“France has no contact with the Organisation of the People’s Mujahideen of Iran which is known for resorting to violence,”Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal stated here.This group has”no legal existence in France in the form of an Organisation,”Nadal stressed.He warned that the Iranian opposition movement has”a violent inspiration”and…
Ambassador Daniel Fried, special advisor to US Secretary of State on Camp Ashraf in Iraq, is on a tour of Europe to discuss about developments concerning the Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK)..Asked if the MEK can play some kind of a political role in the future to resolve the Iranian crisis, he replied”they think they have a role but the United States does not think so.”
A source in the Interior Ministry told Al Arab alyawm newspaper today that Jordan refused to agree the setting up of a camp”for the Iranian opposition, or any other opposition. Jordan is committed to its obligation that it should not interfere in the affairs of other countries.”The source denied that Jordan was to have any discussions with any party for the construction of an Iranian refugee camp or reception of refugees. ..
The United States encourages Ashraf residents to continue their cooperation with Iraqi authorities and the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) as they work to complete the relocation to Hurriya, she said. The United States will continue to coordinate with UNAMI and the Iraqi government to follow the relocation process, she said. In addition to around-the-clock UN human rights monitoring, the U.S. will visit the temporary transit facility at Hurriya regularly and frequently,U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Saturday.
EU High Representative Catherine Ashton Saturday”very much welcomed”the news from Iraq that the first group of residents from Camp Ashraf has moved in a voluntary, orderly and peaceful manner to Camp Hurriya.”I congratulate the United Nations – in particular the Secretary General’s Special Representative Martin Kobler – for many weeks of sustained efforts to facilitate this critical first step towards a peaceful solution..
Martin Kobler, Special representative of the UN Secretary General for Iraq, on Thursday urged the EU Member States to receive the Camp Ashraf’s residents in Iraq as refugees.”My message goes to the governments of EU Member States because the final purpose of the whole exercise to move people from one camp to the other for them to undergo the refugees’ status determination is to bring them abroad,”Kobler told a press conference in Brussels
The government reaffirms a previous commitment to deport MKO members, who are based on the New Iraq Camp, by end of this year, he said in a statement.The government”underscores importance of getting MKO out of the Iraqi territories by all means, including political and diplomatic, and in cooperation with the UN and international organizations..
… Iranian security personnel have thwarted today an attempt for hijacking an aircraft that was heading from Tehran to Damascus and was carried out by one of the elements of Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO) … MKO is engaged in a conflict with the Iranian government since the former was established in 1965 when it targeted first to topple Shah’s regime, then aimed its sight at the Islamic government which took the helm later, though the outfit was ousted from Iran at the beginning of 1980s, but the defunct regime of Saddam Hussein allowed it to stay in Iraq, provided support for it, and so its elements established a base in Ashraf camp …
The head of Iraq’s SCIRI described the Mujahidi Khalq organization as an “illegitimate and unconstitutional one.”
The leader of the Iraqi Ruling Parliamentary Majority Abdel-Aziz Al-Hakim told KUNA in an interview that Iraqi authorities and the Iraqi public were determined to maintain ..