NCRI- In a hearing in the U.S. Senate on Nov 15, attended by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, senators expressed serious concern for the fate of the residents of Ashraf once the Dec 31 deadline and the withdrawal of the U.S. forces comes about.

 In a bipartisan mood, Senators Karl Levin, the Chairman of the Armed Services Committee (D-MI), John McCain (the ranking Republican from Arizona), Senator Bill Lindsey Graham (R- SC ), and Joseph Liberman (Independent-CO) all urged guarantees for the protection of Ashraf residents.

A brief video on excerpts of speeches at "The Changing Middle East: Iran, Camp Ashraf, and the United States" symposium at Capital Hilton, Presidential Ballroom, 1001 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2010. The video includes excerpts of remarks by: Ambassador Mitchell Reiss, Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State (2003-2005) Governor Howard Dean, Chair, Democratic National Committee Honorable Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City Honorable Andrew Card, former White House Chief of Staff Honorable Michael Sheehan, Ambassador-At-Large for Counterterrorism for the State Department during the Clinton administration Colonel Gary Morsch, President of Heart to Heart Foundation Honorable Phillip Zelikow, former counselor at the State Department and currently a professor at the University of Virginia Governor Tom Ridge, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security in President Bush's administration, Governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001

The situation at Camp Ashraf, where 34 innocent and defenseless Iranian dissidents in exile were killed and 350 were severely wounded by the Iraqi army on April 8 by orders of Nouri-al- Maliki at behest of the Iranian regime earlier this month, is developing into an even greater humanitarian crisis. The Iraqi army is now turning the home to 3,400 people, who are protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention, into a concentration camp. In an international conference in Paris on Wednesday, April 27, senior US officials from various US administrations, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, human rights advocates, prominent US and EU politicians called for immediate intervention of the US and UN for the Iraqi forces to leave Camp Ashraf and to guarantee the protection of Camp Ashraf residents. The participants include: • Elie Wiesel, writer, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor • General James Jones, Presidents Obama's National Security Advisor until November 2010 • General Wesley Clark, NATO Supreme Allied Commander (1997-2000), commander of Operation Allied Force in Kosovo War, US Presidential candidate (2004) • Rep. Patrick Kennedy, son of late Senator Edward Kennedy, member of US Congress (1995-2001) • Ingrid Betancourt, human rights advocate, French-Colombian national who ran as presidential candidate in Colombia before she was kidnapped and held for 6 years • Jean-Pierre Spitzer, Lawyer, former legal advisor to French Foreign Ministry • William Bourdon, Human rights lawyer

April 13, at an international conference in Paris, senior American officials from Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations, as well as French and European politicians have condemned the massacre of Ashraf residents on April, 8. They called for an immediate end to Ashraf occupation by Iraqi forces and ensuring the protection of its residents by the United States and the United Nations.

Massacre in camp ashraf  april 8 2011

On April 2, 2001, at midnight, the suppressive Iraqi forces entered Camp Ashraf with  at-least 30 armored vehicles including Hummvies and BMP-1 armored personnel carriers. They took positions in northern part of the camp. Based on specific information obtained from inside the Iranian regime, the Iranian Resistance declared that Nouri al-Maliki plans for a new round of killings in Camp Ashraf on the demands from Ali Khamenie, Iranian regime's Supreme Leader.

On Thursday 7 April, after the U.S. Defense Secretary Gates met with Nouri al-Maliki , while it was expected that U.S. forces reinforce their positions in Ashraf, surprisingly the limited U.S. forces that had a presence in the camp since April 3, left the camp.

On April 8 at 4:45 am (local time) eight battalions of Iraqi Army’s Ninth and Fifth Divisions began the attack on the defenseless resident. The massive firings using armored vehicles’ heavy machineguns and snipers continued for six hours in various parts of Camp Ashraf. In short period, a number of residents were killed.

On April 8, in the afternoon, the total number of Ashraf residents killed during the attack reached 33. Ten of them had died from the critical injuries they had received during the attack.

In an international congress in Berlin, March 19, senior American officials under Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations, political figures and other personalities from European and Arab countries expressed support for people's uprising in Iran and examined prospects of change in that country. They underlined the need to adopt an appropriate policy to counter Tehran's efforts to take advantage of the uprisings in the region and spread of Islamic fundamentalism.

