61. H

unge

r str

ikes a

re a

lso h

eld

by th

e fa

milie

s and

frie

nds o

f Lib

erty

resid

ents

all o

ver t

he gl

obe

incli

ding

in

Ber

lin, G

enev

a, Lo

ndon

, Rom

e, M

elbo

urne

, Sto

ckho

lm, a

nd W

ashi

ngto

n, D

.C. d

eman

ding

the

rele

ase

of 7

hos

tage

s, in

cludi

ng 6

wom

en a

nd 1

man

, tak

en b

y M

alik

i for

ces

durin

g th

eir

barb

aric

attac

k of

Se

ptem

ber 1

on

Ashr

af.Hu

nger

Stri

kes

the

Wor

ld O

ver

Berli

nBe

rlin

Mel

bour

ne

Lond

onSt

ockh

olm

Gene

va

Rom

e

Was

hing

ton,

D.C

.

Hung

er S

trik

e fo

r rel

ease

of 7

ho

stag

es in

:Ca

mp

Liber

ty

(Iraq

),Be

rlin,

Gene

va,

Lond

on,

Rom

e,M

elbo

urne

,St

ockh

olm

Was

hing

ton

Sept

embe

r 201

3

62.

Sept

embe

r 5 -

The

join

t pla

n of

UNA

MI a

nd U

.S. E

mba

ssy

in Ir

aq fo

r rel

ocati

on o

f the

42

surv

ivors

of

the

Ashr

af m

assa

cre,

onc

e ag

ain

reite

rate

s the

“saf

ety a

nd se

curit

y of t

he re

siden

ts in

Cam

p Lib

erty

” and

in

dica

tes t

hat “

The

GOI a

gree

s to

inst

all T

-Wal

ls an

d al

low

add

ition

al sa

nd b

ags f

or th

e pr

otec

tion

of th

e re

siden

ts in

Cam

p Lib

erty

pur

suan

t to

a UN

secu

rity

reco

mm

enda

tion”

.

63.

Sept

embe

r 6 -

Ms.

Eliz

abet

h Jo

nes,

Ass

istan

t Sec

reta

ry o

f Sta

te fo

r Nea

r Eas

tern

Affa

irs, w

rote

to

Mrs

. Raj

avi:

“the

Uni

ted

Nati

ons

will

hel

p fa

cilit

ate

the

safe

guar

ding

of t

he p

rope

rty

at A

shra

f th

roug

h yo

ur re

tenti

on o

f a tr

uste

d lo

cal s

ecur

ity fi

rm. T

he U

.S. E

mba

ssy

will

do

its u

tmos

t to

supp

ort

thes

e eff

orts

. We

final

ly t

ake

note

of

the

Gove

rnm

ent

of Ir

aq’s

agre

emen

t w

ith U

NAM

I to

inst

all

larg

e T-

wal

ls pu

rsua

nt t

o a

UN

AMI-p

rovi

ded

secu

rity

plan

, as

wel

l as

addi

tiona

l mea

sure

s. T

hese

m

easu

res w

ould

be

take

n sim

ulta

neou

sly w

ith th

e sa

fe a

nd se

cure

mov

e fr

om A

shra

f, un

der U

NAM

I ov

ersig

ht, a

nd w

e w

ill d

o ou

r utm

ost t

o su

ppor

t thi

s pro

cess

. We

will

also

enh

ance

our

effo

rts t

o fin

d sa

fe a

nd se

cure

rese

ttle

men

t loc

ation

s out

side

of Ir

aq.”

Sept

embe

r 201

364

. Re

vela

tions

by

Taha

r Bou

med

ra, f

orm

er H

ead

of U

NAM

I’s H

uman

Rig

hts O

ffice

In

an

inte

rnati

onal

mee

ting

at th

e U

N h

eadq

uart

ers i

n Ge

neva

on

Sept

embe

r 19,

atte

nded

by

form

er

Fore

ign

Min

ister

s, in

tern

ation

al ju

rists

, for

mer

adv

isors

to

UN

HCR,

Tah

er B

oum

edra

, the

for

mer

He

ad o

f Hum

an R

ight

s se

ction

of U

NAM

I who

was

in c

harg

e of

Ash

raf d

ossie

r for

thre

e an

d a

half

year

s rev

eale

d:

• N

o on

e bu

t the

Iraq

i Arm

y co

uld

have

car

ried

out t

he m

ass

exec

ution

s at

Ash

raf.

