Speech of Hon. Ted Poe of Texas in the House of Representatives
December 14, 2009 By
Iranian Students Clash With Police
December 8, 2009 By
The New York Times
December 8, 2009
By ROBERT F. WORTH and NAZILA FATHI
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Thousands of people rallied against the government on Monday at universities across Iran, defying a wide-ranging effort to suppress the protests and bringing a new ferocity to the opposition movement’s confrontation with the state.
The protests, taking place on National Student Day, [...]
Green leverage over Iran
December 2, 2009 By
The Washington Post
By Michael Gerson
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
With a decision on Afghanistan, we will now see whether a reluctant president can persuade a reluctant Congress and inspire a reluctant nation to accept additional wartime sacrifice. But the administration must feel relieved. The mere act of choosing releases accumulated tension like shooting a bow, wherever the [...]
Hunger Strike a Daily Reminder of U.S.’s Forsaken Promise to Iranian Exiles
August 30, 2009 By
By Robert McCartney
The Washington Post
On a sunny patch of Pennsylvania Avenue a half-block from the White House, middle-aged men and women recline on beach lounge chairs under four canopies festooned with colorful flags. They haven’t eaten solid food in a month. Before them stands a row of large photographs of 11 men, each draped with [...]
Iranian Dissidents’ Fate in Iraq Shows Limits of U.S. Sway
August 1, 2009 By
By Mark Mazzetti and Mark Landler
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Last September, Gen. David H. Petraeus told reporters in Baghdad that the United States had been assured by the Iraqi government that the 3,400 Iranian dissidents in a camp in eastern Iraq would continue to be protected after the Americans turned over responsibility for the camp [...]
Iraqi Security Forces Attack Camp Ashraf in Iraq – July 28 & 29, 2009
July 30, 2009 By
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July 29, 2009
Eight reported killed as Iraqi forces attack Iranian residents of Camp Ashraf
July 29, 2009 By
29 July 2009
Eight people are reported to have been killed and up to 400 injured after Iraqi forces attacked
unarmed Iranian residents of Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad, on Tuesday. Amnesty International
has called on the Iraqi government to investigate the apparent excessive use of force by its security
forces.
Hundreds of armed security forces used bulldozers to force [...]
