EP Resolution strongly condemned pressures on PMOI members

July 12, 2007

In a resolution, European Parliament supported the plight of Iraqi Refugees and strongly condemned the pressures imposed on PMOI members in Ashraf

NCRI - This afternoon, the EU parliament unanimously passed a resolution in support of the plight of millions of Iraqi refugees and warned the international community of a major human catastrophe.

The resolution also stressed the need to respect the rights of the members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). The resolution “Strongly rejects the threats of expulsion and cutting off supplies of fuel and drinking water made by some senior officials in the Iraqi Government against 4000 members of the Iranian opposition who have been political refugees in Iraq for the past 20 years and have the legal status of ‘Protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention’ and calls on the Iraqi Government to respect their rights under international law.”

In the past two weeks, the mullahs’ agents have tried vehemently to prevent adoption of the resolution in particular the clause on the PMOI. The Members of the European Parliament neutralized the plot.

The resolution was originally presented by the Socialist Group (PSE) and then it was supported by the European Parliament groups such as the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED), the European United Left (GUE), Union for Europe of the Nations (UEN) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). Many of the distinguished members of the parliament have repeatedly expressed their support for the members of the PMOI in Ashraf city, northeastern Iraq, and have called for full implementation of the EU Court verdict annulling the terror designation of the PMOI by the EU.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 12, 2007