The

attac

k w

as d

one

by Ir

aqi A

rmy

coor

dina

ted

by t

he B

y th

e Pr

ime

Min

ister

’s offi

ce, o

rder

ed b

y hi

s N

ation

al S

ecur

ity A

dviso

r. •

It is

shoc

king

to e

ven

thin

k so

meo

ne e

lse m

ight

hav

e be

en in

volv

ed, s

ince

I kn

ow e

xact

ly th

e m

echa

nism

of h

ow it

was

don

e.

• Th

ere

is no

way

UN

AMI d

oes n

ot k

now

who

com

mitt

ed th

e Se

ptem

ber 1

mas

sacr

e in

Ash

raf.

• Th

ere

is no

way

the

Amer

ican

em

bass

y in

Bag

hdad

not

to k

now

whe

re th

e se

ven

host

ages

ar

e.

• Se

ptem

ber 1

mas

sacr

e w

as p

reve

ntab

le if

the

US

and

UN

had

don

e th

eir c

omm

itmen

ts.

Am

b. B

eth

Jone

s:

U.S.

Em

bass

y w

ill

do it

s ut

mos

t to

supp

ort f

acili

tate

sa

fegu

ardi

ng

prop

erty

at

Ash

raf.

Lette

r to

Secr

etar

y Ke

rrySe

ptem

ber 2

0, 2

013

65.

Sept

embe

r 20

- Lett

er to

Sec

reta

ry K

erry

by

34 m

embe

rs o

f the

Hou

se o

f Rep

rese

ntati

ves:

“Thi

s Ad

min

istra

tion,

on

a nu

mbe

r of

occ

asio

ns, h

as u

rged

the

Gov

ernm

ent

of Ir

aq to

ens

ure

the

safe

ty o

f re

siden

ts in

bot

h Ca

mp

Ashr

af a

nd t

heir

fello

w I

rani

an o

ppos

ition

mem

bers

in C

amp

Hurr

iya.

The

mes

sage

doe

s not

seem

to b

e ge

tting

thro

ugh.

We

mus

t do

a be

tter j

ob a

t hol

ding

the

Gove

rnm

ent o

f Ira

q ac

coun

tabl

e. W

e ur

ge y

ou to

redu

ce o

ur a

ssist

ance

to th

e Go

vern

men

t of I

raq

until

they

mak

e cl

ear a

nd v

erifi

able

effo

rts

to p

rote

ct th

is gr

oup

of in

noce

nt p

eopl

e th

at h

ave

been

br

utal

ly a

ttack

ed a

nd k

illed

on

mul

tiple

occ

asio

ns. T

he fi

rst o

f suc

h eff

orts

shou

ld b

e th

e im

med

iate

re

leas

e of

the

seve

n ho

stag

es r

epor

tedl

y he

ld b

y fo

rces

affi

liate

d w

ith th

e Pr

ime

Min

ister

’s O

ffice

. Eff

orts

shou

ld a

lso in

clud

e th

e sig

nific

antly

enh

anci

ng se

curit

y st

ruct

ures

with

in C

amp

Hurr

iya.

”

Sign

ator

ies i

nclu

ded:

Ted

Poe

Brad

She

rman

Sh

eila

Jack

son

Lee

Stev

e St

ockm

anPe

te O

lson

Tren

t Fra

nks

Kevi

n Br

ady

Eman

uel C

leav

er II

Blai

ne Lu

etke

mey

erM

ichel

e Ba

chm

ann

Stev

e Pe

arce

Raul

Rui

zSc

ott G

arre

ttPa

ul C

ook

Tom

Cott

onBr

ian

Higg

ins

Tom

McC

linto

ck

Stev

e Co

hen

Lynn

Wes

tmor

elan

dM

ike

Coffm

anRa

ndy

Web

erW

illia

m La

cy C

lay

Chris

Sm

ithDa

na R

ohra

bach

erLo

retta

San

chez

Jack

Kin

gsto

nAn

dy H

arris

Jose

ph P

itts

Sanf

ord

Bish

opTo

m La

tham

Henr

y C.

