NCRI- The Iraqi surgeons and medical doctors were eventually allowed in Camp Ashraf on Friday after a week-long prohibition. They visited patients at Tabataba’i clinic of the Camp.
According to reports from Ashraf, Ms. Fatemeh Alizadeh who suffers from cancer and five other patients were operated on Friday.
On April 3, the Iraqi forces prevented physicians who had been visiting patients in Ashraf for many years from entering Ashraf. The move by Iraqi forces provoked widespread protests among Iranian communities and Iraqi political forces, parliamentarians, tribal leaders and citizens. Many parliamentarians, political and human rights personalities and organizations from across the world also expressed their concerns and protested the move.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
April 11, 2009
