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AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2583

(FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEAR 2012)

OFFERED BY MR. POE OF TEXAS

At the end of title VIII. add the following:

SEC. 8XX. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING CAMP ASHRAF

(1) It shall be the policy of the United States to

(2) urge the Government of Iraq to uphold its commitments to the United

States to ensure the continued well-being of those living in Camp Ashraf and

prevent their involuntary return to Iran in accordance with the United States

Embassy Statement on Transfer of Security Responsibility for Camp Ashraf of

December 28, 2008; and

(3) take all necessary and appropriate steps in accordance with international

agreements to support the commitments of the United States to ensure the

physical security and protection of Camp Ashraf residents; and

(4) take all necessary and appropriate steps to prevent the forcible relocation

of Camp Ashraf residents inside Iraq and facilitate the robust presence of the

United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq in Camp Ashraf.


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CampAsharf,home to 3400 Iraniandissidents in Iraq, all protectedpersonsunder theFourthGenevaConventionwassubjectofadeadlyraidbytheIraqiforcesunderthecommandof

theIraqiPrimeMinisteronApril8,2011thatleft36residents,includingeightwomen,killedand345wounded. TheUNocialshadaccesstotheCamponApril13andonApril14theyconrmedthat34campresidentsweredeadasaresultoftheraid.Twomorediedlaterduetotheirinjuries. Theraid drew internationaloutrage includingcondemnationfromtheUSStateDepart-ment,theUKForeignOce,Mrs.CatharineAshton,theEUHighRepresentative,theUSCongressandinternationalhumanrightsgroupsincludingAmnestyInternational. SenatorJohnKerry,theChairmanoftheUSSenateForeignAairsCommitteecalledtheraidamassacreandcalledforanindependent,thoroughinvestigation.Mrs.Ashtonalsocalledforacomplete,independentinvestigation.

TheUNHumanRightsChief,Ms.NaviPillayalsocalledforaprobeonthedeathsandstated:Thereisnopossibleexcuseforthisnumberofcasualties.

ThesituationattheCampremainsverytense.TheIraqimilitaryforcesarestillinsideAshraf.One-thirdofthecampiscurrentlyunderIraqimilitaryoccupationandtheCampisundercompleteblockade. InlateAprilIraqForeignMinisterrefusedtoallowadelegationoftheEuropeanParliamentwhichwasinIraqtovisitCampAshraf.InJuneNouriMalikitoldadelegationoftheUSCongressinBaghdadthattheywerenotallowedtovisitCampAshraf. AttemptstondasolutiononthecrisisonCampAshrafhasgainedurgencyonbothsidesofAtlantic.

FollowingitstriptoIraq,theEuropeanParliamentDelegationforRelationwithIraqoeredalong-term,peacefulsolution:resettlementinthirdcountriessuchastheUS,Canada,EUmember

states,Switzerland,Norway,andAustralia.HoweveritstressedthattheimmediatestepwouldbetoprovideprotectionfortheresidentatCampAshraf. EUforeignpolicychiefCatherineAshtonaddressedtheissueofAshrafonMay11andtheissueofAshrafwasdiscussedforthersttimeattheEUForeignMinistersmeetingonMay23.FurtherdeliberationsofndingacommonsolutionwiththeUSandUNareunderway. SincepresentationoftheEuropeanplanforAshraftherehasbeennumeroussupportfrommajoritymembersof30parliamentsworldwideincludingIraqiocialssuchastheSpeakeroftheIraqiParliaments,70membersofIraqiParliament.Moreoverinauniqueactionover500,000Iraqi

peoplefromDyaleyGovernoratealsoendorsed theproposalandrejectedanyinternaldisplace-

mentoftheresidentsintheirstatement.

AcongressionalhearingwasheldJuly7,2011togetthefactsofwhatappearstobethemur-

derofunarmed,innocentrefugees,chairedbyCongressmanDanaRohrabacher(R-Calif.),chair-manoftheOversightandInvestigationsSubcommitteeoftheHouseForeignAairsCommittee,whosaid:Ibelieveitwasanatrocity,amassacreandcrimeagainsthumanity,.Thehearingbeganwithavideoclipmadebycampresidentsoftheshootingsandassaultsonthepopulation.ThiswasfollowedbyateleconferencevideowithoneofthewoundedinAshraf,NedaZanjanipour. FinallyitisobviousthatplanoeredbytheEuropeanParliamenttosettlethecrisisinAshrafpeacefullyistheonlyviableandlastingsolutiontotheproblem.WhereastheUSproposaltodis -

placeAshrafresidentsinIraqanddisbandthemisintotalcontrasttotheEuropeanplanthatisreceivinggrowingsupportacrosstheworld.TheEPplanclearlysetsouttheroadmaptopreventahumanitariancatastropheandthiswillbetothecreditoftheWesternworld,especiallytheUSas

onemainplayerinIraq.

Timeline of the April 8 raid on Ashraf

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Chronology ofMassacre in Camp Ashraf

Background:OnApril2,2011,atmidnight,thesuppressiveIraqiforcesenteredCampAshrafwithat-least30armoredvehiclesincludingHumveesandBMP-1armoredpersonnelcarriers.

Warnings ignored:BasedonspecicinformationobtainedfrominsidetheIranianregime,theIranianResistancedeclared that Nouri al-Maliki plans new round of killings in CampAshraf at behest of AliKhamenei In numerous letters toAmerican andEuropean ocials and the United Nations,AshrafresidentsandtheNationalCouncilofResistanceofIranwarnedaboutanimminentmassacreofthecampresidents.Unfortunately,ononepaidanyattentiontothewarning.

No acons were taken:OnWednesday, April 6, 2011, 36 hours prior to the catastrophe, as the representativesofUNAMIenteredAshraf,theresidentsonceagainwarnedofanattackandurgedthemtostrengthentheirpresenceinthecamp,butagaintherewasnoactiontaken.OnThursday,April7,2011,aftertheU.S.DefenseSecretaryGatesmetwithNourial-Maliki,whileitwasexpectedthatU.S.forcesreinforcetheirpositionsinAshraf,surprisinglythelimited

U.S.forcesthathadapresenceinthecampsinceApril3,leftthecamp.Immediatelyafteral-MalikismeetingwithU.S.DefenseSecretary,some1500suppressiveIraqiforcesenteredCampAshrafonThursday,raisingthetotalto2500.On the same day, in several letters to PresidentObama,U.S.Secretary ofState HillaryClintonandUnitedNationsSecretaryGeneral,Mrs.MaryamRajavi,thePresident-electoftheNationalCouncilofResistanceofIranwarnedabouttheimminentcrimeatCampAshraf.Butunfortunately,thiswastonoavail.

