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…
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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….
US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR) Lauds MEK’s Delisting by Secretary Clinton
The delisting, while long overdue, is a courageous and correct decision by Secretary Clinton WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR), representing thousands of Iranian-Americans whose loved ones are facing a humanitarian crisis as refugees in Camp Liberty in Iraq, lauds the removal of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of…
US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR) Welcomes Decision by Secretary Clinton to Remove MEK from US Terrorism List
WASHINGTON – The US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR), representing thousands of Iranian-Americans whose loved ones are facing a humanitarian crisis as refugees in Camp Liberty in Iraq, welcomes the reported decision by Secretary Hillary Clinton to remove the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The delisting…