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Beware of the MEK
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Based on news reports, a number of U.S. officials and former officials have adopted this motto in recent months. They seem to believe the prospect of the nuclear issue being solved and rapprochement with Tehran so threatening that they have rushed to Iran's great foe: the People's Mojahdein Organization (MEK).
The MEK is a cult-like dissident group, based outside of Iran, primarily in Iraq and France for much of the past three decades. It was considered a terrorist group by the United States until 2012 and by the European Union until 2009, when it was removed from the list of terrorist organizations and became increasingly viewed as an alternative to Iran's current regime....
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Ariane Tabatabai
- Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2017–2018; Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2014–2015
- Former Stanton Nuclear Security Predoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2013–2014
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Based on news reports, a number of U.S. officials and former officials have adopted this motto in recent months. They seem to believe the prospect of the nuclear issue being solved and rapprochement with Tehran so threatening that they have rushed to Iran's great foe: the People's Mojahdein Organization (MEK).
The MEK is a cult-like dissident group, based outside of Iran, primarily in Iraq and France for much of the past three decades. It was considered a terrorist group by the United States until 2012 and by the European Union until 2009, when it was removed from the list of terrorist organizations and became increasingly viewed as an alternative to Iran's current regime....
Continue reading: http://nationalinterest.org/feature/beware-the-mek-11118
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The full text of this publication is available via the original publication source.The Author
Ariane Tabatabai
- Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2017–2018; Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2014–2015
- Former Stanton Nuclear Security Predoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2013–2014
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