Disseminating false reports, bogus scenarios and setting the stage for attacks on Camp Liberty

The clerical regime’s terrorist Qods Force and its puppet government in Iraq are disseminating false reports and fabricating bogus scenarios about cooperation between the People’s Mojahedin (PMOI/MEK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) in a bid to exploit the current situation in Iraq and attack Camp Liberty and cause carnage.

To this end, the state-run news agency, ISNA, dispatched a totally false report on July 1, quoting Abbas Bayati, an Iraqi MP and a confidant of [Prime Minister Nouri] al-Maliki: “Relevant Iraqi agencies have obtained information that show members of the MEK who have come from Europe have joined ISIS” and that “120 MEK members have entered the province of Nineveh from Turkish borders to cooperate with ISIS.” ISNA added: “If the involvement of these individuals in terrorist operations against the security forces in Nineveh is proven, the Iraqi government will deal them a decisive response.”

According to information obtained from Iran, in schemes concocted by the Qods Force, a number of captured ISIS fighters have confessed that the MEK and ISIS have been coordinating in Europe such that after ISIS attacks Baghdad, it would free the residents of Liberty to use them in a war against the Iranian regime.

Simultaneous with these ludicrous lies, Iraqi forces, who are supposed to protect Camp Liberty, have pointed their machineguns toward the trailers inside the Camp and have increased their numbers. 

Three officers who were directly involved in the massacres at Camp Ashraf and a number of Iraqi intelligence agents  have been stationed next to Camp Liberty. A number of Quds Force operatives who cannot speak Arabic are present at this location.

At the same time, based on reports from within the regime, on June 26^th, Maliki send a delegation to Tehran to ask for military assistance and the backing of the regime for his third term as Prime Minister. In return, the Iranian regime has demanded that Iraq step up its crackdown on the residents of Liberty.

On January 7, 2014 the NCRI had revealed that the Qods Force commander, Qassem Soliemani, had asked Maliki to order Iraqi forces – exploiting the current situation in Iraq - to put on ISIS uniforms and attack and massacre the residents of Liberty.

The NCRI’s Foreign Affairs Committee again warns of the ominous intentions of the Iranian regime and the Maliki government to eliminate the residents of Liberty. It calls on the U.S. government and the UN to take urgent action to protect Camp Liberty.

Iraqi TV channels and eyewitnesses report of transfer of paramilitary forces to Ashraf and the plundering of residents’ vehicles and property by government forces using flatbed trucks

The Al-Taghier Iraqi TV channel reported that “in apprehension of the advancement of the revolutionaries, Government of Iraq has initiated plundering of Ashraf Base property that belong to the PMOI” (June 22, 2014). Concurrently, the Alhurra Iraqi TV channel reported that paramilitary forces “from central and southern Iraq have come to Camp New Iraq (Ashraf) in al-Athim area” and “religious figures from Karbala Province have come to Camp New Iraq to offer speeches to the fighters”. Reports also indicate that 9 Badr Forces have also been transferred from Basra to Ashraf. Footages by Alhurra show that buildings and facilities that have been built by the residents in 26 years at the residents’ expense, have been occupied by these forces.
At the same time, according to the locals and eyewitnesses, the Iraqi Prime Ministry agents are stealing the property of residents in Ashraf on a large scale. Since yesterday, they have prepared hundreds of residents’ vehicles to be loaded and taken out of Ashraf. Moreover, Iraqi forces have broken the seals on the warehouses and have loaded on flatbed trucks items such as personal protective gear (helmets and protective vests) bayonets, shoes and boots, medical equipment, etc. to take these items out of Ashraf. Every warehouse has three locks; one belonging to the Iraqi forces, one to UNAMI, and the third to the residents’ representative.
Systematic and large scale plundering of Ashraf residents’ property by Government of Iraq is not only an invasion of sites locked by the United Nations, but blatant breach of the August 16, 2012 quadripartite agreement (between the United States, Iraq, the United Nations, and the residents), as well as a violation of repeated commitments by the United States and the United Nations to the residents, including the joint plan of UN and U.S. for transfer of the remaining Ashraf residents to Camp Liberty on 5 September 2013 and the letter of September 6, 2013 of the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Ms. Jones to Mrs. Rajavi in this regard.
Given the abovementioned points, the Iranian Resistance calls for urgent action by the United States and the United Nations to prevent ridding residents of their property and the transfer of this property to the vicinity of Camp Liberty and placed under UNAMI supervision.

Iran: Secret execution of two political prisoners from Arab compatriots

The anti-human clerical regime secretly executed two Sunni political prisoners Ali Che Beshat and Seyyed Khaled Moussavi, both Arab compatriots from Ahvaz. The intelligence agents conveyed the news on these executions to the families of the victims on Thursday, June 12, prohibiting them from holding any memorial ceremonies.

