ihab salim-Independent journalist-Sandviken-sweden-Iraqi News Agency:

NCRI - On April 3, the Iraqi forces prevented three Iraqi physician entering Camp Ashraf, home to members of People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), in Iraq, to carry out an operation on Ms. Fatemeh Alizadeh suffering from an internal tumor and four other patients. Arrangements for the Iraqi physicians including a female anesthetist and two specialized surgeons to pay a visit to Ashraf had been made since a long time ago. The Iraqi government representative as well as the commander of Iraqi forces had previously agreed with the physicians’ visit to Ashraf in the presence of the U.S. military commander and the details of the three medical doctors were provided to the Iraqi forces. In addition, another Ashraf resident, Ms. Qodsieh Ganje’i, suffering from sudden ailment suspected of being acute appendicitis urgently need medical attention.

While Ashraf residents cannot leave the camp and have no access to Iraqi hospitals, they meet their medical needs either self-sufficiently or by inviting Iraqi doctors to Ashraf. Under these circumstances, preventing doctors to enter the camp is an anti-human criminal act.

This act that was carried out upon the orders of Mouwaffaq al-Rubaie, the Iraqi National Security Advisor, to please the religious dictatorship ruling Iran, violates the most rudimentary rights that are even observed in war zones. It is a blatant violation of human rights, an affront to human values and infringement of the International Humanitarian Law. In an interview with Al-Forat TV on April 1, al-Rubaie explicitly said, "We will gradually make their presence in Iraq intolerable for them."

Today's act, once again demonstrate the ominous objectives of the religious fascism ruling Iran to create a human catastrophe in Ashraf.

The Iranian Resistance calls on the U.S. President, the U.S. government, UN Secretary General and the Security Council, relevant international organizations and in particular the International Committee of the Red Cross for their immediate intervention to prevent a human catastrophe in Ashraf.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
April 3, 2009