THE WASHINGTON TIMES (EMBASSY ROW) Members of Congress from the left to the right applauded Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for removing a major Iranian dissident group from the U.S. terrorist list, although they complained that her action was “long overdue.” The congressional supporters of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran and…
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Levin Statement on Removal of MEK from FTO List
LEVIN.SENATE.GOV WASHINGTON – Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., made the following statement regarding the removal of the MEK from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations: “Secretary Clinton’s determination regarding the status of the MEK was overdue and appropriate. According to the State Department, the Secretary’s decision is based in part on the…
Iranian group is taken off U.S.’s list of terrorists
THE WASHINGTON TIMES NEW YORK — The Obama administration has taken a group of Iranian dissidents off the State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations, culminating a long-running public relations campaign by the dissidents and their supporters. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s decision to remove the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MeK) from the list will be published…
Iranian exile group removed from U.S. terror list
(CNN) — The Iranian exile group Mujahedin-e-Khalq has been removed from a State Department terror list, officials said Friday. The group was put on the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, which includes more than 50 groups like al Qaeda and Hezbollah, in 1997 because of the killing of six Americans in Iran in the 1970s…
AP Interview: Iran opposition chief see rebirth
ASSOCIATED PRESS AUVERS-SUR-OISE, France — The leader of an Iranian militant group that was taken off the U.S. terror list on Friday says the move will change her group’s “balance of power” with the world — predicting a higher profile in politics, fundraising and diplomacy as well as increased anti-regime activity in Iran. The U.S….