The death under torture of Iranian blogger and political prisoner, Sattar Beheshti, 35, has sparked international condemnation but not nearly enough has been done to pressure the regime from carrying out further such barbaric acts.
Mr Beheshti was arrested only eight days before his...
(0) Comments | Posted October 11, 2012 | 9:04 AM
On Friday 28 September 2012, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton announced publicly her long-overdue decision to delist the main Iranian opposition group People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from the US list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO-list).
The historic rulings in the US courts in favour...
(0) Comments | Posted April 27, 2012 | 2:43 PM
The Group of Friends of Syria came together for conference in Paris last Thursday to coordinate their efforts in finding a very much-needed solution to the humanitarian crisis in Syria. It is obvious that the Syrian dictator has only one answer to the democratic demands of its people...
(0) Comments | Posted April 12, 2012 | 1:00 PM
Sam Kiley, the defence and security editor of Sky News reported on March 30, 2012, on the search by the intelligence agencies for members of a secret Iranian network of assassins under orders to attack Jewish, Israeli and Western targets in Turkey.
Based...
(0) Comments | Posted March 14, 2012 | 6:41 AM
Camp Ashraf is home to 3,400 members of the main Iranian opposition group, People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK) since 1986, as the clerical regime's wave of executions in Iran forced the Iranian opposition to exile in Iraq through Paris.
The PMOI is the pivotal force of...
(0) Comments | Posted December 12, 2011 | 1:24 PM
It was after Iraq's elections in February 2009 when Nouri al- Maliki visited Tehran to thank the head of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, for his supports leading to reinstate al-Maliki in his position as the Prime Minister of Iraq.
As something to give back to appreciate the backing...
(0) Comments | Posted November 24, 2011 | 5:00 PM
On Friday 18 November, the Government of Iraq (GoI) orchestrated in coordination with the Iranian regime's embassy in Iraq a despicable show outside Camp Ashraf, home to 3400 Iranian opposition members, portrayed as a "massive demonstration" by Iraqi citizens calling for the expulsion of Ashraf residents from Iraq.
However,...
(7) Comments | Posted September 6, 2011 | 2:43 AM
In an effort to prevent a humanitarian disaster, thousands of Iranians held a rally outside the US State Department to call for the protection of 3,400 Iranians resident in Camp Ashraf, Iraq and an end to the US ban on Iran's largest opposition group, the Mujahedeen e Khalq (MEK). The...
(0) Comments | Posted November 11, 2012 | 3:02 PM