Volume: 1 - Issue:  28910 August 2012
Iran Update - ISDCI Newsletter
Iran Update

Greetings!

 

We are delighted to present you with the current issue of Iran Update, a publication of International Solidarity for Democratic Change in Iran (ISDCI).  You can see ISDCI's latest events on our website at: International Conferences 

UN rights experts warn of 'massacre' in Iraq's Ashraf camp
AFP

Ten UN human rights experts on Friday denounced the "appalling situation" of 3,400 Iranian refugees in Iraq amid fears of a fresh "massacre" by security forces. Read On... 

Tehran's covetous plot for its dissidents at Camp Ashraf
UPI

Iran's spiritual leader Ali Khamenei has given his orders to the Iraqi government: Camp Ashraf, near Baghdad, must be "invaded."  Read On... 

Iran closing in on its goal: Nuclear weaponization
The Washington Post

The left-leaning Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reports that, according to Western and Israeli sources, "President Barack Obama recently received a new National Intelligence Estimate report on the Iranian nuclear program, which shares Israel's view that Iran has made surprising, significant progress toward military nuclear capability." Read On... 

Iran seeks to save pivotal Syrian ally
Reuters

Iran, dismayed at the plight of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is seeking to shore him up and counter a perceived drive by Western and U.S.-aligned Sunni Muslim nations to roll back its own power in the Middle East. Read On... 

Iran perilously close to its evil dream
New York Daily News

Despite economic sanctions, it may soon be too late to keep atomic weapons out of the mullahs' hands. Read On... 

Standard Chartered and the game of cat-and-mouse over Iran sanctions
The Guardian

Iran has cheap oil and sophisticated sanctions evasion tactics. There will always be parties who choose to trade with them.  Read On... 

Please see links below for some more media coverage of Ashraf situation:

 

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