Mujahedin Khalq Declining

Iraqi lawyer calls MKO illegal organization

LONDON, October 11 (IranMania) – An eminent Iraqi lawyer said that existence of Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) in Iraq is unlawful, said IRNA.

Tariq Harb, head of the ‘Population of Disseminating Law Culture in Iraq’, told the Baghdad-based weekly of Al-Shahed that according to the domestic, international and foreign non-governmental laws, existence of MKO in Iraq is illegal.

"According to the laws of Iraqi non-governmental organizations and the Iranian group’s nature, the MKO has never been enlisted as foreign non-governmental organizations operating in the country."

He added, therefore, the Mujahedin Khalq Organization has no lawful credibility and is not allowed to operate in Iraq.

In accordance with articles 7 and 8 of the Iraqi Constitution, the country has ordered a ban on terrorist groups and those who conduct hostile actions against neighboring countries, he noted.

International bodies have listed MKO as a terrorist organization, he said, adding that Iraq, with respect to its constitution, is abiding by commitments in cooperation with the United Nations and the Security Council in this respect.

Pointing to article 8 of the constitution, the Iraqi lawyer stated that Iraq has vowed to abide by international resolutions issued by UN Security Council.

Article 8 of the Iraqi constitution reads that Iraq observes the principle of good neighborliness, and it should reject organizations conducting military or political operations against adjacent countries, he stipulated.

According to the lawyer, article 7 of the Iraqi constitution underlines a ban on provocative operations from every foundation which is committed to or paves the way and or promotes terrorist activities against neighboring countries.

Harb added that MKO has committed massacre of Iraqi people in 1991 in cooperation with Baath Regime, stipulating that nobody has forgotten the organization’s role in suppressing the people of Khaneqein and Jalula.

He called MKO a terrorist group which is linked to Saddam Hossein’s regime, stressing that their operations should be cut down in Iraq.

The weekly Al-Shahid added that the former government council ratified an regulation in January 9, 2003 to expel the terrorist organization from Iraq, and Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki recently underlined that Iraqi government is planning to expel them soon.

Al-Shahed noted that the Mujahedin Khalq Organization has 4000 members who are located in a camp called ‘Ashraf’ in Al-Azim district, Dayala province.

October 11, 2006 – IranMania.com

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Mujahedin Khalq 's Function

Semiology of another defeat

Mojahedin Khalq-run TV station in its regular “direct contact” program on the first October rotated around Iran’s nuclear program as it has been during the past few years. Unlike the previous programs analyzing the nuclear subject talking from a firm position, this latest show revealed the organization’s desperate position. Yazdan Haj-Hamzeh, a senior member of the National Council of Resistance, tried to unveil a further comprehension of the talks taking place between Javier Solana and Ali Larijani and to warn the West that the current negotiations would solve none of the West and the US’s problems in respect to the threat of Iran’s nuclear weapons that could put the security in the region and the world in jeopardy. But the potential threat he was referring to had nothing to do with Iran’s nuclear activities; the threat was the existence of the Islamic Republic itself and an unconditional overthrow of the regime was the sole solution to thwart the threat.

During the past few years Mojahedin have employed all their political might to magnify Iran’s nuclear threat to lead on their power struggle to be entrusted the legitimacy of an alternative. As political bankrupts, Mojahedin even lost their last residue of political legitimacy among other opposition who believed in them as ultimate hope. Mojahedin’s propaganda blitz to infuse that Iran did not have any peaceful intentions with its nuclear program was regarded to be a hanging halter tightening around Iran choking off the current rule. At the present, Iran’s talk with the West to find a peaceful solution to Iran’s nuclear program is so promising that Mojahedin took a new turn to annex a new dilemma; instability in the rejoin led by Iran. Haj-Hamzeh’s comments concerning this subject can be analyzed as follows.

1. Unlike before that Mojahedin showed aggressive position on the lead of any peaceful solution to Iran’s nuclear program, they show to be more lenient with the emphasis that a diplomatic solution would consequently jeopardize the stability and peace in the rejoin that would, of course, be threatening to the West and the US’s interests exclusively. Haj-Hamzeh suggests that the West has to be decisive if they intend to safeguard their interests and markets in the rejoin. He pays not the least attention to Iran’s nuclear threat and addressing the EU states:

In my opinion, the greatest interest for them [the EU] is that the Middle-East and, above all Iran, has to reach a relatively political stability that the regime [Iran] has troubled; otherwise they can do nothing in the current situation.

