use all its legal elements to oblige European countries, especially Albania, the United Kingdom and France, to extradite suspects of terrorist acts through legal means.”

 

Masoud Maddah, the plaintiff’s lawyer, said: “In order to explain the crimes of the terrorist group of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP, in the last session, it was clarified with respect to each of the defendants and their role in the terrorist operations they committed against the Iranian nation and the country’s soil that they were not accomplices in the crime; it was not that they were merely responsible for the acts against physical integrity or terrorist acts, but rather that these individuals themselves were in charge of this process.”

 

He continued: “In the title of corruption on earth, whether we follow the objective criterion or the personal relationship, there is a causality for public corruption or disruption of public order and other instances thereof; whether we say that the legislator’s scope for corruption on earth and the attribution of this title to the mind of the accused, is based on the fact that the accused intends to have a widespread connection with terrorist acts, acts of corruption and prostitution, or crimes against security, etc. In both cases, the defendants in this case, in addition to possessing these two characteristics, we can attribute to them the title of corruptor on earth. They were involved in the crime; they themselves were present in the terrorist operations; they themselves took up arms; they committed and acted against the territorial integrity and physical integrity of the Iranian people.”

 

Lawyer said: “We don’t know what to call the terrorist group of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP due to the extent of the crimes? What do we call the people who have committed these crimes, who commit murder, torture, bomb, and attack people’s homes? What do we call these people who commit these crimes and are proud of these crimes? They openly declare on the official website of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP that yes, we killed; if we get the chance again, we will kill the people of Iran.”

 

He said: The crime of rebellion, war, and corruption on earth is attributed to all the central cadres and defendants in this case, because they all participated and supervised the material elements of the crime; Massoud Rajavi personally planned the operation, divided the missions, assigned individuals, obtained the budget, and supported the Iraqi Baath regime, and had a direct role in the crimes; Rajavi announced before Operation Forough Javidan that if they did not enter the war, the MKO TERRORIST GROUP organization would be destroyed, because the life of this organization is in killing, bloodshed, and bombings.

 

Maddah continued: He orders that anyone, military or civilian, who stands in their way, be killed; the result of this order was an attack on Islamabad West Hospital, which according to documents, had 1,325 people present; patients were shot in the hospital or outside, and 13 members of Jihad Sazandegi were also executed and their bodies were hung in the street; an eyewitness at the meeting also explained one of these crimes; citing Articles 123 to 128 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a request for a local investigation was submitted to complete the case.

 

He said: In his speech before the operation, Rajavi says: The time has come to go to Iran; We have drawn up an operational plan that will ultimately lead to the conquest of Tehran and the fall of the regime; This operation must be carried out in 2 or 3 days so that the regime does not have time to mobilize; Elsewhere, he considers the Kermanshah route to be the best route and explains that with the coordination of the Baath regime, Iranian cities will be targeted with air force, artillery, and even chemical bombing; Documents related to the role of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP in these bombings are scheduled to be presented in the next meeting and all chemical veterans during the Sacred Defense can be plaintiffs in this case.

 

lawyer said: Rajavi continues that if the operation is not carried out and there is no opportunity left after the Iran-Iraq peace, the organization will become a “fossil” politically; because peace destroys the life of the terrorist group; this group opposed international documents, the acceptance of the resolution, and the end of the war.

 

Maddah stated that the hypocrites’ claim about the terrorist operations was that they carried out the Aftab and Chelcheragh  war operations in order to end the war. He said: “I ask a question. If you called yourself the Liberation Army, and your claim was that we carried out operations to liberate the people of Iran, why, after UN Security Council Resolution 598 on July 17, 1988, when Iraq accepted the ceasefire, according to historical evidence, for 3 days Masoud Rajavi, the leader of this group, repeatedly requested to meet with Saddam and met with intelligence officials and other officials of the Iraqi regime at the time for 3 days to convince them to attack Iran.”

