Al-Watan: Mojahedin of Iran welcome the European Parliament resolution

July 15, 2007

The Saudi daily al-Watan, reported on Sunday, July 15, 2007 that the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the Iranian opposition, through its representative in Iraq welcomed the European Parliament resolution regarding situation in Iraq that also calls on the Nuri al-Maliki government to respect the rights of residents of Ashraf City.

“The resolution calls on the Iraqi government to recognize the residents of Ashraf City as political refugees in Iraq because it is more than 20 years that they are residing in Iraq and are enjoying the status of Protected Persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention”, al-Watan added.

The Saudi daily continued: The European Parliament stressed that the humanitarian and human rights situation is deteriorating in Iraq: "an average of 100 people are killed, 200 wounded per day, that unemployment affects more than 80% of the population, that 80% of doctors have left hospitals, that 75% children are not in school and that depending on the region 30% to 70% of the schools are closed. The circumstances that followed the war had given rise to acts of robbery and kidnapping, extortion and ill-treatment, torture, murder and destruction of economic infrastructure and planting explosives and bombs against civilians, and prompted many citizens to leave their homeland.