Category: News & Commentaries

Associated PressApril 18, 2003 TEHRAN (AP)–Iranian legislators have welcomed the U.S. bombing of guerrilla camps of the Iranian opposition in Iraq, but there is uncertainty over what the attack means for relations with Washington. “We are not unhappy that the United States has targeted terrorist bases inside Iraq, but it does not signal a reward…

Pledge to Target the Group Was Made Early to Assure Tehran of War’s BenefitsThe Wall Street JournalApril 17, 2004By DAVID S. CLOUDWASHINGTON — In a move to persuade Iran not to meddle in Iraq, U.S. forces have bombed the camps of Iranian opposition fighters on the Iraqi side of the border and have reached a…

The New York TimesDouglas JehlApril 17, 2003WASHINGTON, April 16 — American forces have bombed the bases of the main armed Iranian opposition group in Iraq, a guerrilla organization that maintained thousands of fighters with tanks and artillery along Iraq’s border with Iran for more than a decade. The group, the Mujahedeen Khalq, has been labeled…

Justice: Label triggers law freezing assets, denying visas and punishing Americans for financial, arms support.The Los Angeles TimesThursday, October 9, 1997By NORMAN KEMPSTER WASHINGTON–Secretary of State Madeleine Albright designated 30 foreign organizations as terrorist groups Wednesday, triggering a law that freezes their financial assets in the United States, denies U.S. visas to their members and…

U.S.-Iran Relations Since Khatemi’s ElectionUpdated January 14, 2000 CRS Report for CongressOn October 8, 1997, the State Department officially designated the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) as a terrorist group, in accordance with the provisions of the Anti- Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-132). Two years later, the…