Aack begins:OnApril8,at4:45a.m.(localtime)eightbattalionsofIraqiArmysNinthandFifthDivisionsbegantheattackonthedefenselessresidents.ThemassiverebyarmoredvehiclesheavymachinegunsandsniperscontinuedforsixhoursinvariouspartsofCampAshraf.Inashorttime,numerousresidentswerekilled.

Bytheafternoon,thetotalnumberofAshrafresidentskilledduringtheattackreached33.Over350residentswereinjuredwithanumberoftheminhighlycriticalconditions.SincetheearlyhoursofThursdaymorning,theIranianResistancerepeatedlycalledonU.S.toevacuatethewoundedresidents.Butuntilthefollowingmidnightnoactionsweretakeninthisregardandmoreliveswereatrisk.

2500 Iraqi forces involved in the aack:Theattackbysome2500suppressiveIraqiforceswhichbeganapproximately4:45a.m.(localtime)onApril8,continueduntil10:45a.m.(localtime).TheIraqiforcesoccupiedmorethanonethirdofCampAshraf.EyewitnessesreportedthepresenceofanumberofPersianspeakingindividualsamongtheattackers.

Another aack looms:Atpresent,theattackingforcesarestillinCampAshrafandthepossibilityofanotherattack

andkillingofresidentslooms.Massiveembankmentsandwatchtowershavebeenbuiltwithcoiledbarbedwiresseparatingthecampfromtheoutside.300megaphoneloudspeakersarestationedtopdsychologicallytorturetheresidents.

Iraqi forces loot and destroy:Basedoninstructionsbytheircommanders, the Iraqiforces lootpropertiesandassetsofAshrafresidentswhiledestroyinganythingthattheycouldnottakeaway.

Internaonal observers & journalists barred: The Iraqi forces deny UNAMI monitoring team entry into the camp. Mr. Taher Boumdra, the

Assistant on Camp Ashraf issues to Mr. Ad Melkert, the Special Representave of the United

Naons Secretary General in Iraq, tried to visit the camp but was denied entry by the Iraqi

forces.

A number of journalists have gone to Ashraf, but Iraqi forces prevent them from entering the

camp.

On 15 April, United Naons human rights chief declared: at least 34 people were killed in

Camp Ashraf. Most were shot, and some appear to have been crushed to death, persumably by

vehicles.

Iraqi forces target Ashraf residents, April 8, 2011

A resident of camp Ashraf is crushed by IraqiArmys U.S. made Humvees

Images show Iraqi forcesaacking unarmed defenseless

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ShahnazPahlavani

49Shot in head

MarziehPour-taghi

48Shot in heart

NaztaranAzimi dezfouli

24Shot in lung

FatemehMassih

55Shot in heart

FaezehRajabi

19Shot in neck

MahdiehMehdizadehGorgory-32Shot in legs

and back

MassoudHajilouee

Mobtaker-30Shot in head

Mohammad RezaYazdandoust54Shot in abdomen

April 8 Aack

on Camp Ashraf

lef 36 Residents Killed

In 2004, the American forces signed anagreement with each individual resident

at Camp Ashraf, to undertake theirprotection until their fnal destination.

Subsequently each resident was issued aprotected persons Identity Card.

VarghaSullimani45Shot in leg

Seyyed HosseinAhmadiDjehon-abadi55

Killed by bullet

MohammadReza Pirzadi46Shot inright lung

ZoheirZakeri35Shot in head

GholamTalghori42Shot in chest

FeriydounAiny Farkosh52Shot in heart

NaserSepahpour

47Run over byHUMVEE

AlirezaTaherloo50Burning

Amir MasoudFazlollahy50Shot inabdomen

MohammadGhayoumi44Shot in

abdomen

HanifTaghizadeh29Shot inabdomen

Khalil

Kabi48Shot in chest

BehrouzSabetKhasmakhi -44Shot in leg

HassanAvani46Killed by bullet

AsiehRakhshani28Shot inabdomen

AhmadAghaee47Shot in chest

Ghasem

Etemadi53Run over byHUMVEE

AliakbarMehdizadehGorgory - 39Run over byHUMVEE

SaeidChavooshi49Shot in chest

JafarBareji46Shot in neck

SabaHaftbaradaran29Shot in leg

MehdiBarzagar45Shot in chest

MortezaBeheshti

34Shot in head &abdomen

ZiaPoornader54Shot in left leg

Saeid RezaPourhasemi44Shot in heart

MajidEbadian50Multiple shots

Bahman Atighi- 38

Shot in vertebra

Mansoor Hadjian-52Shot in lung


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InCampAshraf,whathappenedonthe8thofAprilisdeplorableandhasandhadmystrongestcondemnation.Ihavebeenadamantthatweneedastrong,united,EUresponse.Ihavecalledforaninquirythathastobeasthoroughasitisindependent.Severaloptionsforalongtermsolutionhavebeenconsidered;UnitedNationsisinthe lead.The inquiryandcondemnationareabsolute.

Baroness Catherine Ashton, HighRepresentativeoftheEUforForeignAairsand

SecurityPolicy,May11,2011

WecallontheIraqiGovernmenttoceaseviolentoperationsinCamp Ashraf immediately and particularly to ensure that theresidents have full access tomedical care.We are aware ofarequestbytheUnitedNationsAssistanceMissionforIraq(UNAMI)tosend ahumanitarianmonitoringmission toCampAshrafassoonaspossible.Wefullysupportthisrequest .

British Foreign Ofce Minister, April 8 , 2011

The Norwegian government has strongly condemned Fridays

perpetrationofviolencebytheIraqigovernmentagainstunarmedresidentsinCampAshraf.

Jonas Gahr Stre, NorwegianForeignMinister,April2011

TheU.S.governmentisdeeplytroubledbyreportsofdeathsandinjuriesresultingfromthismorningsclashatCampAshraf.

Mark Toner,StateDepartmentSpokesman,April19,2011

Wecannotaordtohavethebloodof3,400civiliansonourhands.Farmore

ominousisthepresenceofIraqitroopsinAshraf.TheUScouldcompelPrimeMinisterNouriMalikitoremovehistroopsfromAshrafimmediately.

Governor Howard Dean ChairoftheDemocraticPartyintheUS(2005-09),April4,2011

IrequestthatAmbassadorJereycontinuetoengagewithIraqiocialsandtheUnitedNationsAssistanceMissionforIraqtoensurethattheresidentsofCampAshrafhaveaccesstohumanitarianassistanceandessentialmedicalcare.

Senator Carl Levin,U.S.SenateArmedServicesCommitteeChairman,15April,2011

WecondemnallactsofviolenceperpetratedagainsttheresidentsofAshraf,andcallonthegovernmentofIraqtoimmediatelyrearmandmeet

itsobligationstoensuretheirsafetyandwell-being.

Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,ChairoftheHouseForeignAairsCommittee- Congressman

Howard L. Berman rankingMemberoftheHouseForeignAairsCommittee,April2011

ImadeapromisetoyouinAshraf,IwouldcontinuetosupportanddefendanddoeverythingIcouldforyourcause.Becauseitsourcause,mycause.Iamashamedthatwehavewalkedaway.De-listtheMEK.Theyarepeoplewholovefreedomandademocraticwayoflife.

Col. Gary Morsch, M.D.,President,HearttoHeartInternational,April26,2011

International condemnation of

IcallonSecretaryClintonandSecretaryGatestoacknowledgethecommitmentthatwemadetotheresidentsofCampAshraftoprotectthem.

Gen. Hugh Shelton,Chairman,JointChiefsofSta(1997-2001),April13,2011

WhatweneedisfortheAmericanstotelltheAmericanpeopleandtheAmericanCongressaboutthesituation,becausethatisinformationthattheyneedtounderstandwhatisgoingforwardinIraqandhowtoprovidetheprotection.

Ambassador John Bolton,FormerUSAmbassadortotheUnitedNations,April13,2011

IfnothingelsebutAmericascredibility,thatsnotkeepingapromise;theprotectionandsupportandsecurityofthemenandwomenofAshrafiscertainlyahumanitariancausethattheentireworld

oughttobesupporting.

Governor Tom Ridge, USHomelandSecuritySecretary(2003-2005),April26,2011

Those35peoplethatwerekilledmightverywellnothavebeenkillediftheSecretaryofStateandthePresidenthaddonewhatisobviouslynecessarytodo,whichistodelisttheMEK.

Rudy Giuliani , FormerMayorofNewYorkCityandUSPresidentionalCandidate;April26,2011

WhenDellDaileysaysinpublicItisappropriatefortheSecretaryofStatetoxthisgrossembarrassmentandobviouslypainfulerrorassoonaspossible,Itakethatseriously.De-listtheMEK.

Prof. Philip Zelikow , SeniorCounselortotheStateDepartment(2005-2007) , April26,2011

Iraqi military action is simply unacceptable. Corrective action isimperative.The investigationmust hold accountable the responsiblepartiesandensurethattherewillbenosequeltothesehorrificevents..TheUnitedStatesmustredoubleeffortswithall the relevant partiestoseekapeacefulanddurablesolutionandpermanenthomesfortheresidentsofCampAshrafSenator John Kerry , ChairU.S.SenateCommitteeonForeignRelations,April14,

2011

Nourial-Maliki,thebloodofthesemartyrsisonyourhands.YouneedtobeprosecutedattheInternationalCriminalCourtforcrimeagainsthumanity.

Patrick Kennedy, MemberofCongress2011,April13,2011


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Thereisnopossibleexcuseforthisnumberofcasualtiesanypersonfoundresponsibleforuseofexcessiveforceshouldbeprosecuted.Fulldetailsofwhatactuallyhappenedonthemorningof8AprilatCampAshraf,areonlybeginningtoemerge...theIraqimilitarywaswellaware

oftherisksattachedtolaunchinganoperationlikethisatthecamp.Navi Pillay, UNHighCommissionerforHumanRights,April15,2011

Iraqitroopsmovedintothecampthismorningandusedexcessiveforceagainstresidents...Whethertheylikeitornot,theIraqiauthorities

areresponsibleforthesecurityandwell-beingofCampAshrafsresidents.

Malcolm Smart, DirectorofAmnestyInternationalsMiddleEastandNorthAfricaProgramme,8April,2011

TheArabLeagueonSaturdayurgedtheIraqigovernmenttohandleinahumanemannertheresidentsofCampAshraf,who

areIranianMujahid-e-KhalqrefugeeshousedinthecampsincetheIran-Iraqwar.

Arab League Statement,April11,2011

TheonlywaytoavoidahumanitariancatastropheisforUNAMI,withthehelpofUSforcestosecurethewithdrawalofIraqi

armedforcesfrominsidethecamp.We

looktotheUNtoestablishapermanentmonitoringteamatCampAshraf,guardedbyateamoftheUSmilitary,toprevent

attacksontheresidentssimilartothatofJuly2009andJanuary2011.TheUSand

UNmustactnow.Lord Corbett of Castle Vale, Mp,BrisithHouseofLords,ChairoftheBritishParliamentaryCommitteeforIranFreedom

themassacreinCampAshraf-2011

HumanrightslawsthathavestressedonprotectionofunarmedrefugeesThismethodoftreatingMujahedinKhalqs(PMOI-MEK)

caseisabehaviorthatcanbeconsideredagenocideandcrimeagainsthumanityanddefacesIraq.Furthermore,al-Iraqierequestsforforgivenessfrommodernhumanity,andstressesthatwhathastaken

place,hasnothingtodowithnobleandbenevolentpeopleofIraq

Al -Iraqia Party Iraqslargestpoliticalparty,18May2011

Wewouldliketoknow,assoonaspossible,whatmilitaryandembassypersonnelwereallowedintoCampAshrafon10April,whentheyenteredtheCampandifyouragencyplanstopubliclyreleasethat

information.Grossviolationsofhumanrightsthriveinthedarkness,wesimplyaskthatyoushedalittlebitoflightonthisawfulattack

Joint letter by 19 members of US Congress to US Secretary of Defense RobertGates, and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, April15,2011

CampAshraf,wehaveasituationthatisintolerableandinacceptable;itrequiresimmediateanddecisiveaction.

Gunter Verheugen,EuropeanCommissioner(1999-2009),

April13,2011

ItisveryimportantfortheWestandtherestoftheworldtounderstandthatthis

tragedymustnotbeforgotten. Jacques Attali,FormeradvisortoFrancoisMitterrand,

April13,2011

WeagreethattheIraqiregimehasbetrayeditspromisestotheU.S.

militaryandcantbetrusted;thattheU.S.governmentisbetrayingitssolemnpromisetotheresidentsofCampAshraf,

betrayingourownnationalsecurity

intereststopromoteregimechangeinIran,andourownvaluesofdemocracy,

freedom,andhumanrights.

Ambassador Mitchell Reiss,StateDepartmentPolicy

PlanningDirector(2003-2005),April26,2011, 26, 2011,

Ashrafhasbeenturnedintoabigprison.LeavingIraqdoesnotrid theUSof itsegal, moral and political responsibility

towardsthesecurityofCampAshraf.Sid Ahmed Ghozali, FormerPrimeMinisterofAlgeria,9March,2011

ThesolutionforAshraf,mustbeapeacefulanddemocraticsolution,whichinvolvesthedeterminingsolutionoftheEuropeanUnionandFrance.

Andr Chassaigne, MemberofFrenchParliament,May18,2011,

WemustinformaboutthedeplorablesituationofCampAshraf.Wemustinform

thepublicofIranianpro-democracyforceswhoareghting

forFreedomandDemocracy.