2. Haj-Hamzeh maybe for the first time in this TV program ties the issue of the nuclear activities and the West position to the destiny of Mojahedin emphasizing that any resolution can be decisive for Mojahedin:

We are entering serious phase. It is not a mere conflict between the foreigners and the regime. Our issue is also decided in this conflict.

Such a direct statement indicates Mojahedin’s serious condition, something they had never pointed before.

3. Being in a desperate situation, Mojahedin through Haj-Hamzeh announced their satisfaction over the sanction threats made by the EU and the UN Security Council against Iran. They suggest that the West be decisive at least on what they proposed as deterrent means:

At least, by imposing sanctions, prevent Iran’s procuring means to continue nuclear activities. We do not intend to go beyond our expectations to see them suffer loses in their interests. We hope they are observant of what they have signed.

4. Somewhere else, Haj-Hamzeh suggests Mojahedin’s cooperation with the West if they intended sanctions on Iran. In fact, Mojahedin are offering to take side with the West in their deal with Iran in the same way they acted in disclosing Iran’s secret nuclear activities:

A comprehensive sanction has its own plans to fulfill and we can, if they will, give more details on the issue.

5. Haj-Hamzeh at the closing minutes of the TV program and talking about the possible pressure that Iranian people might sustain following the imposition of sanctions said people had to inevitably pay the price if Mojahedin were possibly assume the power:

Ultimately, we intend to step into a big fight to settle it with the state that is nearing the side and naturally we have to pay for it.

The current process of negotiation between Iran and the European sides is rational and promising and Mojahedin never sit silent to watch it proceed smoothly. Manssour Qadr-Khah’s letter to President George Bush demanding to fulfill his threatening promises against Iran is only one of the many attempts. Out of the three plotted projects against Iran (terrorism, human rights and the nuclear file) to create serious international crises, the nuclear issue, having the top priority, has badly disappointed them. They have to find new solutions to prevent any failure in this project. Besides, all Mojahedin sympathizers, especially those situated in Iraq, are waiting to see the miracle the organization has promised to come out of the crisis of the nuclear file. How Mojahedin are to convince the reminder of the forces to wait longer to see the miracle happen is a trick of their own and the inter-organizational reactions play so serious a role in jeopardizing the group’s survival in future.

Mojahedin.ws – Bahar Irani – October 8, 2006

October 10, 2006 0 comments

Iraq

MKO Frightened by Maliki’s Visit to Iran

Remnants of Rajavi’s gang, frightened by the trip of Iraqi PM Mr. Nuri al-Maliki to Iran, released a statement and quoted what the US commanders had said, in order to boost the morale of their desperate members in Camp Ashraf who commit suicide to get rid of the current situation.

Remnants of Rajavi’s group, citing Resalaet newspaper, claimed that Mr. Maliki’s visit to Iran was limited only to the issue of MKO; by this, the MKO wants to buy credibility for itself.

The article of Resalat newspaper titled "The Obstacle of MKO", on Sept. 14, 2006, said:

"There are two obstacles in the way of development and expansion of relations: remnants of Baath party and secular pro-Baath groups with inclination towards the US, the presence of MKO in Iraq. Of these two obstacles, presence of MKO in Iraq is the main one because the MKO, with its terrorist nature and its policy of overthrowing the Islamic Republic of Iran, is more dangerous than the first one."

MKO’s misuse of these words in order for claiming of being credible (to get a place with the masters) shows how poor and desperate this group is.

It’s amazing that the author of the article (in Resalat newspaper) has continued as follows:

"Besides conducting international propaganda against Iran, these people are considered as the only oppositions who resort to terrorist and blind acts in Iran to prove their identities."

Irandidban – 2006/09/17

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Ali Reza Jafarzade

Mojahedin representative Jafarzadeh in predictable propaganda move

More nuclear ‘secrets’ to eat up IAEA resources

Alireza Jafarzadeh is now acknowledged by neoconservatives in the Bush Administration to be more effective than Maryam Rajavi in bringing about regime change in Iran.

Just as western concerns over the issue of Iran’s nuclear programme appeared to be veering toward the dialogue/negotiation route – a seemingly highly unpopular approach in the US which appears to favour military intervention as its primary foreign policy tool – Jafarzadeh was wheeled out one more time to expose – through the Associated Press – a fresh secret designed to undermine mutual efforts to move the issues forward.

