NCRI - National Council of Resistance of Iran

Iranian opposition calls on UN to provide better security for its members in Iraq

Associated Press, Feb. 27, 2013 - An Iranian opposition group urged the U.N. refugee agency Wednesday to provide better protection for its members in Iraq following a mortar attack on their camp near Baghdad airport in which seven people were killed.

The call came during a meeting in Geneva of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a France-based Iranian opposition group. The group's leader, Maryam Rajavi, urged the U.N. to transfer about 3,100 members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, or MEK, from the Baghdad facility to Camp Ashraf near Iraq's border with Iran.

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Bi-partisan panel urges recognition of Iranian opposition

HOUSTON, Feb. 22, 2013 / USNewswire/ -- In a conference entitled, "Iran: Prospects for Democratic Change, U.S. Policy Options," a distinguished panel of bi-partisan former U.S. officials spoke to the need for a new course in dealing with the nuclear and terrorist threats posed by the Iranian regime, namely reaching out to Iran's organized opposition movement and protecting its members who are currently in Iraq.

Mayor Rudy Giuliani was joined by former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco Marc Ginsberg and Col.  Wes Martin (Ret.), chief protection officer for all of the Coalition Forces in Iraq and commandant of Camp Ashraf, Iraq, home to over 3,000 members of the main Iranian dissident movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).

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Remy Pagani meets Maryam Rajavi, calls for return of Iranians in Camp Liberty to Ashraf

NCRI – Mr. Remy Pagani, the mayor of Geneva met Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of Iranian Resistance, on Wednesday at the city's Palais Eynard to make his plea to the world in the wake of the February 9 missile attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq which left seven dead and 100 injured.

The mayor of Geneva has condemned the deadly attack on Camp Liberty that houses members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and demanded that the international community act now to move the residents back to the safety of Camp Ashraf.

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Maryam Rajavi's speech at French National Assembly

The rocket attack at camp Liberty on February 9 was an indication of the mullahs’ fear of the resistance and the people of Liberty.

The delisting of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from blacklists has provided the opportunity to expand its activities, in particular inside Iran. Advances made by the Resistance and its weaknesses have forced the regime to resort to such acts as attacking Liberty and killing of the PMOI members.

Click here to read the text of speech by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi