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Statement from FDI President Kenneth R. Timmerman on the de-listing of the MEK (Mujahedin-e Khalq) by the State Department
Sept. 26, 2012 (first post)
FDI has long advocated for keeping the MEK on the State Department’s
list of international terrorist organizations because of its proven
involvement in the murder of U.S. military officers and defense industry
officials in Iran in the late 1970s. We also believe that the MEK
operates as a cult, and that its brand of Islamic Marxism offers little
real change from the Islamic Republic.
That battle is now over. The State Department and the Obama
administration have decided to impose a statute of limitations on
murdering Americans overseas. This sets a very dangerous precedent and
endangers all Americans, not just our diplomats and military.
Delisting the MEK does not mean, however, that the group should get a
free pass or that the FBI should abandon ongoing investigations into
alleged money-laundering and racketeering charges against MEK members
here in the United States.
Going forward, FDI believes that the Treasury Department should also
remove the Free Life Party of Iranian Kurdistan, PJAK, from its list of
international terrorist organizations.
Unlike the MEK, PJAK has never murdered Americans, has never advocated
murdering Americans, and has strongly supported the United States. PJAK
is a strongly secular group that stands as a bulwark against Islamist
ideology. It also rejects separatism or any assault on Iran’s
territorial integrity.
In addition, FDI believes Congress should investigate groups such as the
National Iranian American Council, NIAC, to determine whether it is
operating as an unregistered foreign agent in its advocacy for
pro-Tehran positions.
Kenneth R. Timmerman
President and CEO
Foundation for Democracy in Iran
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