The United Nations and the Government of Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding to relocate MKO members living in a camp in the north-eastern part of the country.
According to Habilian Association database, UN News Center reported on Saturday that an agreement signed yesterday by Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Martin Kobler and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq, Faleh Fayad.
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Top advisor to Speaker of Iraq's Majlis al-Aala Sayyed Mohssen Hakim says that the presence of the members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in the country can be defined as an international crime, because the organization is not officially permitted to stay in the country.
According to Habilian Association database (families of terror victims in Iran) Hakim said in an interview with ICANA, "The security of two neighboring countries of Iran and Iraq is completely
Member of the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Parviz Sorouri says no European country is willing to accept the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) because the cost of hosting them will be too high.
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Sorouri said on Saturday that based on creditable documents, the MKO has committed about 14,000 acts of terror in Iran.
“But the European Union (EU) under US pressure and
Ten members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) have reportedly escaped from Camp Ashraf, the terrorist group's base in Iraq's Diyala province.
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After fleeing from the camp, the MKO members surrendered themselves to the closest police station in Baquba on Friday.
According to an Iraqi security official, the group members escaped from the camp due to the oppression of MKO authorities and requested the Iraqi officials to help them
A senior Iranian lawmaker says there is no rationale behind the presence of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in Iraq, as the Iraqi nation has been a major victim of the terrorist activities of the group.
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“The MKO is a terrorist organization, whose presence in Iraq is destitute of any logic. At the time of (former Iraqi dictator) Saddam [Hussein], this group had an organized role in the massacre of the Iraqi people and the
"The secretary general of the United Nations presented a suggestion for the Iraqi government, asking to postpone (the closure)...and we agreed," Maliki told reporters, adding that the six-month extension started in November.
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Iraq on Wednesday extended a year-end deadline to close an Iranian dissident camp by six months, responding to a request by the U.N., which is mediating the resettlement of
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fired his deputy Saleh al-Mutlaq, a staunch supporter of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), for his moves and measures against Baghdad interests.
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"Maliki has ordered the security forces to prevent Saleh al-Mutlaq from entering the Iraqi cabinet compound," Senior Advisor to Iraqi prime minister Ali al-Badri told FNA on Wednesday.
"At present Mutlaq's office is
As Iraq's deadline for the closure of Camp Ashraf approaches, the ringleader of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization says the MKO will accept the UN offer to relocate if certain conditions are met.
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Maryam Rajavi said in a statement on Tuesday that the camp's residents were "in principle" prepared to relocate on condition that the UN, the US and European Union support and endorse the proposal, and the Iraqi government guarantees the
A senior Iraqi politician said that the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) is still carrying out terrorist activities in Iraq, and underscored the necessity for the expulsion of the terrorist group, according to a report published by Habilian Association database.
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A senior Iraqi politician said that the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) is still carrying out terrorist activities in
Pointing to MKO’s expulsion from Iraq befor December 31, 2011 the French-language Swiss newspaper 20 Minutes wrote, “Despite US pressures, Federal Office for Migration in Switzerland rejected the resettlement of 11 members of the MKO organization.”
Pointing to MKO’s expulsion from Iraq befor December 31, 2011 the French-language Swiss newspaper 20 Minutes wrote, “Despite US pressures, Federal Office for Migration in Switzerland rejected the resettlement of 11 members of the
The Egyptian government voiced its strong opposition to a planned meeting of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in Cairo and cancelled the convention.
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The meeting was scheduled to be held this afternoon in Pyramisa Hotel in Cairo, but the terrorist group canceled the meeting after the government of Egypt expressed its strong opposition and did not issue the necessary permission for the meeting.
"Throughout its military presence in Iraq, US supported the MKO, but now that they are leaving Iraq, MKO feels frustrated," said Iran's Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Danaifar.
According to Habilian Association database (families of terror victims of Iran), Iran's Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Danaifar made the remarks on MKO in an interview with Mehr News Agency.
Following are excerpts of the interview as translated and condensed by Habilian Association database:
MNA: Iraq has
He was supposed to launch his mission from Bagram base in Afghanistan, the intelligence ministry report said, but Iranian intelligence agents helped him enter Iran and later arrested him. Current and former U.S. officials told Reuters in November that Iran had succeeded in uncovering the identities of several CIA informants.
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Iranian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested an Iranian caught spying for the United States, the Islamic Republic's latest claim of
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the body has never entered any negotiations to persuade Baghdad to extend the presence of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in Iraq.
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The Friday remarks by Pierre Ryter, the head of the ICRC mission in Iran, comes against the backdrop of Iraq's rejection of a UN appeal for the extension of the year-end deadline to shut down Camp Ashraf, saying that Baghdad cannot
Hundreds of Iraqis have rallied in the eastern province of Diyala to demand the immediate expulsion of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from their country.
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Hundreds of Iraqis have rallied in the eastern province of Diyala to demand the immediate expulsion of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from their country.
Condemning MKO acts of terror, Iraqi protesters on Friday gathered outside Camp Ashraf, the
Iraq's decision to close Camp Ashraf by year-end is "irreversible," Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told AFP on Thursday, rejecting UN calls for a delay to avoid bloodshed.
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"The decision we made is irreversible, especially because this organization refused the visit of a UN representative to Camp Ashraf," Maliki said.
"They've rejected the UN plan, which means this is a criminal gang and we cannot permit a criminal
Nujaifi reiterated Baghdad's decisive stance on MKO's expulsion from Iraq's soil, and said their expulsion should take place through coordination with the United Nations.
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Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama Nujaifi called on the UN to take proper measures to facilitate expulsion of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from Iraq's soil.
Speaking to reporters, Nujaifi reiterated Baghdad's decisive stance
Notwithstanding MKO ringleaders’ vast lobbying campaign and paying big bucks to former high-ranking US officials, as well as their demonstration in front of the White House gate during the Monday’s meeting of president Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, they did not even talk about Camp Ashraf at the meeting.
Turning a blind eye on MKO ringleaders’ vast lobbying campaign while paying big bucks to former high-ranking US officials, as well as their demonstration in
“They are trying our patience with their supports for PJAK, and if we run out of patience, we will try our utmost to maintain our sovereignty, security, and national interests,” Sarvari said.
In an interview with Al-Alam News Network on Sunday night, the head of Parliament's Internal Security Committee, Parviz Sorouri, warning some neighboring states for not backing PJAK, said “we have repeatedly warned some neighboring countries against supporting PJAK terrorist group.”
He
Iraqi police officials announced on Monday that they have arrested 11 members of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in al-Khalis town in Diyala, North East of Iraq.
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Iraqi police officials announced on Monday that they have arrested 11 members of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in al-Khalis town in Diyala, North East of Iraq.
The revelation came from Iraq's police sources