Iranian government considers People's Mojahedin as the alternative to its rule - Iraqi Analyst

Saturday, 17 November 2007

NCRI - In an interview with the Al-Rafedin TV in Iraq on Tuesday, a political analyst from the Iraqi Center for Strategic Research, Nezar Sameraie, said, "The Iranian government considers the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI aka MEK) as the alternative to its rule."

"PMOI's stay in Iraq is based on international treaties. I think the Iranian regime does not like to accept the fact that Iraq has given asylum to the PMOI members because it considers the PMOI as an alternative to its fascist regime. Therefore, as Ayad Allawi, former Iraqi Prime Minister, notes, the presence of this organization in Iraq is an excuse for relentless meddling of Iranian regime in Iraqi affairs," said Sameraie.

He continued, "The Iranian regime does not have the right to demand this because the PMOI opposition represents all the Iranian people. This movement represents all Iranians and is an important factor in the Iranian political equation. Its presence on the Iran-Iraq border region is a direct threat to the Iranian regime. Therefore, the Iranian regime is pressuring the Iraqi government to either expel PMOI members or return them back to Iran. As a result we could conclude that the Iraqi government is a surrogate of the Iranian regime."