User:MarioGom/sandbox/MEK bibliography

This is an annotated bibliography on the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran.

Academic

 * Possibly the most cited academic work on the MEK. This can be considered as the top source about the MEK since their inception to the 1980s. Cited by,.
 * A report by RAND Corporation, commissioned by the US government. Arguably not the most unbiased source, but it is very frequently cited in reliable secondary and tertiary sources. Cited by.

Reliable

 * Disputed reports of MEK exile from Iraq and Massoud Rajavi exile to Germany.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers the story of Mansour Ahani, an alleged Iran intelligence agent in Canada (later disputed in Court). Discusses the topic in relation to the MEK, in particular MEK operations in Canada, but it seems rather tangential. Outdated: See 13 September 2003 coverage by Bell Stewart, and Ahani's involvement with MEK.
 * Covers Bahram Tabatabai's conviction for forging visas for MEK members.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers allegations by James Rubin.
 * Covers Mahnaz Samadi detention and attempt to deport her. Covers NLA as armed wing of the MEK.
 * Covers charges against five people for fundraising for the MEK. Times staff writers David Rosenzweig and Robin Wright contributed to this story.
 * Shahin Gobadi, MEK spokeperson, denying MEK relation to the case.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers Bindmans and Matrix in relation to a position in favor of MEK in the UK. Too short and vague to be useful on its own.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers FBI collaboration with Germany and operation in Colonge.
 * Covers attempts to delist PKK and MEK in the UK, Lord Lester QC's role.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers attempts to delist MEK  in the UK, Lord Lester QC's role. More complete coverage at The Guardian.
 * Covers various groups, covers prior FBI investigations, but it does not add new reporting compared to previous coverage by Los Angeles Times and others.
 * Criticism of US terrorist designation lists, briefly covers the MEK.
 * Judge rules that the methods used by the State Department to designate terrorist groups deprives defendants from due process rights.
 * Briefly covers MEK in the Iraq War. Also published at the Irish Times.
 * Available at ProQuest. Emma Nicholson call for an investigation of MEK operations in the UK, front organizations.
 * Available at ProQuest.
 * Available at ProQuest.
 * MEK surrenders to the US.
 * Covers the US plans to use the MEK as a bargaining chip with Iran, plans to disarm the group.
 * Available at ProQuest.
 * Discusses US plans to use the MEK against Iran.
 * Covers Pentagon and State of Department policy struggle over MEK's role.
 * Raid in Australia believed to be related to the MEK.
 * Raid was conducted to investigate if money was being channeled to the MEK.
 * Available at ProQuest. Further discussion of the Australian raid, and MEK activity in Australia during the previous 30 years. TBD: need to check if this is an op-ed.
 * A less in-depth piece compared to the follow up published on 30 June 2003.
 * Available at ProQuest. Discussess US bombing the MEK, disarmament deal, MEK lobbying, Coalition for Democracy in Iran (neoconservative lobby group).
 * Protests by MEK supporters in France.
 * This long form piece is frequently cited in academic sources. Cited by.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers Iran proposal to swap Al-Qaeda for MEK terrorists.
 * Available at ProQuest. Secretary of State Colin Powell ordered the freezing of assets and closure of two offices connected to an Iranian opposition group, the State Department announced Friday.
 * Camp Ashraf, MEK attacks on Kurds, struggle between Department of State and Pentagon, past US airstrikes on MEK.
 * Special investigation on MEK's lobbying for delisting in the US.
 * A less in-depth piece compared to the follow up published on 30 June 2003.
 * Available at ProQuest. Discussess US bombing the MEK, disarmament deal, MEK lobbying, Coalition for Democracy in Iran (neoconservative lobby group).
 * Protests by MEK supporters in France.
 * This long form piece is frequently cited in academic sources. Cited by.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers Iran proposal to swap Al-Qaeda for MEK terrorists.
 * Available at ProQuest. Secretary of State Colin Powell ordered the freezing of assets and closure of two offices connected to an Iranian opposition group, the State Department announced Friday.
 * Camp Ashraf, MEK attacks on Kurds, struggle between Department of State and Pentagon, past US airstrikes on MEK.
 * Special investigation on MEK's lobbying for delisting in the US.
 * Camp Ashraf, MEK attacks on Kurds, struggle between Department of State and Pentagon, past US airstrikes on MEK.
 * Special investigation on MEK's lobbying for delisting in the US.
 * Special investigation on MEK's lobbying for delisting in the US.

