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In the 1960s, a group of student intellectuals formed to oppose the Shah of Iran and became an enemy of the clerical regime of Ayatollah Khomeini following the 1979 Revolution. U.S. officials twisted the students story in a misguided attempt to appease the Iranian government. In The Ayatollahs and the MEK: Irans Crumbling Influence Operation, Ambassador, Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr. - a former senior defense and foreign policy official who served three presidents over five administrations in the Pentagon, the White House and the U.S. State Department - presents breaking revelations and documents compelling evidence that the Islamic Republic of Irans organized opposition, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), and its parliament-in-exile, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), have been falsely portrayed in Washington and around the world for years. Professor Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Executive Director of the School of Public and International Affairs, at the University of Baltimore writes in the books Foreword: A careful examination of the facts supports this conclusion and tells a very different story than the one authored by Tehran and too often echoed in Washington. Ambassador Bloomfields pathbreaking book has received widespread praise from former senior leaders in the national security, counter-terrorism and law enforcement communities, including a former Director of the F.B.I., a former U.S. National Security Advisor, and a former U.S. Attorney General. The Ayatollahs and the MEK unravels the regimes disinformation campaign and brings a fresh perspective to the Iran policy conversation.

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Former Senior Leaders in National Security, Counter-Terrorism and Law Enforcement comment on "The Ayatollahs and the MEK"
Michael B. Mukasey, U.S. Attorney General, 2007-2009:
"The surest way to kill a lie is to pour truth on it. In this monograph, both methodical and compelling, Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. who served in national security positions in both the State and Defense Departments of three presidents kills at least six lies about the MEK, an organization of Iranian dissidents dedicated to replacing the theocratic tyranny of the mullahs in Tehran with a republic committed to democracy and gender equality. These accusations range from the bizarre that the MEK promotes an extremism rooted improbably in both communism and Islam to claims of violence against Americans and the Iranian people, and suggests that the laziness of journalists who will not examine these canards critically is exploited by regime sympathizers in the United States. This essay should be read by anyone concerned about the security of the United States and the world."
General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret). U.S. National Security Advisor, 20092010; NATO Supreme Allied Commander, 20032006; and Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, 19992003:
"Once again, Ambassador Bloomfield has brought clarity and truth to the forefront of one of the most embarrassing episodes of our involvement in Iraq. Our "non-action" policy was one which inflicted great damage to our national moral authority on human rights issues, tacitly enabling the overt (but underreported) massacre of hundreds of innocent men and women on the orders of both the Iraqi and Iranian governments, all in the misguided and false hope that the persecution of the MEK would curry favor with the regime in Iran. For anyone who continues to believe the lies regarding the only opposition group Tehran truly fears, Ambassador Bloomfield's essay is necessary reading. For our diplomats and elected leaders, it should be required reading."
Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 19932001:
"There was no credible factual or legal basis for putting the MEK on the FTO list in 1997. Unfortunately, it was a misguided foreign policy gimmick by the Clinton Administration to curry favor with the Tehran regime, and to pave the way for some fantasy U.S.-lran 'rapprochement'. In addition to murdering 19 U.S. Airmen at Khobar Towers in 1996, and relishing its role as the largest state exporter of terrorism, the mullahs never had any intention to act as a lawful nation state. Conversely, the MEK saved countless U.S. military lives in Iraq, and has been thanked and praised by America's senior military leaders."
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Copyright 2019
University of Baltimore
College of Public Affairs
1420 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201-5779
www.ubalt.edu
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America.
First edition. July 2019
ISBN-10 (Paperback): 0-578-53609-9
ISBN-13 (Paperback): 978-0-578-53609-5
ISBN-10 (e-book): 0-578-51732-9
ISBN-13 (e-book): 978-0-578-51732-2
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019908751
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Ayatollahs and the MEK: Iran's Crumbling Influence Operation
1. Iran. 2. Intelligence. 3. Middle East. 4. Terrorism. 5. History.
BOOK DESIGN: Auburn Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD.
PHOTO CREDITS: Cover background photo: iStock, Nic Taylor;
cover inset photo: AFP/Getty Images
ABOUT THE COVER: Iranian security forces on motorcycles threaten opposition protesters during clashes in Tehran.
Foreword
By Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Ph.D
In the years following the 1979 revolution in Iran, hundreds of students and faculty were killed, victims of a brutal campaign to silence dissent, stifle academic freedom and impose uniformity of thought. Thousands of other students and faculty suffered brutality, torture and detention for "propaganda against the system," "participating in illegal gatherings," or "insulting" government officials, i.e., exercising rights guaranteed under international law to freedom of speech, freedom of association and peaceful assembly. Tens of thousands more had their university educations or careers upended and were forced into exile. This assault on academic freedom did not stop in the 1980s, but has instead become a principal feature of the contemporary Iranian regime...
In totalitarian societies, power is maintained in part by the control of memory and reinvention of the past. While all societies promote a collective history, totalitarian states tend to advocate a single authorized version.
IN THE PAGES THAT FOLLOW, Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr. presents breaking revelations and documents compelling evidence that the Islamic Republic of Iran's organized opposition, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), and its parliament-in-exile, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), have been falsely portrayed in Washington for years. A careful examination of the facts supports this conclusion and tells a very different story than the one authored by Tehran and too often echoed in Washington.
With this publication, Ambassador Bloomfield directly and authoritatively refutes the charges brought against the regime's organized resistance and the underlying narratives that have sustained them. The Ayatollahs and the MEK explodes the regime's disinformation campaign and brings a fresh perspective to the Iran policy conversation. Contrary to the falsehoods circulating in Washington, the MEK has served as the principal opposition to clerical rule since the 1979 Revolution. The organization, the key element in the broader coalition of resistance groups within the NCRI, has only grown in strength, popularity, and political prowess since this time.
Ambassador Bloomfield a Distinguished Fellow and Chairman Emeritus at the Stimson Center with a sterling reputation in Washington has extensive experience with Iran policy, accrued while serving as a senior national security official in five U.S. administrations. In 2011, as a non-attorney advisor at a prominent Washington law firm retained by Iranian-Americans seeking the removal of the MEK and NCRI from the U.S. roster of foreign terrorist organizations, he conducted an independent assessment of the terrorism allegations made against the groups and published a detailed report demonstrating that the most credible sources available did not back up the allegations. The report was translated into French and Farsi and the U.S. Department of State submitted it as a source material in the court case reviewing the MEK-NCRI terrorism listing, which was subsequently lifted by the Secretary of State. Meeting with Parliamentarians and exiled resistance members in Europe, Ambassador Bloomfield furthered his knowledge of the group and its history, testifying about his findings before the U.S. Congress.
In 2013, in my capacity as an evidence-based counterterrorism scholar, I collaborated with Ambassador Bloomfield in the publication of a study on the history of the MEK. We methodically examined all of the alleged terrorist activity over the group's fifty-year history using the most reliable references. The resulting picture was very much at odds with the image and specific allegations believed to be true by many in the U.S. policy community.
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