The Iranian foreign ministry called for the rapid expulsion of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from neighboring Iraq, and called on the European countries which support the terrorist group to shelter its members.
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"The grouplet's (MKO's) fate should be determined as soon as possible," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said on Tuesday, asking those European states which provide support for the
A senior Iraqi legislator blasted Washington for supporting terrorist groups around the world, and said the US is using the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) as a leverage to pressure the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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"The US is using the terrorist MKO as a pressure lever against the Islamic Republic of Iran," Adnan Seraj told FNA on Monday, adding that the US uses terrorist organizations to attain its goals and
Ambassador Daniel Fried on Thursday briefed reporters in Washington on the situation at Camp Ashraf and future plans for dealing with MKO members including their transfer to former Camp Liberty which is located northeast of Baghdad International Airport.
According to Habilian Association database, the special adviser for Camp Ashraf in Iraq emphasized that the US has “turned over Camp Liberty to the Iraqi military” and now Iraqi forces exert direct control over the camp.
He
"A number of members of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization left their Camp for an unknown place", said an informed source in Diyala Province, Iraq.
"Thirty members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq organization escaped Camp Ashraf for an unknown place," a security source in Dyiala said in a phone interview to Buratha news agency.
"A number of members of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization left their Camp for an unknown place", said an informed source in Diyala Province, Iraq. The group
Texas congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul told Iowa voters on Friday that he would not launch a preemptive strike on Iran because “they don’t threaten our national security.”
Texas congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul told Iowa voters on Friday that he would not launch a preemptive strike on Iran because “they don’t threaten our national security.”
“If some other country thought they had to go to war with them, that is their business,” he said, adding
The Iraqi government eventually forced members of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) out of their main training camp in the Northern Diyala province.
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According to reports, one of the ringleaders of the MKO announced last night that the MKO was about to start relocating its members from their headquarters to a new place in Iraq.
He added that the first group of MKO members were about to be transferred to a
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist residents of Camp Ashraf will be relocated to a former US military base in Iraq.
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Clinton said on Sunday that the residents will be moved to Camp Liberty, which is close to the Baghdad International Airport.
Earlier, the United Nations and the Iraqi government signed a deal to relocate 3,400 MKO terrorists living in Camp Ashraf while their
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.
The
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