Unassessed reliability

 * Available at ProQuest. Unclear whether this is an opinion piece. Documents MEK-linked donations to Robert Torricelli, front organizations, and politicians deceived to sign support letters.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers Canada's claim that 3 members of the MEK (Robab Farahi Mahdaviah, Parvin Khassebaf and Effat Nejati) are declared a threat to Canada's national security and were previously deported.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers ongoing investigation alleging a that a MEK-linked fraud ring faked visas and charged for entry in the US, including smuggling MEK members into the US.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers Hussein Shams' deportation for alleged links to the MEK.
 * Available at ProQuest. Discusses lobbying campaign for MEK de-listing.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers immigration fraud. Prefer usage of piece by David Rosenzweig (27 October 1999) from Los Angeles Times.
 * Available at ProQuest. Possibly an opinion piece (needs checking) by the Mackenzie Institute.
 * Available at ProQuest. Prefer use of equivalent stories at Los Angeles Times.
 * Available at ProQuest. Prefer use of equivalent stories at Los Angeles Times.
 * Available at ProQuest. Coverts James Traficant support from MEK members.
 * Available at ProQuest. Briefly covers the Encino fraud case, but it does not add much. Prefer previous coverage at Los Angeles Times.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers start of trial (from the March 2001 indictments).
 * Long form piece MEK broadly, its presence in Washington, and Alireza Jafarzadeh.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers attempts to delist MEK and PKK in the UK, Lord Lester QC's role. Similar but less deep coverage available at the Financial Times. Equivalent coverage at The Guardian.
 * Brief AP note: Seven Iranians accused of using a charity scam to solicit money for a terrorist group asked a federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday to dismiss the charges. The defendants were indicted a year ago for allegedly soliciting money at Los Angeles International Airport for a group called Mujahedin-E Khalq, or MEK, which is based in Iraq and seeks to overthrow Iran's government.
 * Delay in UK listing case.
 * Available at ProQuest. Hearing on Ahmad Fani's alleged MEK membership. Similar coverage at Northern Daily News, The Windsor Star, St. Catharines Standard.
 * Available at ProQuest. Ghorbanali Mazraekar relation to the MEK and refugee status.
 * Available at ProQuest. Douglas Forrester and Robert Torricelli, discusses Torricelli's work on behalf of the MEK (as acknowledged by Torricelli), and his decision to not continue working on their behalf.
 * Partially available at ProQuest. Charges against Mohommad Omidvar for donations to the MEK.
 * Available at ProQuest. MEK fundraising in Canada. Similar article published by the Evening Guide, The Gazette, Ottawa Citizen.
 * Available at ProQuest. US starts taking over MEK base, disarming negotiations ongoing.
 * Available at ProQuest. US rais MEK camp without a fight.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers possible plans of the Pentagon to use the MEK as a proxy against Iran.
 * Available at ProQuest. Discusses plans for the US to use the MEK as a proxy against Iran. Also published at San Antonio Express-News.
 * Police raid Iranian families in Australia, possibly linked (but not confirmed in the report) to efforts to delist the MEK.
 * Available at ProQuest. Covers the suice by self-immolation in support of the MEK by Neda Hassani, a Canadian woman. Also published at The Kingston Whig-Standard, Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun.
 * Claims that Mansour Ahani fabricated his previous story as a former Iranian intelligence agent, and claims instead that he paid the MEK US$5,000 for help with immigration process.
 * Judge rules that the deportation was valid on grounds of MEK membership and the organization's terrorist activity.
 * Claims that Mansour Ahani fabricated his previous story as a former Iranian intelligence agent, and claims instead that he paid the MEK US$5,000 for help with immigration process.
 * Judge rules that the deportation was valid on grounds of MEK membership and the organization's terrorist activity.

WP:RSOPINION
Sources that might (or might not) be usable as WP:RSOPINION.


 * Available at ProQuest. Reprinted by The Windsor Star. Contains a passing mention: A Security Intelligence Review Committee report attributed an April 1992 attack on Iran's Ottawa embassy to "members of the Mujahedin-E-Khalq (MEK) . protesting an Iranian air attack on the MEK base inside Iraq. Otherwise, it seems tangential to the MEK.
 * Opinion piece by Ivan Eland at Cato Institute.
 * Opinion piece by Rep. Tom Tancredo supporting the MEK.
 * Available at ProQuest. Similar piece published by the The Washington Institute, and Middle East Forum.
 * Discusses MEK in France, goverment's deal with MEK, cult of personality, overall profile.
 * Discusses MEK in France, goverment's deal with MEK, cult of personality, overall profile.

Questionable reliability

 * Available at ProQuest and Newspapers.com. This is not a newspeace, but a letter to the newspaper.
 * Opinion piece without visible byline (checked in the online version and the ProQuest copy).
 * Available at ProQuest. Short piece. Quote: Two unidentified men - one a suspected member of the Mujahedin-e Kalq (MEK) - had applied for press credentials to get inside the U.N. session, which was attended by scores of foreign heads of state. To get their press cards, the suspects had sought the help of two women, one of whom worked for another country's U.N. mission, sources said.
 * Available at ProQuest. Prefer pieces from Los Angeles Times.
 * Available at ProQuest (unclear if opinion piece). Covers support to the MEK/NCRI by Robert Torricelli, James Traficant, Lacy Clay.

MEK-linked sources

 * Letter by representative of "People's Mujahedin of Iran - Britain."
 * Opinion piece by NCRI member.
 * Letter from Farid Soleimani, a Baghdad-based spokesman for the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran.
 * Letter by MEK representative in response to Sam Dealey article.
 * A response from the Ali Safavi (NCRI) to the "State Questions Military Tolerance of Iranian Dissidents" report
 * A response from the Ali Safavi (NCRI) to the "State Questions Military Tolerance of Iranian Dissidents" report

Iran-linked sources

 * Refer to Al Jazeera the same date for a reliable source reporting on Iran's position.

Others

 * Probably not reliable unless Martin Indyk positions are due for some other reason.
 * Available at ProQuest. Contains a brief profile at the MEK, but it is probably not relevant compared to more reliable and more in-depth sources.