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We are delighted to present you with the current issue of Iran Update, a publication of International Solidarity for Democratic Change in Iran (ISDCI). We recommend the following readings |
| EU action on Camp Ashraf may avert "blood-bath"
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Following today's debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the recent Camp Ashraf massacre in Northern Iraq, Scottish Euro MP Struan Stevenson, President of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Iraq, has welcomed assurances issued by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton that the EU will seek a peaceful solution to the crisis. Read On...
Proposal for a peaceful and permanent solution for Camp Ashraf ... |
| Threat of massacre at Ashraf camp in Iraq, warn Euro-MPs
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| Urgent international action is needed to avert "a Srbrenica-style massacre" at the Iraqi Ashraf camp housing thousands of exiled Iranian opponents, a European parliament delegation said Tuesday after returning from Iraq. Read On... |
| Solving the Ashraf crisis
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| As Head of the European Parliament's official Delegation to Iraq, I led a small team of Euro MPs to Baghdad days after the massacre to express our horror and outrage to President Talabani and many senior Government ministers. We requested permission to visit Ashraf, to see for ourselves the aftermath of the tragedy, but our request was firmly rebuffed by Foreign Minister Zebari. Read On... |
| Syrian tactics parallel Iran crackdown
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| Syrian security forces appear to be shifting their strategy for crushing the popular uprising against the rule of President Bashar Assad to a less bloody approach similar to that employed effectively by its main ally, Iran, to end massive 2009 street protests. Read On... |
| Detained reporter sent from Syria to Iran
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| Syrian officials told Al-Jazeera that one of the network's journalists, a woman with extensive connections in the U.S. and Canada, was sent to Iran following her detention last month in Damascus, the pan-Arab broadcaster said Wednesday. Read On... |
| U.N.: Sanctions Slow Iran Nukes Program
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| UNITED NATIONS - Iran is continuing to use front companies and other concealment methods to circumvent U.N. sanctions but the bans have succeeded. Read On... |
