To: imc-dc-editorial@lists.indymedia.org 
Subject: Inaccurate depiction of Iranian Opposition Group on DC Indymedia 
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:07:15 -0400

"1000's of Iranian-Americans rally in support of the Mojahedin"

This is an inaccurate representation of Iranian community and their support of Mojahedin-e Khalq. This group does not have any significant support inside or outside of Iran.

This message is to say something about the origin and nature of this group for readers who might like to know. This sort of thing matters because one of the means that the warmongers have of promoting their position is to use groups that are willing to work with them.

The group in question here is the Modjaahedin, an Islamic organization with army with tanks (as depicted on their web site) and not a peace group at all. They also call themselves the Iranian Resistance and National Liberation Army. They have never showed up at a peace demo. They support the demonization of the regime in Iran, similar to the US propaganda treatment of Hussein in Iraq. They want to play the role in Iran that Ahmad Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress plays in Iraq. Of course, there is no need to say that they do not respect complete human rights for women since they believe in an Islamic type governement. In their website you will see that thir army of women has islamic scarf and carries guns.

During the Iran-Iraq war, the Modjaahedin supported the Hussein regime. Not a verbal or idealogical support. Actual military support. Saddam Hussein had allowed them to build army camps in Iraq next to the Iranian border and during the war they were militarily engaged against Iran and on the side of Saddam Hussein's army. Needless to say, this lead to the people of Iran of all walks of life to despise them.

US Congress members met with and encouraged the Modjaahedin as an alternative to the Islamic Republic or as a tool of US to overthrow the Islamic government. Not surprisingly, the Modjaahedin are not popular among the Iranian people or the peace and Justice movement of Iran.

When the US foreign-policy machine turned around and designated Saddam Hussein as one of their hitlers-of-the-month, they reclassified the Modjaahedin as a "terrorist" organization.

Eventually the Modjaahedin kissed up to Washington and recently said they would reveal where the Islamic Republic of Iran kept its weapons, claiming that years of military operation on the border of Iraq and Iran makes them great experts at the service of the US. This was reported in the Washington post just before the invasion of Iraq.

They are only interested in coming to power in Iran with the help of the US government.

Simin Royanian, Jack 7yipzdu and Farah Shahi
Women for Peace and Justice in Iran
http://women4peace.org