NGO urges dismissal of Iran regime’s agents in Iraqi government

NCRI - The Brussels-based European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) has called for the Iranian regime's "agents and proxies" to be dismissed from Iraq's government and military and security forces.

The following is the text of a statement on Sunday by EIFA President Struan Stevenson:

24 April 2016

Iraq: Call for early elections after the formation of a new government of technocrats

The European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) supports the formation of a technocratic government in Iraq and stresses the following two points for the establishment of peace, democracy and prosperity in this country:

First: Dismissing agents and proxies of the Iranian regime in the new composition of the government as well as in the military and security forces. This must include pro-Iran militias which have been the main force in creating tensions and sectarian war.

Second: Holding early elections under the supervision of the United Nations, with no interference and influence by the Iranian regime and its proxies. The 2014 elections, under Nouri Al-Maliki’s jurisdiction, by no means represented the democratic will of the Iraqi people, because he was a puppet of the Iranian regime and did their bidding.

Struan Stevenson
President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA

(Struan Stevenson was a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2014 and was President of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iraq from 2009 to 2014.)