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Summary The move is part of a December 25 deal between the UN and Iraq.
Hundreds of Iranian exiles arrived at a new camp near Baghdad Saturday after leaving Camp Ashraf, where Iranian opposition members have been based for decades, a legal adviser to the exiles said.The move is part of a December 25 deal between the UN and Iraq, which was reached after extensive talks, under which around 3,400 Iranians opposed to the regime in Tehran will be moved to a new location called Camp Liberty, as part of a process that aims to see them resettled outside Iraq.We are arriving at the gate to (Camp) Liberty, Behzad Saffari, the legal adviser for residents of the camp, told AFP by telephone around 6:00 am (0300 GMT).The buses were being checked with scanners at the gate to Camp Liberty, he said.
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