Camp Liberty

Mojahedin Khalq finally expelled from Iraq

Under a deal brokered by the United States and the United Nations refugee agency, almost 2,000 dissident Iranians have been resettled in nearly a dozen European countries since the start of 2016. Until a few years ago, PMOI, also known by its Farsi name Mujahideen-e-Khalq Organisation (MKO), was listed as a terrorist organisation by the United States and the European Union. The group sided with Saddam Hussein during Iraq’s war with Iran in the 1980s but …

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40 Wounded As Rockets Fired at Mojahedin Khalq (MeK) Camp Liberty

The MeK was also listed as a terrorist organization by the US State Department for decades, though heavy lobbying by the group and a number of hawkish politicians believing they could make the MeK/MKO/PMOI an ally against Iran ultimately ended that designation. Canada and the European Union have also removed the designation in recent years. The UN has been trying to relocate the MeK out of Iraq, but has only managed to remove about a third of them as of the most recent reports …

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Rockets target Iran exiles at Iraq camp Liberty

“A number of rockets fell on Camp Liberty,”Baghdad Operations Command spokesman Saad Maan said in a statement, referring to the camp where the PMOI/MKO/MEK members are housed.Maan said that some 20 rockets were launched towards the camp from a truck in an area west of Baghdad, some of which fell short, wounding Iraqi civilians.

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MEK leaders in Camp Liberty admit conditions and security are well above basic standards

provision of life support systems such as water, electricity and food continue to be well in excess of basic humanitarian standards. They have reported that the relocation of protective bunkers and installation of additional protective concrete walls, to increase the security and safety of the residents, has been completed … Residents’ representatives have confirmed this to be accurate …

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Suffering parents of MKO hostages in front of Camp Liberty

48 people including families of Ashraf residents traveled to Baghdad , Iraq from Fars, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Kermanshah, Qazvin and Tehran… launched their campaign to call on their loved ones in the Camp who have had no contact with them for years now. The families have had no information on the physical and mental conditions of their children since they were recruited by the MKO/MEK/PMOI….

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