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Habilian Association Human Rights Activities


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Habilian Association Human Rights Activities

- New York Friday prayer leader meets Secretary General of Habilian

- Human Rights activists from Salah al-Din visited Habilian- A tribal delegation from Salah al-Din visit Habilian- Habilian Secretary General discloses MKO plot- Habilian interview with former adviser to Iraqi president- Iraqi doctors meet secretary general of Habilian- Meeting with Iraqi media representatives


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New York Friday prayer leader meets Secretary General of Habilian

According to Habilian Association (terror victims' family) database, in a meeting withFeisal Abdol Rauf, New York Friday prayer leader, Secretary General of HabilianAssociation disclosed new aspects of MKO crimes inside Iran as well as Iraq.Mr. Abdol Rauf who is a prominent Islamic leader in the West is also an AssociateProfessor of Islamic Studies at St. Joseph's College's Brooklyn Campus in Brooklyn,New York and founder of the Cordoba Initiative which aims to connect the Muslimworld with the West. He has also founded American Society for Muslimadvancement.

In this meeting and along with enumerating MKO crimes in both Iran and Iraq,Seyyed Mohammad Javad Hshemi Nejad asked Abdol Rauf:" How is it that Americahails change and establishing relationships with Iran while takes advantage of terroristgroups in order to instigate insecurity and instability inside Iran? Isn't it America'sdouble standard to designate a group as terrorist and support it at the same time?

Secretary General of Habilian Association referred to the last year report bydistinguished American journalist and news writer Seymour Hersh which unveiledthat the U.S Congress had agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major


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escalation of covert operations against Iran for which the President sought up to fourhundred million dollars in order to covertly destabilize the Islamic Republic in Iranvia applying terrorist groups like MKO, Jundollah and P.K.K and said: after thedownfall of Saddam, it was supposed that terrorist groups be uprooted from Iraq;

but not only it didn't happen but also America changed into major support froterrorists in Iraq making obstacles on the way of their expulsion from Iraq.In this meeting Feisal Abdol Rauf condemned, in his turn, terrorism in all shapes anddemanded the expulsion of all terrorist groups from Iraq. He also hoped that he couldenlighten American politicians and make those who have been deceived by terroristgroups not to support them any more.Note worthily New York Friday prayer leader also had a meeting with Iranian ForeignMinister Manouchehr Mottaki on Sunday.


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Human Rights activists from Salah al-Din visited Habilian

A delegation comprising of human rights activists form the Iraqi province of Salah al-Din met with Secretary General of Habilian Association and emphasized on thecommon positions of the two nations.In this meeting which was initiated with the speech of Secretary General of Habilian,Seyed Mohammad Javad Hashemi Nejad welcomed the arrival of his guests in theholy city of Mashhad and said: I'm so happy to host my Iraqi brothers and sisters. I'malso glad of the current situation allowing the people of Iran and Iraq to travel freely toeach other's country. Right now we have a very special decisive role in the region f Middle East and taking a look at what happens around us, we could see that there aresome groups and fronts that are after their own benefits. If we take the former corruptregimes of the two countries, we would realize that they had many things in commonwhich are bow followed by terrorist groups and America as well. Shah in Iran andSaddam in Iraq tried to develop discrepancy and hostility among different groups of the two countries; the role which is now undertaken by Americans who insist on it andto do so they take advantage from any tools one of which is creating discord. Saddamand Shah of Iran had the mission of making disunion and establishing hatred betweenthe people of Iran and Iraq. After that Americans planned the war against Iran. AlsoSaddam staged war against his own people and massacred thousands of his fellow

country men and women; but was suddenly toppled as soon as he became worthlessfor Americans.


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Secretary General of Habilian Association went on and said: After the overthrow of Saddam, Americans directly entered the scene and began to interfere in Iraq's internalaffairs while falsely accusing Iran of meddling with Iraq's affairs. They also benefitedfrom terrorist groups, among which MKO has so far had a major role, to establishinsecurity and instability in Iraq.Hashemi Nejad highlighted the bloody history of MKO and said: This terroristorganization tried to make discrepancy between Iran and Iraq in the era of SaddamHussein and the continuity of the same policy in the era of American domination overthe Iraqi territory shows that Americans are after the same policies as MKO is.

