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German MP Condemns MKO

The visiting chairman of German Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee, Ruprecht Polenz met Alaeddin Broujerdi, head of Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission on Tuesday in Tehran; important regional and international issues were discussed in this meeting.

Polenz said peaceful nuclear energy was absolute right of all NPT member states, including Iran. Elsewhere in his talks, Mr. Polenz called Mojahedin-e khalq a terrorist organization and asked for Iran’s cooperation in all-out fight against international terrorism.

IRNA

May 10, 2006 0 comments

Germany

Germany Cracks On MKO

German deputy minister ,Hanning , in a meeting with Iranian interior minister Pourmohammadi said that Germany will use the most modern technology to maintain security during the World Cup football matches.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Hanning expressed regret over the illegal activities of some extremist groups and terrorism in the Middle East and Europe, saying that through cooperation and peaceful coexistence these activities can be prevented.

On the possibility of protests in Germany during the World Cup by some groups including the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), Hanning said that these groups carry out violent acts in the country and noted that intelligence cooperation between Iran and Germany is necessary in order to effectively control these groups.

IRNA

April 20, 2006 0 comments

Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s non-combat unit was deployed in the camp Ashraf area

Bulgaria’s non-combat unit, which will perform tasks in a military-humanitarian mission at Camp Ashraf in Iraq was deployed in the camp area on April 11, the Bulgarian Defense Ministry said.

The 153-strong contingent will be responsible for order and administration at the repatriation centre and for the escort of refugees in the camp and will guard facilities within its perimeter.

On March 29 Bulgaria sent off its first non-combat unit to guard the Iraqi refugee camp of Ashraf.

Bulgaria’s parliament approved the government decision to send up to 153 troops to guard the Iraqi camp of Ashraf, about 70 km north of Baghdad. The unit should stay in Iraq for a year.

Iran-Interlink, April 13, 2006

April 17, 2006 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force

MKO Members Settled in Saddam’s Palace

Security sources in southern Iraq reported that a number of MKO members being supported by US forces have been settled in Basra.

These MKO members (the number of whom is not clear) have been placed in former palace of Saddam Hussein in Basra and several US forces escort them.

British soldiers used to stay in the palace during past 3 years.

The settlement of MKO members in Basra occurs when US forces have come close to the Iranian border in Shalamcheh.

Earlier also, a number of MKO members were cooperating with British forces and Saddam’s Estekhbarat (secret service) on Iran; they trained terrorists to sabotage in Khuzestan province.

Fars News Agency

March 27, 2006 0 comments

Iran

MKO a problem for west, not Iran – Mottaki

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki participated in a news conference in Thailand to answer questions on latest developments in Iran’s foreign relations.

In response to question by a correspondent of Jane’s Defense that the US controls more than 3000 MKO members in Iraq, and that Iran accuses the US of plotting secret plans against Iran, Mottaki said:

"The US and Europe have for long time entangled themselves in this complicated situation; they condemn terrorism and designate the MKO as a terrorist organization on one hand and support this group on the other. Members of this group were in Iraq when Saddam Hussein was in power, and he (Saddam) couldn’t do anything against Iran. This group has performed terrorist operations and has assassinated different Iranian figures but nothing has happened because the revolution is not based on a particular person. If there’s concern, it’s for the other side, not for Iran."

Mehr News, March 1, 2006

March 8, 2006 0 comments

MEK Camp Ashraf

Controlling Ashraf Camp to Fight Terrorism

Bulgaria’s Minister of Defence Vesselin Bliznakov said about the settlement of Bulgarian forces in Camp Ashraf: "This group is comprised of 120 soldiers armed with light weapons and 34 supporting staff. They will be deployed to Camp Ashraf in mid march for one-year settlement in that camp. This camp contains 3500 anti-Iran terrorists. "

"With this move, Bulgaria expresses again its desire to the help Iraq in establishing stability and rebuilding that country and participation in fighting terrorism."

Al-zaman newspaper, Baghdad

March 4, 2006 0 comments

Iran

Economist: MKO Hated Among Iranians

Economist has published an article about US’s 75 million dollar budget for intensifying media propaganda against Islamic Republic.

