By IRNA,
London : A human rights activist says US support for the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) is a proof of Washington’s hollow promises regarding the war on terror.
Seyyed Mohammad Javad Hasheminejad, head of Habilian Association, said here on Saturday there are indications that MKO is in collusion with US military forces in Iraq and remnants of Saddam’s Baath regime to “address the interests of America”.
Hasheminejad was addressing participants in the international conference on “alternative global perspectives on terrorism” here in London.
“The US has entered into a contract with the MKO, declaring this terrorist organization as being protected by the international law,” he said, adding that US double standards in the war on terror has resulted in the protection of terrorists in the past five years.
He said the MKO camp in Iraq is being guarded by American soldiers, adding that MKO members are waging a propaganda war against Tehran.
“They manipulate information to portray Iran as the cause of instability in Iraq,” he said.
Hasheminejad noted that the West and United States in particular should revise “their behavior towards terrorism”.
He said American double standards “will finally lead to the disadvantage of the West.”
Habilian Association is an Iran-based non-governmental organization seeking to preserve the rights of families who have been exposed to terrorism. The NGO has recently released a list of people who have been assassinated by MKO after the 1979 revolution.
It says the MKO is behind the slaughter of 12,000 Iranians in the past three decades.
The international conference on terrorism was held in London Saturday, with Muslim scholars and international experts from different countries presenting papers on terrorism in the one day event.