NCRI – Since midnight last night, ambush and firing live ammunition to the residents of Camp Ashraf has started in order to murder and to take hostages from them.
Firing live ammunition on the defenseless residents is continuing until 6 am this morning. The number of martyrs and injured is not known. The United States and the United Nations had ensured their safety and security in a mutual Quadra agreement.
As of 6:00 am all communications of camp Ashraf residents is cut off.
The United States and the UN must immediately call on the Iraqi Government to stop the attack and attend to the camp in order to find out about their status.
Based on our information, several battalions are involved in this attack, which one of them belongs to the 36 brigade of the Iraqi Army.
(08:45) Baghdad local time
The martyrs identified are:
Ms. Zohreh Ghaemi, the Deputy Secretary General of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK);
Ms. Giti Givehchian, senior member of the PMOI Leadership Council;
Ms. Mitra Bagherzadeh;
Ms. Gila Toloue;
Ms. Fatemeh Kamyab;
Ms. Maryam Hosseini;
Mr. Majid Shivyari;
Mr. Azim Naroui;
Mr. Rahman Manani;
Mr. Hassan Jabari;
Mr. Mehdi Fatollah Nejad;
Mr. Alireza Khooshnevis;
Mr. Mohammad Reza Safavi;
Mr. Saeed Akhavan;
Mr. Hossein Rassouli;
Mr. Nasser Habashi;
Mr. Ali Asghar Mechanic;
Mr. Ali Mahmoudi;
Mr. Ibrahim Assadi.
(08:40) Baghdad local time
Many wounded residents of Camp Ashraf are in critical condition.
(08:00) Baghdad
As of 8:00 am local time 19 residents killed by Iraqi forces have been identified.
The Iranian resistance has called on the U.S. and the United Nations to send a delegation to Camp Ashraf to stop the massacre.
(07:45) Baghdad
The armed raid by Iraqi forces on Camp Ashraf that began last night is continuing at 7:00 am Local time, September 1, 2013.
The suppressive Iraqi forces in addition to directly shooting the residents are also targeting various locations in Camp Ashraf using mortars.
Until now a large number of the residents have been killed or injured and some have been taken hostage by the suppressive forces.
The Iranian resistance calls for urgent action by UNAMI and the American Embassy in Iraq for their immediate presence in the camp in order to prevent the continuation of the massacre of the residents.
The attacking forces are a few battalions of the Iraqi Army and the Iraqi Special Units, SWAT teams.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
September 1, 2013