The MKO - listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international
community - fled Iran in 1986 for Iraq and was given a camp by former Iraqi
dictator Saddam Hussein.
They fought on the side of Saddam during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran
(1980-88). They were also involved in the bloody repression of Shiite Muslims in
southern Iraq in 1991 and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds.
The notorious group is also responsible for killing thousands of Iranian
civilians and officials after the victory of the Islamic revolution in 1979.
More than 17,000 Iranians, many of them civilians, have been killed at the hands
of the MKO in different acts of terrorism including bombings in public places,
and targeted killings.
Source: Tasnim News Agency