Moaved
Iraqi Moaveds (
Iran-Iraq War. The exact number of deportations is not clear and ranges from 350,000[5] to 650,000.[6] Most of them could prove Iranian ancestry in the court received Iranian citizenship (400,000) and some of them returned to Iraq after Saddam's fall.[6]
Many Iraqi Moaveds hold or have held high positions in the government of the
Islamic Republic of Iran such as Shahroudi (head of Judicial system of Iran), General Mohammad Reza Naqdi (commander of the Basij paramilitary force), Hamid-Reza Assefi and Ali Akbar Salehi
(Minister of Foreign Affairs).
See also
References
- ^ Iranica Online
- ^ U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Hamshahri Newspaper (In Persian)". hamshahri.org. Retrieved 12 November 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ M. GIELING, SASKIA. "IRAQ vii. IRAN-IRAQ WAR". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Hamshahri Newspaper (In Persian)". hamshahri.org. Retrieved 12 November 2014.[permanent dead link]