REUTERS NEWS AGENCY Seven summers ago, in a crowded conference room of a Washington hotel, an Iranian exile leader gave the first detailed public account of Iran’s until-then secret nuclear projects at the cities of Natanz and Arak. It greatly turned up the volume of a seemingly endless international controversy over Iran’s nuclear intentions. The…
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Iranian group asks US to take control of Iraq camp
ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS (AP) – An exiled Iranian opposition group urged the international community today to assume control of a camp housing some of its members outside Baghdad, after an Iraqi raid last month killed at least six of its residents. The People’s Mujahedeen of Iran wants the United States to re-establish temporary control over…
Increasing Pressure on Iranian Opposition in Iraq
PolicyWatch #1394 Throughout summer 2008, Iraqi politicians tied to Tehran have put increasing political pressure on the U.S. government to allow Baghdad to control Camp Ashraf, the base housing Iran’s main opposition — the Mujahedin e Khalq (MEK). Options regarding Iraqi-based MEK members are limited, but include the following: sending them to the United States;…
A Roadmap for the Foreign Terrorist Organizations List
PolicyWatch #1366 Although the Foreign Terrorist Organizationslist has a set of criteria for designating groups, there is little clarity in practice about the process for revocation. Even after organizations have renounced terrorism for many years, their designations persist without a clear explanation, and are based on the assumption that historical violence indicates future potential. A…
West should back Iranians
United Press InternationalFebruary 1, 2008By BARONESS GOULD OF POTTERNEWTONLONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) — Iran under the mullahs is the only country in the world that continues to hang children, and it has an equally sinister track record over its treatment of women.On Jan. 15, Amnesty International said in a report that nine women and two…