John

son

Ed P

erlm

utter

Gene

Gre

enEn

i Fal

eom

aveg

a

Thou

sand

s of I

rani

ans o

utsid

e UN

, in N

ew Y

ork:

“N

o, to

Rou

hani

”“U

S an

d UN

shou

ld a

ct im

med

iate

ly to

secu

re

rele

ase

of Ir

ania

n di

ssid

ents

take

n ho

stage

in Ir

aq”

66.

Sept

embe

r 201

3- Ir

ania

ns ra

lly o

utsid

e U

nite

d N

ation

s, N

ew Y

ork,

aga

inst

Rou

hani

and

for U

N,

US

imm

edia

te a

ction

to re

leas

e 7

Irani

an R

efug

ees

take

n ho

stag

e by

Iraq

i Gov

ernm

ent.

Prom

inen

t fo

rmer

U.S

. offi

cial

s, in

clud

ing f

orm

er p

resid

enta

ial c

andi

cate

Rud

y Giu

liani

, for

mer

U.S

. Am

bass

ador

to

UN

Joh

n Bo

lton,

For

mer

Con

gres

sman

Pat

rick

Kenn

edy,

Form

er S

enat

or R

ober

t To

rric

elli,

and

fo

rmer

Cha

irman

of R

epub

lican

Nati

onal

Com

mitt

ee M

icha

el S

teel

e ad

dres

sed

the

rally

.

67.

Sept

embe

r 201

3 - R

udy

Giul

iani

: “Ro

uhan

i has

bee

n a

supp

orte

r of t

his h

omic

idal

regi

me

from

th

e ve

ry b

egin

ning

. He

is a

com

plet

e ho

ax.”

Patr

ick

Kenn

edy:

“We

say

to U

N a

nd U

S th

at w

e ex

pect

them

to li

ve u

p to

thei

r wor

ds to

pro

tect

free

pe

ople

s ins

tead

of l

isten

ing

to la

rges

t sta

te sp

onso

r of t

erro

rism

.”Jo

hn B

olto

n: “W

e sh

ould

impo

se sa

nctio

ns o

n th

e al

-Mal

iki r

egim

e in

Iraq

, sus

pend

ing

Amer

ican

aid

un

til th

ey d

o th

e rig

ht th

ing

with

Cam

p Li

bert

y.”Ro

bert

Tor

ricel

li: “

I do

not

acce

pt a

n Am

eric

an p

resid

ent

to m

eet

with

a le

ader

of

the

grea

test

te

rror

ist g

over

nmen

t on

the

face

of t

he e

arth

who

has

dec

eive

d Am

eric

a an

d ki

lled

thou

sand

s of

pe

ople

.”M

icha

el S

teel

e: L

eade

rs l

ike

Rouh

ani

spea

k th

e so

ft w

ords

of

com

prom

ise a

nd n

egoti

ation

, of

ac

cept

ance

and

tole

ranc

e, y

et th

eir a

ction

s kill

and

take

life

, the

ir ac

tions

impr

ison.

Oct

ober

201

3

68. O

ctob

er 3

, 201

3 - S

enat

or R

ober

t Men

ende

z, Ch

airm

an o

f the

U.S

. Sen

ate

Fore

ign

Rela

tions

Com

mitt

ee:

“We

belie

ve th

e Ira

qi G

over

nmen

t kno

ws w

here

the

host

ages

are

.”

In a

hea

ring

of th

e U.

S. Se

nate

Fore

ign

Rela

tions

Com

mitt

ee, a

ddre

ssin

g Am

bass

ador

Wen

dy Sh

erm

an: S

en.

Men

ende

z sai

d: “Y

ou ca

n pu

t up,

I do

n’t c

are,

how

man

y to

ns o

f san

d ba

gs, b

ut w

hen

elem

ents

of t

he Ir

aqi

forc

es a

ctua

lly m

ay v

ery

wel

l be

com

plici

t in

wha

t too

k pl

ace,

san

d ba

gs a

re n

ot g

oing

to ta

ke c

are

of th

e pr

oble

m...

