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BAGHDAD, Sept 23 (KUNA) -- The Iraqi government reiterated here Sunday its
insistence on the deportation of Iran's opposition Mujahedeen-e-Khalq group
from Iraqi territories in spite of a US plan to remove it from the list of
terrorist groups.
The Iraqi Prime Ministers' Office said in a release Iraq's position towards
the Iranian group remained unchanged, shrugging off a recent US plan to stop
listing Mujahedeen-e-Khalq as a terrorist group.
"The Iraqi government's position on this organization, which is involved in
terrorist acts against Iraqis, remained unchanged," it said.
"Therefore, its illegitimate presence on the Iraqi soil marks a breach of
Iraq's constitutional obligations and peaceful policies in the world," the
release added.
It called on the UN and all world countries to fulfill their commitments
related to fighting terrorist groups.
Iraq had agreed with the UN to transfer the Iranian opposition group's
members from the border area with Iran to a camp in west Baghdad as a prelude
to deporting them. (end)
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