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Iraq: No MKO member killed in camp attack

The Iraqi government has denied that any members of an anti-Iranian terrorist group were killed during a Tuesday raid on its base in northern Baghdad.

Iraqi police vehicles block one of the entrances leading to Camp Ashraf in northern Baghdad.

Earlier reports said between four to eight residents had been killed when Iraqi security forces stormed Camp Ashraf – the base of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO).

“This morning’s report is that there was not a single death among the MKO,”government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.”The police have an order not to use any live rounds.”

AFP quoted a police officer as saying that clashes resumed on Wednesday between Iraqi police and the residents of the camp, which lies in Diyala Province northeast of Baghdad.

An Iraqi police official said on Tuesday that about 50 of the camp’s residents had been detained.

Seyyed Mohsen Hakim, a member of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, was quoted by ISNA as saying many of the camp’s 3,500 residents have called for their return to Iran, adding that Tehran and Baghdad are discussing the issue.

Militants had fiercely resisted Iraqi forces who called in security personnel to quell the violence that led to the deaths of two Iraqi soldiers and injured 110 members of the Iraqi security forces.

Some 400 militants were also wounded in the Tuesday operation, which came after months of tense standoff around the base.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani welcomed the ‘cleansing of the Iraqi territory from terrorists’ and described the move as ‘praiseworthy, albeit late’.

Iraq’s Defense Ministry said the offensive was justified under the long-term security agreement signed by Baghdad and Washington in November, under which Iraq assumed responsibility for the camp three months ago.

“It’s our territory and it’s our right to enter, to impose Iraqi law on everybody. They (camp residents) have to submit to the law, and to Iraqi sovereignty,”said Defense Ministry spokesman General Mohammed Askari.

The Mujahedeen-e Khalq Organization was founded in Iran in the 1960s, but its top leadership and members fled the country in the 1980s after assassinating a number of prominent political and religious figures and carrying out bombings that claimed scores of lives.

Along with Iran, the United States, Canada and Iraq have designated the MKO as a terrorist organization.

July 30, 2009 0 comments
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Iraq

Iraqi Police Storm Ashraf – Iraqi troops seize Iranian exiles’ camp

Iraqi soldiers and riot police stormed a camp housing Iran’s main exiled opposition yesterday, triggering violent clashes that left at least 260 people wounded.

Members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq clash with Iraqi police inside Camp Ashraf yesterday. The disturbance at the base north of Baghdad left at least 260 people wounded

The seizure of Camp Ashraf, which was disarmed by the United States in 2003 and surrounded by U. S. forces until recently, comes after months of a tense standoff at the base north of Baghdad.

"After the failure of negotiations with the Mujahedin to enter peacefully, the Iraqi army entered Camp Ashraf with force and it now controls all of the interior and all entrances to the camp," an Iraqi military source said.

The spokesman said two battalions of 400 soldiers each, plus 200 riot police, took part in the operation, which was ordered by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s office.

The offensive followed a declaration by the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) — also known as the People’s Mujahedin of Iran — that it was ready to return to Iran if the authorities there would guarantee its members would not be abused.

The MEK said in a statement that Iraqi police had launched an attack on Ashraf by firing "pepper gas," with vehicles demolishing walls while police on foot forced their way into the camp.

It also coincided with a visit to Iraq by U. S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, but the top U. S. commander in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, said the U. S. military had no advance warning.

Police captain Firaz al-Atbi, from the restive province of Diyala where Ashraf is located, said about 200 residents were injured when riot police called in by the army to quell unrest began beating them.

About 60 members of Iraq’s security forces were also wounded, 20 seriously, he said, adding that 50 camp residents were detained.

Shahriar Kia, a spokesman for the MEK, said four people had been shot dead and about 300 others were injured. Capt. Atbi, however, denied the four deaths.

"We are so worried that they might take the people arrested to the Iranian regime and hand them over," Mr. Kia said by telephone from Camp Ashraf.

A provincial police official said residents were throwing bricks at Iraqi security forces.