Without waiting for the IAEA to "take the time to check it against all our information in order to decide whether it is worth following up", Jafarzadeh has already cast doubt on his claim by stating that it came from "members of the resistance inside the country".

Jafarzadeh needs first to bring evidence that the Mojahedin (aka National Council of Resistance of Iran or the resistance) does indeed have members and/or supporters inside the country and that such people are in position to gain greater access to information on Iran’s nuclear activities than the IAEA inspectors, before his claims can be taken seriously by Iran experts.

As it is we should look to the consistent timing of these revelations which only come at times when progress is being made to avoid imposing the sanctions or military intervention which would cause untold hardship and suffering for the Iranian people.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/15520747.htm

Opposition: Iran using laser enrichment

EDITH M. LEDERER

Associated Press

NEW YORK – Iran has secretly revived a program to enrich uranium using laser technology, reportedly with favorable results, an Iranian opposition figure said Thursday citing information from members of the resistance inside the country.

Alireza Jafarzadeh said information about the laser enrichment program at Lashkar Ab’ad, about 15 miles northwest of Tehran, came from the same sources that led to his revelation in May 2003 that Iran had a clandestine nuclear program.

There was no independent confirmation of the latest information and Iran’s U.N. Mission called the allegation "baseless and unfounded."

Jafarzadeh, who heads the Washington-based Strategic Policy Consulting think tank, is credited with having aired Iranian military secrets in the past. But U.S. officials considered some of his past assertions inaccurate.

Jafarzadeh urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to immediately send U.N. nuclear inspectors to Lashkar Ab’ad and demand access to all areas, including a new 5,000-square foot hall in a large garden where he said secret laser enrichment activities are being conducted.

"We’ve only now been sent a copy of this report," said IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming, "and like all information that we receive, we must take the time to check it against all our information in order to decide whether it is worth following up."

The U.N. has demanded Iran halt uranium enrichment.

Jafarzadeh said there are two ways to separate uranium isotopes and isolate U235 which can be enriched. The most common way is using centrifuges while laser technology is an experimental method, he said.

Jafarzadeh said Iran’s decision to revive its laser enrichment program, which is still at experimental levels, shows Iran wants "to use every possibility that is available to them to rush to the bomb."

The laser enrichment is being conducted under the guise of a front company called Paya Partov whose board is chaired by Reza Aqazadeh, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Jafarzadeh said. Its advisers include Iran’s leading experts on laser enrichment, he said.

Contrary to Iran’s claim that it is complying with its obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Jafarzadeh said, "once again the information indicates that this is absolutely not the case."

"The information I’ve gotten from my sources today suggests that Iran is heavily involved in laser enrichment program, something Iran has told the IAEA that they have abandoned," he told a news conference.

Jafarzadeh has worked for the political wing of the Mujahedin Khalq, an Iranian opposition group that Washington and the European Union list as a terrorist organization.

Iran’s U.N. Mission countered in a statement, saying: "It is also a well-known fact that at any stage that the international community is witnessing a step forward in the Iranian peaceful nuclear program, this terrorist group and collaborator of Saddam Hussein tries its best to hamper the progress."

The reference to the deposed Iraqi leader stems from Saddam allowing the Mujahedin Khalq to operate bases in Iraq.

Jafarzadeh said laser technology is an experimental method of separating uranium that can be enriched from that which cannot, a process that normally is done using centrifuges.

Jafarzadeh said Iran’s decision to revive its laser enrichment program, which is still "at experimental levels shows that Iran want "to use every possibility that is available to them to rush to the bomb."

Iran-Interlink, September 15, 2006

September 17, 2006 0 comments

Iraqi Authorities' stance on the MEK

“Mojahedin Khalq have six months to leave Iraq”

