The Iranian Judiciary chief also criticized the West’s support for certain terrorist groups such as Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO) “that clearly violated human rights and killed many people.”The MKO/MEK/PMOI is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community and has carried out numerous acts of terror and violence against Iranian civilians and government officials.
…”This question has remained in the minds of the people that if Americans really wanted to fight terrorism, then why they cooperated with those terrorist moves which targeted the regional people,”Mehman-Parast asked. Many of the MKO members abandoned the terrorist organization while most of those still remaining in the camp are said to be willing to quit but are under pressure and torture not to do so. A May 2005 Human Rights Watch report accused the MKO of running prison camps ..
Saying that Iran must aid Iraq in closing down Camp Ashraf, the general added that when it comes to the closure of the camp, Washington’s falsehood further becomes apparent.”This camp has served as the base for the world’s most notorious terrorists over the recent decades,”he further explained…Iraqi government spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, said the cabinet was determined to shut the camp down…
… Iranian Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi has not confirmed news reports claiming that Masoud Rajavi, the ringleader of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization, has been killed. “We have not yet come to the conclusion that he has been killed,” Moslehi told reporters in Tehran on Saturday. Commenting on the situation of the MKO members based at Camp Ashraf, Moslehi stated that the United States and its allies are making attempts to save the MKO, but the members of this terrorist organization must be aware that they have no place in Iraq. The Iraqi government has decided to expel all MKO members within six months …
“The MKO members should know their days are numbered, and they have nowhere to stay anymore,” Moslehi was quoted by the IRIB as saying on the sidelines of a ceremony in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Saturday.He made the remark in response to a question by a reporter who had asked him about the expulsion of the MKO/MEK/PMOI members from Camp Ashraf in Iraq and the possibility that some countries may offer to host them..The MKO is also known to have cooperated with ..
“The reason these countries are doing this is because they are terrorist themselves,” Moslehi said on the sidelines of the Cabinet meeting on Sunday… he has criticized countries that are trying to remove Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from the list of terrorist groups, calling them”terrorist states.”“The reason these countries are doing this is because they are terrorist themselves,”..
..”As you know people living in the camp are in a specific situation (military situation). People living there do not have access to any other media except that of their selves. However we welcome return of those members willing to go back home and are feeling remorseful.”said Iranian Intelligence Minister …. Members of the terrorist Mujahidin Khalq Organization (MKO) are now living in Camp Ashraf in Iraq.In April, Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Baghdad is determined to shut down Camp Ashraf and disband the terrorist group.
…”we urge the Americans to honor their obligations,”Ramin Mehmanparast said at his weekly news conference on 10 May which was broadcast live by Iran’s state news channel (IRINN).”Any support for terrorist groups is a violation of international agreements, and the hypocrites’ group [referring to the MKO/MEK/PMOI] has an absolutely clear case in the issue of terrorism,”he said.”The fact that Western countries intend to support terrorist activities in various ways ..
On Sunday, Danaeifar said all of the residents of Camp Ashraf could return to Iran except for less than 100 individuals who have criminal records. Salehi also confirmed the remarks of Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Danaeifar about Tehran pardoning most of the residents of Camp Ashraf,..The members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) fled to Iraq in 1986, where they enjoyed the support of Saddam Hussein, and set up Camp Ashraf in Diyala Province near the Iranian border.. .
We expect that the MKO ringleaders stand trial for shedding the blood of our innocent youths and martyring our highly esteemed people,”he stressed.Amoli Larijani also underlined that the necessary measures should be taken in a bid to prepare the ground for the safe return of those MKO members who have been deceived by their terrorist ringleaders and have not committed any crime against the Iranian nation.