Besides discussing and reviewing Iranian opposition groups that are supposed to receive this money, Economist’s analyst has examined State Department’s refusal to allocate the money to the MKO.

Economist refers to the situation of MKO and designation of the group on terror lists and stresses the fact that they have no popular base in Iran:

"Many Iranian families lost their loved ones in Saddam Hussein’s imposed war on Iran. MKO joined Saddam in his war against Iran and that’s why the Iranians hate this group."

Mojahedin.ws (quoted from BBC)

February 27, 2006 0 comments

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Parliament Agrees Mission to Guard Camp Ashraf

Bulgaria’s parliament has approved a government decision to send up to 155 troops to guard an Iraqi camp.

Earlier this month the Socialist-led government agreed to deploy a non-combat unit of 120 lightly armed soldiers plus support staff to guard a camp of mainly Iranian refugees in Ashraf, about 70 km north of Baghdad.

The lawmakers whose approval is adamant for any major troop deployments voted Wednesday 151 to 15 in favour of the move.

The unit is due to depart by the end of March for a year-long mission

The government’s decision came less than two months after the Balkan country pulled out all its soldiers from the Arab country.

It originally sent a 450-strong light infantry unit to take part in post-invasion military operations. The country lost 13 soldiers and six civilians.

The new mission in Iraq will cost Bulgaria some EUR 8 M, the defense ministry has said.

Sofia News Agency, February 22, 2006

February 27, 2006 0 comments

British ambassador to Tehran meets with Iranian MP

British Ambassador to Tehran Richard Dalton met with head of Iran-Britain parliamentary friendship group Hossein Nejabat here Wednesday.

According to Majlis Media Department, Nejabat referring to the ups and downs in mutual relations in recent years, said, parliamentary diplomacy and the existence of parliamentary friendship groups are among important and effective tools in removing misunderstanding and expanding cultural and parliamentary ties between the two countries.

Condemning the West’s double standards in facing with some international issues, including terrorism, Nejabat called Iran a victim of terrorism and asked for a true and deep campaign against this world ominous phenomenon.

Head of Iran-Britain parliamentary friendship group stressed on Iran’s inalienable rights of access to the peaceful nuclear energy and use of this energy in the fields of electrical power, agriculture and industry adding these things are among the rights of developing countries all around the world.

British ambassador to Tehran, for his part, welcomed the activity of parliamentary groups and described the role of such groups in promoting parliamentary ties very effective and useful.

Referring to the Britain Anti-terrorism Law, passed in year 2000, Dalton named Mojahedin organization as a terroristic group and said the members of the group have no right to be active in Britain.

The British ambassador to Tehran called on more negotiations between political and parliamentary officials of both countries and requested Iran’s more cooperation with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Tehran, Feb 2, IRNA

February 2, 2006 0 comments

Bulgaria

Bulgaria to decide new Iraqi mission in 2 weeks

SOFIA, Jan. 14 (Xinhuanet) — The Bulgarian government will make a decision of sending a non-combat unit to an Iraqi refugee camp in two weeks, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov revealed on Saturday.

Bliznakov told the local Darik radio that there is already a consensus on this issue within the three-party ruling coalition and the government is to decide on the deployment of the non-combat unit of 154 soldiers to Ashraf in the next two weeks.

The decision is expected to be passed successfully by the Parliament later, said Bliznakov.

The unit will not stay there for more than one year, stressed the minister, nor it will be the only one sent to Iraq by Bulgariain the future.

The fifth Bulgarian peacekeeping unit in Iraq, which all returned to Bulgaria by Dec. 30, 2005, will be officially disbanded on Jan. 27, and this form of Bulgarian participation in Iraqi reconstruction will finish then, said Bliznakov.

Just one day ago, Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev also made a statement in Parliament that Bulgaria should not and can not withdraw from the process in Iraq, as its national interests require its participation in the stabilization and restoration of Iraq, within the framework of the relevant solutions of the Security Council of the United Nations.

chinaview.cn – 2006.1.5

January 16, 2006 0 comments

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