TH WEEKLY STANDARD (THE BLOG) State Department officials have announced that Hillary Clinton is moving toward taking the Mujahedin e-Khalq, or MEK, off the list of foreign terrorist organizations. The secretary of state has already delayed her decision to review the MEK’s status for almost two years, even though congressional rules maintain the process should…
Author: LEE SMITH
US and UN must guarantee rights of Ashraf, Liberty residents
SCOOP.com High time for intervention of UN Secretary General and the US Secretary of State to guarantee the rights of Ashraf and Liberty residents The saga of Iraqi government’s mistreating Iranian dissidents in Iraq continues unabated. What is more puzzling and perplexing is the silence of the UN and the US as the main parties…
Senior U.S. Military Commanders Who Served at Camp Ashraf Reject “Absurd” Allegations by State’s Lawyer against Camp’s Residents
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Allegations by the State Department lawyer on lack of access to, and suspicion of existence of weapons and ammunition at Camp Ashraf are absurd and insult the professionalism and integrity of U.S. troops who served at Camp Ashraf, senior U.S. military commanders say in a statement, a copy of which…
State Department comes under criticism at D.C. Circuit hearing
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…
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…