 

He added: “Why did this happen? You, who claim to have fought for peace, why did you attack the country’s soil after the Iranian people made peace and accepted the ceasefire? The accursed Saddam is not willing to attack here either, but Massoud Rajavi is willing to convince Saddam to attack the Iranian people; the Albanians and the deceived people who were deceived by Rajavi and Maryam Qajar Azdanloo must answer for this obvious contradiction, which results in war, bloodshed, and murder, and according to their own admission, they killed and wounded 55,000 people, that is, 55,000 Iranians, in Operation Forough Javidan.”

 

The judge said: “Read the publication date, this document.”

 

Maddah said: The publication of the Union of Muslim Students Associations Abroad was published on Friday, September 8, 1988.

 

The judge said: “Read the text.”

Maddah said: The final report of the People’s Liberation Army of Iran’s command headquarters about the great Operation Forough Javidan, the unprecedented advance and epic battles 150 kilometers deep into the homeland, the capture of two cities with the enthusiastic support of the people, and the killing and wounding of 55,000 people; you know that this publication proudly mentions this terrorist operation in various places.

 

The judge said: “They claim that they killed or injured 55,000 Iranians?”

 

Maddah said: Yes, they proudly make this claim; this publication is the Mujahideen’s own, and on the 11th anniversary of Operation Forough Javidan, they published this publication and announced that Forough Javidan is the greatest epic in the history of the resistance; the greatest epic that they created is that they have either killed or wounded 55,000 Iranians.

 

Maddah said: Why are they engaging in this war? Because a terrorist group called the Hypocrite Organization is fighting for its life and death; according to the evidence and documents that exist, Massoud Rajavi had a quota of 18 million barrels of oil from the Iraqi Baath regime, and the end of the war was completely to Rajavi’s detriment, and the stopping of the killing and war machine is to the detriment of a terrorist group; I advise the deceived people who are still followers of these people and are present in their headquarters to get off the coffin of the Hypocrite Organization as soon as possible, repent, and stop being hostile to their sisters and brothers in the country, because this coffin will be buried soon.

 

The lawyer continued on the issue of forced divorce: For example, Zahra Moeini, one of the separated members, states that Rajavi said in the meeting: “O you, woman, O you, man, the reason you are stuck in a tight spot is that your attention was on the opposite sex; your thoughts were on your husband; now you must get a divorce and separate from your child.”

 

She said: Nasrin Ebrahimi, another female member who later left the organization, stated that the organization reached a point where we didn’t even see men in meetings; because if we saw a man, we thought we must have a point; Maryam Rajavi would hold meetings for us and say: We are all women and we have one husband, and that is Massoud Rajavi; it is surprising; instead of discussing why people who had no experience with weapons entered the battle and suffered such heavy casualties, and which members of the central cadre are responsible for this, Massoud Rajavi, just to distract people and regain his position, puts the responsibility for the defeat on the shoulders of the members and, by pumping illusions and superstitions into their minds, deceives the members and causes these events.

 

The lawyer said: Forced divorce, sterilization of women, separation of children from their parents are matters that, according to human rights declarations, are contrary to the text of international conventions; separating children from their parents is in conflict with Articles 16 and 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948; sterilization of women is in clear conflict with Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; forced divorce is in conflict with Articles 3 and 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948; the actions of this terrorist group are, as a rule, contrary to the text of Articles 7, 17, 23 and 24 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights adopted in 1966; they are also contrary to the express text of Articles 10 and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, contrary to Articles 12 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women adopted in 1979, and finally, contrary to the express text of Articles 9, 19 and 35 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted in 1989.

 

Maddah added: Regarding the sterilization of women, several witnesses also stated on the same platform that women who visited a doctor in the camp for treatment were hospitalized and sometimes unconscious, and later found out that their uterus had been operated on and ultimately sterilized; these are crimes that this terrorist group commits against its own members; how can someone who has no mercy for their own members have mercy on others?

