Tehran, Dec 20, IRNA -- MKO members who have recently renounced the
grouplet in Iraq arrived home in Tehran on Monday. The repatriation was conducted under supervision of the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
photo: ISNA
According to IRNA, the group consisted of MKO veterans who had
ideological challenges with their high ranking figures and voiced
readiness to come back home.
These members will join their families after medical tests which
may last five to seven days, said a security official at Mehrabad
International Airport.
photo: ISNA
Another 600 MKO members are in coordination with ICRC to leave
Iraq and repatriate, said Behrouz Soltani an former MKO member.
"We, as well as other MKO members, were under a very severe and
intolerable situation in Iraq and were doing a count-down to return
home," he said.
photo: ISNA
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said on Sunday that
repatriation of these people are in line with supporting the civic
rights of all Iranians.
The Islamic Republic of Iran lauds the efforts of the ICRC which
help prepare grounds for repatriation of others who voice readiness,
Asefi said.
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