Call For the Release of 7 Camp Ashraf Hostages

Call For the Release of 7 Camp Ashraf Hostages

Lord Carlile CBE QC, a leading UK lawyer and Parliamentarian, has called on the UK Government and the international community to demand the release of Iranian opposition hostages seized last week by Iraqi special forces acting at the request of the Iranian Government.

Lord Carlile said: "After the recent murders by Iraqi forces of over 50 unarmed Iranian dissidents at Camp Ashraf in Iraq, they are now holding 7 peaceful dissidents as hostages. It is time that the United Nations, which has accepted responsibility for the residents of Camp Ashraf and its associated sites, showed that it has real influence over the government of Iraq. If effective action is not taken, Iraq will continue to decline to the status of a client state of Iran, with consequent real danger to the safety of the Middle East. This is a critical situation requiring urgent international attention."

The British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom
19 September 2013

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