I just got back from a panel on the Hill sponsored by the National Iranian-American Council, one of the premier organizations within the Iranian diaspora, about next steps in U.S.-Iranian nuclear negotiations. But as an organization that helped lead the drumbeat in the U.S. to support the Iranian dissident movement More…
Here’s an example of what Hadi Ghaemi’s talking about. Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, has released a statement condemning the Iranian regime’ suppression of the opposition movement:
Pillay expressed particular concern about reported acts of violence by members of the Basij militia, which
Hadi Ghaemi of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said he has a hard time taking a strong stance one way or the other about the Berman-Pence Iran resolution currently being debated on the House floor. But it’s wading awfully close into a “political act” for More…
Very little is clear in the Iranian election, aside from the fact that the opposition does not credit for a moment the legitimacy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winning more than 60 percent of the vote to Mir Hossein Moussavi’s 30 percent. Juan Cole has a sober and detailed post giving More…
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