Multiple rockets over the past 24 hours hit a camp in Iraq housing Iranian exiles, officials and the group based there said on Wednesday, after Iraq and the UN signed a pact to resettle residents. The latest strikes, the third in four days, occurred at about 8:15 pm (1715 GMT) on Wednesday, according to an official at the Iraqi security command centre in Diyala provincial capital Baquba.
"Four mortars fell on Camp Ashraf at around 8:15 pm from unknown sources," the official said. It was not immediately clear if they caused casualties. On Tuesday evening, at least one rocket hit the camp, the official and a spokesman for the camp said.
An ambulance was sent to the camp, home to 3,400 members of the People's Mujahedeen, after that attack but returned carrying no victims. Shahriar Kia, a spokesman for the camp, said in an emailed statement that multiple rockets hit the camp at 8:00 pm on Tuesday, and confirmed there had been no casualties.
He blamed groups loyal to Iran of being behind the strike and a previous rocket attack on the evening of December 25. On Sunday, Iraq and the UN signed a pact under which Baghdad will resettle members of the People's Mujahedeen and provide security for them while the UN determines their refugee status.
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