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EU steps in to save MKO from expulsion

As Iraq prepares to expel the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) from its territory, the European Union steps in to delay the process. In last-minute efforts to shield MKO members from expulsion, the EU urged Iraq to drop a parliamentary bid which requires the group to leave their bases at Camp Ashraf — a military training headquarters north of Baghdad.The EU parliamentarians also demanded that Iraq respect the”protected persons”status of the Iranian dissidents ..

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UN Fourth Geneva Convention status is not for sale

… In the case of occupied territory, the Convention continues to apply for a year after the general close of military operations, and partially thereafter if the occupying power continues to exercise the functions of government. The occupation of Iraq formally ended on 30 June 2004 …The MKO’s supporters in the European Parliament today pushed through a last-minute resolution on Camp Ashraf ..

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Calls for MKO expulsion from Iraq increased

a conference held in the holy city of Karbala to discuss the negative effects of the existence of the Terrorist organization of Mujahedin in Iraq. The participants demanded the organization out of their homeland and closure of their Camp [Camp Ashraf]..The conference held while Iraqi government is seriously determined to close MKO’s[PMOI/MEK] case and to expel them out of the Iraqi soil since the group’s presence is a flagrant violation of the constitution and the sovereignty of Iraq.

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MKO begins Camp Ashraf departure

A number of Mujahedin Khalq Organization members reportedly leave Camp Ashraf after Baghdad started a countdown to remove the group from Iraq. Some dissident MKO members aim to return to Iran as the terrorist organization has denied its members the right to choose an alternative place to stay. The dissidents have held a press conference in Baghdad where they complained of their”tough situation”in Camp Ashraf

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MKO has huge medicine supplies

In last march Manouchehr Hezar Khani, a high-ranking member of MKO who lives in the Europe together with Maryam Rajavi and some other MKO members, published a book in which he referred to his recent visit to camp Ashraf.In a part of his book, hezar Khani referrers to Ashraf hospital and says:”Ashraf hospital is now the unique source for the treatment of patients within Ashraf city and fortunately,..According to the officials, the hospital is now able to treat all kinds of diseases , it was equipped by many sophisticated medical equipments and tools ..

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Consensus to end MKO presence in Iraq

Rashid al-Azzawi, deputy head of Iraqi political party of Tawafogh (Accordance Front), said that resolving the problem of the presence of the MKO and PKK in Iraq will ease tensions with Iran and Turkey. Al-Azzawi asked the Iraqi government to persuade Iran to issue an amnesty for the elements of the Iranian People’s Mujahedeen, or the issuance of passports over to them to choose another country.

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Iraq Plans to Start Expulsion of MKO in Weeks

Iraqi Minister of Displacement and Migration Abd al-Samad Sultan said Baghdad would most likely start practical measures for the expulsion of thousands of anti-Iranian terrorists from the country within the next few weeks. The required coordination has been done for the expulsion of 3,000 members of the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI), from the Ashraf camp near Baghdad.

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CIA recruiting PMOI members, reports say

United Arab Emirates, Media reports suggested Tuesday that officials from the United States and the United Arab Emirates are recruiting Iranian dissidents to spy on Iranians.. The reports said the CIA has brought PMOI members to Dubai from their Camp Ashraf enclave in Iraq’s Diyala province. The Nahrainnet report specifically mentioned the CIA is looking to the PMOI to serve as agents conducting espionage against the Iranian Embassy and its staff in Dubai.

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MKO members in UAE to spy on Iranians

About one hundred Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO/PMOI/MEK) members have entered the United Arab Emirates to spy on Iranian nationals, a report says. The MKO members have arrived in the country and are working closely with the UAE Security Forces and the US Central intelligence Agency (CIA), Nahrainnet news website quoted informed sources.

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CIA to relocate Mojahedin Khalq HQ to UAE

Informed sources familiar with the Gulf, said that about 100 of the elements of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization, working in the UAE to spy on the Iranian community, including members of the Iranian embassy, merchants, workers and tourists. .the MKO/PMOI/MEK members’ presence in UAE has been coordinated by the cooperation of the UAE security forces and American forces.

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