By Sina Adhami
This week marks the 2nd anniversary of the massacre of Camp Ashraf residents (01.09.13) and the 50th Anniversary of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) (06.09.65). Both historic events are of great significance to me as each have inspired me to take hold of their torch and continue their journey until freedom comes to Iran.
London, 1 Sep – Dr. Masumeh Bolurchi’s story was told on ncr-iran.org. It was about the day, two years ago, that her world changed forever. She received a phone call from a member of the Resistance telling her that her son had been executed by Iranian-sponsored militias.
London, 1 Sep – In a moving article by Col. Wesley Martin, former US military commander at Camp Ashraf, Iraq, published on ncr-iran.org, the 52 Iranian opposition members in Camp Ashraf who lost their lives in a brutal and horrific attack were remembered.
London, 1 Sep – It has been two years since the Camp Ashraf massacre. On September 1, 2013, fifty-two members of the PMOI (or Mujahedin-e Khalq, MEK), unarmed and defenceless, were killed, with seven other people being abducted, by Iraqi forces on the request of the Iranian regime.
The Iraqi military forces killed, execution-style, many of the residents. The US and the UN guaranteed protection to these people who were considered “protected persons”.
London, 1 Sep – Former Cincinnati mayor Ken Blackwell, in an article published on Townhall.com on Monday expressed concern and doubt over the recent nuclear negotiations with Iran. He said that regardless of how the Obama administration try and convince the world that the deal is good, it is essentially a “bad deal” that “fails at its core objective of closing all pathways for Tehran getting the bomb”.
Iran Focus
By Hamid Yazdan Panah
September 1st marks the second anniversary of horrific massacre against Iranian refugees residing in Camp Ashraf Iraq, which left 52 residents dead. The massacre was carried out with brazen violence and shocking brutality. This incident was part of a series of attacks against Ashraf going back to 2009, none of which were ever investigated. This attack was a shameful reminder of the failures of the international community, particularly the United States and the United Nations, to protect innocent lives in Camp Ashraf.
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Berlin, 31 Aug – Former European Parliament Vice President Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras has congratulated the main Iranian opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI or MEK) on its 50th anniversary.
Vidal-Quadras, who is President of the international Committee In Search of Justice (ISJ), was guest of honour at a meeting with Iranian youth associations in Germany last Friday.
Iran Focus
London, 30 Aug – Iran has witnessed a spate of protests by various sectors of society, the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said in a statement which appeared on its website on Saturday.
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London, 28 Aug – Iran’s main opposition coalition the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) says the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) masterminded the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing that killed 19 American servicemen in Saudi Arabia.
London, 27 Aug – The main suspect in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers residence at a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia has been captured after more than 19 years on the run, a Saudi-owned newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Asharq al-Awsat said Ahmed al-Mughassil, leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah al-Hejaz who had been indicted by a US court for the attack that killed 19 U.S. service personnel and wounded almost 500 people, had been captured in the Lebanese capital Beirut and transferred to Riyadh.
