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Over the years, Ashraf grew both in size and in Camp Ashraf is an unexpected site in the middle of
improvements. It became the PMOI’s largest enclave the Iraqi desert. British journalist Christine Aziz who
has visited Ashraf several times PMOI STATUS IN IRAQ
says, “Ashraf is 14 square miles of
impeccable tidiness.” IRANIAN REGIME’S SCHEMES AGAINST ASHRAF RESIDENTS
The pipeline supplying water to Ashraf from the Tigris According to the same report, Iraqi Major General Kan’ani
River has been blown up twice by agents of the Iranian said in the meeting that he had already informed U.S.
regime. Ayatollah Al-Moussavi Al-Qassemi, a prominent authorities that the Iraqi Government intended to expel
Shiite cleric, was assassinated for having expressed support PMOI members from Iraq. The report added that a new
for the PMOI. In another terrorist attack Abdolrahim committee had already been set up comprised of the
Nasrollah, Secretary General of the Movement for Justice representatives of the ministries of foreign affairs, human
and democratic Progress in Iraq, and 10 of his colleagues rights and justice, and that it had asked the cabinet to
were killed simply for having
voiced support for the PMOI
and reaffirming their rights as
political refugees in Iraq.