April 27, 2024

Iranian Americans welcome support from U.S. lawmakers, await matching policies

Foreign Policy News
Dr. Majid Sadeghpour
It is rare to see America’s policymakers set aside party affiliations or agree to join one another in support of a cause, yet last week, more than 50 members of congress found an exception. From across the U.S. these political figures took part in a virtual conference last week, organized by […]

Two Iranian Men Indicted for Deploying Ransomware to Extort Hospitals, Municipalities, and Public Institutions, Causing Over $30 Million in Losses

“Acting From Inside Iran,” Iranian regime agents Indicted Today Deployed Ransomware to Extort U.S. Hospitals, Municipalities, and Public Institutions, Causing Over $30 Million in Losses.
Justice Department Briefing, November 28, 2018

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski Delivers Remarks at the “SamSam” Ransomware Press Conference
Washington, DC ~ Wednesday, November 28, 2018. Remarks: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-brian-benczkowski-delivers-remarks-samsam-ransomware-press

Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE […]

Senate Kennedy Caucus Room: Briefing on Iran

Washington D.C., December 15, 2015 — A Senate briefing at the United States Kennedy Caucus Room featured prominent former U.S. officials who discussed the Iranian regime’s in Iraq and Syria and to voice support for Iranian dissidents at Camp Liberty, Iraq.
The first U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, former Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman, former Vice […]

Bipartisan House Members and Expert Panel Dissect Iran Nuclear Deal, Explore Options

July 24, 2015
Bipartisan members of the United States Congress joined a distinguished panel of experts to evaluate U.S. nuclear deal with Iran andexplore policy options going forward.  Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield moderated discussions of a distinguished panel of experts which included Ambassador James B Smith (U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2009-2013), Ambassador Joseph DeTrani (Former […]

Alan Dershowitz on the Hill – Talks About U.S. Iran policy

Washington DC – February 3, 2012 – US Congress conference – Uphold Justice enable peaceful resettlement of Camp Ashraf residents
Alan Dershowitz talks about MEK and Camp Ashraf

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

* Reuters is not responsible for the content in this press release.

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. […]

Iran Rising for Freedom: US Policy Prospects- March 17, 2011

Congressional Briefing – November 16, 2010

 
  
Download the file below
 

Congressional Briefing – November 16, 2010
brief-1431-111610.pdf

110 House members from 37 states call for de-listing MEK/PMO

Languages:English

[…]

‘Never ever to give up, never ever to give in, and never ever to lose faith’

At a Congressional briefing, Congressman John Lewis, described by the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as “the conscience of the U.S. Congress,” spoke to a number of his colleagues, Iranian-Americans and supporters of Camp Ashraf in solidarity with the Iranian Resistance.
A former colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lewis has, and continues to be one […]

The Prospects for Human Rights in Post-Election Iran

Remarks at NCPDA Panel Discussion
Dr. Akbari, Mr. Rashidi, members of the press, and friends:
Salaam wa ’Khoshamadid!
Iran today is a country living a nightmare. Instead of moving forward into the light and extending the goodness and justice to its citizens that they deserve, the theocratic regime of Supreme Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khameni has retreated into darkness, […]