Washington, June 19 (ANI): The United States has warned an Iranian dissident group to leave a camp in Iraq, where they have been in exile, if it wanted to be removed from a US terrorist list.
According to The BBC, the Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK) has been campaigning to have its name removed from a list of terrorist groups.
Leaving Camp Ashraf is one of the conditions set by the US in return for it considering de-listing the MEK.
Almost between 1,200 and 1,400 people still remain at Camp Ashraf, and the US State Department said that all of them must transfer to Camp Hurriya, which is run by Iraqi authorities.
The MEK, also known as the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI), led a guerrilla campaign against the US-backed Shah of Iran during the 1970s and also opposed Iran's clerical leaders who replaced the Shah.
It was given refuge in Iraq by Saddam Hussein, but has fallen out of favour with Iraq's Shia-dominated leadership, which is taking steps to expel them.
The group was listed as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States in 1997. (ANI)
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