EU official proposes relocation of Camp Ashraf residents to other countries
Al Arabiya A senior European Union official has proposed that members of the Iranian opposition living in Iraq be relocated to other countries as their lives were in danger, reported Associated Press. In emails to EU foreign ministers and EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, Struan Stevenson, who is president of the European Parliament’s delegation…
Iranian dissidents and a U.S. dilemma
REUTERS NEWS AGENCY WASHINGTON — Call it the coalition of the baffled — a diverse group of prominent public figures who challenge the U.S. government’s logic of keeping on its terrorist blacklist an Iranian exile organization that publicly renounced violence a decade ago and has fed details on Iran’s nuclear programme to American intelligence. On…
Dean calls al-Maliki a ‘mass murderer’
The Washington Times Blames prime minister for an attack that killed 35 refugees in settlement A former head of the Democratic Party called the prime minister of Iraq a “mass murderer” on Tuesday and accused him of ordering a bloody attack on disarmed Iranian dissidents under international protection. “The truth is the prime minister of…
Iran, Iraq sign agreements on Iranian opposition
ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran – Iran and Iraq on Sunday signed agreements to return each others’ detainees, which could lead to the forced repatriation of an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq, Iranian state TV reported. The countries’ respective justice ministers signed agreements that including provisions for the repatriation of each others criminals and convicts…