Gesine Schwan ,Presidential Candidate in Germany(2004 and 2009)

AsaMuslimDeputy,IsharewhollyinthisstruggleandIsidewiththeIranianResistance.

Abduoulatifou Aly, Member of French Parliament, May18, 2011

IsupportthewomenwhoarefightingforFreedom.Inthenamesofallmycolleaguesinourparliamentarycapacity,Iofferyouall

mysupport.

Martine Pinville, MemberofFrenchParliament,May18,2011

WesupportacallbytheIranianoppositiontotheUNSecurityCounciltoappointarepresentativetomakeanindependentinquiryintotherecentmassacreinAshraf.

Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice-PresidentoftheEuropeanParliament,20April,2011

TheregimefearsthePMOIbecausetheyaretheonlyrealisticoppositiontotheircorrupt,fascistregime.Thatiswhythemullahsnumberonetargetistheiconicsymbolofresistancetotheirregime-Camp

Ashraf.Struan Stevenson, ChairofEuropanParliamentDelegationforrelationswithIraq,January25,2011


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WorldwidesupportforCampAshraf

We u rge t he U.S. and Uni ted Nat ions to remove I raq i m il it aryforces fromAshraf

Ashrafresidentsareprotected

personsundertheFourthGenevaConventionandInternationallaw.ThismilitaryattackagainstAshrafisacrimeagainsthumanity.

WecondemnthesiegeonAshrafresidents,protectedundertheFourthGenevaConvention,thepsychologicaltortureagainstthem.

WedemandthattheUSandUNtakecontroloverthesafetyandsecurityofthecamp;andtheUNtosetupapermanentmonitoringteaminCampAshraftopreventbreachesofresidentsrights.

WeurgetheUSadministrationtofollowtheUKinde-listingthePMOIandprovidethenecessaryprotectionfortheresidentsofCampAshraf.

Wecallonourgovernmenttoopenadialoguewiththe

IranianResistance.

UNmustinterveneimmediatelyandUNAMImustrestoreitsmonitoringintheCampandbesecuredbyUSforces.

CallsuponthePresidenttotakeallnecessarystepstosupportthecommitmentsoftheUS,toensurethephysicalsecurityandprotectionofCampAshrafresidents.

WesupportUNinitiativetoinstateathroughandindependentinvestigationonApril8incidents.

Thedossierofhumanrights

violationbytheclericalregime,mustbereferredtotheUNSecurityCouncilforanimmediatereview.

WecallonourgovernmenttorecognizetheIranianResistanceandtheendeavorsoftheIranianpeopletowardstheestablishmentofdemocracy,freedom.

WerecognizetheIranianResistanceandcallonourgovernmenttodialoguewiththeIraniandemocraticoppositionNationalCouncilofResistanceofIran.

Wecallonourgovernmentto

takecombinedactionwithUSandUNtoremovehostileIraqiforcesfromCampAshraf.


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and t h e I r a n i a n R e s i s t a n c e

WecallonourgovernmenttorecognizetheIranianResistance

WecallonourgovernmenttourgetheUSgovernmentandtheUnitedNationstoremove

IraqimilitaryforcesfromAshraf,provideurgentmedicalattentionforthecriticallywoundedandend

thesiege.

TheIranianregimeisthemainbarriertodemocracyin

theregionandattemptstodivertliberationmovementsintheregiontowardIslamic

fundamentalism.

TheGovernmentofIranintendstoquellthepopularuprisingthroughmassarrestsand

executionofpoliticalprisoners,inparticulartherelativesofmembersofthedemocratic

oppositioninCampAshraf,Iraq.

TheThirdOptionsuggestedbyMrs.MaryamRajavi

promisestheprospectforademocraticchangebythe

peopleandtheResistance.

TheagressiononCampAshrafiscondemnedandweurgeacombinedeorttosafeguard

thesecurityofAshrafresidents.

WecallonourgovernmenttoaskforthedismantlingoftheCommitteetoCloseAshrafin

Iraq,andassistinresolvingAshrafcrisiswiththeUNand

theUS.

UNindependentinvestigativeteammustcarryouta

thoroughinvestigationonCampAshrafmassacre.

Wedemand:TheUN,US,andEUactimmediatelytohaltthemassacreandurgentlyensurethewithdrawalofIraqitroops

fromCampAshraf.

WecallonourgovernmenttoAcknowledgetheIranianResistanceagainstthereligious

fascismandtodialoguewiththeNationalCouncilof

ResistanceofIran.

ThePMOI,believesinatolerantanddemocraticIslam,istheantithesis

tofundamentalismandextremism.

WecallonourgovernmenttorecognizetheIranianResistance,andinitiate

dialoguewiththeIraniandemocraticop.position,

NationalCouncilofResistanceofIran.


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TheUNmust ass ist fu l l invest igat ion

Any forceful re locat ionof res idents is prelude

Denouncing Iraqi operaon, UN rights chief calls for inquiry into camp deaths15 April 2011 The United Naons human rights chief today condemned a recent Iraqi military operaon in a camp north ofBaghdad that le 34 people dead and dozens injured, and called for an independent inquiry into the incident.

Navi Pillay, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said full details of what actually happened on the morning of 8 April at

Camp Ashraf, which houses an Iranian exile group known as the Peoples Mojahedeen of Iran, are only beginning to emerge.

But it now seems certain that at least 34 people were killed in Camp Ashraf, including seven or more women. Most were shot,

and some appear to have been crushed to death, presumably by vehicles, she stated in a news release.

Ms. Pillay noted that the Iraqi military was well aware of the risks aached to launching an operaon like this at the camp. A

similar operaon by Iraqi security forces in 2009 le 11 people dead and dozens wounded at Ashraf.

There is no possible excuse for this number of casuales, she said, referring to the latest incident.

There must be a full, independent and transparent inquiry, and any person found responsible for use of excessive force should

be prosecuted.

The High Commissioner also called on other governments to urgently consider reselement to third countries to help provide

long-term soluons for the residents of the camp.

I am well aware that this is a contenous group, with a complicated history, but leaving them to fester in Camp Ashraf was

never going to be a soluon, she stated.

Clearly, since they are unable to go back to Iran, and are in danger in Iraq, the soluon is most likely to involve moving them

to third countries.

