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.
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President Obama Signs (H.R. 2194 ) Comprehensive Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2009
into law. July 3, 2010
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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"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
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airline security
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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."
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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
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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...
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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. ”
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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
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