Camp Ashraf
UN leader condemns attack on Iraqi camp
Ban Ki-moon has condemned the attack on Camp Liberty, the refugee camp for the People’s Mojahedin Organization, also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), and he called on Iraqi authorities to investigate the matter.
U.S. orders departure of exiled Iranians
The United States has announced that members of the Iranian exile group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran must leave Camp Ashraf in Iraq, where they have been settled for the past three decades.
U.S. considers removing group from terrorist list
The U.S. government may omit the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (Mujahedin-e Khalq) from its list of terrorist groups, the U.S. State Department has announced.
Iran warns neighbours against accepting PMOI members
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has warned its neighbouring countries to refrain from sheltering members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, an Iranian dissident group.
Iraq agrees with UN plans for Camp Ashraf residents
The United Nations and the government of Iraq have finally agreed on the transfer of the 3,400 Iranian residents of Camp Ashraf.
Iran says all but 100 Camp Ashraf residents are pardoned
Iran’s ambassador to Iraq announced that “all members of Camp Ashraf are pardoned, except for 100 people who have pending judiciary files.” Hassan Danaifar told ISNA that “other members of Camp Ashraf are free to return to our dear country or travel wherever they wish.”
UN confirms 34 killed at Iranian dissident camp in Iraq
The UN has confirmed that at least 34 people were killed last Saturday in the attack on Camp Ashraf, the Iraqi settlement inhabited by a dissident Iranian group.
Iranian authorities say Camp Ashraf residents can return to Iran
Dissident Iranians living at Camp Ashraf in Iraq are free to return to Iran, says Hassan Danaifar, the Iranian ambassador to Iraq.
Iraq to dismantle Iranian dissident camp by end of 2011
Iraq says it will go ahead with its earlier plan to quash the activities of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran and will close down the settlement of Iranian dissidents, Camp Ashraf, by the end of 2011
Press rights organization protests against Camp Ashraf news blackout
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Iraqi government’s “news blackout” imposed on Camp Ashraf, where scores of Iranian exiles were reportedly killed in an attack by government forces.











