Former French minister calls for recognition of NCRI
A former French minister says Europe and France cannot both expose the Iranian regime’s injustices in Iran while at the same time casting a shadow of doubt on a strong liberation movement which is bound to grow.
Alain Vivien, who helped found the French parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran, wrote in an opinion piece published in Valeurs Actuelles magazine that the strong movement for change in Iran is represented in the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
Italian daily reports on PMOI and Camp Ashraf
The Italian Sociality party’s daily has released an analysis in its latest issue about the Iranian people’s recent protests and the role of the main opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran.”
The “Avanti!” wrote, “The largest opposition movement against the dictatorship ruling Iran is the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran which was established in the 1960s. The movement opposed the Shah’s regime. It quickly grew in size and [after the 1979 revolution] began organizing opposition against the clerical regime.”
Ahmadinejad's debt problems spread to other parts of economy
While the government of the mullahs’ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is grappling with a $140 billion debt, various parts of the economy and social services are taking huge blows.
According to a Aftab state-run news agency, 750,000 farmers have lost their jobs during the past five years alone.
Larijani sounds alarm bells on growing threats for the Iranian regime
The Iranian regime’s parliamentary speaker has admitted that the regime is facing “difficult threats” in comments that echoed growing fears in the regime over recent domestic and regional developments.
Ali Larijani made the unprecedented remarks during a speech in Qom, according to the state-run Mehr news agency on Friday.
Clinton highlights Iranian regime threats to Middle East peace
In a joint interview with Israeli and Palestinian TV channels on Saturday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Clinton said the rise of Iranian-backed extremist ideology in the Middle East is a major reason time is short for a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine, according to the Associated Press.
The Obama administration believes that a successful Mideast peace deal would limit Iran's ability to use Mideast tensions to justify its behavior, according to AP.
Iranian regime official's scheduled visit to Netherlands cancelled
A previously announced trip by an Iranian regime foreign ministry deputy to the Netherlands has been cancelled, according to reports.
The visit, featuring Mohammad Baqer Khorramshad, Deputy Foreign Minister in Science and Research Affairs, was to be organized jointly by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael) and the Iranian regime’s embassy in the Hague.
Lord King: I welcome demonstration planned for outside UN-NY against fascist Ahmadinejad
As a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom who has for years strongly supported the National Council of Resistance of Iran and the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran in their legitimate struggle to bring about regime change in Iran, I very much welcome the demonstration planned for outside the United Nations headquarters in New York against the presence of the mullahs fascist President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the world body and in support of democratic change in Iran.
Intense standoff between Iranian regime and nationalist forces in Iraq
There is an intense and serious conflict that is unraveling in Iraq between democracy and tyranny, a Saudi news agency said in a report analyzing the current political climate in the country.
According to Elaph, the battle lines have been drawn between an Iraqi nationalistic front and one which primarily represents the interests of the clerical regime in neighboring Iran.
Brian Binley: I fully support the rally by Iranians in New York against Ahmadinejad's presence
I want to first of all condemn in the strongest terms the upcoming visit by the Iranian regime’s fanatical president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to New York. The United Nations is no place for a fundamentalist dictator.
I am very glad to hear that the Iranian people are planning to make their own representation to the UN by holding a major rally outside the General Assembly headquarters against Ahmadinejad’s visit.
Middle East peace contingent on denying Iran nukes, US Senator says
A US Senator said on Friday the Middle East will never see peace with a nuclear-armed Iranian regime.
Senator Scott Brown wrote in an op-ed piece published by the Wall Street Journal that while Israeli-Palestinian talks are good, Tehran’s nuclear drive continues.