The People's Mujahidin: Inside a secretive Iranian resistance camp
The Story25 Elo 2021

The People's Mujahidin: Inside a secretive Iranian resistance camp

It is not marked on maps. Men with automatic weapons guard its border. Few outsiders have ever visited the heavily guarded enclave in rural Albania that is home to the People’s Mujahidin, or MEK.

For its supporters, MEK is the biggest and most resilient Iranian opposition group, a government-in-waiting. Others see it as a bizarre and secretive cult led by a zealot with no chance of replacing Iran's ruthless theocracy.

Sunday Times foreign correspondent Matthew Campbell goes in search of the truth – the first British journalist to be allowed inside the camp.

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Guest: Matthew Campbell, foreign correspondent, The Sunday Times.

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Clips: Al Jazeera, BBC News, Channel 4 News, France 24, Fox Business, NCRI.

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