Latest Iran Policy Committee Stories

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...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the course of research on Iranian dissidents, the Iran Policy Committee (IPC) reviewed letters sent by a Senator and Members of the House of Representatives to the Secretary of State on the status of Iranian dissidents in Iraq. IPC also participated in a briefing by Members of the House. IPC research is consistent with views expressed in these letters and at the briefing. In a June 12, 2012 letter, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI),...

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On 17 July 2012, the Iran Policy Committee (IPC) issued a press release. A State Department teleconference on 6 July 2012 prompted the release. Briefing the media were Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador Daniel Benjamin as well as Special Advisor to the Secretary on Camp Ashraf, Ambassador Daniel Fried. They briefed on the situation at Camp Ashraf, Iraq and the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) designation. Developments over the...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A humanitarian tragedy unfolds as the Iraqi military and police harass and threaten 397 Iranian dissidents relocated to Camp Hurriya, a former American military base. They are the first of 3,400 residents of Camp Ashraf. How Iraq, UN, EU, and the United States act is a litmus test for whether the rest of the residents of Camp Ashraf relocate. Professor Raymond Tanter, former member of the National Security Council staff in the...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, 8 February 2012, the NBC Rock Center TV program website ran a provocative story, "Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News." The article claims, "Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel's secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a briefing in the US Senate, entitled "US Troop Drawdown in Iraq: 50 Days to Impending Humanitarian Catastrophe at Camp Ashraf," Professor Ruth Wedgwood, Director of the International Law and Organizations Program of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University; Professor Raymond Tanter, former Senior Staff on the National Security Council and President of Iran Policy Committee; Bruce McColm,...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Friday, 14 October 2011, the Iran Policy Committee (IPC) held a press conference at the National Press Club. The goal was to reveal the scope of operation and involvement of the Iranian regime's Qods Force in international terrorism, particularly as this deadly force was involved in a foiled plot to assassinate Saudi Ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir. The United States filed a criminal complaint of 11 October 2011 in the...

Press Conference, 14 October 2011 WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Iran Policy Committee is hosting a press conference on the North American Operations of the Qods [Jerusalem] Force, the extra-territorial unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and policy implications of the foiled terror plot. WHEN: 10:00 a.m., Friday, 14 October 2011 WHERE: National Press Club, Holeman Lounge WHO: Michael Mukasey, former Attorney General of the United States Alireza...

Terror Tagging of an Iranian Opposition Organization WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, 18 August 2011, the Iran Policy Committee (IPC) held a press conference at the National Press Club to launch its new study--Terror Tagging of an Iranian Opposition Organization. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110822/DC55349) To determine whether there is credible evidence to sustain a valid terrorist designation, the IPC study analyzes State Department...

POLITICS, LAW, AND FACTS WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released today by Iran Policy Committee: WHEN: 9:30a-11:00a, Thursday, 18 August 2011 WHERE: Holeman Lounge, National Press Club, 529 14(th) St. NW, Washington DC WHY: As the White House calls for regime change in Arab states, it acknowledges little is known about dissidents who might replace ruling elites. Regime change in Egypt and Tunisia and efforts to change regimes in Libya, Syria,...