These two political prisoners had been suddenly transferred from Fajr Prison of Dezful to an unknown location. The follow ups by their families and lawyers to find out about their conditions and to visit them proved unfruitful.

Brought under severe tortures to give false confessions, they were condemned to death on the charge of “acting against national security and Moharebeh”.

In a similar case in January 2014, the mullahs’ regime clandestinely executed two other political prisoners Hashem Shabani and Hadi Rashedi, both Arab compatriots from Ramshir.

The Iranian Resistance offers its condolences to the families and friends of these two political prisoners and the people of Khuzestan Province and calls on all, especially the fervent and noble youth of Khuzestan to rise in solidarity and sympathy with the families of the martyrs.

The Iranian Resistance once again calls for urgent international action against political executions in Iran and for the referral of the dossier of violation of human rights by the religious fascism ruling Iran to the United Nations Security Council. Silence and inaction in face of waves of executions that have taken on added dimension since Mullah Rouhani has assumed office, for whatever excuse, bears no fruit but to encourage the anti-human regime to continue and increase its crimes.

URGENT Iraq: Camp Liberty resident injured by AK47 rifle shot fired at the camp

URGENT

Iraq: Camp Liberty resident injured by AK47 rifle shot fired at the camp

Mrs. Rajavi calls for security measure at the camp particularly the return of 17,500 protective T-walls and transfer of protective helmets and vests from Ashraf to Camp Liberty

 At 19:50 Baghdad local time on Wednesday (May 14,  an AK47 rifle bullet that had been fired from the southeastern area outside Camp Liberty injured a resident after ripping through the roof one of the housing trailers.

The resident who received head injury was immediately transferred to the Iraqi clinic at the camp.

Camp Liberty has been the target of firing shots at numerous times in the past.

The Wednesday’s incident which injured a resident, once more, is raising the alarm about the danger and vulnerability due to lack of security at the camp and the immediate threats that the residents are facing.

The Iranian Resistance calls on the representatives of United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to immediately meet with the injured resident, visit the place of incident and launch an investigation.

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, while reminding the U.S. and the United Nations on their written commitments for the protection and safety of the residents, demands urgent security measures for the protection of Camp Liberty, particularly the return of 17500 T-Walls, and transfer of the resident’s helmets and security vests from Ashraf to Camp Liberty.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

May 14, 2014

Simultaneous with new round of nuclear talks, Iranian regime leaders emphasize on need to continue with nuclear and missile projects... Iranian regime’s objective in continuing the negotiations is to foil sanctions and buy time to advance its nuclear projects

Simultaneous with the new round of nuclear talks, regime leaders on one hand emphasize on the need for continuing nuclear and missile projects, and on the other hand with continuing the negotiations and exploiting the appeasement policy, they want to prevent the continuation and the ratcheting up of the sanctions to buy time to advance their nuclear projects.

Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the mullahs’ regime, speaking after visiting the IRGC Aerospace products, called missile productions of the regime as "a message of inner strength and ability", expressed concern over "lack of attention to this message by some officials”, and said: "The IRGC Aerospace force should work diligently to advance their programs and should not be satisfied with its current state. It must bring its products to the mass production phase; this is a duty." He added: "They (the West) expect to limit Iran's missile program while they are constantly threatening Iran with military force, so their expectation is foolish and stupid."

Khamenei said: “Of course I have always been and am supportive of initiatives in the foreign policy and in the negotiations and my constant recommendation to the officials has been that they have to employ all initiatives and efforts.”

Experience of the past 30 years demonstrates that ‘initiatives’ and ‘negotiations’ in regime’s vocabulary have no meanings other than ‘deception’, ‘concealment’ and ‘buying time’.

He also emphasized the need to circumvent the sanctions and said: "The country’s needs and some issues such as sanctions should not be tied to the negotiations. Officials should solve the sanctions in another way." (ISNA News Agency - May 11)

Mullah Hassan Rouhani, the mullahs’ regime President, expressed the purpose negotiations for the regime in other terms and said although “in politics we want to take a step forward", but "we do not want to retreat one step in technology... Our scientists, our Atomic Energy Agency, who also gave their lives; we continued and shall continue with all scientific and legal activities. Everyone, the West, the East, and the P5+1 should know this." (IRGC Fars News Agency – May 11).

Ali Larijani, Speaker of the mullahs’ Parliament, also said in this regard: "The final talks are not an area for negligence. The quantity of nuclear technology is not a matter of bargain in the talks" (ILNA state news agency - May 12).

