“The West has tried every possible incentive to please the ruling mullahs in Iran. A friend of mine in the Iranian resistance said: ‘The support that this medieval regime has received from the West goes far beyond any other dictatorships in recent Iranian history. One might be astonished to know that the West policy during the past decade has actually strengthened the ayatollahs and hampered their opposition.’

Back in the late 90s, the United States, followed by the UK and the EU, designated the Iranian main democratic opposition, PMOI or MEK as a “foreign terrorist organization”. The move was described as ‘a good will gesture’ towards Iran. After years of legal battles, PMOI prevailed in all EU and US courts and was taken off these blacklists; with the last magnificent victory on 28 September when Hillary Clinton removed this movement from the US blacklist.

The world was alarmed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions in 2002, after the Iranian resistance coalition NCRI, relying on information received from PMOI members in Iran, revealed for the first time the existence of two top secret nuclear sites.”

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