Mr. Leo Dautzenberg (Member of German Bundestag from 1998-2011) handed over the statements by 150 members of Bundestag on the humanitarian protection of Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf, removal of the PMOI from the US terror list and to stop executions in Iran.
In this event that convened on the eve of the Iranian New Year, Nowrouz, senior U.S. officials including Governor Howard Dean, former Chair of the U.S. Democratic National Committee (2005-2009); General Peter Pace, Chair of the US Army Joint Chiefs of Staff (2005-2007 ); General Hugh Shelton, Chair of the US Army Joint Chiefs of Staff (1997-2001); Sid Ahmed Ghozali, former Algerian Prime Minister; Patrick Kennedy, son of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, a member of the House Representatives (1995-2011); Mitchell B. Reiss, Director of Policy Planning of the US Department of State (2003-2005); Michael Mukasey, US Attorney General (2007-2009); and Louis Freeh, FBI Director (1993-2001), addressed the gathering. Similarly Gesine Schwan, presidential candidate for German Republic; Günter Verheugen, European Commissioner (1999-2009) and former minister of state in German Foreign Ministery; Otto Bernhardt, Finance Spokesman for Christian Democratic/Social Democratic group in Bundestag (2005-2009) and a member of Board of Directors of Konrad Adenauer Foundation; and Prof. Christoph Degenhardt, jurist and lawyer, were among other speakers of the event.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, the keynote speaker at this gathering, noted that the only way to end the horrific ordeals of the Iranian people and removal of the main terrorist threat in the world was regime change in its entirety and establishment of democracy in Iran. "The only leverage to achieve this goal is the third option, namely democratic change by Iranian people and their organized resistance. You can see the crystallization of this resistance in Ashraf that is a source of inspiration for young people in their struggle for freedom," she said.

While criticizing the Western governments' approach against change in Iran, Mrs. Rajavi added: Three successive governments in the United States have helped the regime to stay power by maintaining the PMOI on the blacklist. This destructive policy that has continued in past two years bore devastating consequences for the Iranian people and resistance. Repeated attacks of agents of the regime against Ashraf has caused many deaths and injuries among the Mojahedin.

In a conference held at the US House of Representatives on March 17, former officials and distinguished members of the Congress addressed the situation in Iran in light of developments in the Middle East and North Africa and recent eruption of protests across Iran.
Speakers underlined the need to remove immediately the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from the State Department's List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations and for the US and the UN to provide protection to Camp Ashraf.

Geneva International Conference:
Swiss lawmakers, former high-ranking US officials, jurists and international figures support Iranian people's uprising for a democratic change in Iran, and call for guarantee of Ashraf residents' protection
Messrs. Jean-Charles Rielle, Francine John-Calame and André Daguet, Luc Barthassat, Alice Glauser-Zufferey, and Eric Voruz members of the Swiss Federal Parliament; Christian Dandres, Member of Geneva Grand Council;

Christiane Perregaux, Head of Geneva Legislative Council; Nils De Dardel, lawyer and joint Chair of the Swiss Committee in Defence of Ashraf; Erica Deuber-Ziegler, historian and former MP; Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont for six terms from 1991 to 2003, and Chairman of the US Democratic National Committee (2005-2009); Sid Ahmed Ghozali, former Prime Minister of Algeria; David Mattas prominent Canadian jurist; and Prof. Ruth Wedgwood, head of the International Law Department at John Hopkins University addressed the international conference.
 
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, in a video message said: This situation has made it inevitable for the West to revise its policy towards the Middle East, specifically the dictatorship ruling Iran. The Iranian people have in recent weeks again risen to change the regime. As such, standing with the ruling religious fascism would be more disgraceful than ever.

Camp Ashraf,choronlogy of loudspeakers , Psychological torture

"This conference is being held at an extraordinary moment in the history of the Middle East and North Africa.
The tide of freedom has engulfed the entire region. No country will be spared from this tide.
We must now ask ourselves why these uprisings have become so explosive.
What factors had until now retarded their eruption?
What course has Western policy towards this country taken?
And what are the prospects and what are our responsibilities?"

Excerpts of Capital Hill Hearings held on March 1, 2011:

House Foreign Affairs |Committee hearing with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with General Mattis the Commander of CENtCOM

In an international conference in Paris on February 26, top US officials from Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations and senior European political figures emphasized that democratic change in Iran by the Iranian people guarantees the trend towards democracy and freedom that has engulfed the Middle East, North Africa and the Islamic World.
James Jones, President Obama's National Security Advisor (2009-2010), Bill Richardson (Energy Secretary and UN ambassador in the Clinton administration and Obama's Special Envoy to North Korea), Tom Ridge (first US Homeland Security Secretary), Howard Dean (Chairman of the Democratic Party 2005-2009), Mary Robinson, (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1997-2002 and President of Ireland,1990-1997), Irene Khan (Secretary General of Amnesty International (2001-2010),where among people of conference.

Washington (February 19, 2011) - in a conference titled "Middle East in Turmoil: Prospects for Iran," former top-ranking US officials urged Obama administration to remove the main Iranian opposition group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran(PMOI/MEK) from the...

London Conference 14 February 2011

Brussels, January 25, 2011

Camp Ashraf and Policy on Iran, Brussels - Jan 25, 2011

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The Iranian regime's agents attacked Camp Ashraf residents on January 7, 2011 by petrol bombs. A number of residents were injured due to explosions. At least 175 residents were injured including 83 women.

Dozens of high-ranking former officials from US, Europe and Arab states, including Rudolph Giuliani, Frances Townsend, Michael Mukasey, Tom Rich, Sid Ahmed Ghozali and Alain Vivien called for adoption of a policy with the Iranian Resistance at its focal point.

Iraqi Forces Attack Ashraf Residents-October 2010

Return of 36 Hostages to Ashraf (2009)

Marzieh - The Legend

Maryam Rajavi Visits Holocaust Memorial - Berlin

Maryam Rajavi Speaks At No To Ahmadinejad Demonstration