In a press release, the Norwegian committee of Friends of a Free Iran condemned the Iraqi security forces attack on Camp Ashraf and urged the United Nations to assume protection of Ashraf residents before another humanitarian tragedy occurs.
The text of the FOFI –NORWAY Press release is as follows:

Press release
2010-04-17

The Norwegian Committee of Friends of a Free Iran (FOFI-Norway) Condemns
Iraqi Forces’ Attack on Camp Ashraf, Demands UN Protection and U.S. Guarantee

The Norwegian committee of Friends of a Free Iran was informed with dismay and
concern, that Iraqi security forces attacked Camp Ashraf, the residence of 3400 Iranian
dissident in Diyala province Iraq, on Thursday night 15th April at 23:30.

The attack took place in support of the agents of the Iranian regime’s Ministry of
Intelligence and Security (MOIS), who have been at the entrance of Ashraf for the past
two month.

The agents, with full support of the Iraqi army battalion and the clerical regime’s
embassy in Baghdad, have been psychologically torturing the residents of Ashraf. Using
high powered amplifiers and loudspeakers they have been threatening to “set fire” and
“close down” Ashraf and “kill” PMOI members residing in the camp and to “pull their
tongues out of their throats.” Video clips and pictures of these agents have been regularly
provided to the international bodies as well as the American forces and relevant US
authorities .

In the absence of a reaction by the residents of Camp, the MOIS agents and the Iraqi
forces have been emboldened and increased their pressure. Ultimately on Thursday night,
the Iraqi forces carried out an assault on Ashraf residents. In this attack 5 Camp residents
were wounded when the Iraqi forces beat them with truncheons and electric baton. It has
been also reported that they tried to abduct a female resident but were thwarted when she
resisted.

The Norwegian committee of Friends of a Free Iran deplores this barbaric attack, clearly
carried out at the behest of the Tehran regime and with the approval of the Iraqi Prime
Minister.

The residents of Camp Ashraf were recognized as ’Protected Persons’ by the United
States in 2004. Since the U.S. transfer of Ashraf’s protection to the Iraqi government in
2009, the human rights of Ashraf residents have been systematically breached in
violation of international law and Iraq’s written assurances to the United States.
Still dumbfounded by the strategic defeat during Iraq’s recent parliamentary elections,
Tehran and its Iraqi surrogates have been bent on destroying Ashraf. The FOFI-Norway
demands that the United Nations must assume the protection of Ashraf residents before
another humanitarian tragedy occurs. The Committee also urges President Obama to
guarantee the protection of Ashraf residents consistent with the US government’s signed
agreement to this effect with Ashraf residents in 2004.

Friends of a Free Iran – Norway
Norway.fofi@gmail.com