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BAGHDAD - The Iranian opposition Mujahideen Khalq said on Thursday Iran had attacked one of its bases inside Iraq, but reported no casualties.
It said in a statement that Iranian "terrorists" fired rockets at their Homayoun base in the suburbs of the Iraqi city of Amarah about 360 km (220 miles) south of Baghdad late on Wednesday night.
"None of the National Liberation Army was harmed in the attack," it said.
The statement said Mujahideen Khalq reserved the right to respond and asked the Iraqi government to hunt down and punish the perpetrators.
"The assault was the clerical regime's 77th military and terrorist attack against the Iranian resistance in Iraqi territory since the beginning of 1993," the statement said.
Iraq and the Mujahideen have blamed Iran for several recent attacks on the Iranian opposition in Iraq, including a car bomb explosion which killed six group members and one Iraqi. They also blamed the Islamic state for launching three long-range missiles across the border, hitting a camp used by Mujahideen.
Their office in Baghdad, ringed by
a concrete wall, has survived several mortar and bomb attacks.
UN Body Denounces Execution of Minors, Weekly Iran Liberation, August 30
The UN Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights adopted two resolutions on Iran in the course of its August 2 to 27 session in Geneva.
Referring to the murders of Mohammad Mokhtari and Javad Pooyandeh as victims of political killings by the clerical regime's Intelligence Ministry, the Subcommission condemned these crimes and called for the pursuit and prosecution of their perpetrators before a civil court.
In another resolution concerning death sentences issued for minors, the Subcommission condemned this practice in a number of countries including Iran and called for abrogation of the death penalty for minors.
A number of non-governmental organizations drew the attention of human rights experts to the continuation of human rights abuses by Iran's clerical regime in their speeches to the session. The representative of France Liberte told the Subcommission: "Tehran and many other cities saw an extensive popular protest movement which shook the regime in its entirety. This demonstration was once again suppressed in cold blood. Many were killed and a large number arbitrarily arrested. Estimates are that more than 10,000 people were arrested across the country."
France Liberte expressed grave concern
at the arrest and torture particularly of children and urged the Subcommission
to send a fact-finding mission to Iran.
Judiciary to Deal With Those Disturbing Social Security, (State News Agency) IRNA, September 2
TEHRAN - The judiciary in a statement here on Thursday warned ''those disturbing social security'' and ''those insulting fundamentals and sanctities of Islam''.
The remarks of the supreme leader… Ali Khamenei, addressed to a large gathering of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and Basij (volunteer) forces in holy city of Mashhad (Khorasan province) on Wednesday, as before serve as guideline for the executive and judiciary officials of the country, read the statement.
It said the judiciary is ready to enforce
the guidelines of the supreme leader in dealing with saboteurs of public
security as well as those insulting fundamentals of Islam and the revolution
through their pens.
Khatami's Intelligence Minster Makes Veiled Threats Against Future Uprising, (State News Agency) IRNA, September 2
TEHRAN - … [Intelligence Minister Ali] Younesi advised that observing sanctities and social norms is a public duty and said "in the meantime, nobody has the right to blot out the society's persuasion, values and rules or make fun of them.''
On recent Tehran university incident and the ensuing events, the official said, "this was a crisis which involved the information ministry much more than any other organization and was resolved with the least damage.''
"Many security crises have been neutralized through taking calculated security measures,'' the official added.
He opined that the initial objective of the information ministry is to prevent the outbreak of a crisis and said that in the case of an outbreak the ministry tries to contain it or otherwise takes the initiative of eliminating it.