EURONEWS Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered on the outskirts of Paris for a meeting of the opposition movement, the National Council of Resistance of Iran. Organisers said that more than a thousand buses arrived bringing Iranians from all over Europe to call for political change. The leader of the French-based movement, Maryam Rajavi, said…
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Why I had to travel from Texas to Paris to rally against Iran’s government this weekend
FOXNEWS.com Today, Saturday, June 23, I will join thousands of citizens from the US and around the world in Paris at the largest-ever assembly of Iranians calling for and planning for regime change. There has never been a more exciting time to think about a democratic and free Iran. I dream of the day when…
Iran opposition head says West must end appeasement
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…
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…