The Agence France Presse and the Associated Press reported that a UN team visited Ashraf on Monday September 2nd. The Associated Press reported: “This visit is conducted with the goal of determining how many people were killed on Sunday and how; the Mujahedin-e Khalq claims that more than 50 people were killed during the violence…
Category: UN & Ashraf
UNAMI delegation visits Camp Ashraf to assess the situation following reports of massacre
Baghdad, 3 September 2013 – 24 hours after the tragic events that took place in Camp Ashraf, a UNAMI delegation led by the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (DSRSG), Mr. Gyorgy Busztin, and including UNAMI Chief of Human Rights and of Medical Sections, conducted a visit to the camp yesterday, where they…
Maryam Rajavi calls on UN, US for action to protect Iranians in Camp Ashraf, Liberty
Maryam Rajavi urged the United Nations and US government to take urgent action for protection of the residents by either transferring them all to the United States or settling the UN Blue Helmets in Camps Ashraf and Liberty in order to protect the residents NCRI – Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Iranian Resistance,…
Camp Ashraf Massacre Death Toll Reaches 23 and Climbing
The death toll of this morning raid by Iraqi forces against the defenseless and unarmed Iranian residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq has climbed to 23 as of 10:00 Baghdad local time. At least five of the residents were shot at close range while they were handcuffed. Many injured residents are in critical condition. The…
Interview with Ex-UN official on Camp Liberty, Camp Ashraf
Iran News Update conducted an exclusive interview with former advisor to the United Nations Special Representative to the Secretary- General, Tahar Boumedra. Boumedra’s interview comes in response to United Nation’s special representative for Iraq, Martin Kobler’s July 16, 2013 address to the United Nations Security Council. Boumedra discussed a variety of topics with Iran News…