Sunday, November 12, 2006

United front in the Iraqi Province of Diyala in support of the People’s Mojahedin of Iran

Thursday, 12 October 2006

NCRI –The Iraqi newspapers al-Iraq al-Yom, al-Haqayeq, and al-Siada published on October 9 the positions of Iraqi political parties and parliamentarians against the meddling and terrorism of the Tehran regime and in support of the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI) in Ashraf City, in Diyala Province, north-east of Baghdad.

The newspaper al-Siada stated: “The Islamic Party, the National Dialogue Front, the Iraqi National Movement, the National Independent Cadres and Elites, the National Front for Iraq’s Tribes and the Iraqi National Dialogue Front from Diyala Province signed a statement in which they indicated that the Iranian regime’s accusations against the People’s Mojahedin are false.”

The daily al-Iraq al-Yom published the declaration which in particular stated: “We seriously condemn the surrounding and the inhumane pressures against the residents of Ashraf and we assure the People’s Mojahedin that we defend them as political refugees. We announce that we are opposed to efforts aimed at turning Diyala Province into a theatre for meddling by the Iranian regime and pressures against the PMOI. We consider the People’s Mojahedin to be an integral part of our society.”

The al-Haqayeq daily wrote a commentary, stating: “Iraqi political parties condemn the plots of the Iranian regime’s agents in the Diyala provincial council against the presence of the People’s Mojahedin.”