U.S. Congress - discuss Camp Ashraf

December 8, 2011

U.S. Congress - discuss Ashraf

U.S. Congress - Ashraf discuss the joint meeting of the Sub-Committee for monitoring and investigation

And the Subcommittee for the Middle East and Central Asia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs hearing on Ashraf

The Washington Times, 8 December 2011

American legislators, Republicans and Democrats Demanding the Iraqi government to postpone the deadline to close Ashraf

Republican lawmakers called on the Iraqi government and the Democrats to postpone the deadline to close Ashraf. Warned a senior source in the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday Iraq's use of violence to take out opponents of the Iranian refugee camp north of the day after the end of this month.

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While the accused a senior member of Congress and the State Department that the movement to prevent what he described as the process of extermination and possible confrontations in Camp Ashraf Xrah helix. Ambassador Daniel Fried special adviser to Secretary Hillary Clinton on Camp Ashraf during a hearing of the Subcommittee of Congress: «There is no doubt that the situation is serious and we are concerned about possible acts of violence and we are working with all we can to prevent it».

The New York Times -8 December 2011

Lawmakers are demanding the removal of Iranian group from the list And demanding the U.S. government commitment to ensure the safety of the residents of Ashraf

March Republican lawmakers on Wednesday to pressure on Obama to remove Iranian opposition movement PMOI from its list and to take further measures for the resettlement of 3,400 members of the organization are trapped in a camp in Iraq.

The lawmakers pointed to the two attacks by the Iraqi security forces on them, killing dozens of them and they said that the close relationship between the Iraqi government and the Iranian regime's life, Ashraf residents at risk.

Ambassador Daniel Vered, who was recently appointed as a special adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Camp Ashraf to take care of the American efforts in this file, said that the diplomats are busy working to persuade Iraq to keep the Camp Ashraf open to give the United Nations and adequate time for the resettlement of the population in others.

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