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At the request of Special Representative of Secretary Clinton and Special Representative of

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and their promise for attempt to fulfill minimum assurances of

Ashraf residents, another 400 are moving to Camp Liberty

Ashraf residents call on the Security Council to act to lift the restrictions as Iraqi governmentcontinues to impose restrictions and carry out unlawful interventions amongt other things in

transfer of the residents property

Another 400 Ashraf residents are moving to Liberty. This act was accomplished following 10 days of

dense talks and calls in Ashraf, Paris, Washington and Baghdad, at the request of Special

Representative of Secretary Clinton and Special Representative of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

(SRSG) and their promise for attempt to fulfill minimum assurances of the residents.

In a hearing at the US Congress on 29 February, US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton reminded the

Iraqi government of its commiments on safety and security of residents in Ashraf and the new camp

and she said with respect to their transfer to third countries, no government has raised the FTO issue

with the Department of State as a bar to receiving individuals. And were going to continue to work

to ensure the safety and security."

Since Tuesday, March 6, the second group of Ashraf residents has started taking their belongings to

the loading site but regrettably, the process was delayed for very long due to the obstacles created by

the Iraqi forces. The obstructions still continue.

Until now, Iraqi armed forces have prevented the transfer of many utility vehicles including cranes

and lift-trucks while these items are very much required considering the situation in Camp Liberty

and the serious shortages in infrastructure and installations in that camp. Iraqi agents are alsopreventing with no reason the transfer of basic living items such as tables, chairs, heaters, generators

required by the residents and satellite dish.

On Wednesday morning, March 7, a group of Iraqi swats (Police forces dressed in black) broke the

doors and locks of some of the containers using hammers and threw out the residents belongings.

Two suppressive Iraqi officers known as Captain Khodeir Ahmad and Lieutenant Heidar Azab who

were directly involved in the killing of Ashraf residents were acting agents in the aggression of

March 7. Consequently, UN monitors came to the scene and noted this repressive and humiliating

behaviour in details.

Yet another stale example was the remarks made by Odei Khodran, Governor of Khalis city, who is aknown agent of the terrorist Qods force. In a foolish fabrication, he said to the Iraqi media, Bayonets

and military uniforms were found in suitcases of some members of the Khalq Organisation which

were going to be used for killing the Iraqi forces!

While commending the Ashraf residents for their perseverance against the pressures by the clerical

regime ruling Iran and their extreme show of flexibility, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of

the National Council of Resistance of Iran said, As Ashraf residents have well demonstrated their

goodwill, it is the time for the US Government and the United Nations to guarantee the minimum

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assurances for the Liberty residents so that they can benefit from all their rights. From now on any

move by the Iraqi Government that hinders these minimum assurances and refuses to fulfill the

residents rights would hold back the transfer of next convoys.

Following the transfer of the first group of Ashraf residents to Camp Liberty that lacked the minimum

human rights and humanitarian standards as well as the extensive presence of police and surveillance

cameras, many parliamentarians and prominent dignitaries in US and EU, and Non-Governmental

Organizations, described camp Liberty as a prison or a place worse than a prison and warned against

the continuation of such situation. A number of dignitaries suggested going to Liberty at their own

expenses in order to report to the public about the conditions in Liberty, but the Iraqi government

rejected.

Ashraf residents emphasized that the transfer of others can only take place when the minimum

guarantees are secured, the Iraqi armed forces are moved to outside the camp, the surveillance

cameras are removed, freedom of movement is allowed, issues relating to water and electricity

shortages and sewage system are resolved, free access to medical services is allowed, the residents

are permitted to build necessary facilities, and the Iraqi government and UNAMI assist that all the

moveable properties of Ashraf residents be transferred to either Camp Liberty or to outside of Iraq or

to be sold inside of Iraq by the end of April. Iraqi government, with the arbitration of the UN and US,compensates the residents for all the non-moveable properties that the residents have built in Ashraf

with their expenses, to cover for the residents' expenses at Liberty or for their relocation to third

countries.

With Iraqi governments imposing restrictions and illegal intervention during the transfer of their

belongings, the residents of Ashraf called on the United Nations Security Council to act and on the

United Nations and the US government to intervene to lift all restrictions.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

March 7, 2012