On September 1, 2013, Iraqi Army launched an all-out ambush on Camp Ashraf. Fifty two residents, members of Iran’s principal opposition PMOI (MEK), have so far died, many of single bullet shot to the head. In a heinous act of crimes against humanity, the Iraqi forces shot to death 9 wounded individuals in the camp’s…
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U.S. Condemns Attack at Camp Ashraf in Iraq
Press Statement Marie Harf Deputy Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC September 1, 2013 The United States strongly condemns the terrible events that took place at Camp Ashraf today, which according to various reports resulted in the deaths of and injuries to numerous camp residents. Our condolences go out to the families of the victims…
In Letters To President Obama, Secretary Kerry, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ros-Lehtinen Condemns Massacre of Camp Ashraf Residents
PRESS RELEASE (WASHINGTON) – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, today wrote letters to President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, condemning the recent reported attack this morning against the residents of Camp Ashraf. Statement by Ros-Lehtinen:…
52 Iranian exiles killed at Iraq’s Camp Ashraf
THE WASHINGTON TIMES More than four dozen members of an Iranian dissident group have been killed in an early morning attack at their camp north of Baghdad on Sunday, according to the Iranian exiles. Residents of Camp Ashraf, where the attack took place, blamed Iraqi security forces for what they described as a “massacre.” In…
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,…