Iran: Iraq’s PM visit to Iran a turning point Visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki conferred yesterday with Chairman of Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. In the meeting, Rafsanjani emphasized the importance of Iraq’s national unity and territorial integration. He said, "National reconciliation plan in Iraq is a positive step and its achievements would benefit the whole region." Expressing concern over existing insecurity in Iraq, EC chairman blamed occupiers for instability and said the Iraqis can solve their own problems with relying on their domestic potentials. He added Iraq’s neighboring countries can benefit from security and stability in Iraq and must do their utmost to help Iraqi people and government. Emphasizing the Iraqi government and nation’s intention to expand and consolidate ties with Iran, Nuri al-Maliki said, "Iraq wants a relation upon mutual understanding free from tension and interference with Iran." Referring to Iraq problems, al-Maliki said, "Iraqi government is trying to take full control on security matters by its own armed forces to decrease its reliance on multi national forces." Al-Maliki called economic relations with Iran very important and added, strengthening cooperation in the fields of oil, agriculture, water and electricity have been under special attention in this visit. During the trip, he also said "our policy is non-interference in domestic affairs of neighboring countries, respecting mutual interests and trying to solve remaining problems of the deposed regime ( of Saddam Hussein)." He stressed that establishment of security in Iraq is not only in benefit of Iraqi people, but in benefit of all regional countries. Regarding the members of Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO), who are still in Iraq, al-Maliki said they have six months time to leave Iraq. Iran welcomed Iraqi National Reconciliation Plan at the final joint press communique here at the end of official visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. In the joint communique, which was released on Wednesday evening, Tehran welcomed Iraqi government’s efforts, especially announcing national reconciliation plan by Nuri al-Maliki to invite all Iraqi groups to participate actively in the political process of the country. Tehran also welcomed the recent Iraqi government decision on expelling terrorist group of Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO) from Iraq and called it a positive step in deepening ties between the two neighboring countries. Three Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were signed here on Wednesday evening. Cooperation between Iran’s Interior Ministry and Iraqi Immigration Ministry to facilitate affairs of both countries citizens was the first MoU signed between Iran’s Interior Minister Mostafa Pour Mohammadi and the Iraqi minister. The second MoU was about security cooperation and exchanging information which was signed by Iran’s Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Eje’ie and Iraqi National Security Advisor Mwaffaq al-Rabiei. The third agreement was about development and expansion of cooperation between the two countries which was signed by Iran’s First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.

First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi called Iraqi PM visit to Tehran as a turning point in bilateral relations adding the positive and important outcome of the visit will be seen soon.

After signing ceremony of the three MoUs, Davoudi said ties between the two countries have deep roots in commonalities and both countries intend to expand ties in different political, economic, social and cultural fields.

He said Iran supports fully al-Maliki government adding, "We had good discussions concerning the latest situation in Iraq, about establishment of stability and security and solving problems in that country."

ArabicNews.com – September 14, 2006

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Iraq

Iraq, MKO, and the Near Future

Mojahedin’s TV, Simaye Azadi, is these days heavily focusing on reflecting the attempts seemingly taken in support of MKO’s stay in Iraq. The heavy coverage of news reports in this respect and their frequent repetition in different news, political, and Direct Contact programs indicate that the issue of its future stay in Iraq has entered a new phase. At the present, the group’s propaganda blitz is switched on two external and internal fronts. The former front consists of relying on the putative influence of some personalities and political bodies and, eventually, on the coalition forces present in Iraq to take position against the legally elected Iraqi government. In respect to internal front, the group tries to boost Iraqi people’s support and creep into the escalated gap between the political rivals to take advantage of the existing discord to induce support.

Regardless of being legal or illegal, Mojahedin utilize any lever to secure their stay in Iraq; they might even turn to direct and indirect violence and escalating political and ethnic conflicts to achieve their ends. Already sensing the precariousness of their situation in future Iraq, Mojahedin have maintained a different tone in their messages aimed at the Iraqi authorities. The statement claimed to be issued by 25 Sheikhs of the Dialy province, publicized by the Mojahedin’s TV nearly a month ago, particularizes MKO’s change of literature and tactic.

There is no doubt that these statements are from soup to nuts prepared be Mojahedin themselves. That is enough to compare excerpts from these statements to what Mojahedin utter. Some times ago, Sedighe Husseini, a secretary to MKO, in a program celebrating the century-long anniversary of the Constitution Revolution of Iran in Camp Ashraf, annexed Mojahedin’s destiny to that of Iraqi people and said “If it is to talk of democracy and a democratic Iraq, then, a key parameter is the way Mojahedin are treated”.

A quote from the statement of the Dialy Sheikhs nearly connotes the same opinion:

“Thus, the degree of patriotism and popularity of any current can be judged with the scale of opposition to these interferences and, consequently, amity and respect to Mojahedin Khalq”.