Archbishop Desmond

Tutu (Cape Town S. A

07 June 2011)

The proposal

presented by the

European Parliament

is a peaceful and

viable soluton for

Camp Ashraf

I join the UNHCHR, EU, other countries around theworld and human rights organizaons and personalies todeplore strongly the Iraqi forces violent aacks against thedefenseless and unarmed residents of Camp Ashraf on April8th, 2011 which le 35 residents killed and hundreds of others

wounded. Concerns exist that if the UN does not immediatelyassume the protecon of the residents, Iraqi authories willcarry out yet another armed aack against Ashraf residents.The proposal presented by the European Parliament is a

peaceful and viable soluon for Camp Ashraf, and I hopethat the United Naons, the US and EU would assist in theimplementaon of this plan as they all have expressed theirconcern for the human rights and dignity of the residents ofAshraf to be preserved.Condions that coincide with Ashraf residents rights underInternaonal Law and the Geneva Convenons must berealized for the grounds to be set to reach a permanentsoluon for the crisis in Ashraf. Unl the full implementaonof the European Parliament plan and during the transionalperiod, aempts by the US government,UN,EU are necessary

to have the following precondions accomplished:1. The military occupaon of Camp Ashraf must be broughtto an end;

2. The 2-year-long inhumane siegeagainst Camp Ashraf by the Iraqi

government must be lied. The campsgates must be opened to members of theresidents families and their lawyers tovisit the residents;3. An independent invesgaon becarried out by a representave appointedby the UN on the April 8th aack againstCamp Ashraf and the crimes commiedinside the camp as has been calledfor by the UN Human Rights HighCommissioner. I fully support theprosecuon of the perpetrators of thecrimes against humanity in Camp Ashraf;and4. Ashrafs security and protecon mustbe guaranteed with the reopening of theUN monitoring oce (UNAMI) in Ashraf.The compulsory relocaon of 3,400unarmed refugees is illegal and violatesUN standards and Internaonal Lawand Internaonal Humanitarian Lawprovisions. It is very clear to me thatrelocaon inside Iraq not only falls shortof guaranteeing the end of repression andkilling of Ashraf residents; in fact it placesthem in the midst of even greater threats.Therefore, compulsory relocaon is nota realisc and praccal soluon, and inpracce can only be preparaons foranother killing spree.Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

Dr WilliamsTHE

Archbishop

of Canterbury

fears for

Ashraf

CHURCH

TIMES 8 July

2011

THE Archbishop of Canterbury has issueda statement expressing his concern overthe situaon at Camp Ashraf, the refugee

camp in Iraq that houses 3400 Iranianexiles, writes Ed Beavan.Dr Williams wrote last month that the

humanitarian issues around the campconnue to give the gravest concernto many throughout the world. He saidthat all people of faith will condemn theviolence to which people at the camp hadbeen subjected, and called for proteconfor its residents.It is important that governmentscollaborate to secure the safety of Ashrafresidents who are sll living in a legalno-mans-land, uncertain who will take

responsibility for their security.


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nto themassacre in Ashraf

s prelude for a greater massacre

UNITED NATIONS, July 19 (Reuters) - By Patrick Worsnip - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called ina report made public on Tuesday for stepped-up eorts to resolve the problem of Iranianexiles living at a camp in Iraq that was the scene of a bloody clash in April.Camp Ashraf, some 65 km (40 miles) from Baghdad, houses the People's MujahideenOrganizaon of Iran (PMOI), which mounted aacks on Iran before the U.S.-led overthrowof former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 2003. The future of the camp has been uncertainsince the United States turned it over to Iraqi control in 2009. Unlike Saddam, who foughtan eight-year war with Iran in the 1980s, Iraq's current government is sympathec towardsTehran and has vowed to close the camp by the end of this year.In April, the camp -- which houses 3,400 people -- was the scene of clashes between Iraqisecurity forces and residents, 34 of whom were killed according to a U.N. invesgaon."I ... encourage all stakeholders involved to increase their eorts to explore opons and seeka consensual soluon that ensures respect for Iraq's sovereignty while also being consistentwith internaonal human rights law and humanitarian principles," Ban said in a regular report on Iraq."To this end, I call upon (U.N.) member states to help to support and facilitate the implementaon of any arrangement that isacceptable to the government of Iraq and the camp residents," the U.N. Secretary-General added.

Earlier this month, PMOI leader Maryam Rajavi rejected a U.S. proposal to move the camp residents to another locaon chosenby the Iraqi government, saying the plan would lead to a "massacre." Camp residents have voiced fears that they will eventuallybe handed over to Iran.In his report, Ban urged Iraqi authories to refrain from use of force and ensure adequate access for camp residents to goodsand services.Rights group Amnesty Internaonal said in a statement last week that Iraq should halt "harassment" of the exiles, who have saidthey could not buy basic medicines and had been denied permission to travel outside the camp for medical treatment.

UN chief urges soluon to Iranian exiles in Iraq

Iraqis call for solving camp Ashraf crisis in accordance to the European proposals

525,000 people in Iraq - Diyala

Province sign declaration

condemning massacre at Ashraf,urging UN protection of residents

Press Release: Naonal Council of Tribes

in Iraq Diyala Province July 2011

The Mojahedin are the esteemed guests

of Iraq and Diyala; their presence in

Ashraf is a naonal imperave for Iraqis;

their displacement inside Iraq would

be a prelude to their massacre. The

secretariat of the Naonal Council of

Tribes in Iraq proudly announces that

over 525,000 residents across Diyala

province have signed a declaraon inwhich they vehemently condemned the

brutal aack by forces under Nouri al-

Malikis command against Ashraf on April

8, 2011. They declared that the presence

of the Peoples Mojahedin Organizaon

of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in Iraq and in Ashraf

is in line with the naonal interests of

Iraq. They also described pressures

imposed on the residents of Ashraf, as

they relate to either expulsion from Iraq

or displacement inside Iraq, as measures

that would serve the interests of the

religious fascism ruling Iran, which is the

enemy of both naons.

In an interview on 04 July 2011 with al-SharqiaTelevision Dr. Tariq al-Hashimi, the Vice-President ofIraq unequivocally stated that presence of PMOI in Iraqis not solely within Iraqi naonal jurisdicon, but is aninternaonal issue and the internaonal communityshould nd a soluon for it. He stressed that PMOIspresence in Iraq is legimate and legal and no harmsshould reach them. PMOI is Iraqs guest and must be

treated in that framework. I am speaking about theinternaonal dimension of the issue. PMOIs presencetoday is not solely within a naonal jurisdicon, but it isan internaonal one. That is to say that their presence,presence of foreign naonals on the Iraqi soil, has beenin accordance to an internaonal decision. Accordingly,it is the internaonal community that will indeed solvethis problem.Al-Sharqia: You are referring to the Peoples MojahedinOrganizaon of Iran?Tariq al-Hashimi: Yes. Therefore, I say that thePresident may have some informaon that I dont have,but what I am saying is that we should not go outsidethe framework of internaonal laws. We must treatthem as the guests of Iraq; we should not treat them

in any other way and must not harm them in any way,unl their nal selement is determined in accordanceto the internaonal laws.

Dr. Tariq al-Hashimi,Iraqs Vice-President

PMOIs presencein Iraq is legimateand legal and within jurisdicon ofinternaonal laws.

