In an exclusive interview with the “Al-Hadath News Center” Iraqiya slate advisor Hani Ashour said, “The removal of the PMOI from the terrorist list is an indication that new changes will take place in the region and this decision is part of these changes. This decision is made due to US’ increased pressures on Iran, increasing punishments against this regime and limiting this regime in the region. The PMOI, with its political efforts and its struggle against this regime during the past years, has joined these restrictions imposed against Iran.”
Hani Ashour added, “The pressures against the PMOI, from the downfall of the former regime which gave this organization refuge in Iraq, have never stopped for a moment. The current government’s positions are no different from Iran and this considers this organization as a threat against itself, just as it considers it a threat against Iran. The true solution for protecting them in Iraq is to give a positive answer to international laws and UN covenants under the framework of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the field of human rights.”