"[In MEK] You lose your identity and are not allowed to think freely. When I started having fights with them and pointed out their mistakes, they put me on trial and sent me to prison for not following the leader's orders."
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Ardeshir Parkizkari, as quoted in The New York Times (30 June 2003).
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