The Committee of Friends of Free Iran in the European Parliament, honorary chaired by Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice President of the European Parliament and co-chaired by Paulo Casaca and Straun Stevenson and consisting of a great number of the EP representatives from different political currents, in a letter addressing Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, wrote:’ We were shocked to hear that this morning a group of Diyala police force, including dozens of police vehicles, entered Camp Ashraf, home to 3400 Iranian democratic opposition PMOI members living in exile in Iraq… This storming into Ashraf Camp is an obvious breach of the Iraqi government’s agreement with the US government to respect the rights of Ashraf residents.’
The text of the letter is as follows:

May 28; 2009

Hon. Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State,
United States of America
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520

Dear Secretary Clinton,

I am writing as the Co-Chair of Friends of a Free Iran intergroup which includes a large number of MEPs from different political group in the European Parliament. We were shocked to hear that this morning a group of Diyala police force, including dozens of police vehicles, entered Camp Ashraf, home to 3400 Iranian democratic opposition PMOI members living in exile in Iraq. This is in line with the declared policy of Mr Mowaffaq-al-Rubaie to make life ’intolerable’ for Ashraf residents.
This unlawful act by the Iraqi government can prepare the grounds for a humanitarian catastrophe in Ashraf. This storming into Ashraf Camp is an obvious breach of the Iraqi government’s agreement with the US government to respect the rights of Ashraf residents.
As you are aware the European Parliament adopted resolution on the ’Humanitarian Situation of Camp Ashraf Residents’ on 24 April 2009. It called for the guaranteeing of Ashraf’s protection, prohibition on any sort of displacement of Ashraf residents, and ensuring all of their rights in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.
The adoption of the resolution showed that Europeans and their lawmakers are watching the situation of Ashraf residents and respect for their rights by the Iraqi government with grave concern and scrutiny.
With today’s action by the Iraqi police, it is quite clear that the Iraqi government refrains from complying with the resolution and continues to violate the rights of Ashraf residents. There remain no other alternative but to seek an international guarantee for protection of Ashraf and the U.S. government to assume the responsibility of protection under its international obligations. This is particularly important as the residents of Ashraf are absolutely defenceless following the handover of all their arms to the U.S. forces and the U.S. commitment to protect them.
Therefore we wish to call on you to intervene and prevent a disaster from taking place and ask the Iraqi police force to leave Camp Ashraf.

Yours SinCerely’

Paulo Casaca MEP
Co-Chair, Friends of a Free intergroup in the European Parliament
CC: Secretary of Defence, Mr Robert Gates
Paulo Casaca, ASP 15G154
European Parliament, Rue Wiertz
B – 1047 Brussels
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