AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE PARIS — Iranian opposition group the National Council of Resistance said Thursday it has agreed to begin evacuating its long-time base in a camp in central Iraq to transfer to a UN-approved site near Baghdad. According to a statement issued by the exiled group’s base in Paris, NCRI leader Maryam Rajavi has…
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Iranian dissidents in Iraq agree to move to new camp
REUTERS PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) – The leader of an exiled Iranian opposition group said on Thursday she had agreed to start relocating Iranian dissidents from a long-disputed camp in Iraq after receiving assurances from the United States about their safety. Some 65 km (40 miles) from Baghdad, the settlement known as Camp Ashraf is…
Maryam Rajavi calls on 400 residents of Ashraf to move to Camp Liberty in coming days
Next groups will move in after minimum assurances are secured, especially removal of Iraqi police from inside the camp to avoid any tension, violence and massacre of the residents NCRI – Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, announced that 400 residents of Ashraf have agreed to move to Camp Liberty at the earliest…
Assassination of Iranian Scientist and US Role
THE HUFFINGTON POST (UK) The mysterious assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist on 12 January, raised questions on who was responsible for a series of similar killings. Rumours initiated by pro-Iran bloggers made headlines claiming it was a “joint Mossad-MEK” operation. None of the claims were backed by anything beyond an unnamed “secret Israeli source.”…
Iran Policy Committee: NBC Deceived by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and Anonymous U.S. Sources
PRNewswire WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On Wednesday, 8 February 2012, the NBC Rock Center TV program website ran a provocative story, “Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran’s nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News.” The article claims, “Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that…