He also added: In spite of all these plots people of Iraq were aware of what to do andeven the eight-year war couldnt decrease their eagerness to have closer relationshipswith their Iranian brothers. We have experienced during last two years that Iraqiswould be able to govern their country better than any other foreign power if they findpower to determine their fate by themselves. Today the Iraqi people have the ability tocontrol their country as they managed to outroot many terrorist groups inside Iraq.According to Americans over 95 percent of the existing terroristsin Iraq come fromArab countries; but is it possible for them to enter Iraq without the permission andsupport from Americans? The answer would undoubtedly be No. Because Americans

need them and their service like they need MKO; but now Iraqi people have foundtheir way and won't allow the enemies to interfere in their affairs. Once Englandwanted to meddle with the internal affairs of Iraq and Iran and tried to impose their


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own culture to us; but today is the day of awareness and we know better than any onehow to decide on our fate.

After Hashemi Nejad, Soheil Ahmed Mohsen, head of the Salah al-Din delegationexpressed his gratitude over the hospitality of Habilian Association on behalf of thegroup.

Sheikh Khalid Hassan, one of the tribal sheikhs of Salah al-Din, was another speakerto the meeting who stated: The brotherly relations of Iranians and Iraqis refer back tothe pre-Islam era and has continued until now. We believe that no foreign intrudercould separate us from each other.He also said: we appreciate Iranian government and people for the favors they havedone to us and call on more helps for standing and fighting against terrorist groupssuch as MKO.The last speaker to the meeting was Naji Sheikh Saed , deputy head of civil societyorganization in Salah al-Din province, who asked for more medical support for theIraqi patients.


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A tribal delegation from Salah al-Din visited Habilian

In a meeting with secretary general of Habilian Association, a delegation comprisingof a number of elders and tribal leaders from the Iraqi province of Salah al-Din gotacquainted with the activities of this organization in the field of human rights.In this meeting and along with welcoming his guests' arrival in the holy city of Mashhad, Mohammad Javad Hashemi Nejad underlined the friendly relations betweenIraq and Iraq and also many common points and concerns between the two nations.He said: Iran and Iraq are located in a crucial and sensitive region of the world and if it werent for the world superpowers, we would be able to change the destiny of theMiddle East region.Hashemi Nejad also added: We are all aware of the friendship and brotherly relationsbetween the two nations of Iran and Iraq and no one is able to disturb these relations.Our close relations and the fact that as two strong highly populated countries we canplay decisive role in the region has now scared many around the world. This is whywe should try harder today to take advantage of the given opportunities. To do so Iranwas the first country to establish embassy in Iraq after the fall of Saddam.Secretary General of Habilian Association which represents the families of terrorvictims in Iran referred to the presence of terrorist groups in Iraq and America'scharges against Iran and said: more than 95 percent of suicide bombers in Iraq areeither national of Arab countries or at least have acquired their trainings in Arabcountries. Now isn't there any possibility for American forces to stand against theseterrorists? Why doesn't the US even make an objection to the issue? The fact is thatnot only America doesn't object the issue but also they accuse Iran of supportingterrorism in Iraq.


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Hashemi Nejad went on and said: Since the American-led forces invasion of Iraq in2003, over one million Iraqis have so far been killed 95 percent of them werereportedly killed by the suicide bombers from Arab countries. This is while no

document has been offered to the moment that proves Iran's involvement in terroristoperations inside Iraq or intervention in Iraq's internal affairs.He added: The United States used all the means to achieve its goals while enjoyingterrorist groups like Al Qaeda and Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist groups. We are wellaware of the entity of these terrorist groups. MKO is disgusted terrorist group whichhas so far killed over 16000 innocent people in Iran and even a larger number in Iraq.Today the Iraqi government is determined to expel the group from Iraq but Americanforces don't let them do that. Now the question is why America supports MKO whichhas nothing to do but stage terrorist operations and make discrepancy in Iraq.

