Senior Iran official complains over PMOI/MEK’s growing influence

Senior Iran official complains over PMOI/MEK’s growing influence

NCRI revelations of the Iran’s clandestine nuclear weapons program (File Photo)

Analysis by PMOI/MEK

Iran, June 30, 2019 - Following new U.S. sanctions targeting Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, his office, and the entire apparatus under his control through an executive order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior official in Iran is complaining about the growing influence of the Iranian opposition group People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

“[U.S. National Security Advisor John] Bolton has become the PMOI/MEK representative in the U.S. Alongside the U.S. President, they are receiving wrong advise and intelligence from the PMOI/MEK. This has resulted in their wrong decision-making,” said Ali Larijani, speaker of the mullahs’ Majlis (parliament).

In his remarks to the state-run ISNA news agency on Thursday, Larijani complained about the revelations made by the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) from back in 2002.

The NCRI blew the whistle on Tehran’s secret nuclear enrichment project in Natanz and the heavy water reactor in Arak, triggering a visit to Iran by the Director of the International Atomic Emergency Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog.

“From the very beginning, the PMOI/MEK brought up Iran’s nuclear dossier and [the IAEA Director] followed up on the matter. Then three European ministers traveled to Iran. They said we will resolve the issue and Iran can continue its enrichment after some time. However, history has shown they were not able to deliver on their promises,” Larijani said.

“Various European countries are allies with the U.S. They planned INSTEX [a mechanism to supposedly bypass U.S. sanctions targeting the mullahs’ regime]. However, it is only in name and not practical,” he added.