Iranian Resistance on Iraqi soil is legal - Leading Iraqi Shiite lawmaker

Wednesday, 05 March 2008

NCRI – Mr. Iyad Jamaluddin, a Shiite member of the Iraqi National Assembly in an interview with Al-Arabiya TV station dismissed Iranian regime’s claims on the presence of members of the main Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in Iraq.

“Will PMOI pack and leave Iraq? No, it will not happen,” said Mr. Jamaluddin. “Their presence in Iraq is based on the international law,” he added.

Mr. Jamaluddin said members of PMOI are present and active in many countries throughout the world.

“The purpose of Ahmadinejad’s visit to Iraq was nothing but propaganda; he wanted to demonstrate that his regime is not isolated. Ahmadinejad intended to break the sanction, but he would not succeed. He would receive just a few photos, nothing else,” he said commenting on Ahmadinejad’s visit in interview with Al Arabiya TV prior to his visit.