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“There is a chance that this wholly indigenous movement, by virtue of its own success, and entirely for its own reasons, could bring about an incredibly positive shift in the global security environment…What I hold to be essential is that we must act…The Iranian regime is facing pressure from within unlike anything it’s ever felt.” (From Remarks Rep. Gary Ackerman; Chair, House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia – Feb 03, 2010)
Members of Congress Hold Press Conference to Express Support for the Iranian Dissidents Living in Camp Ashraf, Iraq. Read More
Prominent New Yorkers Call for International Intervention for Protection of Camp Ashraf; Immediate Release of 36 Abductees NEW YORK, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In a newsbriefing today the “International Committee for Implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention for Ashraf Residents” condemned the July 28 barbaric and unprovoked attack on Camp Ashraf by Iraqi troops of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government. Stressing that “the human rights of the residents of Ashraf are violated,” Rev Dr. David B. Lowry, Director of the Center for Peace and Reconciliation at the Desmond Tutu Center, called the assault a horrific mistake. He said that the…
This morning, Iranian authorities executed Delara Darabi in Rasht Central Prison. She is the second person to be executed this year after being convicted of a crime she was alleged to have committed while still under 18, Amnesty International revealed today. Read Statement
European Parliament Resolution on the Humanitarian Situation of Camp Ashraf Residents in Iraq. Read Document
The Wall Street journal 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. Read More
Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY) Joins 6 other powerful House Chairs – writes letter to President Obama, to urge “firm position” on Iran. Read Letter
9:56am EDT BAGHDAD, March 16 (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have besieged a camp housing Iranian exiles in Iraq, residents and a security official said, after the national security adviser reiterated a vow to shut the place down. A source at Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Iraqi soldiers surrounded Camp Ashraf on Thursday after residents resisted an attempt to clear them out of one building inside it. The soldiers were blocking fuel and medicines getting in, he said. Read More
Iranians Rally in NYC against Ahamdinejad and for Democratic Change in Iran. On Tuesday, September 23, 2008, hundreds of Iranians and supporters of Iran’s main opposition, the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI) held a rally in front of the UN to denounce ayatollahs’ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for crimes against Iranian people and his plans to eliminate 3,500 Iranian dissident refugees in Camp Ashraf in Iraq. Read More
Iranian Americans from New York Join 70,000 in Paris, France – Call for Democratic Change in Iran. Read More