After that Sheikh Adil Gelli, vice president of the council of tribes in the province of Salah al-Din stated: I am very grateful about the kind hospitality Iranian peopleextended to us and hope for the day there's no obstacle on the way of our relations.He also said: I wish the Iranian Government to issue a general amnesty for thoseMKO members who haven't done crimes and want to return back to their countrybecause many of them desire returning to Iran.Then he referred to the threats by MKO against him and said: after speaking about thisterrorist group, MKO sent threatening letters to me and some other person critical of


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the group in which they threatened us with death and warned us that we didn't haveany rights to tell against them.

After that Hashemi Nejad said: You shouldn't expect terrorists to by happy about theincreasing good relationships between the two nations. During past three decades theyhave always threatened that they would topple the Islamic Republic and haverepeatedly issued anti Iranian announcements. But this is the only thing they can.About issuing amnesty I should also underline that The Islamic Republic of Iran hasoffered amnesty to those MKO members who were deceived and haven't beenengaged in terrorist operations and many of them have so far returned Iran and arenow leading ordinary lives.

Another speaker to the meeting was Mr. Ahmad Wakil Ahmad who highlighted thecultural relations between the two nations and expressed his gratitude over the kindhospitality Iranians extended to the Iraqi delegation.


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Habilian Secretary General disclosed MKO plot

According to reliable information MKO ordered the killing of dissident members of the organization in Camp Ashraf.

"According to reliable information received from Baghdad the leaders of MKOterrorist group have ordered the killing of a number of dissident members within thecamp Ashraf" said Mohammad Javad Hashemi Nezhad in an interview with HabilianAssociation database.Hashemi-Nezhad pointed out recent statements made by Massoud Rajavi, leader of the MKO, and said: It's been a long time Rajavi threatens international communitiesthat there would be a humanitarian disaster in camp Ashraf if the MKO members bedeprived from survival in Iraq.Secretary General of Habilian Association also underlined decreed self immolation of a number of MKO members in Paris in 2003 and said: These statements by Rajavi arecertainly intended to repeat the incidents in 2003 in Paris and force elements to burnthemselves to the attention of people and even put pressure on the Iraqi governmentand international organizations for approval to the survival of elements in Iraq.Hashemi-Nejad insisted: we have received reliable information that the MKO leadershave issued orders for the suppression and killing of the opposition because of thegradual rise of dissatisfaction and protest by the rank and file members.He also said: MKO has decided to propagate in the event of death of these elementsthat they were killed from disease and lack of medicine for their treatment and uproarin the media that, as we hear these days, they were killed because the Iraqigovernment had refrained from letting the Iraqi doctors and medicines enter the camp.To do this MKO has been assisted by a number of deceived European MPs andpoliticians.This expert on Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization said: We will soon introduce to allsome documents we have recently received in this regard.


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Habilian interview with former adviser to Iraqi president

Habilian interview with Mr. Sadiq al-Musawi, a former adviser to Iraqi President JalalTalabani and the head of Iraqi institution of the Iraqi media and international relationsin brief.Born in Baghdad in 1961 he completed his religious studies in the cities of Tehran andQom and studied English and computer sciences until 1993 at the West LondonCollege.Political activities:Arrested and then exiled to Iran after the worsening political situation in Iraq in 1980Sadiq al-Musawi contributed to the founding of the center of democratic movement,which was founded by a group of political forces in 1998 and participated in thepreparatory meetings of the Conference of the opposition, which was held in NewYork late in 1999. These meetings later resulted in the formation of Iraq's nationalcomprehensive congress.After the formation of the Government of Mr. Jalal Talabani and Ibrahim al-Jaafari,he was appointed the adviser to the President of the Republic in 2005.His numerous articles and television interviews, radio and bold views have been so farmirrored in more than a decade in the majority of radio as well as TV channels of Arab and non-Arab countries. Habilian Association has conducted an interview withMr. Musawi on the issue of terrorism and the illegal presence of MKO in IraqHabilian: How to apportion terrorists in Iraq?Mousawi:It seems possible to divide the terrorists in Iraq to 3 kinds of terroristscoming from outside of Iraq which is al Qaeda, and the remnants of the formerregime, and the presence of the MKO, who is on to sabotage relations between thenew Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran through the logistical support for other

terrorist groups and participating directly in terrorist events as well as supportingBaathis in their interventions in tribal affairs.Habilian: What are the causes of violence and terrorism in Iraq and why the terrorists


