The leader of an Iraqi political party has condemned comments made by the Iranian regime’s envoy against dissident Iranians in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, saying that such statements constitute interference in Iraq’s internal affairs.

The General Union of Palestinian Women for Social Work, which has over 30,000 members and is considered as one of the most prominent and popular women unions in the Middle East, has issued a statement condemning the clerical regime’s executions and crimes against Iranian women.

   

Several leading NGOs urged the United Nations on Thursday to protect Ashraf. The NGOs, including France Liberté, set up by France’s former First Lady Danielle Mitterrand, and the Movement Against Racism (MRAP), delivered a statement to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on the humanitarian situation in Camp Ashraf. 

They urged the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq to increase its mandate over Ashraf to provide a protective force.  

 

General Secretariat of Council of National Iraqi Tribes – Diyala

June 2010

480,000 people in Diyala demand lifting of inhuman siege on Camp Ashraf and assumption of the camp’s protection by the United Nations

At a session for the tenth anniversary of the creation of Community of Democracies in the Polish city of Krakow, David Kilgour, former Canadian minister and Co-Chair of the Canadian Committee of Friends of a Democratic Iran, spoke about the situation in Camp Ashraf.

The former Prime Minister of Algeria, Sid Ahmad Ghozali, who also chairs the Arab-Islamic Committee in Defense of Ashraf, sent a message to the residents of Camp Ashraf, praising their perseverance in the face of last year’s attacks by the Iranian regime’s agents.Camp Ashraf, Iraq, is home to over 3,400 members of the main Iranian opposition, (PMOI/MEK).