Baghdad: A spokesperson for the Iraq government has said members of an Iranian exile group must leave the country by the end of the year, after deadly clashes with security forces. The People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) would be forced out of its base north of Baghdad, Camp Ashraf, “using all means”, he said.
But its members would be deported to a third country and not Iran, he added.
The PMOI’s political wing has said 34 people were killed and 300 injured in an “attack” on Camp Ashraf on Friday.
Medics say at least 10 died, while officials put the toll at three.
The PMOI, also known as Mojahedin-e Khalq, is considered a terrorist group by the US and Iran.
It set up Camp Ashraf in Iraq in the 1980s and was welcomed by then-President Saddam Hussein, who was fighting a war against Iran. He funded and armed the PMOI, which fought alongside Iraqi troops.
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