In an international conference held in Paris on Friday, January 20, at the invitation of the CFID (French Committee for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran), distinguished American and European dignitaries warned about a forcible transfer of Ashraf residents to Camp Liberty that the Iraqi government is turning into a prison.  While the conference censured Iraq for the continuous breach of its commitments made to the United Nations and the United States, in particular violation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the UN, it expressed its concern of Iranian regime's conspiracies to defeat the peaceful resolution to the Ashraf crisis.  The speakers also criticized UN for not being vocal about continuous violations by the Iraqi government and its failure to safeguard the rights of the residents as well as providing them the minimum assurances for their safety and security.  The conference called on the UN, U.S., and the EU to adopt urgent action to break the Iraqi-shaped deadlock and revitalize the peaceful solution.  Speakers also denounced maintenance of the illegal terrorist tag on the PMOI/MEK by the U.S. State Department iterating that this unjust label that faces a broad opposition in U.S. and worldwide, is the principal element in the massacre of Ashraf residents and the main obstacle to residents' relocation to third countries which makes the U.S. all the more responsible for the situation in Ashraf.

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