Justice: Label triggers law freezing assets, denying visas and punishing Americans for financial, arms support.The Los Angeles TimesThursday, October 9, 1997By NORMAN KEMPSTER WASHINGTON–Secretary of State Madeleine Albright designated 30 foreign organizations as terrorist groups Wednesday, triggering a law that freezes their financial assets in the United States, denies U.S. visas to their members and…
Month: January 1999
Iran: U.S. Policy and Options
U.S.-Iran Relations Since Khatemi’s ElectionUpdated January 14, 2000 CRS Report for CongressOn October 8, 1997, the State Department officially designated the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) as a terrorist group, in accordance with the provisions of the Anti- Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-132). Two years later, the…
End of The Con-Game?
The Washington TimesMay 28 2003Arnold Beichman….”The Great Con-Game” has been responsible for one of the most mysterious chapters in the making of American foreign policy over the past two decades. I am referring to the what-the-hell-is-going-on secret diplomacy between the State Department and Iran, a country that President Bush included as part of the “axis…
U.S. renews appeal for dialogue with Iran
ReutersOctober 14, 1999 WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – The United States renewed its offer of unconditional dialogue with the Iranian government on Thursday but said it could not approve U.S. investments or international loans until Iran makes some policy changes. In what looked like a goodwill gesture, Washington also announced a crackdown on the activities…
Madeleine & Bill
New York Times October 13, 1997 By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The French oil company Total, the Russian oil company Gazprom and the Malaysian oil company Petronas just signed a $2 billion contract with Iran to jointly explore its South Pars offshore gas field. The deal was strongly endorsed by the French, Malaysian and Russian Governments…