Iran-Iraq: Abuse cited in 2nd jail operated by Iraqi ministry

Monday, 12 December 2005

Official Says 12 Prisoners Subjected to 'Severe Torture' Washington Post, BAGHDAD, December 12 - An Iraqi government search of a detention center in Baghdad operated by Interior Ministry special commandos found 13 prisoners who had suffered abuse serious enough to require medical treatment, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Sunday night. An Iraqi official with firsthand knowledge of the search said that at least 12 of the 13 prisoners had been subjected to "severe torture," including sessions of electric shock and episodes that left them with broken bones.

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Iran-Saudi: Ahmadinejad's remarks anger Saudis

Saturday, 10 December 2005

NCRI - Saudis fumed Friday that mullahs' president Ahmadinejad marred a summit dedicated to showing Islam's moderate face by calling for Israel to be moved to Europe, Even some of Ahmadinejad's allies in Iran were growing disillusioned, fearing he has hurt the country with his wild rhetoric. Rival factions within the regime also called on the ruling clerics to reel him in.

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Iran-UN: Security Council blasts Ahmadinejad's remarks on Israel

Saturday, 10 December 2005

NCRI - The UN Security Council on Friday joined the growing international furor over revolting remarks by clerical regime's president Ahmadinejad, questioning the Holocaust and suggesting that the "tumour" of the state of Israel be relocated to Europe. A statement released by Britain's UN envoy Emyr Jones Parry, the current council president, said the body's 15 members "condemn the remarks about Israel and the denial of the Holocaust attributed to Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad."

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Iran-EU: EU blasts Ahmadinejad's remarks on Israel

Thursday, 08 December 2005

NCRI - In a statement issued in Tehran on behalf of the European Union, the British embassy denounced the Ahmadinejad's comments on Israel today as "wholly unacceptable". Addressing the reporters in a press conference in Mecca today, mullahs' president suggested that Israel should be moved to Europe.

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Iran-Saudi: Ahmadinejad presses on his plan for Middle East and nuclear ambition

Thursday, 08 December 2005

NCRI - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian regime’s president, proposed on Thursday that Israel should move to Europe.   His comments in a news conference in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, follow his call in October for Israel to be "wiped off the map," which sparked widespread international condemnation.

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Iran-Iraq: Official inquiry proves mullahs' repressive role in Iraq

Wednesday, 07 December 2005

NCRI – Iranian regime’s meddling in Iraq became more evident following the discovery of a torture center in that country in November. An Iraqi official investigation into the torture of more than 170 Iraqi detainees in a center belonged to the Interior Ministry in Baghdad found that forces guarding the center had close ties with the clerical regime in Iran.

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Iran-GCC: Gulf states express concern over mullahs' ambitions

Wednesday, 30 November 2005

NCRI - Regional security issues and the role of NATO in enhancing security in the Gulf region was debated in a conference in Doha on Sunday, November 27. Reporting the event, the Kuwaiti news agency, KUNA, quoted Abdulrahman Al-Attiyah, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as saying to the conferees that the issue of Iran and the Gulf was a current priority because it was directly linked to regional security.

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Iran told to stop terrorist activities in Iraq

Friday, 18 November 2005

NCRI, November 18 – The following is a statement by the Friends of a Free Iran, a Euro parliamentary group, released today: The unveiling of A secret torture and murder center in Baghdad, managed by the Badr militia within the Iraqi Interior Ministry, fully confirms repeated first hand complaints handed by several Iraqi civil society organizations and citizens to the Friends of a Free Iran mission to Iraq last July.

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Iran-Iraq: Torture site backs fears of pro-Iran infiltrators

Friday, 18 November 2005

By Sharon Behn Washington Times, November 18 - The discovery of a secret Iraqi Interior Ministry torture chamber confirms what has been an open secret in Baghdad for months: Pro-Iranian militia have deeply infiltrated the ministry and are acting as a law unto themselves.

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