Baghdad -NINA(National Iraqi News Agency - 04 July 2011) - Deputy PrimeMinister Salih al-Mutlaq called for ndinga comprehensive solution to the issue ofIranian refugees Ashraf Camp, stressing

that Iraq must participate in solving thisissue with the international community.In a statement to NINA Mutlaq said: "The

presence of the residents of Ashraf Campin Iraq is legal and legitimate since itsresidents considered political refugeescovered by the Fourth Geneva Convention.Mutlaq added: "The forcible transfer of

Ashraf residents is contrary to internationallaw, and if it done that would be resulted ofexternal pressures."Mutlaq pointed out : "The matter of Ashrafresidents became of an internationalcharacter looking at how political decision-

making after the withdrawal of U.S. troopsfrom Iraq"

Salihal-Mutlaq

Deputy PrimeMinistercallsforacomprehensivesolutiontotheissueofIranianrefugeesAshraf

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The court invites Ad Melkert, Special Representative of UN Secretary Gen-eral for Iraq, and Struan Stevenson, President of Delegation for Relationswith Iraq of the European Parliament, to stand as witnesses at the court

Maryam Rajavi: Maliki must now put an end to the siege on Ashraf and allsuppressive measures against Ashraf must stop. According to the court rul-

ing and based on Fourth Geneva Convention, the United States is obligedto stop torture and violence and must immediately take back the protec-tion of Ashraf residents from the Iraqi government and the assailant

forces in order to prevent another massacre.

Spanish National Court issues a writ against Maliki and summons

three criminals involved in April 8 massacre in Ashraf

TheCentralInvestigationCourtNumberFouroftheSpanishNationalCourtinitsJuly11,2011rulingacceptedtoinvestigatethecomplaintagainst thoseresponsiblefor themassacreofAshraf residentsonApril8thatleft36residentsdeadand350otherswounded.Accordingtothiscourtruling,Nurial-Maliki,PrimeMinisterofIraq,willbeautomaticallysummonedtothecourtassoonashestepsdownasprimeministerandjudicialimmunityisremoved.Lieutenant General Ali Geidan, Commander of the Iraqi Ground

ForceswholedthemassacreagainstAshrafresidentsonApril8un -derMalikisorders,LieutenantColonelAbdul-Latifal-Annabi,com-manderoftheIraqibattalioninAshraf;andMajorJassemal-TamimihavebeenorderedtoappearbeforethecourtonOctober3,2011.Accordingtovideoclipsanddocumentsavailable,al-TamimiisthesameocerwhopersonallytargetedandkilledanumberofAshrafresidentsbydirectshootingatthemonApril8.ThecourtalsoinvitedAdMelkert,SpecialRepresentativeofUNSec-retaryGeneralforIraq,andStruanStevenson,PresidentofDelega-tionforRelationswithIraqoftheEuropeanParliament,toattendthecourtaswitness.ThisisthethirdandmostimportantrulingbytheSpanishcourtinthepasttwoyearssummoningcriminalsandkillersofAshrafresidentstoappearbeforethecourt.DuringattacksonAshrafbyIraqiforces,47

residents,protectedpersonsundertheFourthGenevaConvention,havebeenkilled.1,071residentshavebeenwoundedbygunshotsorhandgrenades,orbeatenbytruncheonsandbatons,somerandownbyarmoredvehicles.TheIraqiforcestook36residentshostagein2009andkeptthemfor72days.DuringthesameperiodanumberofAshrafresidentshavediedduetomedicalblockadeofthecamp.OnNovember26,2009,theSpainishCourtagreedtoinvestigatetherstcomplaintbyvirtueoftheprincipleofuniversaljurisdictiontoprosecutecrimeagainsthumanityandwarcrimesunderinternation-alconventionsandlaws.Article146oftheFourthGenevaConventionspeciesthatstatesig-natoriestotheConventionareundertheobligationtoinvestigate,prosecute and condemn individuals who have committed gravebreachesoftheConventionandto search for persons alleged to havecommitted, or to have ordered to be committed, such grave breaches,and shall bring such persons, regardless of their nationality, before itsown courts.Subsequently,theSpanishCourtonDecember27,2010andMarch17,2011 consideredthemurder, torture and inictingdamages totheAshraf residents asexamplesofcrime against internationalcommunity, war crime, and crime against International HumanRights.InitsrulingofDecember27,2010thecourtstipulated:The Republicof Iraq granted extraterritorial status to the residents of Camp Ashraf,members of PMOI, in 1986, and on July 2, 2004 they were given thestatus of protected persons under the IV Geneva Convention by the oc-cupying power, the United States of America, acting under the mandate

of Resolution No. 1546 of June 8, 2004, of the United Nations SecurityCouncil.DrawingonCommonArticleThreeofGenevaConventions,thecourtdescribedactionsthatarethesubjectofchargesintheat -

tackagainstAshrafasillegal behavior of the type registered in year2000 in the international court of the former Yugoslavia thatneedstobejudiciallyinvestigatedandprosecutedtopunishthoseperpetrating

agrantbreachesofGenevaConventions.OnMay31,2010,inanunlawfulreplytothecourt,theIraqiForeignMinistryclaimedthattheIraqigovernmenthasconducteditsownin-vestigations!Hence,thecriminalssummonedrefrainedfromappearingbeforethecourtontheassigneddates(March8andMay31,2011).CommentingonthethirdSpanishCourtruling,Mrs.MaryamRajavi,President-electoftheIranianResistance,said:MalikimustnowputanendtothesiegeonAshrafandallsuppressivemeasuresagainstAshrafmuststop.AccordingtothecourtrulingandbasedonFourthGenevaConvention,theUnitedStatesisobligedtostoptortureandviolenceandmust immediately take back the protection ofAshraf residentsfromtheIraqigovernmentandtheassailantforcesinordertopreventanothermassacre.

Mrs.Rajaviadded: 300 loudspeakers aroundAshraf arethreatening,insultingandpsychologicallytorturingAshrafresidents24hoursadaywithearsplittingnoise.ClosetoonethousandMuslimwomenhavenosecurityorpeace.ItissixmonthsthatuponordersofMalikinotadropofgasolinehasenteredthecampanditistwomonthsthatindisregardforallrecommendationsmadebytheUnitedNations,nokeroseneorgashasbeenallowedintoAshraf.ObstructionofAshrafresidents>freeaccesstomedicalserviceshasendangeredthelivesofhundredsofthewoundedandthesick.Independentandtransparentinvestigationonthemassacrerequestedbytheinternationalcommunity,especiallybyMs.PillayandBaronessAshton,hasbeenforgotten.AtatimethatwehaveacceptedandarefollowingontheEuropeanParliamentsolutionfortransferofAshrafresidentstothirdcountries,theU.S.EmbassyinBaghdad,facetoface

withthissolution,callsAshrafresidentstoanextremelyperiloussolu -tionforanillegalrelocationinsideIraq.Thissolution,initself,pavesthewayforfurthermassacres;whiletheUnitedStates,becauseofitsun-deniableresponsibilitytoprotectthelivesofAshrafresidents,shouldbethersttoinvestigateandanswerforthecrimescommittedbyIraqiforces.Mrs.Rajaviadded:IrepeatthattheissueofAshrafandpreventingthemassacreofitsresidentsisthetestofadherenceofPresidentObamatouniversalvalueshehasobligatedhimselfto.AshrafisanindicatorbywhichtheIranianpeoplejudgeonwhosesidetheUnitedStatesisstanding.Mrs.RajaviexpresslycalledontheUnitedNationsSecretaryGeneral,theHighCommissionerforHumanRights,andtheUNHighCommis-

sionerforRefugeestointerveneandpreventanotherhumanitarianca-tastropheandtostationUNmonitoringteamsinAshrafwithoutdelay.Secretariat of National Council of Resistance of IranJuly 14, 2011


