Former Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), who moderated an event on behalf of the Iranian opposition group MEK in Washington D.C. two weeks ago, told TPM in an interview that he is “personally offended” that the group is currently considered a terrorist organization by the State Department. He acknowledged that some of the group’s history — which includes the assassination of several U.S. military personnel and civilians in the 1970s — is “not good,” but argued that the MEK has changed, and is now “one of the only effective tools against the government in Tehran.”“They’ve been a victim of terribly bad luck,” he said.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=115132