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Mehdi Presses General on Iran War Lobbying Ties

2 claims checked · Published September 2026 · Checked September 2026

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  1. Claim 1
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    “a pro-regime change Iranian opposition group. It was listed as a terrorist group by the US government up until 2012.”

    The MEK is an Iranian opposition group advocating regime change, and the U.S. listed it as a terrorist organization until 2012.

    The Congressional Research Service describes the MEK as an exiled Iranian opposition group and records its 1997 U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organization designation and 2012 delisting. The State Department said the delisting became effective on September 28, 2012.

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    • 1The Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) or People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran

      SupportsThe Mojahedin-e-Khalq or MEK (also known as the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, or PMOI) is an exiled Iranian opposition group.

    • 2Delisting of the Mujahedin-e Khalq

      SupportsThe Secretary of State has decided, consistent with the law, to revoke the designation of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and its aliases as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under the Immigration and Nationality Act and to delist the MEK as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224.

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    “They worked with Saddam Hussein against Iran during the '80s.”

    The MEK worked with Saddam Hussein in Iraq and conducted operations against Iran during the 1980s.

    A U.S. State Department terrorism profile says Saddam Hussein invited the group to Iraq in the late 1980s and that it conducted cross-border incursions into Iran. The same source describes Iraqi support for the MEK during the Iran-Iraq War.

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