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Who is behind the financing of the People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran (MEK) remains a mystery.
The camp of about 3,000 members of this organization in Kamëz, Albania, extends over a territory of 38-40 hectares, where about 127 objects are built.
For their deployment in the Ashraf 3 camp, the USA had contributed, which had given 20 million dollars to the UN refugee agency to help the relocation to Albania.
But, after an action by the Albanian Police in this camp on suspicions that its members have committed the criminal offenses of "provocation of war" and "cyber attacks", the US Department of State emphasized that the US does not finance this organization.
The financiers of this organization are not publicly known, since the MEK does not provide official data. However, its financing has been a point of discussion several times in the world media.
In an article published in 2018, the British newspaper The Guardian wrote that the MEK organization was financed by the former leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussien, "for most of its life in asylum".
The MEK moved to Iraq in 1986, after its activities in Iran were banned in 1981. The Council on Foreign Relations, based in New York, USA, writes that Hussein had been the main financier of the MEK until the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
"But in recent years, the group claims to rely on the large number of wealthy Iranian expatriates in the United States and Europe, and other people opposed to the clerical regime in Tehran," a Council on Relations report said. foreign.
But the participation of the former intelligence chief of Saudi Arabia, Prince Turki al-Faisal, in a gathering of this group in Paris on July 6, 2016 had prompted criticism from Iran after he had supported the overthrow of the Government of Iran.
An Iranian official, quoted by the state news agency IRNA, had accused Saudi Arabia of sponsoring terrorism.
The professor of the University of the City of New York, Ervand Abrahamian, told The Guardian in 2018 that Saudi Arabia is behind the financing of the MEK.
"The money ultimately comes from Saudi [Arabia]. There is no one else who can subsidize them with this level of funding," said Abrahamian, a Middle East historian.
But, The Guardian points out that the MEK has always denied that it is financed by Saudi Arabia. Radio Evropa e Lire has contacted the spokesperson of this organization regarding the financing of the MEK in Albania, but has not received a response until the publication of this article.
Për periudha të ndryshme nga viti 1997 deri në vitin 2013, MEK-u ishte listuar si organizatë terroriste në disa vende, si SHBA, BE, dhe Britani të Madhe.
Në vitin 2009, Britania e Madhe e kishte larguar MEK-un nga kjo listë. Njëjtë kishte vepruar edhe SHBA-ja, nën administratën e ish-presidentit Barack Obama, në vitin 2012. Në atë kohë, The Guardian kishte raportuar se për largimin e saj nga kjo listë ishte bërë një fushatë multimilionëshe.
MEK-u e cilëson veten si “grupin më të madh dhe më jetëgjatë të opozitës iraniane me një histori prej pesë dekadash të luftës për liri dhe demokraci në Iran”.
But on June 21, the US State Department said it does not consider the MEK to be a "sustainable democratic opposition movement representing the Iranian people" and stressed that the US does not contribute to the funding of the MEK and does not provide any support or training for the members of this organization./ REL
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