ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Iraqi government and an Iranian opposition group that was given refuge in the country during Saddam Hussein’s rule on Monday to work together to peacefully complete the group’s relocation without further delay. Nearly 2,000 members of The People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran have…
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Iranian exiles decry conditions at new Iraq camp
IRIN (the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) BAGHDAD, 12 March 2012 (IRIN) – Some 3,500 Iranian dissidents in Iraq – members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) opposed to Iran’s current government – are protesting their transfer to a new camp on the outskirts of…
UN welcomes start of relocation of Iranian exiles to new camp in Iraq
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…
Ban calls for start of relocation of Iranian exiles living in camp in Iraq
UN News Centre 15 February 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for the start of the relocation of residents of the settlement in Iraq formerly known as Camp Ashraf, urging the Government and the camp dwellers to continue to cooperate so that the process can be carried out in a peaceful manner. “The Secretary-General reiterates…
UN Secretary General’s Statement on Camp Ashraf
New York, 15 February 2012 – Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Camp Ashraf The Secretary-General continues to closely follow the situation in Camp Ashraf. Over the past few months, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), under the leadership of his Special Representative, Martin Kobler, and in close cooperation with UNHCR, the European…