NCRI, 20 October 2010 – A senior official of the al-Iraqiya bloc has said that recent aggressions against the ‎residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq, who are members of the main Iranian opposition, serve ‎as Nouri al-Maliki’s down payment to the Iranian regime to preserve his power as prime ‎minister.‎
In an interview with BBC Arabic, Dr. Zafer al-Ani said, “The Iraqi forces’ aggression ‎against Ashraf residents constituted a down payment by Nouri Maliki before a visit to ‎Iran in order to secure the regime’s support for his second term (as prime minister).”‎

Dr. al-Ani added, “The National Alliance (which supports Maliki) was created under the ‎direction and control of the Iranian regime. The faction’s goal, which is to obstruct ‎Iraqiya in an attempt to open all Iraq’s doors to Iran’s destructive absolute clerical rule, is ‎extremely dangerous.”‎