{"id":20675,"date":"2016-07-09T09:34:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T08:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/20675-congressman-the-iranian-regime-is-afraid"},"modified":"2023-01-16T09:45:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T08:45:22","slug":"congressman-the-iranian-regime-is-afraid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/congressman-the-iranian-regime-is-afraid\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman: the Iranian regime is afraid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ted-poe\" class=\" size-full wp-image-35530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/07\/ted-poe.jpg\" alt=\"ted-poe\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congressman Ted Poe, speaking not just as a member of the House of Representatives but as a former judge and prosecutor, pledged his support to the pursuit of justice for Iran as embodied in the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about\/our-resistance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"alternate noopener noreferrer\">NCRI<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Drawing attention to the plight of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"alternate noopener noreferrer\">PMOI or MEK<\/a>) in Camp Liberty in Iraq, Congressman Poe said that 66 co-sponsors, from both parties, had come forward with proposed legislation condemning the attacks on the unarmed residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He blamed &#8220;the mullahs in Tehran&#8221; for the deaths of 140 and the injuries to 1300 in successive assaults on Camp Liberty. 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