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.
By Hamid Yazdan Panah
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, an organization that has made its mark in Iranian and in fact world history since its creation. Many Iranians, including myself, have had the honor of learning from the PMOI, and indeed the PMOI has made incredible contributions to the history of Iran. In commemoration of this anniversary and in order to recognize some of the significant achievements of this organization here are five significant achievements of this organization.
London, 26 Aug – As the US Congress reviews the Iran nuclear deal, it faces the hardest choice in foreign affairs: whether to threaten or appease an adversary. The proper choice, scholars agree, depends on the rival’s intent, Prof. Alan J. Kuperman wrote on Tuesday in The Hill.
“If the other country is ‘status quo’ – just wants to be left alone to prosper without dominating other countries or flouting international rules – we should concede its limited demands. Appeasement is not a dirty word in such a case, but the ideal foreign policy. However, if the other country is ‘revisionist’ – seeking to dominate others and overturn the global order – we must deter it through coercion including the threat of force”, he wrote.
