PRNEWSWIRE WASHINGTON, March, 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With a federal appeals court deadline looming for the U.S. State Department to answer why it has defied earlier court rulings requiring review of a decision to maintain the main Iranian opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khaq (MEK) on the terrorist list, top former US officials and Members of Congress…
True Terrorist Threat
THE TOWN HALL Much of the attention in the Middle East over the past few months has been focused on the suffering of the people of Syria. But the Assad regime in Syria, which is slaughtering its own people by the thousands, does so with help from its only ally, Iran. And it is not…
Terror tagging of an Iranian dissident organization
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL By RAYMOND TANTER, UPI Outside View Commentator: The author says facts and the law are against keeping People’s Mujahedin of Iran on the U.S. State Department’s list of terrorist groups. WASHINGTON, March 22 (UPI) — Fact and law have been moving in the direction of removal of an Iranian dissident group —…
Opprobrium for friends of Iranian dissidents
THE WASHINGTON TIMES Honor demands better treatment for refugees and their defenders The events of the decade since Sept. 11 accentuate the reality that fighting terrorism and defending the security and welfare of the civilized world is the responsibility of every citizen, especially those in public service. But when the purported combat against terrorism turns…
Failing Iraq’s Iranian dissidents
EUROPEAN VOICE An agreement between the UN and the Iraqi government on the treatment of Iranian dissidents is not being respected. Martin Kobler, the special representative of the United Nations‘ secretary-general in Iraq, will visit Brussels on Wednesday to address the European Parliament’s foreign-affairs committee. At that meeting, he will hear of the grave…