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True Monsters of Iran: Terrorist Theocrats, Not the Mujahedeen-e Khalq |
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Tuesday, 31 January 2006 |
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Clare M. Lopez Global Politician - The MEK's battle for freedom and democracy in its homeland has never wavered in over 35 years of struggle, first against an autocratic monarchy, and since 1979, against a radical Islamist ideology that supports terrorism, opposes a Middle East peace plan, commits atrocities against its own people, and now threatens the entire region with its drive to acquire nuclear weapons. The stalwart support the MEK receives from such American legislators as Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), European parliamentary leaders, and others simply serves to highlight the words of President George W. Bush: "... and to the Iranian people I say, as you stand for liberty, America stands with you." The MEK's historical documentary collections as well as its more contemporaneous statements, demonstrate a firm dedication to the establishment of a democratic, secular republic in Iran that eschews terrorism and WMD, and supports individual liberties, equal opportunity and protection of minorities. Should documentary evidence not suffice, then personal contact with MEK members (both current and former), whether at Camp Ashraf, among the National Council of Resistance of Iran (the umbrella group to which the MEK belongs) in Paris, or in discussions here at home in the U.S. cannot but impress the open-minded researcher of the sincerity of that commitment…
It is difficult to understand how the selfless dedication of so many Iranian patriots to a life of privation and struggle, in an effort to bring freedom to their oppressed people, can be construed as something suspicious or negative. The only explanation possible lies with! the effectiveness of unceasing disinformation campaigns by the regime's intelligence and security services, which harness all the resources of the state to denial and deception operations, not only to conceal its own deep involvement in terrorism and clandestine work on an illicit nuclear weapons program, but also to smear the name of the only organization that poses a credible threat to the terrorist theocracy in Tehran. In the final analysis, any policy of encouraging regime change in Iran simply cannot ignore a legitimate and historical political force which has demonstrated since its inception an unequalled ability to organize Iranians both internally and in the Diaspora.
Supporting the Iranian people in their quest for liberty, freedom, and democracy means empowering the democratic opposition in order that the Iranian people themselves might choose freely their own leadership and future. |
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As regime change in Iran draws closer, smear campaign against opposition heightens |
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Wednesday, 18 January 2006 |
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BOI - There is no question that 27 years after the theocratic regime took power in Iran, the mullahs are completely devoid of any political legitimacy. The overwhelming majority of Iranians demand regime change. A government sponsored poll three years ago indicated that 94 percent of Iranians believed that a regime change is the solution to growing domestic and international crises. Regrettably, in their new and emboldened, aggressive and defiant posture, the mullahs have relied on two important elements: Western inaction and lack of spine as well as the decommissioning of its only effective opposition movement, the People's Mojahedin (PMOI).
Despite obvious and repeated breaches of its NPT treaty obligations, the European Union and IAEA have failed to refer Tehran's nuclear file to the UN Security Council. For its part, the US has played along. It is, however, clear that no matter how many concessions the Europeans make, the regime will not abandon its nuclear weapons program, because that is a strategic guarantee for its survival. We must now focus all our energy to urge the European Union to remove the unjust terror tag from the PMOI, as hundreds of the most pre-eminent jurists and lawyers as well as thousands of parliamentarians across the globe have demanded. Most recently, the Belgian Senate adopted a resolution calling on the EU to review the PMOI designation in light of the new circumstances. The day to uproot this regime and all its factions with the help of the Iranian Resistance and the Iranian people is drawing nearer. |
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Europe moves to refer Iran to U.N. Security Council |
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Wednesday, 18 January 2006 |
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By Matthew Schofield and Jonathan S. Landay
Knight Ridder Newspapers - BERLIN - After Iran ignored warnings not to restart its uranium enrichment research, European leaders on Thursday declared an end to negotiations with the Islamic Republic and called for hauling it before the U.N. Security Council.
The decision marked an escalation in the long-simmering crisis over whether Iran is secretly developing nuclear weapons, which would add instability to the Middle East.
The Security Council could impose punitive measures, including economic sanctions, although that's unlikely immediately.
In Washington, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she was confident that the matter would go to the council, asserting that Iran "has chosen confrontation with the international community." . more |
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Iraq accuses Iran of seizing coastguards, Tehran denies |
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Wednesday, 18 January 2006 |
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By Aseel Kami Reuters - Iraq demanded on Tuesday the release of coastguards it said were seized by Iran during a clash involving suspected oil smugglers on their tidal frontier, but Iran's Baghdad embassy denied all knowledge of the incident. The affair, in which Iraqi officers said one of their men was badly wounded, is a test for the new warmth in relations between Baghdad and Tehran since pro-Iranian Shi'ites took control in Iraq following the U.S. ousting of Saddam Hussein. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari was raising the issue with Iranian charge d'affaires Hasan Kazemi-Qomi at a meeting called in part to discuss the incident, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. more |
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China, Russia take stance on Iran |
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Wednesday, 18 January 2006 |
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By Mary Jordan and Dafna Linzer
The Washington Post - LONDON — China and Russia agreed with the United States, Britain, Germany and France on Monday that Iran must completely suspend its nuclear program, the British Foreign Office said.
Although the countries failed to agree on whether Iran's case should be referred to the U.N. Security Council, the Europeans applied new pressure on Iran by calling for an emergency meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency Feb. 2 more |
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IRANIAN 'RESISTANCE' IN CALL FOR SANCTIONS |
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Tuesday, 17 January 2006 |
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By Simon Baker
The Press Association - Protesters today demanded the "immediate" referral of Iran to the UN Security Council so that sanctions could be placed on the "brutal" regime.
