Washington’s Favorite Terrorists
In a matter of weeks, the MEK terrorist organization may succeed in getting removed from the terrorist list — not as a result of any change of heart — but as a result of an unprecedented multi-million dollar media and lobbying blitz.
Bolton Receives Warm Reception as He Tells Congress to Bomb Iran, Support MEK
“I’ve argued for [military strikes against Iran] for about three and a half years,” John Bolton told the House Foreign Affairs Committee today. “It’s a big mistake to conclude, as I believe the Administration has, that a nuclear Iran can be contained and deterred.”
House Unveils Bill to Expand Sanctions, Impose Oil Embargo on Iran
Top members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee have introduced new legislation designed to implement new “crippling sanctions” against Iran, including an embargo on Iranian oil exports that would bring the U.S. closer to imposing the types of sanctions carried out against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
Clinton Testifies on Iran Sanctions, Nuclear Enrichment, and the MEK
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared before two Congressional hearings that featured a series of pointed exchanges regarding Iran’s nuclear program, US sanctions, and the terrorist designation of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK).
Conference Focuses on “Regime Change” in Iran through U.S., Western Intervention
On Wednesday, the neoconservative group Freedom Watch held a conference “to help convince the new Congress … to push harder for U.S. and western intervention to remove this dangerous radical Islamic regime before it is too late.”
Time for Obama to call his opponents’ bluff on Iran
With Republicans now sharing the burden of governing in the next Congress, President Obama has an opportunity to define the terms of the Iran debate instead of spending two more years capitulating to a Democratic Congress worried about appearing weak or out of sync with hardliners on the Iran issue.
NIAC Calls for Release of Shiva Nazar Ahari
NIAC condemns the imprisonment of Iranian human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari and reiterates its call for the Iranian government to release all political prisoners, including Ms. Ahari, who are being held in contravention of Iran’s constitutional international legal obligations.
Five minutes to Midnight? Congress Debates Iran Divestment
Congress began deliberations on the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 in the first hearing held by the House Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
The Risk of a US-Iran Proxy War
NIAC held a briefing yesterday on Capitol Hill to shed light on the risk of a possible proxy war between the USA and Iran through various sectarian and political groups in Iran and Iraq, including the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK). The event featured Col. Sam Gardiner (Ret.), an expert on strategy and military organizations.