Needless
to say, HRCUN is aware that on Sunday, Sept. 31 of this year the Ashraf
Base of PMOI in Iraq was targeted by the Iraqi Military Forces. As a
result of this premeditated murderous attack 52 members and/or
associates of the said Organization were slain. Further to the obvious
high number of casualties, a number of the afore-mentioned people have
been reported to have disappeared with no trace so far.
This
attack has been rightly condemned by human rights and refugee rights
organizations, including the UN. Again, needless to say, HRCUN is aware
that this attack has a long precedent of several similarly intended and
equally heinous criminal acts – different only in form.
The
Iraqi government has claimed the cause of the killings to be internal
fighting between the residents of the base; whereas the residents have
not been armed to have caused each other gun-shot wounds! Only one
evidence suffices here to prove this inhumanly deprave statement as a
lie is that the victims were for the most part assassinated at point
blank from behind the head, while handcuffed! Believing this lie leads
to accepting the implicit bizarre lie that the previous several such
tragedies have all been self-inflicted wounds! In general, all evidence testifies to the truth of the claim that members and/or associates of PMOI
based in Iraqi camps have during recent years been treated in ways and
forms quite comparable to what was suffered by the victims of Fascist
camps and various forms of pogrom during WW‑Û².
We,
at IFIR, are thus convinced that it is far from enough to just condemn
this latest crime against, indeed, humanity. IFIR, therefore, demands
that the UN investigation teams be appointed and organized to review the
case, and report their findings to the people of the world as
expeditiously and efficiently as possible. The commanders and executing
agents of this broad-day crime, whoever they might turn out to be as the
results of the fair and transparent due process, must stand trial
before an international tribunal. Furthermore, we suggest UN plan and
execute a 6-month schedule for transferring the residents of Ashraf and
Liberty camps to safe places, and undertake their complete protection
meanwhile.
Sincerely,
Abdollah Asadi
Spokesperson
International Federation of Iranian Refugees
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