UN NEWS CENTRE The United Nations has welcomed today’s safe relocation of about 400 residents of the Iraqi settlement formerly known as Camp Ashraf to a new transit centre elsewhere in the country, calling it “the first step towards a better future” for the residents, who are Iranian exiles.The 400 people who voluntarily relocated today…
Month: February 2012
First exiles to leave Iraq’s Camp Ashraf slam new site
CNN Baghdad (CNN) — About 400 members of an exiled Iranian opposition group who are the first to leave a long-term camp in Iraq under a U.N. plan criticized their treatment and the conditions at the new temporary site Saturday. The group left Camp Ashraf at midnight following 12 hours of inspections and checks, Shahin…
Iraq moves batch of Iranian dissidents from camp
REUTERS BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq evacuated an initial batch of 400 Iranian dissidents on Saturday from a base founded under Saddam Hussein, a first step towards expelling their entire group from Iraqi territory. The People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI), a group that calls for the overthrow of Iran’s clerical rulers, took refuge at Camp…
State Department: Update on Camp Ashraf
Update on Camp Ashraf Press Statement Victoria Nuland Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC February 18, 2012 The United States welcomes the peaceful departure of the first 397 residents from Camp Ashraf and joins the United Nations in welcoming their safe arrival at Camp Hurriya. The United States commends the Iraqi government for its…
Searches delay Iran exiles’ exit from Iraq camp
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE BAGHDAD — Searches of Iranian opposition members have delayed their departure from a camp in Iraq for a UN-approved site near Baghdad, an Iraqi army officer and a legal adviser to the exiles said on Friday. A group of some 400 Iranians opposed to the regime in Tehran was to depart on…