The official said Diyala provincial police chief General Abdul Hussein al-Shamari had entered the camp to try to negotiate with the MEK to end the violence. A company of U. S. soldiers had overseen the camp until handing over control three months ago to Iraqi security forces as part of the drawdown of U. S. troops, Gen. Odierno said.

The Iraqi authorities had pledged to the Americans previously that they "would deal with the MEK in a humane fashion," he said, adding that there were U. S. observers on the scene.

U. S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Washington was "closely monitoring" the seizure, and added that the Iraqi government had "stated to us that no Camp Ashraf resident will be forcibly transferred to a country where they have reason to fear persecution."

Ashraf is home to about 3,500 MEK supporters and their families.Four shot dead, opposition spokesman says

Ali Al-Tuwaijri, Agence France-Presse

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Iraq

Iraqi Police Storm Ashraf – Fighting Continues at Camp for Iran Exiles

BAGHDAD, July 29 — Violent clashes continued for a second day Wednesday between Iraqi troops and members of an Iranian opposition group whose camp the Iraqis stormed Tuesday, presenting the first major dilemma for the U.S. government since Iraq proclaimed its sovereignty a month ago. Iraqi Police Storm Ashraf_Fighting Continues at Camp for Iran Exiles

At least eight Iranians have been killed and 400 wounded since Tuesday, when hundreds of Iraqi police and soldiers in riot gear plowed into Camp Ashraf, northeast of Baghdad, using Humvees donated by the U.S. military, according to group leaders and Abdul Nasir al-Mahdawi, the governor of Diyala province…

The raid, ordered by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, coincided with an unannounced visit by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who left Iraq on Wednesday.

In Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton described the raid as a legitimate act by a sovereign nation. "Although the U.S. government remains engaged and concerned about this issue, it is a matter for the government of Iraq to resolve in accordance with its laws," she said.

Clinton said Iraq had given assurances that camp residents would be treated humanely and would not be relocated anywhere they would have a well-founded fear of persecution. She urged the Iraqis to "show restraint."

U.S. officials are deeply concerned about the reports of violence and have been monitoring the situation using camera-equipped unmanned aircraft, said an official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "We’re asking the Iraqis questions," the official said. "Sometimes they answer, sometimes they don’t."

A contingent of U.S. soldiers based outside Ashraf have been watching but have declined to intervene, residents said.

The raid and its aftermath represent a conundrum for U.S. officials. Some say they feel obligated to the MEK because its members have provided information about Iran’s nuclear program and because American officials vowed to protect them after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But condemning this week’s events could be seen as an affront to Maliki’s government just as U.S. officials are talking up Iraq’s sovereignty, proclaimed June 30 when American troops withdrew from cities.
The stated goal of the Ashraf operation was to set up an Iraqi police station inside the camp, a move Iraq has described as the first step toward evicting the more than 3,000 residents.

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh defended the raid Wednesday, telling the Associated Press that the government "intends to assert its sovereignty on all sites and facilities that were controlled by foreign troops, and Camp Ashraf is no exception."
"The Iraqi government doesn’t intend to clash with members of this camp," he said, "but it will defend the law decisively."

Tehran officials have long pressured the Baghdad government to expel the MEK, which seeks to overthrow Iran’s Islamic regime. But Iraq has held off from raiding the camp because of U.S. opposition to a violent takeover.
An Iraqi police commander who participated in the raid said the Iranians’ fierce resistance had startled the Iraqi security forces. When the Iraqis gathered outside the gate, throngs of MEK members, led by women, formed a human shield, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "They put the women in front to prevent us from entering. They hit us with rocks and knives."

The official said 45 troops were injured. Residents at the camp said they did not provoke the forces.
After nearly four hours, the official said, the Iraqis set up a police station and checkpoints inside the camp and raised an Iraqi flag.

