Iran’s head of Judiciary branch who was speaking after meeting his Iraqi counterpart in Tehran asked that the Iraqi government surrender to Iran members of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK).
Providing comments on the
Iraq head of judiciary’s trip Sadeq Amoli Larijani stated "The core of this
trip is to strengthen ties between the two brother countries of Iran and Iraq. We
have signed 4 contracts with Iraq on surrendering criminals which have passed
the legislative processes in both countries.”
"Now is the time to put
these contracts in action. The actualization of these agreements will solve
some problems for citizens in both countries,” he stated.
Larijani further
maintained "We expect that the MEK members who are in Iraq, and according to
their own selves have assassinated the country’s elite along with 17 thousand
martyrs, would be handed over to Iran as the criminal exchange agreement
emphasizes,” adding "People also expect the criminals to be surrendered and put
to trial.”
Meanwhile the Iraqi side
has announced that it will consider the case of the MEK members in cooperation
with the United Nations.