Albania offer for asylum to Iranian group rejected

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Iranian opposition group on Saturday turned down Albania’s offer of asylum to 210 of its members who are living at a former U.S. military base near Baghdad.

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha made the offer after meeting with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Leaf, U.N. envoy in Iraq Martin Kobler, and other officials. He said the offer of asylum for the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq members was made for “humanitarian reasons.”