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MEK as Human bargaining chips in deals with Iran

Nejat SocietySeptember 9, 2009096 views

This is not the first time that the MEK has served as a bargaining chip in Middle Eastern politics. The group was placed on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations in 1997 at a time when the Clinton administration hoped the move would facilitate opening a dialogue with Iran and its newly elected president,who was seen as a moderate..Those at Camp Ashraf, including around 1,000 women, have become, in effect, bargaining chips in the complicated relationship between the United States, Iraq and Iran. ..

Iraq denies blocking food to MKO camp

Nejat SocietyAugust 8, 2009074 views

…”That is incorrect … We do not block food or medical supplies, but we do block building supplies such as cement and metal,”Dabbagh said. Swiss-based human rights activists, including senior U.N. expert Jean Ziegler, said on Wednesday Iraqi authorities were blocking food and water…Iraqi forces last week took control of the camp on the Iranian border, home to the PMOI for about two decades, sparking clashes with residents

Iraq governor says detained 36 Iranian exiles

Nejat SocietyAugust 5, 2009099 views

Iraqi police have arrested 36 Iranian exiles on rioting charges after clashes with Iraqi forces..Mehdawi said some of the 36 would be released but others would have to face trial.”We have two seriously injured Iraqi police. If they die, some of the detainees will go to court to face criminal charges,”he said..Iraqi forces on Tuesday took control of Camp Ashraf on the Iranian border, home to the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MKO/MEK) dissident group for two decades, sparking confrontations between police and residents who fear eviction.

Reuters:Iraq says Iranian exiles not allowed to stay

Nejat SocietyAugust 5, 2009093 views

Iraq’s state security minister said on Tuesday that no Iranian exiles[MKO/MEK/PMOI] living in Camp Ashraf on the border with Iran would be granted asylum in Iraq, including 56 he said were wanted in Iranian courts…Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government has said it wants to close the camp and send residents to Iran or a third country, a proposal they are bitterly resisting. The dissidents fear they will be imprisoned or executed if they are sent home.Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Shirwan al-Waeli said his country had no qualms about sending them back.

Iraq’s National Security Advisor on MEK

Nejat SocietyApril 7, 2009079 views

In an interview with Anne Singleton of Iran-Interlink, Dr. Mowaffak al Rubaie, clarified his approach to the Government of Iraq’s decision to remove the Iranian terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK, aka MKO, PMOI) from the country..Asked what can the UK , European and other western governments do to help resettle the MEK, Dr. al Rubaie replied,”These governments can agree to allow their citizens and others who have status in their country to return.”

Iraq closes Camp Ashraf by the end of the month

Nejat SocietyMarch 29, 2009097 views

Maliki also warned the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mujahideen of Iran (PMOI), that they must leave Iraq, reiterating a pledge by National Security Adviser Mowaffaq al-Rubaie to close down Camp Ashraf on the Iranian border, where the PMOI are currently based.”We have informed this terrorist organization that Iraq can be no place for you..

Iraq urges foreign states to accept Iranian rebels

Nejat SocietyMarch 26, 2009080 views

We do not wish to take responsibility for the sin of the presence of a terrorist organisation in Iraq, which causes us domestic problems and problems with countries of the region, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told Reuters.We ask the international community … to find another place for them other than Iraq, he added.

Iraq seeks departure of Iranian opposition exiles

Nejat SocietyDecember 31, 2008085 views

Iraq said on Wednesday it wants thousands of Iranian opposition exiles[PMOI/MKO/MEK] at a camp north of Baghdad to leave the country, although it does not plan to expel them by force. ..Baghdad and Washington both consider the exiles to be a terrorist group. .”The Iraqi government will deal with the people in this camp in a humane way and according to internationally adopted standards, the Iraqi constitution and Iraqi laws,”Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement.

Iraq says Iranian opposition exiles must leave

Nejat SocietyDecember 22, 2008092 views

The Shi’ite-led Iraqi government told nearly 3,500 opposition Iranians living in exile in Iraq on Sunday that it planned to close their camp and they had to leave the country…They told the Iranians the government”…is keen to execute its plans to close the camp and send its inhabitants to their countries or other countries in a non-forcible manner, and that staying in Iraq is not an option for them,”the government said in a statement.

Swiss judges examine the funding of PMOI

Nejat SocietyOctober 2, 2008056 views

About 10 people close to a banned Iranian opposition group(MKO) were arrested last week in France and Switzerland in connection with a money-laundering investigation..Several of the people close to the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) — listed as a terrorist group in the European Union and United States — were in police custody on both sides of the border on Monday