Iraqi Shiites declare support for Mojahedin of Iran

Friday, 23 November 2007

NCRI - Sheikh Jassim Al-Kazim, leader of the Independent National Democratic Tribes' Assembly, in an Interview with Al-Jazeera TV, said that the statement signed by 300,000 Iraqi Shiites condemned the Iranian regime's allegations against the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and declared their support for the organization.

The statement that was published on Thursday and widely covered by the media had been signed by Iraqi Shiite Muslims in the Iraqi southern provinces including 14 clergies, 600 Sheikhs, 1,250 jurists, 2,200 physician, engineers, university professors and 25,000 women.

Sheikh Jassim said that the petition condemned the Iranian regime's terrorist activities in Iraq and in particular spread of insecurity by Iranian regime's Qods Force that is enlisted as a terrorist entity. Sheikh Jassim added,

"The Signatories condemned the Iranian regime's allegations against the PMOI such as participation in the killing of Iraqi Shiites. These allegations are only aimed at covering up the crimes of the Iranian regime and its mercenaries in Iraq."

The group called for dispatch of a U.N. delegation to investigate what they called the "Iranian's crimes" in the southern Iraqi provinces, Al-Jazeera reported.