THE HILL In the furious debate about Iran, let us not forget that there are lives at stake right now. Those who wish to appease the mullahs in Tehran must not be allowed to forget that thousands of innocent refugees are caught in the crossfire. These refugees – there are 3,400 split between Camp…
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U.S. State Department must show some spine on Iranian dissidents
THE UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL LONDON, July 13 (UPI) — The fate of 3,400 Iranian dissidents in Iraq must not be a bargaining chip to appease the Iranian regime and their Iraqi agents. Recently some media and U.S. State Department alike have adopted an incomprehensible path to simultaneously blame Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf in Iraq,…
Crisis brewing in Liberty
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…
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…