Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, April 9, 2021—The Iranian Resistance Units, the internal network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), honored MEK members who were killed on April 8, 2011 during an attack against Camp Ashraf by Iranian regime proxies in Iraq .
Under the direct order of Nuri al-Maliki, the Tehran-loyal prime minister of Iraq, the Iraqi army launched a massive deadly attack against the resident of Camp Ashraf, using firearms and armored vehicles. The attack left 36 dead and hundreds of wounded and drew widespread condemnation from the international community.
In recent days, the members of the MEK Resistance Units installed images of MEK martyrs in Tehran, Mashhad, Shiraz, and Nishabur, marked with the slogan “We pledge to continue the path of 36 martyrs of Ashraf who fought till the end.”
They also held images of MEK member Saba Haftbaradaran, who bravely said in the last moments of her life that “We will stand until the end.” Saba's last message became a symbol for the rebellious youth of Iran. It also showed the world the perseverance and steadfastness of the MEK members in Ashraf.
Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Iran (NCRI), also commemorated in a tweet the events of 2011 in Camp Ashraf.
“On April 8, 2011, in a stunning display of perseverance, the MEK confronted the armed forces of the mullahs’ puppet regime in Iraq. Their epic became eternal with the message of Saba Haft Baradaran. She used all her remaining energy to say: “We will stand to the end,” Maryam Rajavi tweeted.
On April 8, 2011, in a stunning display of perseverance, the #Mojahedin confronted the armed forces of the mullahs’ puppet regime in Iraq. Their epic became eternal with the message of Saba Haft Baradaran. She used all her remaining energy to say: “We will stand to the end.” pic.twitter.com/OBLOvNEh2Z
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) April 8, 2021
From 2009, Camp Ashraf came under a barbaric siege by the Iraqi government, where delivery of food, fuel, and medicine was hampered and visits by family members, human rights organizations, residents’ lawyers, and independent journalists were disallowed. For nearly two years the Camp residents were constantly subject to psychological torture by agents of the Iranian regime using some 320 powerful loudspeakers threatening the residents with death and using abusive words all through day and night.
But despite the coordinated persecution campaign by the Iranian regime and the Iraqi government, the MEK members in Camp Ashraf showed unparalleled resilience and became a source of inspiration for Iranian youth inside Iran and across the world.
