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
Iraqi army storms Iran opposition camp, scores wounded
July 28, 2009 by
By Ali Al-Tuwaijri
BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) – Iraqi soldiers and riot police stormed a camp housing Iran’s main exiled opposition on Tuesday, triggering violent clashes that left at least 260 people wounded.
The seizure of Camp Ashraf, which was disarmed by the United States in 2003 and surrounded by American forces until recently, comes after months of […]
Iran’s Lessons: Shouldn’t ‘realism’ mandate regime change?
June 27, 2009 by
The Washington Post Editorials
EACH DAY Iran’s extremist regime offers the world new lessons in its true nature. Yesterday we heard the cynicism of the Guardian Council, which announced that this month’s presidential election, in the words of its spokesman, “was the cleanest we have ever had.” On Thursday the belligerent arrogance of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad […]
A Supreme Leader Loses His Aura as Iranians Flock to the Streets
June 20, 2009 by
Roger Cohen
New York Times
TEHRAN — The Iranian police commander, in green uniform, walked up Komak Hospital Alley with arms raised and his small unit at his side. “I swear to God,” he shouted at the protesters facing him, “I have children, I have a wife, I don’t want to beat people. Please go home.”
A man […]
Riot Police Caught by Crowd – Iran, 2009
June 14, 2009 by
Exiled group says race on in Iran to build bomb
June 13, 2009 by
PARIS (Reuters) – Iran will redouble efforts to build an atomic bomb following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory in a presidential election but
could still be deterred by tough sanctions, the head of an exiled Iranian group said Saturday.
Maryam Rajavi, leader of the French-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Reuters that Western powers had to […]
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 […]