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President of Iraqi Parliament: We condemn the use ofviolence against these political refugees at Camp Ashraf

Source:WebsiteoftheEuropeanParliamentBy:StruanStevenson,MEP

Wednesday,13thJuly2011President of Iraqi Parliament in Brussels

The Honourable Osama al-Nujai, President of the

IraqiParliamentwaswelcomedonTuesday,12Julyin

BrusselsbytheEuropeanParliament>sForeignAairs

CommitteeChairmanandthePresidentoftheDelega-tionforRelationswithIraq.

Mr.al-Nujai,whowasheadingadelegationoftenIraqi

MPsonthevisittotheEU,attendedajointmeetingof

theForeignAairsCommitteeandtheDelegationfor

RelationswithIraq.Atthemeeting,heexplainedabout

thecurrenteconomic,politicalandsecuritysituationin

Iraq,requestingassistancefrom theEuropeanParlia-

mentandtheEUtosolvetheseissues.

DuringthemeetingbothMrNujaiandMEPsstressed

theneedtoendhumanrightsviolationsinIraq.Struan

Stevensonemphasisedhisconcernsoverthefailureto

implementtheErbilAgreementwhichwasthekeyin-

strumentagreedbyallofthepoliticalfactionstocre -

ate a national unity government. He also expressed

concernatthefailuretocreateaNationalCouncilfor

StrategicPoliciesandtoappointMinistersofDefence,

InteriorandSecurity,statingthattheconcentrationof

powerovertheintelligenceservices,securityapparatus

andIraqimilitaryintheoceofthePrimeMinisterwas

dangerouslyundemocratic.Bothsidesagreedactivelytosupporttheexpansionof

theEUsroleinthereconstructionofIraq,ontheclear

understandingthattheErbilagreementmustbeimple-mentedandthehumanrightssituation,togetherwith

respectfortherightsofethnicandreligiousminorities

andforeignrefugeesinIraq,improved.

Some members of the Foreign Aairs Committee,by referring to several resolutions in the European

Parliament on Camp Ashraf, expressed their grave

concern over the situation there and the massacre

on 8 April which resulted in the death of 36 unarmed

civilians and over 340 wounded.Theydemandedan

independent,internationalenquiryintothemassacre.

Mr Al-Nujai, the President of the Iraqi parliament

said: We condemn the use of violence against these

political refugees at Camp Ashraf and the loss of

many lives there. An independent committee has

to investigate the attack. We support the European

solution of resettling the residents in third countries

and if they can be transferred to Europe, it will be a

logical solution. A plan proposed by the Americans to

displace them inside Iraq has been rejected by all par-

ties and we regard it unacceptable and we back the

solution of third countries. We hope that the human

rights of these political refugees would be respected

and we regret what happened to them.

StruanStevensonalsounveiledhisinitiativetoholda

majorconferenceon INVESTMENTOPPORTUNITIES

INIRAQovertwodayson5-6DecemberinBrussels,

withthepresidentofIraq,thepresidentoftheEurope-

anCommission,thepresidentoftheEuropeanParlia-mentandthePrimeMinisterofPolandattending.This

conferencewilldiscussenergy, agricultureandtrade,

involvingrespectivecommissionersandministersfrom

Iraq.MrStevensonsaidthattheEUwillinvitebusiness

andindustryleadersfromacrossEuropetoattendand

thatthiswillhighlightgreatopportunitiestocreatejobs

andprosperityinIraqandtokick-starttheIraqiecono -my.ThiswaswidelysupportedbytheIraqidelegation.

StruanStevensonMEPPresident,DelegationforRelationswithIraq

EuropeanParliament-Brussels

StruanStevenson,

MEPPresident,Delegation forRelations withIraq

From left: Mr. Albertini, President of European ParliamentsForeign Aairs Committee; Honourable Osama al-Nujai,President of Iraqi Parliament, 12 July 2011, EuropeanParliament


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Pre-Condion for any negoaon for a long term soluon:

RemovalofIraqiforcesfromtheperimeterofAshraf;anendtothesiegeofAshraf;immediateaccessofthe

residents,inparcularthosecricallywounded,tomedicalservices;andanindependentinquiryabouttheincidentofApril8.

Press release by Struan Stevenson President of EP Delegaon for Relaons with Iraqfollowing his return from an ocial visit to Iraq in April 2011

A European solution for AshrafPeaceful and permanent solution for Ashraf

Proposal by the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Iraq

Following my return from a high-level trip to Iraq last week andacng upon the request of the Special Representave of the UNSecretary General in Iraq, Ad Melkert, I held urgent meengs withMrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance andocial representaves of Ashraf residents outside of Iraq in herheadquarters in Paris, on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.As President of the European Parliaments Delegaon for Relaonswith Iraq, I visited Iraq from April 26-29 and met senior Iraqi, USand UN ocials. The government of Iraq expressly forbade ourdelegaon from vising Camp Ashraf.

