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… In spring 2003, Iran declared that it was holding senior members of al Qaeda but refused to divulge their identities and proposed to exchange information on its al Qaeda detainees in return for the U.S. providing Iran with information on the anti-Iran terrorist group Mujihidden e Khalk (MEK) which had surrendered to U.S. troops in Iraq. But hardliners in the Bush administration rejected such a deal, on the grounds that MEK should be protected from Iran.

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday evening that the enemies of Islam are not interested in progress and development of Islamic nations.
Addressing a group of 70 heads of Iraqi tribes, the visiting Iranian president referred to Iraqi tribes as brave and courageous people.

The enemies of Islam do not want the Islamic countries to maintain unity, he said adding that they have always tried to sow discord among Muslim nations.
In the meeting, head of Iraqi tribes praised support of the Islamic Republic of Iran for different Iraqi ethnic groups in the past few years.
They said that Israel must sign up to Non-Proliferation Treaty and must withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Iraqi tribes also called for expulsion of members of the terrorist Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO) from the Iraqi Diala province.

The Iranian president arrived in Baghdad Sunday, heading a high-ranking political and economic delegation on a two-day official visit.
The visit is taking place at the official invitation of President Jalal Talabani.

BBC Persian Service, January 26, 2008
Javad Firuzmand interviewed by Mehrdad Farahmand

The military coalition under the US commandment in Iraq confirmed that some MKO members have left this organisation and their base in Iraq.
Confirmation of this news takes place after some reports were published indicating that in the past few weeks the efforts of dozens of former MKO to escape Iraq and seek refuge in western countries have failed and many of them are left hanging around in Iraq where they are in a very desperate situation.
In the past four years since Iraq was occupied by the US forces and its allies, some MKO members gradually left this organization and Camp Ashraf which is their base in Iraq.
The US army which is guarding Camp Ashraf during this period, kept the dissidents under its own protection in a camp near to this base. As the press office of coalition forces under the US command has informed the BBC, during the last four years 380 individuals of MKO have returned to Iran at their own request. But those dissidents who did not wish to return to Iran despite the efforts made by the United States did not gain the confirmation of any country for their application for refuge.

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Iran-Interlink, February 2, 2008

Centre for International and Inter-governmental Studies of the University of Baghdad Thursday, 31^st of January 2008.

A round table discussion centered on the issue of terrorism in Iraq and possible solutions to this problem.

The Symposium was divided in to 3 parts:

- the general threat posed by terrorist groups and the ways they operate in Iraq

- foreign terrorist organizations in Iraq

- the creation of terrorist organizations in Iraq and the global supporters of these terrorist groups

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C.T.D.H.R., December 18, 2007
http://cdhriran.blogspot.com/2007/12/failed-abduction-of-canadian-iranian.html

The failed abduction of a Canadian Iranian family in Iraq by MKO
The Mohammadi family, Mostafa Mohammadi and Mahbobeh arrived in camp TIPF/(Camp Ashraf) in Iraq on December 6, 07.
On December 8, at 3:15 local time , after constant requests from US authority, they were able to meet with their daughter, Somayeh, for 45 minutes during which time Somayeh, out of fear, refused to speak to her father but talked to her mother and refused to acknowledge that she wants to leave camp Ashraf and return back to Canada. Somayeh , told them that” she is in touch regularly with his uncle, Hassan Hamzeh , an active member of MKO in Canada , is passing information on her parents activities in Canada on their collaboration with I.R.I. security services.
In our opinion since she does not have any legal status in any country and the Canadian government refused to recognize her status so far she has been convinced that if she leaves the camp she has only the option of going back to Iran.
However, on the morning of December 9 the U.S. forces in charge of TIPF asked the Mohammadi family to leave the camp since they met with their daughter and received her answer to their plea. Following that, the Americans escorted them to the gates and let them out while still watching them from behind their gates. (mind you that the location of camp is in a deserted area with the closest access to a road and public transportation being 6-7 kilometers away from the camp).

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