By the invitation of Iraqi National Security advisor, Mowafaq al-Rubai, The ambassadors of Iran and the U.S. held a meeting in his house. The content of this three-hour meeting, that coincided with the meeting of joint trilateral committee (comprising of Iranian, American and Iraqi experts on security), has not been published.
In response to a question about pressures imposed by some Arab states on Iraqi government to revise the de-Baathification law and their wish to return the infamous Baath party members to power, Hakim said”these elements refuse to understand the changes and realities in Iraq”. Hakim stressed the law has been unanimously endorsed by the Iraqi nation and will be enforced.
The conference was supposed to be held after Iraqi Unified Coalition in the parliament mobilized with the purpose of expelling the MKO from Iraq. The threat by Iraqi PM includes all politicians who would take part in MKO’s meeting. The sources said that the threat was accompanied by deploying forces around the camp.
…The statement admonishes those in contact with MKO that they are in violation of”National Safety Law”and therefore will be subject to punishment. The announcement was made as a result of the group’s suspicious collusion with dissident Iraqi groups and factions that has fostered the threat of terrorist …
Parliamentarian delegations of Iran and Iraq discussed MKO’s illegal activities in Iraq and providing the opportunity of returning to Iran for repentant members of this group.Members of Iraqi Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee met a delegation of Iranian MPs on Wednesday.
An agreement has been reached by Iraq and Iran to raise the issue of an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq in the next round of talks between the United States and Iran.Iraqi parliamentary sources told Gulf News according to an Iraqi-Iranian agreement the presence of Mujahideen Khalq Organisation (MKO) in Iraq will be discussed in US-Iran talks.
Taha Dar’alsadi, from Unified Iraqi Coalition, the biggest faction in the Iraqi parliament, said:”We condemn this meeting that was held with the assistance of some Sunni tribes and also Saleh Mutlaq, the head of Iraqi Dialog Front.”Mojahedin-e Khalq organization is involved in religious tensions in Diyala province and the continuation of its activities and the presence of its camps in al-Khales are not acceptable
When we hear that Mr. Maliki, as the chief commander of Iraqi armed forces, has asked for the expulsion of terrorist Mojahedin-e khalq organization from Iraq, we ask ourselves about the levels of the power of an elected prime minister because we wonder who he is addressing. He’s the chief of executive branch, so he should order not ask. He should execute the law in Iraq. Shouldn’t his government arrest these terrorists according to international and domestic laws?
A senior Iraqi prosecutor has said there is evidence to suggest the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization is involved in the ongoing violence in Iraq. “The Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court has been provided with documents on the Mujahedin Khalq Organization’s (MKO) crimes against the people in southern Iraq and the people of Tuz Khormato in the south of Kirkuk,”
Habilian association had a meeting with some Iraqi NGOs officials and talked about Iraq status and position of Mujahedin in there….“Munafeqin as Saddam’s mercenaries and murderer of Iran and Iraq’s children, would be expelled early and in this issue nation and all political group of Iraq have solidarity”said Mr.Sheikh Emadodin Tamimi …