Call to condemn the Iraqi government for implementing the criminal directives of Khamenei
Iranian President-elect: The US government must act on its responsibilities in accordance with its assurances regarding Ashraf residents
NCRI – Following the attack by Iraqi police against Camp Ashraf, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, called on the international community to immediately intervene to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Ashraf and to also condemn the Iraqi government for implementing the directives of the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
Mrs. Rajavi is currently in Rome for discussions with Italian members of Parliament and Senate as well as lawyers from the International Committee of Jurists in Defence of Victims of Iran Uprising, in response to an invitation by the Italian Committee of Parliamentarians and Citizens for a Free Iran.
Mrs. Rajavi said: While Ashraf residents, members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in Iraq, had declared to US and Iraqi officials that, like other volunteering Iranian exiles, they are ready and insistent to return to their homeland if certain conditions are met, today, the special forces of Iraq attacked Ashraf residents, who have “protected persons” status under international conventions. This violent raid took place after all the interviews and investigations carried out in recent months, and the acknowledgement of relevant Iraqi authorities regarding the lack of any sort of instances of illegality in Ashraf. After all that, this attack is meant to implement the orders of Khamenei who has failed to confront the Iranian people’s uprising and seeks to compensate for his enormous defeat by attacking Ashraf.
This aggression is a clear violation of international conventions and the assurances of the governments of Iraq and the US regarding the protection of Ashraf residents. Thus far, more than 300 Ashraf residents have been injured while 4 others have been slain. A number of those wounded are in critical condition.
Mrs. Rajavi urged the US government and President Barack Obama personally to act on American obligations pertaining to the protection of Ashraf residents and also respect for international law. While recalling the April 24, 2009 European Parliament resolution on the rights and humanitarian situation of Ashraf, as well as the warnings of Amnesty International and the International Federation of Human Rights on this issue, she also called on the United Nations Secretary General and Security Council, and the European Union and the Council of Europe to intervene immediately by sending a delegation of human rights lawyers to visit Ashraf and prevent the occurrence of a humanitarian catastrophe.
The Iranian Resistance’s President-elect expressed gratitude towards honourable Iranians and their proud sit-ins and protests in defence of Ashraf. She asked all freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the Iranian Resistance to rise up in support of Ashraf and confront the suppression exported by Khamenei (which is the continuation of the mullahs’ Supreme Leader’s brutal suppression at home.)
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 28, 2009
