Iraqi Christian Democratic Movement (CDMI) reiterates Iranian Mojahedin’s right to asylum

NCRI
Tuesday, 15 August 2006

In a statement the CDMI said, "The Iranian regime's meddling in Iraq does not recognize any boundaries. Dozens of people are falling victim to the Iranian regime's greed every day; in its recent remarks, the Iranian regime has called for the PMOI’s expulsion from Iraq. During its 20-year presence in Iraq, the PMOI has kept a neutral position in Iraqi internal affairs; a position which has been confirmed by 5.2 million Iraqis citizens. Thus, according to both international and Iraqi civil laws they are considered to be political refugees."

The statement, signed by the Reverend Bardleyan Youssef, Secretary General of the CDMI, declares, "The CDMI calls on the Iraqi government to respect the rights of the PMOI and prevent its members from having to face pressures such as cutting off of their food, fuel, and medicine rations, and stop the agents of the Iranian regime from committing crimes such as blowing up the water pipelines for the PMOI’s camp."

The statement adds, "We consider the fair treatment of the PMOI by the Iraqi government as an indication of its obligations to the national reconciliation plan and international treaties as well as its commitment to the maintain independence."

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
August 13, 2006