NCRI - Almost six months after criminal attacks on Camp Ashraf on July 28 and 29, 2009, the Iraqi forces still refuse to return stolen vehicles and properties of Ashraf residents.

The Iraqi forces killed 11 members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), disabled 130, wounded some 370 others and severely beat 1,000 residents. The assailants also abducted 36 residents and held them as hostages. In addition to all these, they have confiscated properties of Ashraf residents worth a total of $2,537,000 that includes 39 vehicles among them some fuel and water tankers worth $1,177,000. These are held in an area within Ashraf under the Iraqi police control.

The inhabitants of Ashraf are currently under an inhumane siege. They have appealed a number of times to have their properties returned, especially the tankers and minibuses that are needed everyday but the Iraqi Prime Ministry committee responsible for closure of Ashraf has refused. In the past six months many of the vehicles kept under adverse weather conditions have been damaged and many of their parts stolen.

While reminding the Articles 52-53 of The Hague Conventions and Article 55 of the Fourth Geneva Convention; and emphasizing the fact that denial of Ashraf residents of their rights to their properties is a clear violation of international law and the fundamental rights specified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the Iranian Resistance calls on the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG), the UN Security Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNSG's Special Representative for Iraq and UNAMI (United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq) to take immediate measures for return of confiscated and stolen properties of Ashraf residents.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
January 12, 2010