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  • U.S. Grants Protection for Anti-Tehran Group in Iraq (People’s Mujahedin)

    07/26/2004 2:07:39 PM PDT · by Tailgunner Joe · 4 replies · 348+ views
    Reuters ^ | Jul 26, 2004
    PARIS (Reuters) - The U.S. military has granted "protected status" under the Geneva Convention to members of an exiled Iranian opposition group interned in Iraq, France-based exiles and U.S. officials said on Monday. The U.S. head of detainee operations in Iraq, Major-General Geoffrey Miller, told the People's Mujahideen Organization (MKO) its members held at a base in eastern Iraq had been recognized as "protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention." "(This is a) triumph for the Iranian Resistance and the Iranian people," Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said in a statement. The United...