. But

it is

una

ccep

tabl

e to

lose

one

mor

e lif

e w

hen

Amer

ican

com

man

ders

gav

e th

ese

indi

vidu

als

a w

ritten

gua

rant

ee to

war

d th

eir s

afet

y and

it se

nds a

mes

sage

to o

ther

s in

the

wor

ld th

at w

hen

we

say t

hat

we

are

goin

g to

do

that

and

we

do n

ot, t

hat t

hey

shou

ld n

ot tr

ust u

s. An

d fo

r one

thin

g th

at th

is co

mm

ittee

ca

n do

sinc

e it

has j

urisd

iction

ove

r all w

eapo

ns sa

les,

is th

at I d

oubt

very

muc

h th

at w

e ar

e go

ing

to se

e an

y ap

prov

al o

f any

wea

pons

sale

s to

Iraq

until

we

get t

his s

ituati

on in

a pl

ace

in w

hch

peop

le’s

lives

are

save

d.”..

. “L

et m

e al

so c

autio

n th

at th

e se

ven

host

ages

, whi

ch w

e be

lieve

the

Iraqi

Gov

ernm

ent k

now

s w

here

they

ar

e, sh

ould

they

die

it w

ould

be

com

plica

ting

matt

ers f

or a

ll of t

hat”

.

Sena

tor J

ohn

McC

ain:

“…

. Situ

ation

as r

egar

ds to

the

Cam

p As

hraf

peo

ple…

Now,

ther

e w

as a

mur

der o

f I

belie

ve 5

1 pe

ople

who

wer

e m

embe

rs o

f thi

s cam

p an

d m

any

of th

em h

ad in

thei

r pos

sess

ion

guar

ante

es

from

the

Unite

d St

ates

of A

mer

ica th

at th

ey w

ould

not

be

harm

ed…

.Of c

ours

e, w

e, u

nfor

tuna

tely

did

not

ke

ep o

ut w

ords

. I h

ope

that

this

issue

will

be ra

ised

with

the

Iraq

gove

rnm

ent a

nd w

e in

Con

gres

s may

hav

e to

look

at t

he ki

nd o

f aid

and

how

we

are

exte

ndin

g th

at to

Iraq

if th

is ki

nd o

f thi

ng is

goi

ng to

be

conti

nenc

e by

the

Iraqi

gov

ernm

ent.”

Sen.

Men

ende

z: “B

efor

e I tu

rn to

Sena

tor M

arke

y, le

t me e

cho

wha

t Sen

ator

McC

ain

has s

aid

in th

is re

gard

…..

And

I agr

ee w

ith yo

u th

at re

settl

emen

t is a

criti

cal p

art.

May

be

the

Unite

d St

ates

coul

d be

par

t of l

eadi

ng o

f th

e w

ay in

sayi

ng to

a u

nive

rse

of th

ese

indi

vidu

als t

hat i

n fa

ct yo

u ca

n be

rese

ttled

to th

e Un

ited

Stat

es a

nd

that

wou

ld g

et th

e re

st o

f the

wor

ld to

offe

r fur

ther

rese

ttlem

ent.

But i

t is u

nacc

epta

ble

to lo

se o

ne m

ore

life

whe

n Am

erica

n co

mm

ande

rs ga

ve th

ese

indi

vidu

als a

writt

en gu

aran

tee

tow

ard

thei

r saf

ety a

nd it

send

s a

mes

sage

to o

ther

s in

the

wor

ld th

at w

hen

we

say

that

we

are

goin

g to

do

that

and

we

do n

ot, t

hat t

hey

shou

ld n

ot tr

ust u

s.

69.

Octo

ber 2

9 - S

ix US

Sen

ator

s urg

e Pr

esid

ent O

bam

a in

a le

tter,

to te

ll Mal

iki to

cut ti

es w

ith Ir

an a

nd h

alt

attac

ks o

n Ca

mp

Ashr

af re

siden

ts. T

he le

tter w

as si

gned

by:

Sen

ator

s Joh

n M

cCai

n (R

-AZ)

, Car

l Lev

in (D

-MI),

Ja

mes

Inho

fe (R

-OK)

, Rob

ert M

enen

dez (

D-NJ

), Bob

Cork

er (R

-TN)

, and

Lind

sey G

raha

m (R

-SC)

. The

y con

dem

ned

the

rece

nt m

assa

cre

of 5

2 Ira

nian

diss

iden

ts m

embe

rs o

f the

Peo

ple’s

Moj

ahed

in O

rgan

izatio

n of

Iran

(PM

OI/

MEK

) at C

amp

Ashr

af, a

ddin

g “Att

acks

agai

nst t

he re

siden

ts o

f Cam

p As

hraf

in Ir

aq ar

e re

preh

ensib

le, e

spec

ially

be

caus

e th

e Ira

qi g

over

nmen

t ple

dged

to p

rote

ct th

ese

peop

le. P

rime

Min

ister

Mal

iki m

ust u

nder

stan

d th

at

actio

ns su

ch a

s the

se n

eed

to st

op.”

