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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On 23 August 2012, the Iran Policy Committee (IPC) examined three sets of events regarding Iranian dissidents in Iraq, who are members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) and concluded in a press release that certain actions are necessary to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe as well as to correct wrongs. These events include: 1) A 21 July interview with as well as a 22 July article by a high level whistleblower who is a former official...
NEW YORK, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association of Iranian-Americans in NY & NJ expresses utmost outrage over the remarks made at the UN Security Council on July 19 by Martin Kobler, UNSGSR, as well as those of US Ambassador Daniel Fried with regards to Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty, Iraq. It is our strong belief that these lopsided statements encourage the Iraqi government to carry out a third barbaric massacre against our families and...
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Iranian-American Cultural Association of Missouri: In a briefing at the historic Senate Kennedy Caucus room, senior former U.S. military commanders and Administration officials called for immediate improvement in inhumane conditions at Camp Liberty, Iraq, where 2,000 Iranian dissidents reside after relocating from Camp Ashraf, their home for 26 years. The Iranian dissidents are members of...
BRUSSELS, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Struan Stevenson MEP, President of European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Iraq: The EU, US and UN must intervene to force the Iraqi authorities to meet the basic humanitarian requirements of the residents of Camp Liberty. Currently the Iraqi Government has prevented the resolution of water and electricity problems, the transfer of passenger cars as well as vehicles and trailers for...
LONDON, May 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom (BPCIF) strongly condemns the Government of Iraq's outrageous conduct of returning the utility vehicles accompanying the fifth convoy of Iranian dissidents who were transferred from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty. The covetous act of the Government of Iraq was in clear violation of the agreement between the residents and Mr. Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary...
PARIS, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State on her visit to Paris to attend the international conference on the Syrian crisis, the French Committee for a Democratic Iran (CFID) urged Secretary Hillary Clinton to intervene personally to ensure the rights of Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty in Iraq, who are members of the main Iranian resistance movement, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). The...
LONDON, April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the anniversary of the April 8, massacre of the residents of Camp Ashraf, International Solidarity for a Democratic Change in Iran [http://www.isdciran.org ] (ISDCI [http://www.isdciran.org ]) calls on UN, US and EU to take necessary steps to guarantee safety and basic human rights of the residents. ISDCI also calls on US Secretary Clinton to, firstly, uphold her last year's December 25 commitment for a "robust Monitoring" by the U.S....
PARIS, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Maryam Rajavi: The only way to stop Iran building a nuclear bomb or unprecedented conflict and crisis triggered by the mullahs is regime change by the Iranian people and the Iranian Resistance At an international conference by the French Committee for a Democratic Iran (CFID) held in Paris on Saturday, March 24, speakers from the United States and Europe stressed the need for a firm policy...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Friday, February 17, 2012, as a goodwill gesture, 400 Iranian dissidents residing in Camp Ashraf in Iraq since 1986, many with families and relatives in the United States, began their relocation from Camp Ashraf, their home of 25 years, to Camp Liberty, a former U.S. military base near Baghdad international airport, even though minimum guarantees for their safety and security have not been provided by the Iraqi Government or...