A remarkable point to be noted in the statement is the naive justification of the threatening tone. In a part of the statement the Sheikhs are quoted they would defend Mojahedin at all costs because any aggression against Mojahedin means a threat against Dialy people:

“The last twenty years experiences indicate that whenever Mojahedin came under the political and military targeting of Iranian regime, the ultimate and main targets have been the Iraqi people, the national and democratic forces, and particularly the Dialy people. Any offense and aggression against Mojahedin prepares the background for the next perpetrations”.

Frankly speaking, the statement denotes that Mojahedin have to be necessarily protected if nothing is to happen to Dialy people. That is to say, the Dialy Sheikhs have concluded to support and defend Mojahedin to secure their own immunity against any threat. That is why the statement tries to stress the inseparable destiny of the two sides:

“Mojahedin Khalqhave been living among us with peace and camaraderie for two decades and we consider them to be members of our community and tribe. Any offence and aggression against them is known to be a threat against our people and tribe which binds us to protect their life and property in any condition”.

It has recurrently been asserted that Mojahedin are the ones best enjoying dominant disorder, instability, ethnic discord, and presence of the coalition forces in Iraq. Such a chaotic situation calls off any decision for their future stay in Iraq. The more the discordant Iraqi factions and groups advance to form a national unity, the more Mojahedin start new games to annex their destiny to that of Iraqi people, as they are doing with the Dialy Sheikh’s statement. The tone indicates that:

– in near future, Mojahedin are to face a military threat

– the Dialy people are prone to the consequences

– the impending confrontation is inevitable

The statement Mojahedin are advertising on behalf of Dialy Sheikhs exactly follows the same trend the group strived to further before starting the military phase in Iran in 1981. The difference is that this time not Iranian people but the innocent Iraqi people, and particularly the Dialy people, might be the victims of the group’s adventurous plots and violence. In their opinion, if their future political interest in Iraq is prone to threat, the price has to be paid by people to live in a state of tension and disorder.

That is the first statement of the kind indirectly intended to address the Iraqi authorities. The Iraqi authorities should be attentive of the threatening tone of the message since Mojahedin have been warned of expulsion from Iraq. The past historical experiences well indicate Mojahedin’s ravaging potency to open an outlet in the face of stalemate. Nuri al-Maleki’s reference to infiltration of Mojahedin’s agents into different Iraqi institutions discloses a fact that Mojahedin might get apropos advantage of these agents.

Jahanbakhsh Rahnama – Mojahedin.ws – September 2, 2006

September 6, 2006 0 comments

Iraq

Iraq Must Get Rid of MKO

"Democracy or the Return of Shaabanieh Uprising" by Dr. Latif Vakil, professor of political science in the universities of Berlin and Denmark, has been published in Iraqi newspaper "Ghandil". In the article, mostly on the reasons of Iraq’s occupation by the US, terrorists and active Baathist groups in Iraq, Dr. Vakil pointed to the MKO and wrote:

"If we look at the policies of the US in Iraq, it will seem funny that the MKO- an international terrorist organization- is being protected by Americans. Before accusing Iran of sponsoring terrorism, the US should extradite terrorists of MKO to Iran because these people are the masters of Iran’s terrorists.

Were Saddam’s mercenaries destroyed? Or did they infiltrate Iraqi society? How many of them were killed? How many were captured by Justice? What’s important is that these armed criminals are at large, are in touch with each other, and continue their assassinations. However, it’s even more painful that some of these people returned to power and hid their past under new names or fake movements…

If we can’t stop Baathists, we should at least get rid of MKO and other Baathist groups that were involved in suppressing the uprising of Shaabanieh.

Baathists’ homes should not be the safe havens for terrorists like Zarqawi and other mobs who have no mercy for religion or the country. We warn these terrorists- who believe in terrorism as the only way of defense- that the time will come when we will take them out of their shelters, like what we did with their master Saddam Hussein."

Irandidban – 2006/09/03

September 4, 2006 0 comments

Iraqi Authorities' stance on the MEK

MKO Never Allowed to Act in Iraq

In an interview with PUK-funded newspaper, Al-Ittihad, Iraqi foreign minister Hoshiar Zebari said about ties with Iraq neighbors: "In a meeting last week with Turkish officials, we discussed the issue in details and we stressed that Iraq is determined not to allow any terrorist activity be conducted against neighboring countries from Iraq. We will not allow the PKK to have operations against Turkey as we prevent MKO elements from acting against Iran. We also ban members of Ekhvan al-Muslimin in Iraq to act against Syria."

