NCRI – Dr. Tariq al-Hashemi, Iraqi Vice-President said in an interview with the Arabic language daily Al-Ittihad on Tuesday, May 12, that “Iraq must guarantee security and safety of ‘members of the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) residing in Camp Asharf’ in the context of Fourth Geneva Convention.”
NCRI – Dr. Tariq al-Hashemi, Iraqi Vice-President said in an interview with the Arabic language daily Al-Ittihad on Tuesday, May 12, that “Iraq must guarantee security and safety of ‘members of the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) residing in Camp Asharf’ in the context of Fourth Geneva Convention.”
The English translation of excerpts of the interview follows:
Q: The issue of the PMOI has evolved to a subject of political dispute among some political parties. In your opinion, how this issue should be dealt with and put an end to it?
Iraqi Vice- President: Iraq is not a party in the dispute over this file. Iraq has enough problems and pains of its own. I believe what we need most is an international decision to remove this difficulty from Iraq and to bring this ongoing dispute to an end. However, until then, Iraq must guarantee security and safety of the PMOI individuals in the context of the Fourth Geneva Convention, because we are a civilized country committed to the International Law.
On April 7, Dr. Tariq al-Hashemi said in another interview with the Arabic Language Al-Salam TV that presence of the PMOI in Iraq “is within the framework of the international treaties.”
According to the text of the interview published on www.alhashemi.org website, the Iraqi Vice-president, in a reference to some 3,500 members of PMOI residing in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, said, “we hear of their transfer to desert areas” or their “persecution,” “Such talks are not in the interest of Iraq and damage its reputation.”