Iran marks intl. day of remembrance of terror victims
Yusef Jalali
Press TV, Rasht
This webinar in Iran's northern city of Rasht brought together families of terror victims as well as rights activists and officials to honor the families of those lost their loved ones on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism.
As part of the event, the representative of the United Nations office in Iran read a message from UN secretary General, Antonio Guterres. Having lost over 17,000 people in terror attacks, Iran regards itself a major victim of terrorism. Since early after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the US-backed Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization, or the MKO, has had a dark history of assassinations and bombings targeting both Iranian statesmen and people.
The majority of the victims of terror attacks in Iran were targeted by the MKO organization. In 2012, the US removed the MKO from its lists of terrorist organizations. The move not only infuriated Iranian rights activists, but called into question the US's dual take on terrorism.
Simply put, it's called double standards. Ask every Iranian about the MKO and you would hear the word, Monafeghin, the Persian word for hypocrites. But the US doesn't think so. Not only did it delist the MKO as a terror group, it also participates in the annual MKO assemblies in Europe. Just to be clear about the MKO terrorist background; the most recent terror attacks targeted Iranian nuclear scientists, at the height of US and Israel's outcry over Iran's nuclear energy program.
The killers were either linked to Israel's Mossad or the MKO, based on the culprits' confessions published by Iranian media. Masoud Alimohammadi, a distinguished elementary particle physicist was one of the victims who was killed in 2010. His wife who is also the head of the Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism, says the US changes the definition of terrorism based on its interests.
The UN designated August 21 as the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism in order to honor and support the victims and survivors of terrorism. The day also coincides with the MKO's 1981 bombing that killed then Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar and President Mohammad Ali Rajai.
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