The State Department classifies the MEK as a terrorist organization, but Washington has interacted with the group since it agreed to disarm in 2003 in return for U.S. military protection. The Baghdad government assumed nominal control of the perimeter of the camp Jan. 1, when a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement took effect.
Special corresponden Aziz Alwan contributed to this report.
By Ernesto Londoño

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Iraqi Police Storm Ashraf – Iraqi forces have taken complete control of the camp Ashraf

Iraqi security forces have stormed the base of the terrorist Monafeqin grouplet named as the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO).

An Iraqi military official has said that Iraqi forces have taken complete control of the camp.

Four people were killed and 300 wounded when Iraqi soldiers and police stormed Camp Ashraf on Tuesday.

The base is located in Diyala province, north of Baghdad, and is home to around 3,500 MKO members and their families.

"After the failure of negotiations with the Mujahedeen (Khalq) to enter peacefully, the Iraqi army entered Camp Ashraf with force and it now controls the camp and all entrances to it," an Iraqi military source said.

An Iraqi police official has announced that about 50 camp residents have been detained.

The MKO was founded in Iran in the 1960s, but its top leadership and members fled the country in the 1980s after carrying out a series of assassinations and bombings inside the country.

The group is especially notorious in Iran because they allied with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

America, Canada, Iraq, and Iran have all designated the MKO as a terrorist organization.

The European Union had also designated the MKO as a terrorist organization but inexplicably removed it from the EU terror list in January 2009.

US military officials in Iraq say they were not informed about the plan until after it was carried out.

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Iraq

Iraqi Police Storm Ashraf – Iraqi forces storm MKO camp

TEHRAN/BAGHDAD – On Tuesday, Iraqi soldiers and riot police stormed Camp Ashraf, where Mojahedin Khalq Organization members had been based, triggering violent clashes that left atIraqi officials say clashes broke out as they were trying to establish a police post in the camp. least 260 people injured.

Iraqi officials say clashes broke out as they were trying to establish a police post in the camp.

“After the failure of negotiations with the Mojahedin (Khalq) to enter peacefully, the Iraqi army entered Camp Ashraf with force and it now controls the interior and all entrances to the camp,” an Iraqi military source said.

An Iraqi army spokesman in Diyala said two battalions of 400 soldiers each plus 200 riot police took part in Tuesday’s operation, which was ordered by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s office.

“It is our territory and our right to enter, to impose Iraqi law on everybody,” a defense ministry spokesman told al-Arabiya television.

Camp Ashraf, 40 miles north of Baghdad in Diyala province, houses 3,418 residents. It was set up in the 1980s, when Iraq was at war with Iran, as a base to operate against the Iranian government.

The camp was disarmed by U.S. soldiers following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. U.S. soldiers had overseen the camp until handing over control three months ago to Iraqi security forces.

The Iraqi government has vowed to close Camp Ashraf and expel the members to a third country. Iran has said those members whose hands are not tainted with the blood of Iranian nationals can return home.

Police captain Firaz al-Atbi from Diyala province said about 60 members of Iraq’s security forces were also wounded, 20 seriously.

50 camp residents were also detained, AFP quoted him as saying.

Shahriar Kia, a spokesman for the MKO, said four people had been shot dead and around 300 others were injured. However, Atbi denied the four deaths.

The MKO began a campaign of assassinations and bombings in Iran shortly after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

The group moved to Iraq in the early 1980s and it fought Iran from there until the United States invaded in 2003.

The executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein used the heavily armed group during his decade-long war with Iran in the ’80s, and it also played a role in Saddam’s bloody suppression of Shia and Kurdish uprisings after the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

The MKO was founded in Iran in the 1960s, but its top leadership and members fled the country in the 1980s after carrying out a series of assassinations and bombings inside the country.

The group is especially notorious in Iran because they allied with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

The United States, Canada, Iraq, and Iran have all designated the MKO as a terrorist organization.

The European Union had also designated the MKO as a terrorist organization but inexplicably removed it from the EU terror list in January 2009.

It is still not clear if the US gave Baghdad the green light to storm Camp Ashraf or if Iraqi officials took the action on their own initiative.

However, US military officials in Iraq say they were not informed about the plan until after it was carried out.