 

He said: “Massoud Rajavi forbids his members from having wives; it is interesting that Maryam Rajavi has also theorized this issue and says: We only have one husband, and that is Masoud Rajavi.” My question is: Mr. Rajavi, if you have a harem for yourself, haven’t you failed here? Haven’t you been caught in the four-pronged trap? But if the members failed, were they thinking about women and the opposite sex?

 

Maddah said: Ms. Batoul Soltani, another of the separated members who attended these meetings, clearly states that Massoud Rajavi would deliver the wedding sermon and all the women should have stood up one by one and said yes; in line with this issue, I requested that the matter be referred to the women’s rights expert who is present at this meeting and will express her expert opinion, if you allow me.

 

Farkhani, the legal representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army, said: “Following the points made in previous meetings regarding Operation Forough Javidan and Operation Mersad, I will state them especially from a military perspective; the People’s Mojahedin Organization, in a joint meeting with the Iraqi Baath regime, concluded that a military operation with the support of Saddam’s army and especially the air force could destroy the central government of Iran; this operation was called Forough Javidan.”

 

He added: “In this operation, the Iraqi Air Force was responsible for air support and the removal of ground obstacles through its aircraft, and it was not in such a way that it could be considered that this group had lowered its head and came to the field to carry out the operation; air support was promised, which actually happened, but in contrast to the bravery and courageous defense that the Iranian army’s air defense, especially the Subashi radar in Hamedan, carried out. On the last day of the war, this radar was destroyed by the Iraqi Air Force, which made it impossible for them to provide the promised support from an aerial perspective.”

 

The legal representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army said: “The basis of this operation can be found in the illusion caused by the two operations, Aftab and Chelcheragh , and the incorrect perception and analysis of the political and military situation of Iran by the MKO TERRORIST GROUP; their analysis was that Iran’s acceptance of Resolution 598, given the success of Iraqi forces on some fronts, was a sign of the weakness and retreat of Iranian fighters and the people’s disillusionment with the war; in their opinion, Iran’s acceptance of the resolution would mean the collapse of the system, and with the definitive overthrow of the Iranian government, the ground would be prepared for the transfer of power to their organization.”

 

He added: At 3:30 PM on August 28, 1988, with the full support of the Iraqi army, the MKO TERRORIST GROUP military column crossed the border on the Sar-e-Pul-e-Zahab axis and began its attack from the Pataq Pass towards Kerend. They advanced towards Islamabad and captured this city as well. Then, they advanced to the Hassanabad Pass in the east of Islamabad and settled there to equip the organization, waiting for the defeat of the Iranian forces’ deterrent resistance in the Chahar-Zabar Strait, which is now known as the Mersad Strait, before advancing towards Kermanshah.

 

Farkhani said: “Therefore, they gathered all their resources behind this strait and prepared to capture the city of Kermanshah in a short time as soon as the road was opened; if they had reached Kermanshah and not been trapped in the strait, there would have been a possibility of urban conflict and problems, which Iranian soldiers bravely prevented them from reaching Kermanshah.”

 

Farkhani said: “The MKO TERRORIST GROUP committed numerous crimes in their advance into cities and villages, and to meet their needs, they looted, robbed, and set fire to civilian areas, orchards, and farms; their operation had to be carried out from the Iranian border to Tehran in 33 hours, and any resistance from the people was suppressed with violence; on the way to Kermanshah, they crushed cars with tanks, and the slightest lack of support from the people led to death.”

 

He said: The martyrs of this operation included different segments of the population: workers, students, soldiers, teachers, jihadists, farmers, salesmen, etc., which shows that their war was against the entire Iranian people, not just against military forces; the MKO TERRORIST GROUP did not observe the principles of the laws of war and humanitarianism, including the separation of military and civilian forces and the prohibition of needless suffering.

 

Farkhani said: In Islamabad, the MKO TERRORIST GROUP executed the garrison commander, Major Borzo Salimi, and hung his body at the entrance to the garrison; their advance continued to the Chahar Zebar Strait, but was stopped by the resistance of the IRGC and army fighters; the MKO TERRORIST GROUP’s human resources structure consisted of three groups, the main forces and commanders with military experience and expertise who were trained and fought until the last moment and, if they ran out of ammunition, they committed suicide with grenades or cyanide and were not willing to surrender.

