ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS (AP) – An exiled Iranian opposition group urged the international community today to assume control of a camp housing some of its members outside Baghdad, after an Iraqi raid last month killed at least six of its residents. The People’s Mujahedeen of Iran wants the United States to re-establish temporary control over…
Author: Maria Danilova
Refugees’ plea to US forces in Iraq: protect us
The Christian Science Monitor Human rights lawyers say the US should intervene to safeguard the Iranians at Camp Ashraf, which was raided by Iraqi security forces July 28. Washington – Human rights lawyers for a group of Iranian refugees living in Iraq who appear to have been brutally beaten by Iraqi security forces last month…
Iranian dissidents in Iraq deserve our protection
THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR While in Iraq with the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Brigade, one of the safest areas for us to travel was Ashraf. This is the home of many Iranian dissidents who opposed Ayatollah Khomeini’s takeover in 1979. I am disturbed to hear that the Iraqi government has raided the village of Ashraf, reportedly…
Campaigners urge protection for Iranian dissidents in Iraq
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE GENEVA— Human rights campaigners and an Iranian opposition group on Wednesday called on the international community to ensure the protection of Iranian dissidents inIraq. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the vice president of a UN human rights body said they feared that at least 35 people arrested during a security…
A White House Protest for Iranians in Iraq
CBS News Iranian-American protestors have set up camp directly in front of the White House. They’re urging President Obama to intervene on behalf of an Iranian enclave inside Iraq. They’re condemning what they describe as a brutal attack on 3,400 Iranians living in a camp north of Baghdad. They are members of the People’s Mojahedin…