The newspaper al-Siada stated: “The Islamic Party, the National Dialogue Front, the Iraqi National Movement, the National Independent Cadres and Elites, the National Front for Iraq’s Tribes and the Iraqi National Dialogue Front from Diyala Province signed a statement in which they indicated that the Iranian regime’s accusations against the People’s Mojahedin are false.”
The daily al-Iraq al-Yom published the declaration which in particular stated: “We seriously condemn the surrounding and the inhumane pressures against the residents of Ashraf and we assure the People’s Mojahedin that we defend them as political refugees. We announce that we are opposed to efforts aimed at turning Diyala Province into a theatre for meddling by the Iranian regime and pressures against the PMOI. We consider the People’s Mojahedin to be an integral part of our society.”
The al-Haqayeq daily wrote a commentary, stating: “Iraqi political parties condemn the plots of the Iranian regime’s agents in the Diyala provincial council against the presence of the People’s Mojahedin.”