 

The legal representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army continued: With the support and guidance of air defense, heavy fire from the Cobra helicopters of the Air Force and the Phantom aircraft of the Air Force, the war in Iran began with the action of the Air Force and ended with the help of these forces; in Operation Mersad, the Air Force also destroyed the supply column of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP group with its attacks, creating a scene of bravery of the soldiers of the army, the IRGC, the Basij, and the people of Iran; the MKO TERRORIST GROUP’s plan to build a paradise was completely thwarted as a result of this operation.

 

Farkhani said: In this air operation, 56 helicopters flew 425 hours and transported 388 combatants; 108 tanks and personnel carriers, 39 vehicles, and dozens of trucks of ammunition and equipment were destroyed, and more than 1,600 MKO TERRORIST GROUP forces were killed; in the meantime, 3 air helicopters were hit by bullets, and Lieutenant Yar Hossein Farzaneh was martyred.

 

He continued: After the Mersad operation, Imam Khomeini (RA) issued a message in which he appreciated and thanked the efforts and courage of the pilots of the Air Force and Air Force and all committed individuals, and stated that the warriors, with their courageous defense, had thwarted the enemies’ idea of ​​attacking the Islamic homeland; on the other hand, the MKO TERRORIST GROUP in Islamabad targeted defenseless people with cruel and inhuman crimes; Imam Khomeini Hospital and its children’s ward were set on fire, and newborn babies and mothers were killed alongside them; these actions showed the complete lack of humanity in this group; slogans such as “Freedom of the People” or “Saving Iran” that they raised were only the result of their illusions and contradictory perceptions of humanity and freedom.

 

Iraj Radmehr, a retired colonel and commander of the 796th Ranger Battalion in Operation Mersad, took the stand and said: “The MKO TERRORIST GROUP had already made decisions and made extensive preparations for a war with Iran, and it was not as if they would be ready for a military battle with Iran within 3 to 4 days after Iraq accepted the resolution; their preparations were planned to go all the way to Tehran.”

 

The judge said: How many years have you been involved in this operation and what was your position?

 

Radmehr said: “I was the commander of the 35th Brigade Ranger Battalion and we were stationed in the Qalajeh Pass. Many citizens had settled in this pass and the surrounding areas due to the war, and their presence had slowed down the speed of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP’s infiltration and movement from this pass towards Islamabad.”

 

The judge said: “Did the MKO TERRORIST GROUP forces not have a military formation?”

 

Radmehr said: No, not at all; they thought they were moving forward quickly and there was no resistance in front of them; they were pushing aside the people on the Mersad Pass, with cars and armored personnel carriers, and in any way they could, so that they could pass; they were trying to climb the pass until nightfall, when fortunately our support forces arrived and their advance was stopped.

 

The retired colonel, a veteran commander of the 796th Ranger Battalion in Operation Mersad, said: “On the way the MKO TERRORIST GROUP advanced towards Sumar and Ilam, our forces were surrounded because the enemy had managed to bypass us; the MKO TERRORIST GROUP quickly committed no crime to clear the way; from throwing cars and human corpses to shooting at people; they were shooting at defenseless people.”

 

He said: “Our forces, under the management of Brigadier General Aliyari and my command, along with a brother from the IRGC named Hamidnia, were able to deploy units from the pass to the main location; we were able to contain their advance and gain access to the enemy forces’ rear. The Iraqi Air Force attacked our forces with heavy air bombardment from the hills and surrounding areas, and a large number of our Basijis and soldiers were wounded; however, due to the presence of the Hamedan air base and defenses, the enemy forces’ ability to advance by air was limited and they were unable to reach their objectives.”

 

Radmehr continued: “Because they intended to advance quickly, they could not take the prisoners with them; therefore, in order to somehow get rid of these prisoners, who were from the military forces and the people, they martyred them all; on the fifth day, a reconnaissance operation was carried out and Martyr Sayyad and the air force came to help; on the sixth day, they were bombed by the air force.”

