Source: https://www.nejatngo.org/en/posts/4207
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 14:55:50
Document Index: 329769695

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1182', '§ 2656', '§ 2339', '§ 2339', '§ 2339', '§ 1182']

Mujahedin-e Khalq in the new List of Terrorist Organizations – Nejat Society
By US State Department On Feb 8, 2012
2.	The organization must engage in terrorist activity, as defined in section 212 (a)(3)(B) of the INA (8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(3)(B)),* or terrorism, as defined in section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. § 2656f(d)(2)),** or retain the capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity or terrorism.
1.	It is unlawful for a person in the United States or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to knowingly provide "material support or resources" to a designated FTO. (The term "material support or resources" is defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2339A(b)(1) as " any property, tangible or intangible, or service, including currency or monetary instruments or financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, expert advice or assistance, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel (1 or more individuals who maybe or include oneself), and transportation, except medicine or religious materials.” 18 U.S.C. § 2339A(b)(2) provides that for these purposes “the term ‘training’ means instruction or teaching designed to impart a specific skill, as opposed to general knowledge.” 18 U.S.C. § 2339A(b)(3) further provides that for these purposes the term ‘expert advice or assistance’ means advice or assistance derived from scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge.’’
2.	Representatives and members of a designated FTO, if they are aliens, are inadmissible to and, in certain circumstances, removable from the United States (see 8 U.S.C. §§ 1182 (a)(3)(B)(i)(IV)-(V), 1227 (a)(1)(A)).
3.	Any U.S. financial institution that becomes aware that it has possession of or control over funds in which a designated FTO or its agent has an interest must retain possession of or control over the funds and report the funds to the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
1.	Supports our efforts to curb terrorism financing and to encourage other nations to do the same.
2.	Stigmatizes and isolates designated terrorist organizations internationally.
3.	Deters donations or contributions to and economic transactions with named organizations.
4.	Heightens public awareness and knowledge of terrorist organizations.
5.	Signals to other governments our concern about named organizations.
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