In 2009, U.S. forces handed over the protection of Ashraf and MEK members to the Iraqi government. Afterwards, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who was under the influence of the Iranian regime and took his orders, imposed a medical and logistical siege on the MEK members in Camp Ashraf. He also prevented Iraqi and foreign citizens from entering Ashraf and meeting with the MEK. During the same period, regime, with the help of its agents in the Iraqi government, installed 320 loudspeakers around Ashraf. For nearly two years, the regime used these loudspeakers to wage a psychological war against the MEK members in Ashraf. Meanwhile, under the orders of al-Maliki, Iraqi forces attacked Ashraf on several reprises and killed nearly 50 MEK members and injured more than 1,000 others. Many others died as a result of the medical siege.