 

He added: “On the fifth night of the operation, it was Colonel Hassan Saadi, Colonel Ibadat, and others who gave the notebook that Mr. Mehdizadeh (the commander of my company in the operation in the Allahu Akbar garrison) had taken to the commander of the ground forces, in which all their routes and plans were written. He also gave the notebook to the late Rafsanjani, who later stated that a lot of information had been extracted from this notebook.”

 

The judge said, “Did you see the notebook yourself? What was written in it?”

 

Radmehr said: Yes, I saw it; all their plans and plans were mentioned in it; when Mehdizadeh gave me this booklet, the operational commander, the late Brigadier General Aliyari, was next to me. He conducted a thorough investigation and we gave the booklet to the commander of the ground forces.

 

The judge said: Did you see what was written in the notebook?

 

Radmehr said: The plan to attack the Iranian Broadcasting Corporation, Jamaran, and the Hamedan and Kermanshah garrisons had been explained; they thought that the popular forces were with them; like in the 12-day war, when they thought that if they martyred a number of commanders, the people would cooperate with them; the day after the operation, when I left the office of the ground forces commander at 4 am, the sky was full of Iraqi planes that bombed the country’s military forces in Chaharzebar.

 

He said: During the advance of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP group towards Islamabad, the members of this group committed widespread crimes against defenseless people; both women and children and the wounded in the hospital were the direct targets of violence and barrage by the MKO TERRORIST GROUP forces; I was behind the radio and Mr. Mehdizadeh told me that the Islamabad hospital was a place where the wounded and injured were kept, they were attacked and an attempt was made to kill or evacuate all the patients and their companions so that the enemy’s advance path was open; the martyrs and the killed included garrison forces, ordinary people, the wounded and even the companions of the patients; the MKO TERRORIST GROUP group quickly and without stopping passed through the city, but our forces were able to stop their advance in the pass and main routes.

 

Radmehr said: “Also, some members of this group were women dressed in military uniforms that made them look like men, who took action for military operations and attacks on people; these actions show that the crimes of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP cannot be denied; those who play on the enemy’s turf and stand next to the criminal Saddam can only be called traitors.”

 

Radmehr said: “We were in the Qalajeh Pass and they were in Islamabad; we were listening to their radios at a distance of 25 kilometers, when one of their commanders was telling the other forces to tell Maryam that they had sent us to the slaughterhouse; after that, one of the intelligence officers told them, the pressure is too great, come and join us.”

 

He said: “They came and were stuck in this strait and were being bombed from the ground and air, and their only way out was to escape; many of them died in the surrounding mountains; a month after the operation, we went to this area and saw the bodies of three people, a woman and two men, who were stuck on the road and died; they were not at all strong enough to stand against the Iranian military forces, and their defeat was already certain.”

 

The judge asked: How familiar were the hypocrites who were present in this battle with military equipment and warfare techniques?

 

Radmehr said: They had tried to have all their forces present in this operation, whether they were trained or not; the majority of them were trained; the Iraqi army air force was also bombing Iranian military forces in support of them.

 

The judge said: “Did you see with your own eyes that the farms and homes of civilians were bombed by Iraqi forces?”

 

Radmehr said: “I was there, they didn’t bomb the city of Islamabad, but they bombed the place where our military forces were.”

 

Retired Brigadier General Nabiullah Tajik appeared on the stand and swore to tell nothing but the truth, continuing: The People’s Mojahedin Organization, which later became known as the MKO TERRORIST GROUP, had been contemplating an armed confrontation with the regime since the beginning of the revolution; the reason for this was infiltration of the organs, collection of weapons, and creation of secret networks; finally, in Khordad 1360, they declared armed war and, by forming team houses, they led a wave of assassinations of prominent figures, including the 7th of Tir incident and the martyrdom of Shahid Beheshti and his companions.