Many political analysts had said the United States had intended to use the Camp Ashraf MKO members as pawns to pressure Iran, so this development will change the political calculus of the region.

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Iraq

Iraqi Police Storm Ashraf – Iraq police clash anew with Iran rebel camp residents

KHALES, Iraq (AFP) – Clashes flared for a second day on Wednesday between Iraqi security forces and residents of a camp housing Iran’s main exiled opposition, a day after violence left two policemen dead.

AFP – Iraqi police vehicles block one of the entrances leading to Camp Ashraf, home to the People’s Mujahedeen, …

Around 420 people were also wounded after Iraqi soldiers stormed the camp on Tuesday, sparking unrest that prompted the deployment of riot police to quell resistance from Camp Ashraf’s residents.

"Fighting resumed when Iraqi police established a police station and hoisted the Iraqi flag," police Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim al-Karawi said, adding that Iraqi security forces were controlling about 75 percent of the camp.

Another police officer said clashes continued into the evening.

The opposition People’s Mujahedeen said seven residents of the camp, in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, were killed but there was no independent confirmation of those deaths.

Doctor Abdullah al-Timimi from the main hospital in the nearby town of Khales said the two policemen died on Wednesday from injuries sustained the previous day.

One suffered internal bleeding following a blow to the head. The other was stabbed in the neck, he said.

The Iraqi defence ministry was unapologetic about the raid against the camp, saying it was justified under a November security agreement with Washington.

"It’s our territory and it’s our right to enter, to impose Iraqi law on everybody," defence ministry spokesman General Mohammed Askari told Al-Arabiya television.

"They (camp residents) have to submit to the law, and to Iraqi sovereignty. The SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) authorises us to do what we did."

Under the pact, Iraqi security forces took over responsibility for the camp three months ago from US forces, which had disarmed the 3,500 or so residents following the 2003 invasion which toppled Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh insisted in a statement that Baghdad "will not force anyone to leave Iraq against his will" after a Mujahedeen spokesman expressed concern that camp residents who were arrested would be handed over to Tehran.

A government committee, established on Wednesday to oversee the camp, said in a statement that authorities were aiming to close it and transfer its residents to another location in Iraq or help them leave the country if they wished, but noted that those were long-term goals.

A police official said 300 camp residents, 25 of them women, had been wounded along with around 120 security force personnel. More than 50 camp residents were detained.

The Mujahedeen said seven camp residents were killed and 385 wounded.

Karawi said negotiations between Diyala provincial police chief General Abdul Hussein al-Shamari and the Mujahedeen, which began on Tuesday evening, had stalled.

A US administration official said that Washington — which still blacklists the Mujahedeen as a terrorist organisation — had received assurances that camp residents would be treated in a "humane" manner.

The storming of the camp coincided with a visit to Iraq by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates but the top US commander in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, said the US military had no advance warning.

Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani welcomed the seizure of the camp, describing the action as "praiseworthy" albeit "rather late".

Maryam Rajavi, the head of the exiled National Council of Resistance of Iran which includes the Mujahedeen, condemned the raid and accused Baghdad of doing Tehran’s bidding.

The People’s Mujahedeen was founded in 1965 in opposition to the shah and has subsequently fought to oust the clerical regime which took power in the 1979 Islamic revolution.

The group set up Camp Ashraf in the 1980s — when Saddam was at war with the Islamic republic — as a base to operate against the Iranian government.

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Iraqi forces storm MKO’s Camp Ashraf

Iraqi security forces have stormed the base of the anti-Iranian terrorist group the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization.

An Iraqi military official has said that Iraqi forces have taken complete control of the camp.

Iraqi police outside Camp Ashraf on Tuesday 

An Iraqi military official has said that Iraqi forces have taken complete control of the camp.

MKO spokesman Shahriar Kia said that four people were killed and 300 wounded when Iraqi soldiers and police stormed Camp Ashraf on Tuesday, AFP reported.

The base is located in Diyala province, north of Baghdad, and is home to around 3,500 MKO members and their families.

