THE HILL (Congress Blog) For nearly a decade, the United States has invested money, sweat, blood and tears all in the name of a free and democratic Iraq. Before the war, Iraqis suffered under the oppressive dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. Recent events have led me to believe that perhaps the new government does not value…
Month: February 2012
USCCAR Welcomes Petition in US Court of Appeals to Remove PMOI from FTO List
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Yesterday, February 27, 2012, the legal counsel for Iran’s principal opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK), filed a Writ of Mandamus in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to enforce the Court’s July 2010 ruling which ordered the Secretary of State to reconsider…
Petition in US Court of Appeals to Remove PMOI from US Blacklist
WASHINGTON – Today, the legal counsel for Iran’s principal opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK), filed a Writ of Mandamus in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to enforce the Court’s July 2010 ruling which ordered the Secretary of State to reconsider the PMOI’s petition to be removed from…
Iranian Opposition Asks for Appeals Court Action
ASSOCIATED PRESS An Iranian opposition group on Monday asked a federal appeals court to order its removal from the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations and says the status is putting its members long exiled in Iraq at risk. The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran accused the State Department in a court filing Monday of…
Co-Chairs of House Caucus Write to Secretary Clinton for Safety of Iranian Dissidents in Iraq’s Camp Liberty
WASHINGTON (USCCAR) – On February 23, the US House Representatives Bob Filner (D-CA), Ranking Member of Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Chairman of the Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to urge her to use her good offices to ensure…