Between 100 and 200 Anglo-Iranian members of the "Resistance" movement made the calls during a small but vocal demonstration outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London. more |
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Washington anti-nuclear arms institution releases satellite photo of Iranian nuclear site |
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Monday, 16 January 2006 |
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By WILLIAM C. MANN, Associated Press Writer Associated Press - A private Washington institution dedicated to lessening the global threat of nuclear weapons released a satellite photograph Friday that it said shows extensive new construction at a newly restarted nuclear plant in Iran.
The photo of the plant at Natanz was taken Jan. 2 and depicts seven buildings under construction that have appeared in the last year, said Corey Hinderstein, deputy director of the Institute for Science and International Security. more |
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UN powers urged to refer Iran nuclear file to Security Council |
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Monday, 16 January 2006 |
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BOI – As the United States and the European Union met with Russian and Chinese to adopt diplomatic steps to curb Iranian regime's nuclear program on Monday, a large group of Iranians and supporters of the Iranian Resistance staged a rally before the Foreign Office building in London.
Protesters called for immediate referral of the clerical regime's nuclear file to the UN Security Council for adoption of sanctions against the regime.
The rally also called for an end to the policy of appeasement which has emboldened the ruling dictatorship in Iran to ignore international concerns and go ahead with its nuclear program. more |
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Sunday, 15 January 2006 |
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Interview: The United Nations' top inspector is prepared to issue a report on Iran's nuclear program that will 'reverberate around the world.'
Newsweek - The man in the middle of the escalating tensions between Iran, Europe and the United States is Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency. ElBaradei and the IAEA, recipients of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, are charged with verifying Iran's compliance—or lack thereof—with international safeguards against nuclear-weapons proliferation. In his first interview since Iran broke the seals on nuclear research equipment last week, ElBaradei spoke bluntly at his Vienna headquarters with NEWSWEEK's Christopher Dickey about his frustrations with Tehran, and his ideas on how to avoid further escalation. more |
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Bush Warns Against Nuclear-Armed Iran |
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Saturday, 14 January 2006 |
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U.S. Presses Allies for U.N. Action By Peter Baker, Washington Post Staff Writer
Washington Post - The joint front presented by Bush and Merkel contrasted with the schism between the United States and major European allies in the months leading up to the Iraq war and underscored the more multilateral strategy pursued by the White House in trying to prevent Iran from building nuclear bombs. Not only do Germany, France and Britain now support taking Iran to the United Nations, but Russia has also indicated to Washington that it would permit the matter to go before the Security Council. more |
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British Politician Suggests Banning Iran From This Summer's World Cup |
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Saturday, 14 January 2006 |
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Washington Post - "It may be unpleasant, but you can give a very hard signal which isn't going to hurt people as such but is going to at least give a chance of registering in the minds of the Iranian people that what their president is doing is unacceptable to the international community," Ancram, a former Tory foreign affairs spokesman, told the BBC. more |
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Friday, 13 January 2006 |
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US Alliance for Democratic Iran - In August of 2002, the then spokesperson for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Washington DC, Alireza Jafarzadeh, ripped the lid off of Iran’s 18 year old clandestine nuclear weapons program. That revelation included the locations of two nuclear facilities in Arak and Natanz. Prior to that revelation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had no knowledge either facility existed. Because the Iranian regime did not voluntarily provide the locations or purpose of these facilities, IAEA inspectors had no mandate to inspect or verify the sites at Arak and Natanz were intended for peaceful nuclear energy production or the production of nuclear war heads. The IAEA eventually did reach an agreement with Iranian officials that declared Iranian nuclear scientists would honor a moratorium on all nuclear related development. IAEA officials smiled and shook hands with Iranian officials as if a negotiated solution had been found. Official seals were put on nuclear processing equipment with an agreement that they not be removed.
Nearly three years later, August 2005, Iran announced its intention to break the deal. It appeared as though Tehran had no intention of compliance with the IAEA. The diplomatic deal had been broken by the Iranian government but not without warnings that this deal was doomed to fail. But why would Iran work toward resolving international tensions and save millions of dollars doing it when they can push the price of crude through the roof and make billions? The answer, international crisis feeds the government of Iran and it is a system better described as an organized criminal enterprise.
It must therefore be economically, and diplomatically isolated and ultimately dismantled. And that’s exactly what the two-decade long resistance of the Iranian people is determined to accomplish. For the sake of democracy and peace in Iran and for the sake of regional stability and security, the Iranian democratic opposition must be helped in any way or shape possible to achieve this goal. |
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Ministers to call for emergency talks on Iran's nuclear plan |
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Thursday, 12 January 2006 |
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Anne Penketh
Independent - The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany will today pave the way for Iran to be referred to the UN Security Council after Tony Blair increased the pressure for Tehran to be punished for escalating its nuclear programme. Officials said the three ministers, meeting in Berlin, would urge the International Atomic Energy Agency to call an emergency board meeting "in the next two to three weeks" to discuss referring Iran to the council for possible sanctions. The ministers will also discuss whether to continue a dialogue with the hardline Iranian leadership in the light of Iran's decision to remove seals at a sensitive nuclear facility that could be used to manufacture a nuclear weapon. A European diplomat said: "When the door has been slammed in our face there is no need to show weakness." |
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Iran crosses last red line; UN sanctions ahead? |
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Wednesday, 11 January 2006 |
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Peter Ford
Christian Science Monitor - "We were in crisis management mode, offering dialogue," says a European diplomat close to the negotiations. "Now we have gone through every single red line. We have to move to another stage." "The European Union door is shut and the Iranians have thrown away the key," added an expert on Iranian politics at St. Andrew's University in Scotland. "This was a symbolic slap in the face for the Europeans." |
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