"After the failure of negotiations with the Mujahedeen (Khalq) to enter peacefully, the Iraqi army entered Camp Ashraf with force and it now controls all of the interior and all entrances to the camp," an Iraqi military source said.

An Iraqi police official has announced that about 50 camp residents have been detained.
After the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, US troops disarmed the MKO members based at the camp and surrounded it until Iraqi forces took over responsibility earlier this year.

The MKO was founded in Iran in the 1960s, but its top leadership and members fled the country in the 1980s after carrying out a series of assassinations and bombings inside the country.

The group is especially notorious in Iran because they allied with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

The United States, Canada, Iraq, and Iran have all designated the MKO as a terrorist organization.

The European Union had also designated the MKO as a terrorist organization but inexplicably removed it from the EU terror list in January 2009.

It is still not clear if the US gave Baghdad the green light to storm Camp Ashraf or if Iraqi officials took the action on their own initiative.

However, US military officials in Iraq say they were not informed about the plan until after it was carried out.

Many political analysts had said the United States had intended to use the Camp Ashraf MKO members as pawns to pressure Iran, so this development will change the political calculus of the region.

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Iraqi forces enforced security in Camp Ashraf

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A government spokesperson on Tuesday dismissed news that Iraqi forces had broken into Camp Ashraf earlier today, saying they entered the camp to enforceIraqi forces enforced security in Camp Ashraf- Dabbagh security within handover measures.

“The entrance of the Iraqi forces into Camp Ashraf is not a break-in, but rather a well-coordinated operation to stabilize the security situation inside the camp, which is an Iraqi land that cannot be outside Iraqi sovereignty,” Spokesperson Ali al-Dabbagh said in an exclusive statement to Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Earlier today, a spokesperson for the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) said that Iraqi police forces broke into Camp Ashraf in Diala province, the headquarters of the organization, and used tear bombs against its residents.

The entrance of the Iraqi forces into Camp Ashraf is not a break-in, but rather a well-coordinated operation to stabilize the security situation inside the campThe spokesperson called on the Iraqi government to intervene to stop “these acts which violate international laws.”

Meanwhile, the break-in claims were dismissed by the Diala police chief, who said that security forces had headed to the camp to provide protection for the organization in accordance with orders from the prime minister.

On Monday (July 27), Dabbagh said that the Iraqi government will take over security responsibilities at Camp Ashraf in coordination with the U.S. forces within security handover measures.

Dabbagh indicated that the Iraqi government is committed to pursuing a humanitarian aspect in dealing with the camp’s residents.

The PMOI, also known by the abbreviations MKO and MEK, is a militant organization that advocates the overthrow of Iran’s current government. Founded in 1965, the PMOI was originally devoted to armed struggle against the Shah of Iran, capitalism and Western imperialism.

The group officially renounced violence in 2001 and today it is the main organization in the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an “umbrella coalition” parliament-in-exile that claims to be dedicated to a democratic, secular and coalition government in Iran.

The PMOI has had thousands of its members for many years in bases in Iraq, but they were disarmed in the wake of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and are said to have adhered to a ceasefire. Its armed wing is called the National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA).

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein dedicated Camp Ashraf in Diala province, northeast of Baghdad, to host the PMOI members since the 1980s.

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Iraqi army storms MKO Terrorist Camp Ashraf

Iraqi army storms Iran opposition camp, scores wounded
BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) – Iraqi soldiers and riot police stormed a camp housing Iran’s main exiled opposition on Tuesday, triggering violent clashes that left at least 260 people wounded.Iraqi soldiers and riot police stormed a camp housing Iran's main exiled opposition on Tuesday

The seizure of Camp Ashraf, which was disarmed by the United States in 2003 and surrounded by American forces until recently, comes after months of a tense stand-off at the base north of Baghdad.

"After the failure of negotiations with the Mujahedeen to enter peacefully, the Iraqi army entered Camp Ashraf with force and it now controls all of the interior and all entrances to the camp," an Iraqi military source said.

