Arab Secular Network – May 18, 2010
“The Kaldani National Movement expresses deep worries about pressures exerted on Iranians residing in Camp Ashraf north of Baquba in Iraq. These pressures and restrictions are contrary to human rights principles and international treaties on the rights of refugees. The measures violate Iraq’s international commitments, international law and International Humanitarian Law, which was created after the Second World War.
In recent months, the Iranian Intelligence Ministry, in cooperation with the Iraqi embassy in Tehran and the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, has sent a number of Iranians under the guise of Ashraf residents’ families to the camp’s gate in order to pressure the residents and launch a psychological warfare against them. Iraqis clearly understand that these are not the families of Ashraf residents but rather agents of the clerical regime who are being led and protected by the Iraqi forces.
We condemn these inhumane measures as well as the Iraqi government’s cooperation in this regard. We view this as an inhumane crime and call upon the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, the Iraqi Human Rights Ministry, and all international human rights and social organizations to censure this act. We also demand the disbanding of the government committee affiliated with the Prime Minister’s Office because it has a hand in this abhorrent plot.”