At the same time, members of the mullahs’ parliament issued a statement, “warning the great powers that the Iranian nation [i.e. the clerical regime] would not resign from its positions in peaceful nuclear technology … the negotiating team should not retreat” (IRNA state news agency - May 12).

As popular rage and protest escalates, head of the Prisons Organization is removed from post and replaced with another criminal

Brutal raid against Evin prisoners – No. 12 

Mullah Larijani  Emphasis that no offense took place in Evin Prison and threat to sternly confront any disruption in national security

With the escalation of popular rage and protest, together with the hunger strikes by the political prisoners and their families and international condemnation for the brutal raid of April 17, on the political prisoners in the Evin Prison, the head of mullahs’ Judiciary removed the head of Prisons Organization head-henchman Esmaeili from his post and appointed him as the head of the First Branch of the Appeals Court and head of Tehran’s Department of Justice replacing him by another infamous criminal by the name of Asghar Jahangir.

The criminal Mullah Sadeq Larijani, head of the mullahs’ Judiciary, plans to reward henchman Esmaeili for his atrocities by giving him a promotion while through removing him from the Prisons Organization he is attempting to save him from the consequences of the great crime committed in Evin Prison. Similarly, back in 2009, with the disclosure of crime against humanity in the Kahrizak death camp, the mullahs’ anti-human regime appointed Saeid Mortazavi who was responsible for those crimes to a higher post.

Asghar Jahangir has been the head of Anti-Intelligence and head of Special Inspection Office of the Judiciary and an advisor to the head of Judiciary. He is one of the most ruthless criminals in the apparatus of torture, execution and slaughter of the mullahs’ regime.

Meanwhile on   April 23, Sadeq Larijani who himself must face trial for crime against humanity, defended the barbaric raid on Evin Prison and said: “The inspection conducted in Evin Prison is an ordinary and lawful duty of the Prisons Organization and as reported by the respectable head of this organization, no offense has been committed. However, it seems that the current of sedition has deemed this totally lawful move as an excuse to come to the scene again and some inside the country are collaborating and cooperating with the enemies and foreign dissidents to keep the sedition current alive.”

Larijani who is clearly horrified of the protest movement by the families and the youth, threatened: “I give strict order to Tehran’s Public Prosecutor and to the public prosecutors throughout the country to firmly and while abiding by lawful regulations confront any attempts for dissemination of fabrications or disruption of the national security and social atmosphere so that all would know that the Islamic system is not a regime to turn passive in face of the seditionists and disrupters of order or their supporters, because of imaginary pretexts and if so far it has shown some conciliation towards them, it would certainly not do so any more.”

This criminal mullah demagogically said: “Where in the world are the prisoners allowed to make phone calls to anywhere they wish from inside the prison without prior coordination and to enjoy such facilities… the police forces in the Western countries treat demonstrators and prisoners in the worst fashion and nobody tells them that their work is against human rights, but the media and the governments of these very states tag ordinary and lawful inspections of prisoners’ cells as an act against human rights.”

Mrs. Rajavi urges Tehran youth to support political prisoners and protest movement of families

Brutal raid against Evin prisoners – No. 10

She underscored the need for independent international investigation on savage attack on Evin Prison

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Iranian Resistance praised the resistance and steadfastness of political prisoners in face of despicable religious dictatorship ruling Iran. She also praised the perseverance of their families in echoing the voices of political prisoners. Mrs. Rajavi called on Iranian people, in particular the youth in Tehran,  to support political prisoners and to join the protest movement of the families.

The President-elect of the Iranian Resistance once again reiterated on the need for an independent international investigation regarding the savage attack on Evin Prison  on April 17 by the regime's Guards (IRGC), intelligence, and security agents as well as the regime's crimes in other prisons.  Mrs. Rajavi said that lies and contradictory statements of the regime's leaders in order to cover up or to undermine the scope of this crime underscore the need for an international fact-finding delegation in order to establish the scope of this major crime and to identify those who were responsible.

In this preplanned brutal attack a large number of political prisoners were wounded and 32 of them were transferred to solitary confinement. Agents of the IRGC intelligence unit and Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) were involved in the attack.

Six days passed, suppressive agents refuse to transfer the wounded to hospital for treatment. In fear of widespread public outrage against this criminal act and protests by families of prisoners, the regime has assigned MOIS Minister and Minister of Justice in Hassan Rouhani’s Cabinet as well as the head of prison organization and many other officials to go public to downplay the incident and claim that nothing has happened and only couple of people have sustained minor injuries. They also claim that political prisoners and those affiliated to the PMOI initiated the incident by attacking the agents and breaking the windows.