Los Angeles TimesMay 12, 2003By Eric Slater AL KHALIS, Iraq, May 12 — A heavily armed Iranian opposition group that the U.S. has listed as a terrorist organization began handing over its weapons to U.S. troops in eastern Iraq on Sunday in exchange for security guarantees. Under a deal reached Saturday, the several thousand members…
US says Iran opposition in Iraq agrees to disarm
Agence France PresseMay 10 2003NORTHEASTERN IRAQ (AFP) – US forces struck a disarmament deal with the Iraq-based Iranian armed opposition, a group listed as a terrorist organization in the United States, a US general told AFP. The People’s Mujahedeen’s thousands of guerrilla fighters and heavy weapons are to assemble in camps in Iraq under the…
U.S. Seeks Surrender Of Iranian Group
Policy Is Reversed on Exiles in IraqBy Glenn KesslerWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, May 9, 2003; Page A01 The Bush administration, increasingly concerned about the activities of an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq, has decided to actively seek its surrender, just weeks after the U.S. Central Command arranged a cease-fire that allowed the group to…
U.S. cease-fire with Iranian exile group allows it to respond to Iranian-sponsored attacks
Associated PressApril 29, 2003By Nicole Winfield CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar (AP) The U.S. cease-fire with an Iranian exile group it considers a terrorist organization allows the Mujahedeen Khalq to defend itself from Iranian-sponsored attacks and keep its artillery and other weapons, U.S. military officials said Tuesday. The cease-fire signed April 15 appears to be a…
Iraq-based Iranian opposition welcomes “ceasefire” with US
Agence France PresseApril 22, 2003 NICOSIA (AFP) – The leader of the Iraqi-based Iranian armed opposition, the People’s Mujahedeen, welcomed a “ceasefire agreement” he said had been reached with US forces. In a statement received here by AFP, Massoud Rajavi said: “We welcome the signing of a ceasefire agreement with the US forces … although,…