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MEK tied to Israel-backed Terrorism Regardless of US Designation

From On September 26, 2012 · 1 Comment

via Lobe Log

By Richard Sale

I believe that delisting the Mujahadeen-e Khalq (MEK) from the US foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) list is in every way reprehensible. I realize that all US public officials, especially the president, are involved in systems of necessity and that without satisfying those necessities, their hold on power wouldn’t [...]

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MEK Delisting Slap in the face for Average Iranians

From On September 24, 2012 · 1 Comment

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By Leila Kashefi

As everyone knows, since the revolution of 1979, the United States and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) have been BEFs — best enemies forever. While the US occasionally offers its solidarity to the people of Iran and criticizes the regime’s human rights record, its [...]

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Analysts Respond to Expected US Decision to delist MEK from FTO List

From On September 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Jim Lobe and I wrote a report yesterday for IPS News about the expected US decision to delist the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (aka MEK, PMOI and NCRI) from its foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) list. Most analysts we interviewed predicted that the removal would only worsen already abysmal relations with Iran and possibly make [...]

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U.S. to Take Iran Anti-Regime Group Off Terrorism List

From On September 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By Jim Lobe and Jasmin Ramsey

via IPS News

In a move certain to ratchet up already-high tensions with Iran, the administration of President Barack Obama will remove a militant anti-regime group from the State Department’s terrorism list, U.S. officials told reporters here Friday.

The decision, which is expected to be formally announced before Oct. [...]

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Patrick Kennedy Paid $25K To Speak At Rally For Controversial Iranian MEK Group

From On August 30, 2011 · 1 Comment

Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress

By Ali Gharib and Zaid Jilani

Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) told ThinkProgress he was paid $25,000 to speak at a rally to remove a controversial Iranian exiled opposition group from the U.S. terrorist rolls after previously not saying if he was paid.

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The Daily Talking Points

From On November 5, 2010 · 4 Comments

News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for November 5, 2010.

Foreign Policy: Josh Rogin, writing on Foreign Policy’s The Cable blog, reports that Heritage Action for America, the lobbying arms of the conservative Heritage Foundation, is sending out mailers to Republican senators, urging them to vote against the New START treaty with [...]

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