PR Newswire: Members of the American Friends of the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK), a group comprised of thirteen former senior government officials and military officers, have written an open letter to Secretary of State John Kerry in reaction to Sunday’s attack on Camp Ashraf in Iraq.
American Friends of the MEK write to John Kerry
US inaction would embolden Iran, N.Korea: Kerry
AFP: Failure to take military action against Syria would send a dangerous signal to Iran, North Korea and other US foes, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday. “Iran is hoping you look the other way,” Kerry told lawmakers.
Obama told to ‘up his game’ to persuade congress on Syria
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama and his aides are meeting resistance from multiple directions as they seek congressional backing for military action against Syria, and a prominent critic told the president to “up his game.”
Western dithering on Syria could hit credibility: observers
AFP: The West’s inaction days after threats to launch punitive action against Syria for a deadly chemical weapons attack could badly damage its credibility in tackling other global flashpoints, observers say.
UN, Iraq probe deaths of 52 Iran exiles at camp
AFP: A UN team visited a camp housing Iranian exiles north of the Iraqi capital on Monday as investigators tried to establish how 52 members of the anti-Tehran group died over the weekend.
Rupee’s plunge prompts refiner to embrace Iran: Corporate India helps
Bloomberg: India is increasing imports of crude oil from Iran as policy makers risk flouting U.S. trade sanctions in their scramble to halt the slump in the rupee. India’s biggest buyer of Iranian crude plans to buy five cargoes of 85,000 metric tons each this month.
Iran releases six Slovak paragliders held for spying
AFP: Iran has released six of eight Slovak paragliders held since May for alleged spying, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Sunday. “Negotiations with Iran were very correct and led to the release of six out of eight Slovak citizens,” Fico told journalists.
Iranian exiles report deaths in Iraq camp
AP: Deadly violence erupted at a contentious Iranian exile camp inside Iraq early Sunday, leaving international observers scrambling to determine the cause of the bloodshed and the number of casualties.
Iranian dissidents killed in Iraq camp, U.N. demands inquiry
Reuters: At least 47 people were reported killed at an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq on Sunday, the United Nations said, urging Baghdad to investigate the “tragic events” at a site north of the capital.
Syrians mock Obama the ‘coward’
AFP: “He who talks a lot doesn’t act,” said Souad, a Damascus resident, mocking US President Barack Obama as a “coward” for delaying a decision to attack the Syrian regime.
