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Iranian FM spokesman: EU should stop supporting terrorists

Iran Materials 12 April 2011 12:52 (UTC +04:00)

Iran has warned the European Union (EU) against its all-out support of the terrorist groups, calling on the body to stop its backing for the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), Press TV reported.

"We expect international organizations and circles as well as countries that claim to advocate human rights to condemn acts of terror based on an approach far from dual standards or political motives," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters on Tuesday.

"They should also stop providing shelters for terrorists," he added.

The spokesman emphasized that the EU should immediately amend its position regarding terrorist cells, reiterating that "it would be better for European countries to stop interfering in internal affairs of independent countries and adopt an appropriate approach."

The MKO is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community and is responsible for numerous acts of terror and violence against Iranian civilians and government officials.

The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it enjoyed the support of Iraq's executed dictator Saddam Hussein and set up Camp Ashraf near the Iranian border.

The organization is also known to have cooperated with Saddam in suppressing the 1991 uprisings in southern Iraq and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds.

Iran has repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to expel the group, but the US has been blocking the expulsion by pressuring the Iraqi government.

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