The statement, signed by the Reverend Bardleyan Youssef, Secretary General of the CDMI, declares, "The CDMI calls on the Iraqi government to respect the rights of the PMOI and prevent its members from having to face pressures such as cutting off of their food, fuel, and medicine rations, and stop the agents of the Iranian regime from committing crimes such as blowing up the water pipelines for the PMOI’s camp."
The statement adds, "We consider the fair treatment of the PMOI by the Iraqi government as an indication of its obligations to the national reconciliation plan and international treaties as well as its commitment to the maintain independence."
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
August 13, 2006