 

He added: “After their failure inside the country and the confrontation of the people and security institutions, they were forced to leave the country and chose the worst path, which was cooperation with the Iraqi Baathist regime; their role in the imposed war is very clear; since 1986, they began to drain the intelligence of our forces; by making phone calls to commanders and even ordinary forces, which were sometimes not justified, they tried to obtain accurate information about the units, the number of forces, and the operational situation and provide it directly to Saddam; a clear example of this was the call to one of our divisions, who introduced himself as the ideological leader and asked about the number of forces present.”

 

Tajik said: Their other action was to be present at the battle scene; first in Kurdistan and then in various operations including Operation Aftab, Operation Chelcheragh  and finally Operation Forough Javidan after the adoption of Resolution 598; they thought that the end of the war was an opportunity to strike at the regime and started this operation; I was on a mission in the rear of the Western Headquarters when Operation Forough began; after finishing the work, when I returned to Kermanshah, I noticed the crowd and concern of the people; several groups had gathered in the city and when we asked the people, they said that people had entered the city and were chasing people with cold weapons; in fact, they were preparing the ground for the arrival of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP.

 

He continued: “We continued our journey and reached Somar; it was around 10pm when one of the forces announced that the city had fallen; this was despite the fact that I had passed through the city that evening and had not seen any sign of the presence of armed forces or the fall of the city, and the city was completely under our control; when I asked what time they announced that the city had fallen, I realized that the time between our passing through the city and the report of the fall was very short, and this showed that the MKO TERRORIST GROUPs had acted quickly and simultaneously with organizing internal unrest.”

 

A retired Tajik Brigadier General said: “The city of Islamabad was in the hands of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP for 2 to 3 days. On the third day, the main operation was carried out and Islamabad was liberated. The MKO TERRORIST GROUP was defeated with many deaths and prisoners.”

 

The judge said: Was this a tactic to put Islamabad in the hands of the MKO TERRORIST GROUP, or was it because the MKO TERRORIST GROUP was not taken seriously?

 

Tajik said: They were not taken seriously; at that time we were so involved in the fight against Iraq that we did not think such an incident would happen; it seems to me that the leaders of this organization somehow wanted to get rid of their forces; their vehicles in the war were all rubber-wheeled; thus, they had become very vulnerable.

 

He added: “On the third day of the operation, due to the air support of the Iraqi army, a large number of our military forces who were located in the heights of the strait were martyred.”

 

The judge said: “What was the reason for their use of wheeled tanks? Did they think they would be in Tehran for a few more days, or did they use these tanks because they were easy to control?”

 

Tajik said: “Those who were in charge of this matter may not have had military knowledge. My analysis at the time was that they wanted to get rid of these forces; so they sent them to a place where they would be rid of them very quickly; after all, Iran was a country that had military force and war equipment, and they had come to confront us; the people stood with special enthusiasm and interest in defending the country’s sovereignty.”

 

Tajik continued: “The People’s Mojahedin Organization can be considered one of the closest groups to ISIS; I remember that in the Mersad, Chelcheragh , and Aftab operations, they had three teams: the first was for killing, the second was for evacuating documents and equipment, and the third was engaged in arson and burned whatever they could get their hands on.”

 

He added: “In Europe, they were able to take many measures to collect financial donations; they would place their people at the crossroads of different cities in France and England as beggars to collect money and invest this money in various projects.”

 

Tajik continued: “I wish the trial had been held 10-20 years ago; some witnesses were martyred or are no longer available.”

 

The judge asked: “Did you see or hear anything about the attack by the MKO TERRORIST GROUP on Islamabad Hospital and its medical staff?”

 

Tajik said: “I heard from some friends; since we were doing intelligence gathering work, we were not involved in operations, but I have heard from several people about the MKO TERRORIST GROUP attacking the Islamabad Hospital to take it over; if the patients resisted being expelled, the MKO TERRORIST GROUP would have martyred them.”

 

At the end, the judge announced the end of the session and said: “The next session will be held on December 11.”