THE WASHINGTON TIMES Iranian dissidents need support, not coercion. The clock is ticking, louder with every day that goes by, on the lives of more than 1,000 Iranian dissidents exiled in Iraq. These are the men and women who fled the Iranian regime to make their home near Baghdad more than a quarter of a…
Author: Lord David Alton
Is the US State Department blackmailing Iranian dissidents in Iraq to placate the al-Maliki regime?
The Daily Mail The US State Department should feel ashamed of itself. Rather than stand up for the humanitarian rights of defenseless refugees, State Department officials have decided to side with the murderous Iraqi regime. The Department’s support for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki knows no limit; officials have not flinched from employing despicable tactics…
State Department’s Coercing Ashraf Residents to Forgo Their Humanitarian Needs in Return for Possible Delisting of MEK is Appalling and Unlawful
LONDON, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The International Solidarity for Democratic Change in Iran (ISDCI) denounces pressuring the Iranian opposition and the residents of Camps Ashraf into giving up minimum humanitarian life support requirements and relocating to Camp Liberty in return for possible delisting of the main Iranian opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK). Some…
USCCAR Regrets Misrepresentations by State Department Officials on Humanitarian Situation of Camps Ashraf and Liberty in Iraq
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On behalf of thousands of Iranian-Americans whose loved ones are in camps Ashraf and Liberty in Iraq, the US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR) regrets the misrepresentations by Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism; and Ambassador Daniel Fried, Special Advisor to the Secretary Hillary Clinton on Camp…
Subjecting delisting of the PMOI to closure of Ashraf defies the law and the court ruling
Statement by Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran The remaining residents in Ashraf will immediately move to Camp Liberty if humanitarian requirements are realized. There has never been any misunderstanding regarding the US Secretary of State discretion to relist. The relocation of more convoys from Ashraf has been halted due to failure of…