The role of the MEK is significant. It was the MEK that exposed the Iranian regime’s nuclear plans, thus preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb. It was thanks to the group’s network inside Iran that the MEK could reveal what was actually happening inside the country. The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) as a result inspected facilities in Iran.

Who is the MEK?

The group is “committed to a secular, democratic, non-nuclear republic; gender equality; freedom of religion, thought, press, and association; support for peace in the Middle East; and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”.


President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are some numerous senior officials who have commended the MEK for exposing Iran’s nuclear intentions. Speaking in 2005, President George W. Bush said that Iran’s nuclear program was discovered “not because of their compliance with the IAEA or NPT, but because a dissident group pointed it out to the world.”

So, without the MEK, Iran would by now have a nuclear bomb. At a House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) said: “We all owe a debt of gratitude to the MEK for bringing this information to the world, and causing the United States and the world to focus on the problem.”

As well as exposing nuclear activities, the MEK also brought the Iranian regime’s terrorist activities to light. It has provided actionable intelligence about Qods Force operations in Iraq. It also exposed Iran’s participation in the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia where 19 American servicemen died.

The MEK also benefits from a huge amount of support in U.S. Congress. Hearings in the House and the Senate were held to support the safety of the thousands of MEK members in camps Ashraf and Liberty in Iraq. Several pieces of legislations were made in support of MEK members in Iraq, e.g., H.Res.704 with 224 co-sponsors (126 D and 98 R).