“I would like to praise Iraqi people for their support to the people’s Mojahedin of Iran” (MEP)

February 03, 2007

NCRI – “I would like to praise Iraqi people for their support to the Mojahedin and the City of Ashraf. The regime's fear of Ashraf displays the role of Ashraf in preventing the infiltration of fundamentalism into Iraq,” said Mogens Camre, Danish member of the European parliament in a conference on “Iraq with a future” on January 31, attended by a delegation of Iraqi political personalities and MPs, and Mohammad Mohaddessin, President of the NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee. Here is the text of his speech:

On behalf of "Friends of a Free Iran" in the European Parliament I would like to welcome all of you and in particular our dear guests from Iraq. I heard you had some very good meetings yesterday in the European Parliament.

"Friends of a Free Iran Inter-Parliamentary group" has a widespread membership among Euro MPs. Several Vice Presidents in the European Parliament and many senior members in our Parliaments from different countries are amongst the members of our inter-parliamentary group. I am a Danish Politician and I am also the vice President of one of the political groups in the European Parliament. We focus on Iran but we are strongly opposed to the Iranian regime's meddling in Iraq. We believe that the main problem in Iraq is Islamic fundamentalism which is being exported by the mullahs in Iran.

I would like to praise our Iraqi guests for their presence here because this is a strong display of their resolve to stand against the mullahs' interferences in Iraq. This is particularly important as they represent different sections of the Iraqi society. We in the European Parliament are firmly with you.

We in the European Parliament also support firmly the National Council of Resistance of Iran and the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran for their struggle against the mullahs' regime. For many years we declared that the terrorist label against the Iranian Mojahedin had no basis and no legitimacy and it was simply a political move.

Fortunately the European Court of Justice endorsed our position and its ruling in last December ( 12 December ) showed that the terror designation of the Mojahedin was unlawful right from the beginning.

I would like to thank the National Council of Resistance and the Mojahedin for their role in exposing the Iranian regime's meddling in Iraq. They were the first ones to unveil the regime's nuclear programs as they were the first ones to uncover the criminal role of the Qods ( or so called Jerusalem) force in Iraq. The Mojahedin released the names of the regime's agents in Iraq and exposed their terrorist plots. They have done a great service to humanity.

I would also like to praise Iraqi people for their support to the Mojahedin and the City of Ashraf. The regime's fear of Ashraf displays the role of Ashraf in preventing the infiltration of fundamentalism into Iraq.

On behalf of the European Parliament I would like to thank you for your support to the Mojahedin and Ashraf City. This is a major contribution to democracy in Iran and a great help to salvage Iraq. I hope Iraq will have peace and stability in near future.
Thank you.