by Zack Beauchamp
The MEK, a Iranian cult-of-personality Marxist terrorist organization immensely unpopular among Iranians, is staging a rally outside the White House today to protest its place on the terrorist organization list. When was the last time you could remember any other terrorist organization that killed Americans demonstrating outside the White House and lobbying influential American politicians? What's next, HezbollahPAC?
And just to make apparent the bunkum that is the MEK's claim to leading the democratic opposition, here's an editorial from Kaleme, a leading Green newspaper:
Mojahedin-e Khalq is the symbol of “violence and terror” in Iran and the slightest mention of this word [MEK] and the remembrance of this organization is needed to remind the Iranian audience of the violence, terror, and treason they caused. As long as the groundwork of this organization is cult-like behavior, the only solution for them is to submit to foreigners in order to stab its own people in the back. Any country that supports this organization defames itself among the Iranian people and remains infamous for defending violence and betrayal.
It's hard to think of anything worse we could do in the name of supporting Iran's democracy movement than delisting the MEK. For more evidence, here's leading Iran expert Abbas Milani, firsthand observer of the MEK Elizabeth Rubin, and some great roundups from Chris last month.
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