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were able to expand their terrorist activities already?Mousawi: violence and terrorism is linked to a number of reasons, perhaps the mostnotable is the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq, and the provision of incubators in somelocal areas where the remnants of the former regime are concentrated, in the pursuit of power and might, under the title of the fight against the presence of U.S. forces. As a

matter of fact the issue of fighting terrorism does not mean just the security aspect butimportant aspects, including the issue of national reconciliation, the restoration of public services which continue to face real problems, such as the availability of theseincubators of terrorism, as a reaction to widespread unemployment in the ranks of thedisbanded Iraqi army in particular.Habilian: How do you assess the current status of terrorism in Iraq?Mousawi: Right now terrorism is unable to face up to the growing capacity of thesecurity services, but may turn into a style of sleeper cells which are activeclandestinely in areas that are critical.Habilian: MKO has supported the former Iraqi regime in the suppression of the Shiiteuprising in the south and also the massacre of Kurds in the north in 1991, what are thedetails of terrorist operations organized by MKO? What is to attract attention in thisarea?Mousawi: The reason why this issue is so much dealt with by the Iraqi people isSaddam regime's use of militia of another state against his own people, thisindisputable crime of Saddam Hussein's regime was even more reflected to theexistence of this organization in Iraq, because the function set by the system was thesuppression of the Iraqi opposition to the regime, and to take part in suppressing theShiites Intifada or the Kurdish uprising in 1991, after the defeat and withdrawal of theIraqi military in Kuwait war. All these crimes led to MKO's getting closer to themercenaries, which carries out conspiracies and has no political character. This is whytheir crimes against the Iraqi people will not easily be erased from the memory of theIraqi people and political parties' opposition to Saddam.Habilian: How would the Iraqi constitution judge MKO presence in Iraq?Mousawi: Iraqi constitution has a clear answer to this question. According to theConstitution no terrorist group which threatens the security of Iraq's neighbors has theright to remain in Iraq or launch military activities from Iraqi soil.


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Iraqi doctors meet Secretary General of Habilian

A group of Iraqi doctors from the provinces of Kout, Basra and Baghdad met andexchanged ideas with secretary general of Habilian Association in the holy city of Mashhad. In this meeting which was initiated by Hashemi Nezhad's welcoming theIraqi delegation, Habilian secretary General expressed his happiness for finding theopportunity to meet his religious brothers. Then he spoke about the importance of therole of Iran and Iraq in the region underlining the ancient civilizations of both nationsand also their enormous natural underground wealth for which the western countriesand the world's superpowers have always had eyes. He also highlighted the historicalrelations of the people of the two countries and said: We have many things in commonwith our Iraqi brothers and have enjoyed strong ties with them through the history.Referring to the western countries' greed and craving for Iran and Iraq HashemiNezhad also said: The colonizers have always tried to find control over these twocountries and taking a deep look at the current status of the region one could find outthat colonialism has entered the region in order to establish disunion and instability.To do this they have resorted to terrorist groups like MKO and Al-Qaeda. It's quiteclear that the colonizers are never satisfied with unity and brotherhood in the regionespecially between Iran and Iraq.

From this perspective Islamic Republic of Iran has proved within three decades that if a nation stands on its own feet independent from the world's giants, it could makeprogress and see development and that's the point we have reached in spite of all thesanctions we had to encounter. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, thewestern countries especially United States tried to set up insecurity inside Iran viaapplying terrorist groups Like Mojahedin-e Khalq which has so far killed over 16000innocent people in Iran. This terrorist group has even committed more crimes in Iraq.After being expelled from France, MKO leader, Masoud Rajavi, fled to Iraq and cameunder direct service of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. In fact MKO acted as

Saddam's private army and committed numerous crimes in Iraq among which I shouldrefer to their bloody hands in the massacre of Kurds and also the help they gaveSaddam in suppressing 1991 Shiites Intifada killing thousands of Iraqis.Son of Martyr Ayatollah Hashemi Nezhad also drew attention to the current status of


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Iran and Iraq and said: today Iraq is experiencing a sensitive and crucial period of timeand if we prove that we have the power to build up our futures by ourselves, we wouldbe able to bring about a new civilization in the region.