An internaonal crime has been perpetrated in the form of themassacre of 35 unarmed civilians and the wounding of hundredsof others on 8th April by Iraqi military and security forces. Anindependent internaonal invesgaon must be conducted andthose who commied these crimes should be brought to jusce.However, my colleagues and I made it clear in our discussionsin Iraq that we are prepared to seek a long-term and peacefulresoluon based on negoaons involving all sides, accepngthe posion that the residents of Ashraf cannot stay in Iraq on apermanent basis and may be assisted to go to the 27 EU memberstates, in order to avoid further bloodshed and violence.I informed Mrs. Rajavi and representaves of the 3400 Ashrafresidents that my colleagues and I are reviewing and preparinga realisc and praccal plan to transfer Ashraf residents to thirdcountries and I am hopeful that this soluon will be announced ina press conference in Strasbourg on May 11.As I stated in a press release issued in Erbil on April 29 - We canthen begin to broker a deal with the EU, US, UNAMI, UNHCR etc.,but this is totally condional on the following demands being

met, namely:The removal of Iraqi forces from the perimeter of Ashraf;an end to the siege of Ashraf;immediate access of the residents, in parcular those cricallywounded, to medical services in public hospitals and privateclinics in Iraq;and an independent inquiry about the incident of April 8, withthose responsible for the killing of 35 unarmed civilians held toaccount.The forcible transfer of Ashraf residents inside Iraq, as has been

suggested by various sources and hinted at by the Americans, isnot a realisc and praccal choice and in pracce could only set thestage for another massacre.If the real intenon of the government of Iraq is to removemembers of the Peoples Mojahedin Organisaon of Iran, whohave lived in Ashraf for more than 20 years, from Iraq, it is beerthat instead of issuing deadlines that do not contribute to ndinga permanent and peaceful soluon, the Iraq government shouldprovide the necessary assistance and acons to implement thesoluon oered by my delegaon.Forcible transfer of these 3400 unarmed refugees would beillegal and in violaon of internaonal standards and provisionsof Internaonal Humanitarian Law. Meanwhile, a month aerthe raid, while the Iraqi armed forces equipped with armouredvehicles sll prevent the burial of 35 vicms of the raid in the Campcemetery, the issue of forcible transfer is being raised as a cover toeclipse the April 8 massacre and to set the stage for a new viciousassault.

Press release, 6 May 2011

Soluon:

RepatriaonoftheresidentstoothercountriessuchastheUS,Canada,EUmemberstates,Switzerland,Norway,andAustralia,asthelongtermsoluonforthiscrisis.

Thissoluonshouldincludealltheresidentswithoutexcepon.

TheissueofownershipandproperesinsideIraqwillbedeterminedinthenegoaon.

FromthedayofiniaonforacomprehensivesoluonunlthetransferofalltheresidentswillbeconsideredasatransionalPeriod.

Inordertoimplementthecomprehensivesoluon,aCommieeofCoordinaonandImplementaonwould

besetup.

TheDelegaonurgestheUS,EU,UN,theGovernmentandParliamentofIraq,theArabLeague,theresidentsofAshraf,thePeoplesMojahedinOrganizaonofIran,andtheNaonalCouncilofResistanceofIrantosupportthissoluonandprovidethenecessaryfaciliestothiseect.

The forcible transfer of Ashraf residents inside Iraq, as has been suggested by various sourcesand hinted at by the Americans, is not a realisc and praccal choice and in pracce could only

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Introducon:

The European Parliament has raed two resoluons on Camp

Ashraf on April 24, 2009 and November 25, 2010, recognizing

the rights of residents of Ashraf in accordance with internaonal

treaes including the Fourth Geneva Convenon. Addionally, in

resoluons dated July 12, 2007 (paragraph 7) and September 4,

2008 (Paragraphs K and 9) the rights of Ashraf residents and the

need for a peaceful and permanent resoluon were reiterated.

Following the adopon of the above menoned four resoluons

by the European Parliament, they were forwarded to authories

of Iraq, US, and UN.

As a result of these resoluons, the issue of Ashraf was placed on

the agenda of the ocial delegaon of the European Parliament

during its visit to Iraq from April 26 to 29. The Iraqi governmentrefused permission to allow the delegaon to visit Ashraf.

The ulmatum given to the residents to leave Camp Ashraf

by the end of 2011, if not complimented with good intenons

and condions guaranteed by EU, US, and UN, not only would

eliminate a permanent peaceful soluon for this crisis, but also

could set the stage for a new massacre.

Pre-Condion for any negoaon:

In order to begin the negoaon for a long term soluon, the

following condions needs to be met:

1. Removal of Iraqi forces from the perimeter of Ashraf.

2. An end to the siege of Ashraf (including liing the ban onaccess to journalists, parliamentary groups, lawyers and family

members of the residents).

3. Immediate access of the residents in parcular those wounded,

to medical services of public hospitals and private clinics in Iraq at

their own expense.

4. An independent Inquiry by a panel of jurists being launched

into the incident of April 8, 2011 during which 35 residents were

killed and hundreds wounded.

5. Returning all the belongings conscated on April 8 to Ashraf

residents.

Soluon:

1- The delegaon, while recognizing the rights of residents of

Ashraf in accordance with internaonal laws and convenons,

is oering the possible repatriaon of the residents to other

countries such as the US, Canada, EU member states, Switzerland,

Norway, and Australia, as the long term soluon for this crisis.

2- This soluon should include all the residents without excepon

European Parliament Proposed Solution for Ashraf

in a comprehensive manner.

3- The issue of ownership and properes of Ashraf residents and

the Peoples Mojahedin Organizaon of Iran inside Iraq will be

determined in the negoaon. In the case of closure of Ashraf,

selement should be reached regarding compensaon payable

to residents of Ashraf.

4- From the day of iniaon of negoaons for a comprehensive

soluon unl the transfer of all the residents to third countries

and the closure of Ashraf, will be considered as a transional

Period. In this stage, the following issues should be observed

strictly so that the soluon would not meet with failure:

a. A commitment by the Iraqi authories to end all judicial

provocaon and restricons on Ashraf, and respect the rights of

the residents in accordance with internaonal humanitarian law

b. The UN and US to guarantee the protecon of Ashraf.

c. Both sides completely to refrain from any propaganda, insult

and allegaon against each other during the transional period.

5. In order to implement the comprehensive soluon, a

Commiee of Coordinaon and Implementaon would be set up,

which should include representaves such as Baroness Ashton,

the US, the UN, the European Parliament, the Iraqi Government,

the Peoples Mojahedin Organisaon of Iran (representave fromresidents of Ashraf) and the Naonal Council of Resistance of

Iran.

6. In this respect the Delegaon urges the US, EU, UN, the

Government and Parliament of Iraq, the Arab League, the

residents of Ashraf, the Peoples Mojahedin Organizaon of Iran,

and the Naonal Council of Resistance of Iran to support this

soluon and provide the necessary facilies to this eect.

The delegaon, while recognizing the rights ofresidents of Ashraf in accordance with internaonallaws and convenons, is oering the possiblerepatriaon of the residents to other countries suchas the US, Canada, EU member states, Switzerland,Norway, and Australia, as the long term soluon forthis crisis.

To implement the comprehensive soluon, aCommiee of Coordinaon and Implementaon

would be set up, which should includerepresentaves such as Baroness Ashton, theUS, the UN, the European Parliament, the IraqiGovernment, the Peoples Mojahedin Organisaonof Iran (representave from residents of Ashraf)and the NCRI.

The Delegaon urges the US, EU, UN, the Governmentand Parliament of Iraq, the Arab League, the residentsof Ashraf, the Peoples Mojahedin Organizaon ofIran, and the Naonal Council of Resistance of Iranto support this soluon and provide the necessaryfacilies to this eect.


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