TownHall.COM For a group of 4,000 Iranian refugees currently living in Iraq, a United Nations report this week could prove crucial in determining whether they will live as virtual prisoners in the desert or be able to build new lives in freedom elsewhere. The refugees are members of a controversial Iranian dissident group, the Mujahedeen-e-Khalk…
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Iran Policy Committee: Violations of Human Rights of Iranian Dissidents in Iraq and the Unwarranted Terrorist Designation of Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK)
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On 17 July 2012, the Iran Policy Committee (IPC) issued a press release. A State Department teleconference on 6 July 2012 prompted the release. Briefing the media were Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador Daniel Benjamin as well as Special Advisor to the Secretary on Camp Ashraf, Ambassador Daniel Fried. They…
UN urges peaceful solution to Camp Ashraf standoff
ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Iraqi government and an Iranian opposition group that was given refuge in the country during Saddam Hussein’s rule on Monday to work together to peacefully complete the group’s relocation without further delay. Nearly 2,000 members of The People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran have…
The U.S. is wrongly challenging backers of Iranian dissidents
THE WASHINGTON POST Regarding the July 6 front-page article “Iranian exiles attracting attention with supporters”: Members of the Iranian opposition group Mujaheddin-e Khalq (MEK) have built Camp Ashraf in Iraq into a modern town over the past quarter-century, but they nonetheless heeded the call by the Iranian resistance leader Maryam Rajavi to move to Camp…
USCCAR to US Officials: “Thank You for Not Forgetting Our Loved Ones in Iraq”
US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents commends efforts of US officials, past and present, who are working with the Obama Administration and human rights advocates to facilitate a peaceful, prompt resolution to the humanitarian crisis facing thousands in Camps Ashraf and Liberty in Iraq WASHINGTON, July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On behalf of thousands of…