Secretary General of Habilian Association strongly condemned the allegations by theUnited States against Iran over its support for terrorism in Iraq and said: head of information service of American forces in Iraq admitted that 95 percent of suicidebombers in Iraq are nationals of Arab countries. We know well who brought toexistence Taliban and Al-Qaeda but the question is why they accuse Iran of what theyhave brought to the region themselves? Why don't they publicize he names of suicidebombers so that the Iraqi people could exactly know who they are and where theycome from?

After that Dr. Hussein Ali Hussein who is the head of Iraqi-Iranian friendship societyexpressed his happiness from coming to Iran and said: It's a pleasure to be among ourIranian brothers. We are very much proud of the achievements you have so far gainedand would like to strengthen and extend our relations with you in all fields.


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Another speaker to the meeting was Sheikh Hamza Abd Al-Asadi, one of the leadersof Bani Asad tribe. He mentioned MKO terrorist operations in Iraq and said: Weknow this group a terrorist organization; the fact which was officially announced afterthe fall of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. We believe that their presence in Iraq is against thenational interests of Iran and Iraq. We know them as hypocrites and demand their

expulsion from Iraq as soon as possible due to the crimes they have committed andtheir interference in Iraq's internal affairs.After that Dr. Riaz Etabi, a professor at the University of Mustansariyah, expressedhis gratefulness towards the Iranian people for the nice hospitality they extend towardsthe Iraqi delegations. He also said: Unfortunately a group of media around the worldare going to portrait a negative image of the existing relationships between the twonations and try to convey that there is hostility and hatred between us. I have seen thefalse propaganda they raise against Iran in many satellite channels but the fact is thatwe are enjoying strong ties and friendly coexistence with our Iranian brothers. Thenhe underlined the support America gives to MKO and said: Both the Iraqi people andgovernment strongly demand the expulsion of this terrorist group from the Iraqi soilbut America tries to pressure the government not to expel them form the country.

Confirming the statements of Dr. Etabi, Hashemi Nezhad said: I have talked to manyIraqi officials and over 100 Iraqi delegations during last few years. All of themdemand unanimously the expulsion of MKO from their land. Hey say they wouldnever let MKO to remain in Iraq any longer if it were their choice; but unfortunatelyAmerica is the main barrier on the way of fulfillment of what Iraqis want.Dr. Ghalib Khazal, a professor at the University of Mustansariyah, also spoke aboutthe necessity of broadening the activities of nongovernmental organizations in Iraqand said: we hope we could take advantage of your precious experiences inestablishing NGOs in our country and to follow the process of MKO expulsion from


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Iraq through these NGOs.

At the end of the meeting Ms. Nasrin Shamil Abd Al-Hassan, member of Iraqi-Iranianfriendship society, Sheikh Fadil, Secretary General of Bani Hashem, Ms. HannaHarras of the Iraq's Christian Community spoke and expressed their ideas over theIran-Iraq relations and also the file of MKO terrorists and the necessity of their beingexpelled from Iraq.


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Meeting with Iraqi media representatives

In a meeting with the representatives of Iraqi media and along with welcoming their

presence in the holy city of Mashhad, secretary general of Habilian Association said:I'm so happy to meet my Iraqi brothers and friends today and thank God for findingthe opportunity to be with you after so many years we were separated from each other.It's a pleasure to be among the Iraqi intellectuals and media representatives. As theones who deal with cultural matters you would see that our region and generally theMiddle East gas been always exploited by the colonizers and superpowers during lastdecades and they were the ones who determined the extent based on which we had theright to have relations; at the time when the people were deprived of the right toexpress their ideas and to enjoy freedom of action.

