Countdown for MKO Departure from Iraq

Iraq Pursuing Policy on Expulsion of MKO Members

Iran’s ambassador to Iraq on Saturday announced that the Baghdad government is seriously pursuing its policy on the expulsion of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) from the country.”Based on our information, the government of Iraq is preparing preliminary measures for transferring the group’s members from Camp Ashraf to Samawah Province (Southeast of Baghdad),”Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazzemi Qomi told FNA.

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Iraqi official: 36 Mojahedin members released but their deportation order stands

… The group, known as MEK, operated for years in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The U.S. military turned over responsibility for Camp Ashraf to the Iraqis on Jan. 1. The U.S. considers MEK/MKO/PMOI a terrorist organization, though one that has provided the Americans with intelligence on Iran. The European Union removed it from its terror list this year…”We demand the international community help provide a place for them because they are unwanted persons,”al-Dabbagh said.”We are looking for a country that is willing to accept them.”Ali al-Dabbagh

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Iraqi envoy calls for expulsion of MKO members from Iraq

Iraqi Ambassador to Iran on Monday called for expulsion of members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) group from this country. .Abu Haidar al-Sheikh made the remark during his visit to the Islamic Republic News Agency Headquarters in Tehran. The visit of the Iraqi ambassador coincided with the National Day of Iraq.

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Iran, Iraq cooperate to expel MKO from the region

Speaking to the reporters in a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart, Larijani expressed the hope that close cooperation between Iran and Iraq will lead to expulsion of anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/PMOI/MEK), from the region.Larijani told reporters that Tehran-Baghdad security cooperation would help expel the MKO members ..

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Baghdad determined to expel Mujahedin

The Iraqi national security advisor said Iraq has offered two options to the MKO: “Either a voluntary return to Iran or (they must) choose a third country.” ..Asked whether the Iraqi police’s decision to arrest some MKO members was related to the group’s involvement in the suppression of the Iraqi people during Saddam Hussein’s rule, he only said, “The judicial branch set its regulations and made the decision without the interference of the executive branch. ..

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Iraq Conferring with UN on Expulsion of MKO Members

Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Mohammad Majid Sheikh announced on Tuesday that the Baghdad government is consulting with the UN over the expulsion of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) members from the country..Referring to the official announcement of the Iraqi government that the members of the MKO can go to a third country or return to Iran, he underlined,”The Iraqi government will not grant political asylum to these people.”

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History and fate of Mojahedin Khalq if expelled from Iraq

a day before the anniversary date of Abolhasan Banisadr’s flight from Iran with [Mas’ud Rajavi] the head of the MKO (seventh Mordad 1360) [29 July 1981], the Iraqi army surrounded Camp Ashraf to begin the countdown to the end of the MKO’ 23-year residence at the base.. It seems that one of the most important reasons for the attack was the MKO’s collaboration with Saddam Hussein in attacks on areas including Khalisiya and killing of various innocent Iraqi Kurds and Shi’a …

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10 major Iraqi parties support MKO expulsion

10 major Iraqi parties announced by issuing a statement their full support for the expulsion of MKO/MEK/PMOI terrorist group from this country. This terrorist organization has been present in Iraq during the era of Saddam in power and has played a key role in assisting the Iraqi dictator in suppressing 1991 Shiites Intifada and massacre of Iraqi Kurds and continued this role until after the fall of the criminal regime in Iraq in 2003.

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MP Urges Expulsion of MKO Members from Iraq

“The MKO members should leave Iraq’s soil. That is the least aspiration of the Iraqi nation,”member of the Iraqi parliament Neda al-Sudani told Fars News Agency.”Their presence is against our will. The nation of Iraq does not want them (MKO) and asks for their expulsion,”she noted.Stating that the MKO’s presence in Iraq is a sensitive issue for Iran, she added,”We do not want their presence to be extended any further.”

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Maliki Underlines Expulsion of MKO Members from Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Tuesday stressed his government’s resolve to expel members of the anti-Iran terrorist group, Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI), from his country..Iraqi security forces took control of the training base of the MKO at Camp Ashraf – about 60km (37 miles) north of Baghdad – last Tuesday and detained dozens of the members of the terrorist group. The Iraqi authority also changed the name of the military center from Camp Ashraf to the Camp of New Iraq.

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