Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism – The fourth session of the trial of the members of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group was held, during which the prosecutor’s representative highlighted the connection between the group and the French government.
At the beginning of the open session, chaired by Judge Dehqani in the 11th branch of the criminal court of Tehran province, the prosecutor’s representative said that before reading the indictment, some pieces of information would be read out to enlighten the public opinion.
He pointed out that documents have revealed the MKO’s ringleader Masoud Rajavi’s connection with France and the role of the French intelligence service in the explosion at the headquarters of the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) in Tehran in June 1981.
After the armed action of the terrorist group earlier in June 1981, Rajavi and several members of the MKO discussed whether they should declare that the group had entered the military phase and finally decided to make that announcement, he said.
Afterward, he continued, Rajavi proposed to blow up the office of the IRP and the group decided to make preparations for the move.
Then Rajavi traveled to France, and the bombing happened after his trip, he further explained, adding that Abrishamchi, Bani Sadr, Rajavi and several others then hijacked a plane to depart Iran for France, the prosecutor’s representative added.
The high-profile trial of the ringleaders and members of the MKO kicked off in Tehran on December 12.
According to the criminal court, some 104 members of the terrorist group as well as a legal entity (the MKO) are sued in the trial for committing inhumane crimes.
The MKO has carried out numerous terrorist attacks in Iran against ordinary people and officials since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, killing thousands of people over the past four decades.
