2011 raid on Camp Ashraf

On April 8, 2011, the Iraqi Army launched an assault against the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI or MeK), an Iranian opposition group based at Camp Ashraf who aim to overthrow the theocratic regime in Iran.

Although the Iraqi government claimed that three individuals were killed, framing the incident as resisting a military operation at the camp, the UN said 34 people were killed and 318 injured. A United Nations inspection team discovered 28 bodies, including those of women, concluding that the majority had died from gunshot wounds. Iraqi authorities have not permitted journalists to access the camp. The attack was denounced as a "massacre" by PMOI leader Maryam Rajavi and U.S. Senator John Kerry.