THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL A federal appeals court in Washington appears poised to rule against the U.S. State Department in a dispute over the continued designation of a fringe Iranian resistance group as a foreign terrorist organization. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has a number of options available to it, including…
Category: News & Commentaries
100 Members of Congress Urge Secretary Clinton to Delist Iran’s Main Opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)
THE WASHINGTON TIMES Sponsors of the Resolution include 22 Committee and Sub-Committee Chairs, 23 Committee and Sub-Committee Ranking Members Excerpts: Whereas the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) seeks freedom, democracy, and human rights for the people of Iran; Whereas tens of thousands of MEK members have been executed by the Iranian regime; Whereas in…
Terrorists or Fall Guys? The MEK puzzle.
THE WEEKLY STANDARD (Magazine) The Treasury Department has issued subpoenas to the speakers’ agencies of 11 prominent former U.S. officials, including a governor of Pennsylvania, a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and director of Homeland Security, who have given speeches on behalf of the Mujahedin e-Khalq, or MEK. Treasury’s action is meant to…
What is the right decision for Iranian dissidents?
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 7 (UPI) — While the governments of Iraq and Iran grow closer and closer politically, several thousand Iranian dissidents in Iraq grow more fearful of their futures. And with good cause. Because the United States continues to stall in removing the terrorist designation from these dissidents — the People’s…
British MPs Strongly Condemn the Conduct of Iraqi Government During Transfer of Iranian Dissidents From Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty
PRNEWSWIRE LONDON, May 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom (BPCIF) strongly condemns the Government of Iraq’s outrageous conduct of returning the utility vehicles accompanying the fifth convoy of Iranian dissidents who were transferred from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty. The covetous act of the Government of Iraq was in clear…