US lawmaker compares Iran exile camp to Auschwitz

August 02, 2012 03:41

Lawmakers in Washington accused United States and Iraqi leaders on Wednesday of perpetuating appalling conditions for Iranian exiles housed near Baghdad, with one Republican comparing the facilities to Auschwitz.

The outrage over the conditions came as the US state department expressed concern over Iraq's threatened forced closure of Camp Ashraf, where 1,200 members of the People's Mujahedeen of Iran remain despite a United Nations-brokered accord to leave as a first step toward resettlement.

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