Court orders State Department to review ruling on alleged terror group July 16, 2010 A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the State Department to review its designation of the People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran as a foreign terrorist organization, strongly suggesting the designation should be revoked. Click to Read More
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President Obama Signs (H.R. 2194 ) Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2009 into law. July 3, 2010 Click to Read House Vote Details Read Full Text of H.R. 2194
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Iran nuclear program: On sanctions, Congress ahead of Obama CSM, April 27, 2010: The House and Senate are progressing with bipartisan legislation to impose sanctions in response to the Iran nuclear program. But President Obama faces difficulties in the UN Security Council. \Click to Read the
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Tehran's Strategic Defeat in Iraq The Huffington Post April 06, 2010
From the author of "The Iran Threat: President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis" who also in 2002 was the first to expose Iran's clandestine nuclear program. Click to Read the Analysis
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To only say Iranian nukes are unacceptable is to accept them Sunday, March 28, 2010
In a Washington Post Editorial, William Kristol Compares the Western Democracies' inaction against Iran to behavior of French & British governments to following Hitler's March 1936 occupation of the Rhineland. Click to Read Article
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MESSAGE TO IRAQ Embassy Row James Morrison, March 25, 2010
A leading Iranian exile in Washington is praising Congress for a resolution demanding that Iraq fulfill its promises to protect Iranian dissidents held in a former rebel camp north of Baghdad and guarantee that none will be deported to Iran to face certain execution. Click to Read More
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House Majority: U.S. And Iraq Protect Iranian Dissidents in Camp Ashraf, Iraq
March 17, 2009 - Senior House Members Announced a Bi-partisan House Majority Support for Humanitarian Rights of the Iranian Resistance. ” Click to Read More
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U.S. reportedly gives billions to firms doing business with Iranian regime Monday, 08 March 2010
The U.S. government, while pushing for tougher sanctions against Tehran, has given $107 billion in the past 10 years to U.S. and foreign companies doing business in Iran, much of it in the energy sector, the New York Times reported in its Sunday editions. Click To Read More
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Enough Is Enough By Richard N. Haass President, Council on Foreign Relations
January 22, 2010 Newsweek Two schools of thought have traditionally competed to determine how America should approach the world. Realists believe we should care most about what states do beyond their borders-that influencing their foreign policy ought to be Washington's priority. Click To Read More
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"The Great Debate" - Bernd Debusmann of Reuters examines America's beleaguered "Terror List."
Click Here to Read "America, terrorists and Nelson Mandela" Reuters, Jan 15, 2010
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Iran Accuses Five of Warring Against God - by the NYT
January 08, 2010
The article offers brief look into one of Iranian regime's many perversions and misuse of Islam.
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Transcript of President Obama remarks on airline security and terror watch lists. December 28, 2009
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President Obama's remarks Monday about airline security and this weekend's protests in Iran.
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Green leverage over Iran December 2 , 2009 Post's Michael Gerson examines why Obama should "try the strategy the Iranian regime most fears: supporting, overtly and covertly, the democratic resistance against military rule." Click to read his article
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U.S. Moves to Seize Properties Tied to Iran November 13, 2009
On the heels of President Obama's renewal of the longstanding sanctions on the Islamic Republic, federal prosecutors have begun legal action against a NGO with ties to Iran.
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Rep. Trent Franks (R, AZ) introduces new legislation that would expand U.S. Sanctions against Iran- (H.R.3832) Oct 15, 2009 Click to read the text
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UN human rights office welcomes release of Iranian detainees in Iraq 9 October 2009 –United Nations human rights officials today welcomed the Iraqi Government’s decision to release 36 members of an Iranian dissident group... Click to Read U.N. Statement.
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"It is the fantasy of the President of Iran, among many fantasies, most of them malign, that somehow it's the American Government that's been opposed to them and that the broad reach of the American people would be more sympathetic." Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) on Iran Sanctions Enabling Act Of 2009. October 13, 2009
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US lawmakers call for Obama's report on Iran by January 31 Oct 08, 2009 In a provision of the 2010 defense budget bill, congress has required Obama "no later than January 31, 2010, to deliver a report to Congress on US engagement" with Tehran. Click Here to Read More
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Anglican Church leader concerned about Iraq's Camp Ashraf Sep 20, 2009 The spiritual head of the Anglican Church expressed concern Sunday about Iranian exiles living in a camp in Iraq, saying they faced "human rights violations" that needed to be addressed urgently.
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CONGRESSIONAL Briefings & Symposiums
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Resolution in U.S. Congress Seeks to Condemn Iranian Regime, Support Iranian Dissidents Washington, DC - June 10, 2010 A bipartisan group of House members put forward a resolution calling for the Iranian government to cease the oppression of its people and political dissidents. H.RES. 1431 calls for an end to the violence, unlawful arrests, torture, and ill treatment perpetrated against Iranian citizens, as well as the unconditional release of all political prisoners in Iran. Read More (by Washington Times)
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House Majority: U.S. And Iraq Protect Iranian Dissidents in Camp Ashraf, Iraq March 17, 2009 - Senior House Members Announced a Bi-partisan House Majority Support for Humanitarian Rights of the Iranian Resistance. ” Click to Read More
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House Members Warn of Impending Humanitarian Catastrophe in Camp Ashraf, Iraq December 15, 2009 In a press conference held outside of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday December 15, 2009, members of Congress called on President Obama to prevent involuntary displacement of the Iranian dissidents living in Camp Ashraf, Iraq. Also on Tuesday, other members raised the issue on the House Floor.
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Ros-Lehtinen speaks to Iranian Americans about human rights violations of the regime in Tehran
10/21/09 Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee speaks to members of the Iranian-American Community about human rights violations in Iran, protection of Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, and Iran's nuclear weapons program. Click here to watch
source: (http://foreignaffairs.republicans.house.gov/video/M2U 00107.wmv)
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