30 October 2015
A former military base in Iraq housing exiled Iranian opposition members has come under intense rocket fire, BBC News reported.
The People’s Mujahedin of Iran says 23 of its members were killed in the attack in addition to three policemen.
About 80 missiles struck the former US base known as Camp Liberty, close to Baghdad airport, according to the PMOI.
The People’s Mujahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) has been in exile since the Islamic revolution of 1979.
The Camp Liberty base came under rocket fire in February 2013 and in December 2013.
PMOI also came under attack from Iraqi troops in 2011.
US Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed in a statement that residents of the camp were killed and injured, but he did not specify how many.
He said the US would assist the UN in the relocation of all camp residents “to a permanent and safe location outside of Iraq”.