Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland

2:50 pm

H.E. Mr. Javad Kachoueian:

Members of the MKO, which is a terrorist group, have assassinated dozens of civilians in different Iranian cities over the past number of years. Assassinations by this group include those of a president and a prime minister - many innocent people. It is unfortunate that the name of this group has been removed from the EU list of terrorist groups. This group also collaborated with Saddam Hussein during the war with Iraq. In co-operation with Saddam Hussein, it killed many members of the Iranian authorities. It mentioned that it accepted assassinations in its newspapers and statements. Unfortunately, we witness terrorist activity in the entire region. This group accepted the assassinations of innocent people in Iran and co-operation with Saddam Hussein during the war against the Iranian people for which the Iranian people are very angry. It collaborated with Saddam Hussein to kill innocent people in Kurdistan. This group was also mentioned as a terrorist group by the US. All European countries know about this activity. Unfortunately, instead of fighting against terrorism, the EU omits the name of this group from its list of terrorist groups.

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