Passing away of Asghar Sharifi, one of those
injured in June 2013 rocket attack on Camp Liberty
NCRI - At noon
Friday, January 30, Mr. Asghar Sharifi, a veteran official of People’s
Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and a member of the National Council
of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) with 45 years of political experience, a political
prisoner under the Shah, and an oil engineer who had been.
As such, he suffered
from severe and continuous headaches. After one month and following much
effort, he was transferred to Albania where he received medical treatment.The
condition of Mr. Asghar Sharifi deteriorated in early January 2015 due to the
injury and the effect of the shrapnel and he was once again hospitalized in a
hospital in Tirana. Finally, after 25 days in coma, he passed away.
Mr. Sharifi was born in
1949 and joined the PMOI in 1971. He was arrested in 1974 by the SAVAK (Shah’s
secret police) and went under torture spending 3.5 years in prison. After the
anti-monarchial revolution, he became the head of the department for studies
and cooperation with the press at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
in Bazargan’s administration. However, a few months later, he quit this
ministry in protest to the suppression of freedoms.
Four days after the
rocket attack, he protested to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights about
the silence regarding rocket attacks on Camp Liberty and wrote: UNAMI monitors
continuously refer to our places and take pictures for no apparent reason.
“They came to our dining
hall several times and took photos from inside and outside of the hall. We do
not know what he needed those photos for, but unfortunately the hall was hit by
rockets and we were injured there…
We urge you condemn this
criminal act, which is considered a crime against humanity and call for an
impartial, independent and urgent investigation on this criminal act. Do not
allow the Iranian regime and Iraqi Government to use your silence for the
continuation of their crimes”.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi,
President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, offered her condolences on the
passing away of Mr. Asghar Sharifi to his family and children, as well as all
residents of Camp Liberty and the people and the youth of the city of Qom, his
birthplace. She once again reminded the United States and the United Nations of
their duties and their repeated and written commitments regarding the security
and well being of Liberty residents and called for immediate measures to
prevent further human casualties.
Secretariat of the
National Council of Resistance of Iran
January 30, 2015
January 30, 2015