Oct

ober

201

3

70.

Oct

ober

23,

201

1 -

36 F

ORM

ER S

ENIO

R U

S G

OVE

RNM

ENT

OFF

ICIA

LS: T

he m

assa

cre

and

kidn

appi

ng o

f the

Iran

ian

diss

iden

ts o

n Se

ptem

ber 1

, “w

as p

rem

edita

ted

mas

s m

urde

r pla

nned

at

the

high

est l

evel

and

exe

cute

d by

Iraq

i for

ces a

nd a

gent

s, u

sing

equi

pmen

t and

trai

ning

pro

vide

d by

U

nite

d St

ates

for

ces.”

“Man

y of

the

und

ersig

ned

have

giv

en o

ur p

erso

nal g

uara

ntee

s of

saf

ety

to t

hese

res

iden

ts.

Our

as

sura

nces

, whi

ch w

ere

mad

e at

the

requ

est o

f our

Sta

te D

epar

tmen

t, fo

llow

ed th

e sa

me

prom

ises

of p

rote

ction

mad

e pr

evio

usly

by

your

hig

hest

mili

tary

offi

cers

in Ir

aq.”

71.

Oct

ober

29

- 45

MEM

BERS

OF

CON

GRE

SS T

O P

RESI

DEN

T O

BAM

A:

“The

re a

re t

roub

ling

sign

s of

com

plic

ity i

f no

t ou

trig

ht i

nvol

vem

ent

in t

his

attac

k by

the

G

over

nmen

t of I

raq.

“We

mus

t do

a be

tter

job

of h

oldi

ng th

e G

over

nmen

t of I

raq

acco

unta

ble;

ther

e m

ust b

e re

al

cons

eque

nces

for t

he la

ck o

f pro

tecti

on o

f the

se u

narm

ed in

noce

nt c

ivili

ans.”

Oct

ober

201

3

Stat

emen

t by

Cha

irman

Ed

Royc

e72

. Oct

ober

30

– Re

pres

enta

tive E

d Ro

yce

Chai

rman

of t

he H

ouse

Fore

ign

Affai

rs C

omm

ittee

, sub

sequ

ent

to m

eetin

g w

ith Ir

aqi P

rime

Min

ister

Nou

ri-al

-Mal

iki:

“Our

mee

ting

with

Prim

e M

inist

er M

alik

i inc

lude

d a

robu

st d

iscus

sion

on a

rang

e of

criti

cal i

ssue

s, in

cludi

ng th

e gr

owin

g pr

esen

ce o

f al-Q

aeda

affi

liate

d gr

oups

in Ir

aq a

nd a

cros

s the

Mid

dle

East

, Ira

n’s d

esta

biliz

ing

role

in th

e re

gion

and

secu

rity f

or m

inor

ities

in

Iraq

. I u

rged

the

Prim

e M

inist

er to

do

mor

e to

reco

ncile

with

his

politi

cal o

ppon

ents

on

key

issue

s in

ord

er to

mar

gina

lize

the

terr

orist

s an

d m

ilitan

ts w

ho th

reat

en to

dra

w Ir

aq in

to a

noth

er d

eadl

y civ

il w

ar b

y ex

ploi

ting

thes

e di

sagr

eem

ents

. I a

lso p

ress

ed M

alik

i to

do m

ore

to e

nsur

e th

e sa

fety

of I

rani

an

diss

iden

ts in

Iraq

, esp

ecia

lly th

ose

at C

amp

Liber

ty, a

nd to

hol

d ac

coun

tabl

e th

ose

resp

onsib

le fo

r the

ho

rrifi

c mas

sacr

e of

diss

iden

ts a

t Cam

p As

hraf

in S

epte

mbe

r.”

