Category: US Congress

PRESS RELEASE September 12, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released this statement condemning the attacks on Camp Ashraf residents, and called on the Iraqi government to protect the community and secure the release of seven hostages taken after the massacre at Camp Ashraf. “I…

PRESS RELEASE Thursday, September 12, 2013 WASHINGTON – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released a letter he sent on Sept. 6 to Secretary of State John Kerry calling on the United States to investigate the fatal Sept. 1 attack on residents of Camp Ashraf, Iraq, and to make…

PRESS RELEASE Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, today called on the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to take all steps necessary to stop the ongoing violence, including murder, directed against unarmed civilian Iranian refugees. He also demanded that the Iraqi prime minister…

Press Statement CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE CALLS FOR A THOROUGH AND IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION INTO VIOLENCE AT CAMP ASHRAF THAT HAS REPORTEDLY LEFT AT LEAST 47 DEAD The U.S. must maintain its commitment to uphold the legal and humanitarian obligations as they relate to the people of Camp Ashraf Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee,…

PRESS RELEASE (WASHINGTON) – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, today wrote letters to President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, condemning the recent reported attack this morning against the residents of Camp Ashraf. Statement by Ros-Lehtinen:…