Conservative MP Jason Kenney is coming under scrutiny for his appearance at a rally organized by supporters of a banned terrorist organization.

This comes two days after Kenney, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, condemned fellow parliamentarians for their comments about another terror group.

A photograph of Kenney at an April rally, organized by the Committee in Defense of Human Rights in Iran, appears on the website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the Toronto Star reported Thursday.

The council is the political wing of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), which is one of the names used by the Mujaheedin-e-Khalq.

The Mujaheedin-e-Khalq is an armed Iranian rebel group formally designated as a terror group by the governments of Canada, the United States and the European Union.

The Canadian government put the group on its official terror list in May 2005.

"Dozens of Iranians and supporters of the Iranian Resistance joined in a rally in front of the Canadian Parliament to condemn (the) clerical regime's plan is to execute political prisoners in Iran, specially those affiliated to the PMOI," the national council says on its website.

"(Kenney) started his speech by welcoming participants to the rally on his own behalf as well as the Prime Minister and stressed that the new Canadian government would work hard to establish fundamental freedoms in Iran," it says.

The group, which describes itself as the parliament-in-exile of the Iranian resistance, has been lobbying to persuade governments in the United State and United Kingdom to remove it from their terror blacklists.

But Human Rights Watch says the group is guilty of serious human rights abuses, including "abuses ranging from detention and persecution of ordinary members wishing to leave the organization, to lengthy solitary confinements, severe beatings and torture of dissident members.''

According to Canada's list of banned terror entities, the group seeks to establish a democratic, socialist Islamic republic by overthrowing the current regime.

"This Islamic socialism can only be attained through the destruction of the existing regime and the elimination of Western influence," says the statement on the Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada website.

"To achieve this Islamic ideology, the use of physical force, armed struggle or jihad is necessary," the statement reads, adding that the organization has been linked to Saddam Hussein, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and has been suspected of collusion in Afghanistan's toppled Taliban regime.

In an interview with the Star, Kenney told the newspaper he did not remember being at the rally, then recalled an invitation from "something called the Committee for Human Rights in Iran.''

Kenney, MP for Calgary Southeast, said he "would be shocked'' to hear his picture was posted on the website.

When directed to the website, Kenney said he was "completely unaware of the context as it presented here, even though we had done our due diligence.''

At a news conference Tuesday, Kenney blasted a trip of opposition MPs who visited Lebanon and suggested Canada should be open to negotiating with Hezbollah.

"Their idea of a balanced approach is one where Israel is always wrong," Kenney said at the press conference. "This represents a totally irresponsible approach to foreign security policy."