People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
Political party in Iran
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| September 2022 | Albania suffered a second cyber-attack, leading to cutting diplomatic ties with Iran and ordering Iranian embassy staff to leave, with the FBI and CISA confirming the attacks were motivated by Albania's hosting of the MEK. |
| February 2021 | Asadollah Asadi and his accomplices were found guilty of attempted terrorism, with Asadi sentenced to 20 years in prison. |
| November 27 2020 | Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated, with Iranian officials blaming MEK and Israel. |
| October 2020 | Iranian diplomat Asadollah Asadi was charged in Belgium and warned of possible retaliation if found guilty of planning to bomb an MEK rally. |
| September 2020 | The New York Times reported that MEK was among the prominent targets of a cyber attack by Iranian hackers. |
| July 2020 | A German court ordered the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung to remove false information about the MEK. |
| February 2020 | The MEK claimed to have 2,500 members in its Albania camp, though a New York Times reporter estimated only around 200 people were present during a two-day visit. |
| January 2020 | Iranian-American Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar was sentenced to 38 months in prison for conducting surveillance on American MEK members. |
| 2019 | During the Free Iran 2019 conference in Albania, Rudy Giuliani described the MEK as a 'government-in-exile' and a potential alternative to lead Iran if the current government falls. |
| October 2019 | Albanian police discovered an Iranian paramilitary network allegedly planning attacks against MEK members, with two Iranian security officials leading the network from Tehran. |
| June 9 2019 | The Intercept published an article revealing that 'Heshmat Alavi' was not a real person, but a collective pseudonym used by MEK's political wing for media publications. |
| 2018 | U.S. District Court charged two alleged Iran agents for conducting covert surveillance of MEK activities in the United States. |
| December 2018 | Albania expelled two Iranian diplomats for alleged involvement in a bomb plot against the MEK. |
| October 2018 | The French government officially blamed Iran's Intelligence Service for the failed attack against the MEK. |
| June 30 2018 | Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's personal lawyer, gave a lecture at an MEK gathering in Paris, calling for regime change in Tehran. |
| June 30 2018 | Belgian police arrested Amir Saadouni and Nasimeh Naami on charges of attempted terrorist murder against an MEK rally in France, seizing half a kilogram of TATP explosives and a detonator. |
| January 2018 | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani contacted French President Emmanuel Macron, requesting the MEK be removed from its base in Auvers-sur-Oise, alleging they instigated the 2017-18 Iranian protests. |
| 2017 | Documentary 'Midday Adventures' was released, focusing on the MEK. |
| September 9 2016 | More than 280 remaining MEK members were relocated to Albania, establishing their new base at Camp Ashraf 3 in Manëz, Durrës County. |
| February 2015 | The Intercept published that several politicians received campaign contributions from MEK supporters. |
| 2014 | The US began relocating MEK members to Albania, bringing 2,700 members to Tirana between 2014 and 2016. |
| 2013 | 52 unarmed MEK members were killed during an attack on Camp Ashraf, with 7 members reported missing. |
| February 9 2013 | A rocket and mortar attack at Camp Hurriya killed 5 and injured 50 MEK members. |
| 2012 | Documentary 'The Strange World of the People's Mujahedin' was produced about the organization. |
| 2012 | MEK moved from Camp Ashraf to Camp Hurriya in Baghdad. |
| December 20 2012 | Canada delisted MEK from its terrorist organization list. |
| September 28 2012 | The U.S. State Department formally removed MEK from its official list of terrorist organizations, ahead of a lawsuit deadline. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cited the group's renunciation of violence and cooperation in closing their Iraqi paramilitary base. |
| 2011 | Michael Mukasey received $15,000-$20,000 for a lecture about MEK-related events. |
| 2010 | Iranian authorities charged five MEK protesters with 'rioting and arson' under the crime of moharebeh. |
| July 2010 | The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal issued an arrest warrant for 39 MEK members, including Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, accusing them of crimes against humanity during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq. |
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