The offensive followed a declaration by the People’s Mujahedeen, which is regarded as a terrorist outfit by Washington, that it was ready to return to Iran if the authorities there would guarantee its members would not be abused.

It also coincided with a visit to Iraq by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates but the top US commander in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, said the US military had no advance warning.
Police captain Firaz al-Atbi from the restive province of Diyala where Ashraf is located said around 200 residents were injured when riot police called in by the army to quell unrest began beating them.

About 60 members of Iraq’s security forces were also wounded, 20 seriously, he said, adding "After the failure of negotiations with the Mujahedeen to enter peacefully, the Iraqi army entered Camp Ashrafthat 50 camp residents were detained.

Shahriar Kia, a spokesman for the People’s Mujahedeen, said four people had been shot dead and around 300 others were injured. Atbi however denied the four deaths.
"We are so worried that they might take the people arrested to the Iranian regime and hand them over," Kia said by telephone from Camp Ashraf.
A provincial police official said residents were throwing bricks at Iraqi security forces.

The official said Diyala provincial police chief General Abdul Hussein al-Shamari had entered the camp to try to negotiate with the Mujahedeen to end the violence.

A company of US soldiers had overseen the camp until handing over control three months ago to Iraqi security forces as part of the drawdown of American troops, Odierno said.
"We didn’t know they were going do this," he told reporters in Baghdad.

The Iraqi authorities had pledged to the Americans previously that they "would deal with the MEK (People’s Mujahedeen) in a humane fashion," he said, adding that there were US observers on the scene.

"That’s what we’ve been watching and so far they’ve been abiding by that."

US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Washington was "closely monitoring" the seizure, and added that the Iraqi government had "stated to us that no Camp Ashraf resident will be forcibly transferred to a country where they have reason to fear persecution."

Ashraf is home to around 3,500 Mujahedeen supporters and their families. It was set up in the 1980s, when now executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was at war with Iran, as a base to operate against the Iranian government.

The People’s Mujahedeen said in a statement that Iraqi police had launched an attack on Ashraf by firing "pepper gas," with vehicles demolishing walls while police on foot forced their way into the camp.

"The Iranian Resistance holds the US forces responsible for protection of Ashraf residents and calls on the UN secretary general and all human rights organisations to intervene immediately to stop attack by Iraqi forces."

An Iraqi army spokesman in Diyala said two battalions of 400 soldiers each plus 200 riot police took part in Tuesday’s operation, which was ordered by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s office.
The Mujahedeen, which has been battling the Tehran government since the 1960s, said it was ready to return to Iran, subject to conditions.

The group’s leader Maryam Rajavi said in a statement the Iranian regime would have to pledge "not to arrest, torture, prosecute or restrict the freedom of expression" of residents of Camp Ashraf willing to return.

The Mujahedeen is branded a terrorist organisation by the United States, but the European Union removed it from its blacklist earlier this year.

It was founded in 1965 in opposition to the shah, but was sidelined by the clerical regime which took power in the 1979 Islamic revolution.
by Ali Al-Tuwaijri Ali Al-tuwaijri

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Mr. Saiee defected MKO terrorists and joined his family

Nejat Society – Kermanshah –  Mr. Manouchehr Saiee succeeded to release himself from the bars of Rajavis’ Cult and returned to his homeland and joined his family.

.Mr. Manouchehr Saiee joined his family

 

After 17 years of being captive of Rajavis’ Cult, Mr. Manouchehr Saiee could visit his family and returned to his warm family center at Nejat Society office, Kermanshah branch.

Mr. Saiee declared that during these 17 years, I was imprisoned and tortured several times and at last I could manage to release myself from Mujahedin Terrorist Organization.
 

Mr. Manouchehr Saiee succeeded to release himself from the bars of Rajavis’ Cult
 

Nejat Society welcomes Mr. Saiee and wishes him success in all aspects of his new life.

Liberation of all who are banned behind the bars of MKO terrorist group is near. They will be released and begin a new life of great happiness near their families.

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