Hashemi Nejad went on and said: If an American war ship was supposed to arrive inthe region, all the monarchs in the region became afraid of losing their power becausethey were not the representatives of their nations but were the agents of thewesterners. But leafing through the book of contemporary history one wouldundoubtedly find out that during past three decades and being inspired by the Islamicrevolution in Iran, a movement has been formed in the region among the Muslimnations and also in other parts of the world and what we se today in Lebanon andPalestine is to substantiate this claim.He also went on and said: The current status of Iraq is a good lesson for Americansand other western governments who never want Iraq's progress. The United Stateslaunched a massive attack on Iraq in order to establish his own puppet government inIraq but Iraqi people didn't let them do so and the proof to this is their maintenance inIraq. The current situation in Iraq is not desirable for them or else they wouldn't keep


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their forces in Iraq.Appreciating the friendly relations between the two countries Hashemi Nejad alsosaid: Americans are never satisfied with the friendly relations between the two nationsof Iraq and Iran, so they have started to implement a plan for planting hatred andhypocrisy between the two nations but their plot is doomed to fail due to the great

awareness of people of Iran and Iraq and now they look for a way out of the regionanyhow.

Then he referred to the achievements of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and also theexternal pressures Iranian people have so far faced after the overthrow of Shah andsaid: After the victory of the Islamic Revolution we came under the most severe

waves of hostility and hatred of our enemies. During the early years of Iran after theRevolution terrorist groups such as MKO conducted numerous terrorist operations inIran and killed over 16000 innocent people in our country. We have experienced theworst economical sanctions imposed on us by the superpowers and have always beenaccused of violating human rights and democracy and now they are doing their best tostop our peaceful nuclear activities but thank God we are now one of the few nationswho could launch research satellites and are among the first eight countries withnuclear technology and his is because of nothing but the unity of the Iranian people.Son of Ayatollah Hashemi Nejad then highlighted the history of Iraq's great

civilization and said: I 'm sure Iraq will soon regain the status it deserves and wouldbe among the developed countries.


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After Hashmi Nejad, Dr. Sami MAhmoud Al-mashhadani said: The occupiers came tothe region to bring discord and make disunion between Shiites and Sunnis.

Then Dr Walid Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani who is the information manager of RoseMedia institute expressed in his part gratefulness about the hospitality Iraniansextended towards them and said: Our delegation is comprised of a group of distinguished Iraqi Judges, lawyers and media representatives. We have come fromthe Land of Imam Hassan and Imam Hussein (A.S) to convey the warm regards of Iraqi people to you. We are all aware that the Islamic Revolution has had a greatleader called Imam Khomeini. You have shown and proved to the whole world thatthe real Satan is America, the fact we reached to very much later. As a representativeof the Iraqi people I express deep sorrow for the war Saddam Hussein imposed onyou.


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He also said: We'd like to invite you and Iranian authorities to have even morestabilized relationships with us and let us know abut how to use your experiences indeveloping our country.

Abdol Reza Halabi who is an international master in Quran was another speaker to themeeting. He said: I'm so happy to see that many Iraqi clerical students have beentaught in Iran. Iranian people have always treated us the best way and it would be ourpleasure to host you in Iraq.Then Hashemi Nejad said: The main obstacle on the way of our getting closer is theissue of security which is brought to the region by America. Right now Iraq suffersfrom many economical problems and we like to solve their problems but Americansnever want these problems to be solved.He also said: Based on the confessions of American authorities over 90 percent of theterrorist operations in Iraq are launched by terrorist groups who come to Iraq fromArab countries. But they have never found any clues that Iran has a hand in terroristoperations inside Iraq. Today people of the two neighboring countries of Iran and Iraqknow better how to stand against their enemies. We would never let our enemies todetermine our fate and to use terrorist groups like MKO inside Iraq to destabilize thecounty.


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HABILIAN ASSOCIATION

Habilian Association is an Iran-based Human Rights NGO which is comprised of thechildren of those who were brutally assassinated by Mojahedin-e Khalq organization(a.k.a. MKO, PMOI, MEK, NCRI, NLA, Pol Pots of Iran) during the early years of Iran after the Islamic Revolution and is the representative of the families of over16000 terror victims in Iran.

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