Thursday, 23 February 2012
Last update06:54:43 PM GMT
THE HILL (Congress Blog)
- By Ken Maginnis 21 Feb 2012
Recent announcements on the Tehran regime's nuclear advancements by Iran’s extremist President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad make it clear that Tehran is as defiant as ever in its drive to acquire the ultimate nuclear know-how.
While the Obama administration, conscious that it is in an election year, scrambles to find the effective answer to Iran’s provocation, one thing should be evident – the Iranian rulers have no intention to give up their quest for...
Camp Liberty-No. 8
•
Mullahs' thanking and welcoming the Iraqi government for the transfer of PMOI members to Camp Liberty, and th...
THE WIP
- By Shahriar Kia February 20, 2012
It’s been five months since the 3400 Iranian dissidents of camp Ashraf, in Iraq, submit...
Camp Liberty-No. 6
Iraqi Prime Ministry assures Iranian regime to paralyze PMOI in Camp Liberty
NCRI - Iranian Resistance has attained a document from inside the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which says that following the transfer of the first group of Ashraf residents to Camp Liberty, the Iraqi prime ministry has reassured the Quds Force and regime's ambassador in Baghdad that members of the PMOI would be crippled in Liberty and would become politically dead. This shocking document leaves no ambiguity that the project for transfer of Ashraf residents to Camp Liberty is entirely to the wishes of the clerical regime with the objective of destroying this regime's democratic and legitimate opposition. Sections of this document are as follows:
Read more...
... I would like to salute our brother nation of Syria and the courageous and proud protesters there. I salute the heroic and bloodied city of Homs, a bastion of honor and perseverance against the murderous and cruel dictatorship in Syria.
...On behalf of the Iranian people and Resistance, we condemn Khamenei’s participation in crimes against humanity being committed in Syria, and underscore the need for urgent and practical measures by the international community to protect the defenseless people of Syria.
Read more...
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNIONN
Brussels, 21 October 2011
15763/11
PRESSE 382
Council adopts restrictive measures following the foiled plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US
Following the foiled plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US, the Council today subjected five persons to EU restrictive measures aimed at combating terrorism.
This means that their financial assets in the EU will be frozen and that no funds may be made available to them. Member states will afford each other the widest possible assistance with respect to enquiries related to these individuals.
Read more...
Foreign Affair and International Trade Canada - January 31, 2012
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada continues to be increasingly concerned by the actions of the Iranian authorities.
“Effective immediately, Canada is expanding existing sanctions against Iran. Five entities and three individuals are being added to the list of designated persons. They will join a long list of supporters and associates of the Iranian regime whose assets have been frozen.
Read more...
NCRI - In recent days, students of various universities across the country have been protesting against the reactionary and repressive policies of the Iranian regime in universities and the deteriorating guild situation of the students.
On October 10, Polytechnic University students in Tehran gathered for the fifth day. They protested against the dire guild situation of the students, lack of safety and their exclusion from a university hostel, and lack of addressing the case of Amena Zangeneh, a graduate student of this university who died a few days ago due to lack of safety.
Read more...
WALL STREET JOURNAL - By JAY SOLOMON 23 January 2012
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration sanctioned Iran's third-largest bank, Bank Tejarat, closing off one of Tehran's few remaining conduits for trade with the West.
The U.S. Treasury Department's action on Monday follows President Barack Obama's move last month to ban any American dealings with Iran's central bank, and an agreement by the European Union earlier Monday to ban all purchases of Iranian oil.
Read more...
NCRI - A state-run medium expressed concerns over the consequences of suppressing plans of dish collecting implemented by commando forces. It warned that if wiser and more calculative measures are not taken today, tomorrow will be too late.
Admitting to the failure of the suppressing project, Ministry of Intelligence-affiliated web site, Aser-Iran, wrote, police forces have in several attempts tried to stop people from using satellite dishes since 2001 when the law against the use of satellite dishes passed.
Read more...
Bloomberg - By Robert Hutton and Thomas Penny - Nov 30, 2011
U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague ordered the closure of the Iranian Embassy in London following the storming of the British Embassy in Tehran, saying the attack happened with the consent of Iran’s government.
All Iranian diplomats must leave the U.K. in the next 48 hours, Hague said, over the “grave violation” of the Vienna Convention, which protects diplomats working in foreign countries. He said the closure of Iran’s mission didn’t amount to a severing of diplomatic ties. Britain has closed its embassy in Tehran and evacuated all of the staff, Hague said.
Read more...
NCRI - China’s biggest gas contract with the clerical regime is about to be suspended because China has restrained itself from implementing the contract.
“The Chinese have strung along Oil Ministry for over 2 years”, wrote a state medium, “delaying operations in the second phase of special economic region of Pars Energy. This is a 5-billion-dollar megaproject signed by Chinese CNPCI to develop Phase 11 of Southern Pars Field.”
Read more...