Camp Ashraf is home to nearly 3,500 members of the main Iranian opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
Camp Ashraf is home to nearly 3,500 members of the main Iranian opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
Iranian demonstrators fervently condemned the intensification of an ongoing siege on Ashraf and demanded an end to all the restrictions and illegal actions dictated by the clerical regime ruling Iran against dissidents in Ashraf. They also called on the Iraqi government to fully implement a European Parliament resolution passed on April 24th calling on Iraq to respect Ashraf residents’ rights.
Families of Ashraf residents and Iranian Resistance supporters protesting in London across from the Iraqi embassy heard the news of the sudden entry of Iraqi police into Camp Ashraf on their 74th day of protests. The development occurred in the context of implementing purported Iraqi government bilateral agreements with the Iranian regime and for the purpose of satisfying the ruling mullahs in Iran. The demonstrators protested against such precarious measures which lay the groundwork for the occurrence of a humanitarian catastrophe in Ashraf City, and urged the Iraqi government to stay loyal to its commitments on respecting the rights of Ashraf residents, and to prevent similar legal violations from taking place in the future.
In their slogans and placards, the protestors condemned the illegal actions of the Iraqi government, demanding the full implementation of the recent European Parliament resolution.
At the London gathering, Mr. Elungu, a politician from the Congo, in his remarks to protestors expressed his support for and the residents of Ashraf. He called on Iraqi government to respect their rights.
Iranians and PMOI relatives in the Netherlands continued their protest on Thursday across from the Iraqi embassy in the Hague.
During the Hague protests, Dr. Robert Rosenbom, senior pastor of protestant church in Almere, expressed his deep feelings and affection toward the Iranian Resistance and its members, and added: Ever since I visited Ashraf, I have developed an emotional tie wit you. Each and every one of you are my children and family members. It is with great honor for me to say that in recent years the whole world has come to understand your significance and existence, and this is very encouraging for us.
Demonstrators in the Hague condemned the Iraqi police’s intrusion of Ashraf, and demanded the Iraqi government to put an end to the restrictions which have been placed on Ashraf in accordance with diktats coming from the mullahs’ regime, and instead acknowledge the legitimate rights of Ashraf residents.