Joint Statement by the Senior Iraqi delegation

Joint Statement by the Senior Iraqi delegation
Press Conference in House of Commons
18 December 2003

We, the undersigned, who represent different tribes and political, ethnic and religious factions of the Iraqi people and have been invited to London by British parliamentarians, state our positions as follows:

1. Achieving a free, independent and prosperous Iraq is the wish of every freedom-loving Iraqi. Thus, we believe the greatest threat and challenge to the safety and security of Iraqi people is from the intrusion of the Iranian regime in the internal issues of Iraq and their operation, which this regime is employing to create a government dependent on its regime in our county. The people of Iraq condemn these intrusions and would like to make clear that the future of Iraq will only be decided on by the Iraqi people and through democratic means.

2. We would like to express and convey our condolences in regards to the martyrdom of dozens of the members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran in Iraq who have been killed through terrorist operations. We would also like to condemn the different conspiracies of the Iranian regime against the presence of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran in Iraq and would like to state that they are political refugees and are the valued guests of the Iraqi people and like in any modern country in the world their rights should be justified and must be able to live a safe life in our country.

As a historical testimony we would like to make clear that in contrary to the false statements which are created by the security statements of Iran, The People's Mojahedin have never interfered in Iraqi issues and their only purpose in Iraq is to fight for freedom and democracy in their nation. In accordance to Islamic, Arabic, and Iraqi customs, and in accordance with the brotherly and historic relation between the people of Iraq and the Iranian resistance and People's Mojahedin of Iran, protecting our guest is the duty of every free and honourable Iraqi and we welcome them. In this context we demand that the Iraqi Governing Council abolish its statement regarding the expulsion of Mojahedin from Iraq. specially since this statement is in breach of International law and the Geneva Convention, which covers Mojahedin, considering that Iraq is a country under occupation. We would like to add that the presence of this organization is also to the benefit of the Iraqi people.


Council of Iraqi Tribal Leaders
Al-Sheikh Ali Al-Borhan Ali Al-Latif, Elected Chairman
Al-Sheikh Saadoun Al-Issa, member
Al-Sheikh Ali Hassan Al-Aadeli Al-Shommori, member
Al-Sheikh Hawas Shawka Hassan, member

Council of Iraqi Dignitaries
Al-Sayyed Aqeel Al-Khatib, Deputy General Secretary
Al-Sheikh Abdolkarim Abed Ali, member

Iraqi Peace Party
Al-Sayyed Saleh Abu-Khomra, leader of Iraqi Peace Party
Dr. Thorayya Al-Barzanji, spokeswoman and member of political bureau

National Association of Iraqi Tribal Sheikhs
Sheikh Borhan Dhahi Al-Shommori, Chairman

Central Council of Iraqi and Arab Tribal Sheikhs
Sheikh Ali Ibrahim Faaris, Chairman
Sheikh Adnan Ismail Ibrahim, Deputy chairman
Sheikh Monadeh Karim Mojed, member
Sheikh Yahya Rasheed Hazza, member

Iraqi Association of Friendship and Peace with Iranian People
Sheikh Faisal Kadhem Gaitan, chairman

National Association of Independent Iraqi Charities
Sheikh Imad Ghayyum Ramahi

Iraqi Chaldean Community
Nasseer Haddad, representative of Iraqi Christian communityFaisal Suhail, Iraqi intellectual