Iranian dissidents protest outside US Embassy in Berlin in wake of Iraq killings

BERLIN — Iranian dissidents supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran are demonstrating outside the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, pushing for action after the killing of 52 of their compatriots in Iraq, Associated Press reported.

“The group accuses the Iranian and Iraqi governments of involvement in the Sept. 1 shooting at Camp Ashraf in which roughly half the camp’s U.N.-protected population was killed. The dissidents claim seven MEK members are being held by Iraq.”

“The group, which is strongly opposed to Iran’s clerical regime, has been protesting since early September, calling for international pressure on Iraq to get to the bottom of the killings,” the repot added.