In a letter to the MNF-I Command, the Committee of Friends of a Free Iran in Sweden, condemned Ali Dabbagh’s remarks against the PMOI and wrote: Friends of Free Iran in Sweden whose members are jurists, academicians, parliamentarians and human rights activists was informed with serious concern that the Iraqi government’s spokesman has talked about the expulsion of the PMOI members from Iraq and has announced prohibition of any contacts with them.

We are confident that these remarks are a reaction to signatures of 3 million Iraqi Shiites who have announced their support for the PMOI and oppose the Iranian regime’s meddling. Members of the PMOI are protected persons under 4th Geneva Convention and any displacement of them is violation of Humanitarian Law. We are sure that the Multi National Force in Iraq (MNF-I) respect the PMOI’s legal status and you give assurance too that any efforts of the Iraqi government for violation of rights of these persons will be faced with decisiveness.