"Everyone knows that establishing security and stability in Baghdad and other cities in Iraq is the priority of Iraqi government and it is not in our interest to enter talks with group, parties and terrorist organizations that work to destabilize neighboring counties. This issue requires more time, but everyone should know that we will never use these groups against our neighbors in our foreign policy."

alitthad.com – 2006/08/16 http://www.alitthad.com/paper.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1738

August 17, 2006 0 comments

Iraqi Authorities' stance on the MEK

An End to the Presence of Terrorists in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Dr. Nuri al-Maliki, in an interview with Al-Iraqia TV channel, pointed to the presence of some foreign terrorist groups in Iraq and reported of his government’s decision to crack on these groups: "in the process of rooting out terrorists, there are difficulties and complexities but we are determined to finish their presence in Iraq with the help of our security services."

In this interview, broadcast on August 7, 2006, al-Maliki referred to his government’s security strategies on terrorist groups, and in response to the question that "what are the achievements in the field of security?" he said: "in fact, we have not achieved all our goals because the plan has different phases. In the first phase, we achieved what we wanted, the most important of which was the destruction of safe houses of terrorists and arresting them. This was a very large scale operation and its message for terrorist was that we are determined in our work and that we will root them out with our national plan."

"In the second phase of this plan, we go to different regions to clean them from terrorist groups and then we rebuild the place to make it suitable for living," he added.

"This plan will be followed by security services and terrorist will be hunted. In the past, they were able to stay in our country. Some of these terrorists are Iraqis and some others are foreigners. Of course, there are difficulties and complexities in the way of fighting terrorism but we are determined to end the presence of terrorists by the help of our security services. Some of these terrorist groups try to occupy some parts of Iraq but our security services are able to be successful in their operations against terrorists.

IranDidban – 2006/08/12

August 14, 2006 0 comments

Iraq

Roots of MKO Problems in Iraq

MKO’s irresolvable crisis- that has happened to this group after the fall of Saddam- has nothing to do with the new Iraqi government or the pressures from Iran (despite all propaganda by the MKO); instead, the presence of terrorist and murderous gang of Rajavi in Iraq, which received legitimacy from the toppled dictator, is illegal from international viewpoints and should be reviewed.

In other words, the presence of MKO in Iraq was a part of Saddam’s plans against Iran and was not related to the world’s refugee regulations. Everyone knows that the relations of the MKO with the former regime was not an ordinary relationship; in fact, as Rajavi says himself "there were strategic ties between the two".

So, regime change in Iraq (in any case) could lead to the current situation for the MKO; it could also lead to reviewing the status of MKO. Even, according to some reports, some Baathist commanders and Saddam deputies didn’t agree with MKO’s staying in Iraq after the war and believed they should be extradited to Iran; the only person who prevented this was Saddam Hussein himself.

However, now that Saddam has been ousted and occupying forces are protecting the MKO, the situation is a bit different:

1. The legal status granted to the MKO by occupiers doesn’t meant that the MKO members are refugees in Iraq; in fact, this status prevents their extradition and helps them ask the UNHCR for refugee status.

2. Requests for getting refugee status should be handled by UNHCR, which reviews the requests and tries to find another country for the people. It can’t decide independently on the issue.

3. Only in the case of the agreement of Iraqi government, and only through the UNHCR, MKO members may be given refuge in Iraq.

4. MKO presence in Iraq is not legal at all, and this is the major problem for this group.

What has happened now in this regard is as follows:

1. Iraqi government has expressed its absolute disagreement with the presence of MKO in Iraq.

2. International organizations are waiting for the right time to come in order to start determining the fate of MKO members in Camp Ashraf.

3. Terrorist MKO, witnessing the imminent expulsion from Iraq, claims that its presence in Iraq is legal so as to put Iraqi government before international organizations in order to take advantage of the situation.

When forcing the occupying forces to stand before the Iraqi government proved to be of no use for the MKO, this terrorist group tried to force international organizations to stand before the government.

Shortly, the roots of MKO’s current problems in Iraq should be sought in its 25-year illegal presence in Iraq, which can’t be justified at all.

Irandidban – 2006/08/12

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