Senior House Members
Held a News Briefing to
Announce a Bi-partisan
House Majority Support for
H.Res.704 & the
Humanitarian Rights of the
Iranian Dissidents Residing
at Camp Ashraf, Iraq.
The Event Was Held on the
Heel of the Iranian New
Year and as Reports
Indicate Tehran’s Extensive
Meddling to Promote a
Client Leadership in
Baghdad. The lawmakers
Also Denounced the
Suppression of Dissidents
Across Iran.
Members Joined IranianAmericans to Celebrate the
Iranian New YearThe […]
House Members Co-Sponsor Resolution to Protect Iranian Dissidents
April 17, 2009 by
Morgenthau vs. Tehran
April 9, 2009 by
If only the CIA were as effective against Iran as Manhattan’s D.A.
There’s good news, and some really bad news, about Iran’s efforts to evade U.S. sanctions and infiltrate the U.S. financial system. The good news is that Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau’s indictment this week of the Chinese firm LIMMT and its principal Li Fang […]
Iraqi army besieges Iranian exile camp residents
March 16, 2009 by
BAGHDAD, March 16 (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have besieged a camp housing Iranian exiles in Iraq, residents and a security official said, after the national security adviser reiterated a vow to shut the place down.
A source at Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Iraqi soldiers surrounded Camp Ashraf on Thursday after residents resisted an attempt to clear […]
With Local Control, New Troubles in Iraq
March 15, 2009 by
By Rod Nordland
New York Times
BAGHDAD — Iraqis are in many ways taking to heart the adage that all politics is local, as Americans hand over to them ever greater control of affairs in the provinces. That local control, however, has brought more horror stories than successes in the past few days.
The New York Times
The crime […]
How Europe’s Companies Are Feeding Iran’s Bomb
February 5, 2009 by
By Benjamin Weinthal
Berlin
Wall Street Journal
While the U.S. has ratcheted up its efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms, the Islamic Republic is reaping a windfall from European companies. These firms’ deals aid a regime that is bent on developing nuclear weapons and which financially supports the terror organizations Hamas and Hezbollah.
The Austrian oil giant […]
Iran Watch – February 2, 2009
February 2, 2009 by
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By Larry Derfner, Mideast Watch
The Obama administration’s expressed intention to try direct diplomacy with Iran has been rebuffed, at least publicly, by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who demanded an American “apology” for past injustices against his nation. Now, in another statement unlikely to win friends in Washington (not […]
Iraq Accuses Iranian Exiles of Plotting Attack
January 21, 2009 by
By Ernesto Londoño
Washington Post Foreign Service
BAGHDAD, Jan. 20 — The Iraqi government this week accused an Iranian opposition group of planning a suicide attack against Iraqi troops, a possible prelude to decisive government action to close the group’s camp in Iraq and expel its members.
The Mujaheddin-e Khalq, or MEK, on Tuesday denied Iraqi national security […]
