100 prominent Shiite Sheikhs condemn Iranian regime’s meddling in Iraq

Monday, 31 December 2007

NCRI- More than 100 Shiite sheikhs and personalities from across Iraq condemned Iranian regime's meddling in Iraq and expressed their support for the main Iranian opposition group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)

In a meeting in Ashraf City, North East of Baghdad, on the occasion of Shiite feast of Ghadir, speakers from Southern Iraqi provinces of Missan, Dhiqar, Najaf, Karbal and Muthanna asserted that the Iraqi people and PMOI were faced with a common enemy in Iraq, the mullahs’ regime ruling Iran and its agents in Iraq.

The Iraqi Shiite personalities stressed that people in Iran and Iraq would not achieve unity, security and stability unless there is a democratic change in Iran.

On November 22, 2007, a petition signed by 300,000 Iraqi Shiites condemned the Iranian regime's campaign against the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and declared their support for the organization. The statement declared that the Iranian regime is fomenting violence in Iraq.

The statement which was widely covered by the media had been signed by Iraqi Shiite Muslims in the Iraqi southern provinces and there were 14 clergymen, 600 Sheikhs, 1,250 jurists, 2,200 physicians, engineers, university professors and 25,000 women among the signatories.

In June 2006, some 5.2 million Iraqis including 121 political parties and social groups, 700,000 women, 14,000 lawyers and jurists, 19,000 physicians, 35,000 engineers, 320 clerics, 540 professors, 2,000 tribal sheikhs and 300 local officials signed a petition condemning Iranian regime's meddling in their country. The declaration also lent support to People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) whose presence in Iraq had acted as a major obstacle to mullahs' fundamentalist ambitions in Iraq.