Iraqi police have arrested 36 members of the Mojahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO) after clashes erupted between MKO operatives and security forces in Camp Ashraf. <\/p>\n
The clashes broke out after Iraqi security forces on Tuesday took over the camp which was run by the terrorist group for almost two decades. <\/p>\n
The skirmish left seven camp residents dead and many others wounded. Police said the seven were killed after they threw themselves under police vehicles. <\/p>\n
The arrests were confirmed by Abdul Nassir al-Mehdawi, governor of Diyala province. <\/p>\n
"Their cases are being investigated now. They are being charged with inciting trouble," he said. "We will deal with them according to Iraqi law; we won’t send them back to Iran."
MKO members were under US protection after the 2003 invasion of Iraq but the country formally took control of Camp Ashraf in January. <\/p>\n
The organization which is blacklisted as a terrorist group by the US was given shelter by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the 1980s. It actively participated in Saddam’s oppression of Iraqi people, including the Kurdish minority. <\/p>\n
The Iraqi government has declared that it would no longer allow MKO members to stay in Iraq and they had to return to Iran or go to a third country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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