May 20, 2012

Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) residents and the determination of their refugee status claims – Update 2

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Update No. 2
• On 17/18 February 2012, 397 residents were transferred peacefully by the Government of Iraq to Camp Hurriya (Liberty). Monitoring of the movement was carried out by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI).
• On 19 February 2012, UNHCR commenced the adjudication process of the transferred residents. UNHCR has mobilized teams [...]

Iran ups repression of dissent ahead of vote: Amnesty

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February 28, 2012
“For Iranians facing this level of repression, it can be dispiriting that discussions about their country in diplomatic circles can seem to focus mainly on the nuclear programme at the expense of human rights” (Amnesty International)

NICOSIA (AFP) — Iran has escalated its crackdown on freedom of expression ahead of this week’s parliamentary election, [...]

Statement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the “Situation at Ashraf”

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Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
December 25, 2011
Today, the United Nations and the Government of Iraq signed an important agreement on the temporary relocation and eventual resettlement of the more than 3,000 residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq. We commend the Government of Iraq for its work with United Nations Special Representative Ambassador Martin [...]

Iranian exiles file US complaint against Iran and Iraq

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December 15, 2011
WASHINGTON — Four Iranian exiles have filed a complaint in US court, DC Circuit, against senior Iranian and Iraqi officials for their alleged role in an April attack on Camp Ashraf, a site for Iranian dissidents in Iraq.
Iranian exiles file US complaint against Iran, Iraq – Read

Report: The Latest IAEA Report on Iran’s Nuclear Activities

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November 09, 2011
Read the latest IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear activities. The report, released on Tuesday, states that Tehran appears to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research.

What’s Next for Iran?

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By Howard Dean and Tom Ridge
Published November 03, 2011 |
FoxNews.com
On Wednesday, Democrats and Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously approved harsher penalties against Iran, citing the regime’s plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador on American soil.
This latest Iranian provocation signals an alarming escalation by a terrorist regime that has been complicit in killing [...]

Iranian Americans call on U.S. to protect Iranian exiles in Iraq

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Iranian Americans call on U.S. to protect Iranian exiles in Iraq
The Washington Post
By Katherine Shaver,
October 22, 2011
Hundreds of Iranian Americans rallied outside the White House on Saturday, saying they’re worried that the Obama administration’s newly announced plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by year’s end will leave 3,400 Iranian exiles vulnerable in a settlement [...]

Mujahedin-e-Khalgh: The Search for Ground Truth about its Activities and Nature

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An Independent Assessment
by Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr.
August 16, 2011

Ahmadinejad: Martyrdum is the best form of artistic expression

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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US officials Call for Urgent Action to Protect Residents of Camp Ashraf; Urge Removal of MEK, from FTO List

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PR Newswire

WASHINGTON

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In a Symposium on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, former top U.S. government officials called for urgent U.S. government and United Nations action to protect 3,400 Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf, Iraq and urged the removal of Iran’s main opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), from the U.S. [...]