REUTERS VILLEPINTE, France, June 23 (Reuters) — An Iranian dissident leader urged major powers on Saturday to stop appeasing Tehran and start supporting opposition groups after the latest round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program ended in deadlock. Maryam Rajavi, who heads the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), also accused the United States…
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France quizzes Iraq official on Iran dissident ‘torture’
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE PARIS — French police on Thursday held an Iraqi official for questioning after a member of the exiled Iranian opposition filed a complaint against him alleging torture and war crimes, a judicial source said. The Iraqi government said the allegations made by the member of the ex-rebel People’s Mujahedeen, still blacklisted by…
USCCAR Condemns Mounting Pressure by UNAMI’s Martin Kobler on Iranian Dissidents in Iraq
WASHINGTON, June 14, 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) strongly condemns the mounting pressure exerted on the 3,200 Iranian dissidents in Iraq by UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative, Martin Kobler. His actions and words…
Nuclear revelations and nuclear talks with Iran
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Iranian dissident groups are playing an important role in helping determine the scope of Tehran’s nuclear program. WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) — After a brief wave of optimism, nuclear talks with Iran slowed as senior inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog said they had made no progress in gaining access to Iranian…
UN urged to act over ‘callous’ treatment of Ashraf refugees
PUBLIC SERVICE EUROPE The UN must end the intolerable situation endured by the Iranian democratic opposition held in Iraqi camps, and Hillary Clinton should remove the group from the US terror list – writes MEP Last week more than 220 of my colleagues in the European Parliament supported a joint statement regarding members of the…