Iraq will move exiled Iranian dissidents based at a camp close to the border between the two countries to Baghdad, a government spokesman said on Thursday.”We will move residents of Camp Ashraf to buildings in Baghdad on Tuesday,”he said, without giving details. The members of the People’s Mujahedeen have lived at Camp Ashraf, a refugee base in Diyala province north of the Iraqi capital, for more than 20 years.
regarding the issue of Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) terrorist group,Former Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al Rubaie said Iraq still insists that members of the group should not stay in Iraqi territory and they need to be expelled based on determined standards. Iraq wants the members of the group to be either returned to a third country without use of force or to Iran, he added.
Professor”Kari Vogt”the well known Norwegian Religious historian and Middle East expert Kari Vogt criticized the Norwegian MPs invitation to Maryam Rajavi, the leader of MKO terrorist group… First, it operates as US intelligence service in Iran what people of that type can do the best. Secondly, MKO’s military capacity, which the Americans can take advantage of, and give them free passage. ..
… “Executing the judgment requires an approval from the Iraqi side,” Ahmed Anwar, a member of the Iraqi parliament legal committee, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Monday… “The court is not international, and I question whether the Spanish government would adopt this issue from the legal and political standpoints,” Anwar said..“There are Iraqi-U.S. discussions with respect to the MKO/MEK/PMOI issue,The MKO operatives in Iraq, hosted in Ashraf Camp..
… Our demand is fair, we do not force them to return to Iran and do not allow them to stay permanently in Camp Ashraf. There is no place for them in Iraq after the crimes they have committed against the Iraqi people by exercising their terrorism and because of their cooperation with the Baathists and their interference in Iraq’s domestic affairs …
Iran’s ambassador to Iraq on Saturday announced that the Baghdad government is seriously pursuing its policy on the expulsion of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) from the country.”Based on our information, the government of Iraq is preparing preliminary measures for transferring the group’s members from Camp Ashraf to Samawah Province (Southeast of Baghdad),”Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazzemi Qomi told FNA.
… He pointed out that”There are documents and documentary tapes which stress that the organization carried out terrorist acts against people of the province and in coordination with the previous security which was aimed at the elimination of rebellion.”… Moreover, a member of the security committee of the Board of Maysan, Maytham, told Aswat al-Iraq that”the presence of the MKO on the territory of Iraq is a violation of the constitution ..
…”The rejection of the Commission’s request matched the view that the”hypocrites organisation”will be a heavy burden on the people of this province which is peaceful and quiet.”He added that”the existence of Camp Ashraf, especially in the countryside of Samawah would present major threats to its security …”The rejection of the Commission’s request matched the view that the”hypocrites organisation”will be a heavy burden on the people of this province ..”the existence of Camp Ashraf, especially in the countryside of Samawah would present major threats to its security ..
… The source explained that”the Governor and provincial Council refusal is linked to the idea that Al Muthanna province will be a safe haven for the group. It will reflect negatively on the security reality and sabotage the security of the region.”…
Tehran’s chief diplomat in Baghdad has said that Iraq is serious about handing over MKO ringleaders to Iran. Hassan Qazemi Qom told the Mehr News Agency that the Iraqi government is determined to expel the MKO group and it has already taken steps in this regard. ..since the Iraqi people are worried about the behavior of this group in their country and the Iraqi government has put the expulsion of the group on its agenda.