Nov

embe

r 201

373

. N

ovem

ber

1 - I

rani

ans

rally

out

side

the

Whi

te H

ouse

to

urge

Pre

siden

t O

bam

a to

hol

d Ira

qi

Prim

e M

inist

er N

ouri

al-M

alik

i acc

ount

able

for m

urde

r at C

amp

Ashr

af, s

ecur

e re

leas

e of

7 a

bduc

ted

Irani

an d

issid

ents

.

74.

New

t Gin

grich

- Fo

rmer

Spe

aker

of t

he H

ouse

: It i

s inc

once

ivabl

e th

at o

n Se

ptem

ber 1

st ar

med

men

in

vade

d Ca

mp

Ashr

af a

nd th

e M

alik

i gov

ernm

ent k

new

not

hing

. It i

s not

pos

sible

. It i

s inc

once

ivabl

e th

at

ther

e ar

e 7

host

ages

bei

ng h

eld

in Ir

aq a

nd th

e M

alik

i gov

ernm

ent k

now

s no

thin

g...T

he fa

ct is

they

do

know

and

they

hav

e be

en a

cting

as t

he a

lly o

f the

Iran

ian

dict

ator

ship

whi

ch o

f cou

rse

hate

s any

ele

men

ts

who

wan

t to

brin

g fre

edom

to Ir

an...

If th

e Pr

ime

Min

ister

Mal

iki i

s ask

ing

for o

ur h

elp,

he

need

s to

earn

th

at h

elp

by d

oing

seve

ral k

ey th

ings

. One

is p

rote

cting

peo

ple

at C

amp

Liber

ty a

nd ta

king

resp

onsib

ility

for e

nsur

ing t

hat t

hey a

re sa

fe u

ntil w

e ca

n ge

t eno

ugh

visas

for e

very

one

to m

ove

in o

ther

coun

trie

s to

be

safe

. Sec

ond,

he

shou

ld to

day p

ledg

e th

at th

e 7

host

ages

will

be re

leas

ed...

75.

Tom

Rid

ge - F

orm

er PA

Gov

erno

r, Se

cret

ary H

omel

and

Secu

rity:

We

have

a m

essa

ge to

you

(Mal

iki).

N

o m

ore

aide

, no

mor

e ar

ms u

ntil y

ou fr

ee th

e ho

stag

es, s

ecur

e th

e sa

fety

of 3

,000

men

and

wom

en

that

rem

ain

in C

amp

Libe

rty,

ensu

re th

eir e

vacu

ation

and

then

com

ebac

k an

d ar

m a

nd a

ide.

Unti

l th

en, w

e fo

llow

up

with

our

frie

nds

on t

he H

ill t

o m

ake

sure

tha

t ne

ither

the

For

eign

Rel

ation

s Co

mm

ittee

nor

the

Arm

ed Fo

rces

Com

mitt

ee a

ppro

ves a

sing

le d

ime

of a

ssist

ance

or a

sing

le w

eapo

n un

til y

ou k

eep

your

pro

mise

s...

Whe

n Am

eric

a m

akes

a p

rom

ise, w

e ke

ep th

e pr

omise

. Par

ticul

arly

w

hen

it in

volv

es th

e sa

fety

and

sec

urity

of d

efen

sele

ss h

uman

bei

ngs

who

hav

e su

rren

dere

d th

eir

mea

ns to

pro

tect

them

selv

es a

nd tr

uste

d us

.

76.

Patr

ick K

enne

dy –

Form

er R

hode

Isla

nd C

ongr

essm

an: N

ouri

al-M

aliki

has

to ch

oose

side

s. He

cann

ot

be a

pup

pet o

f the

mul

lahs

in Te

hran

and

com

e to

the

U.S.

and

ask

for m

ore

assis

tanc

e. ..

He ca

nnot

exp

ect

to h

ave

any m

ore

guns

hips

and

mor

e m

ilitar

y aid

whi

le h

e sti

ll add

s to

the

sect

aria

n vio

lenc

e th

at cu

rrent

ly

occu

pyin

g hi

s co

untry

. He

cann

ot e

xpec

t to

use

any

mor

e m

ilitar

y ai

d fro

m th

e U.

S. to

per

petra

te th

ese

hum

an ri

ghts

abu

ses.

77.

Robe

rt To

rrice

lli - F

orm

er N

J Sen

ator

: Mal

iki h

as b

lood

on

his h

ands

; the

blo

od o

f 52

mar

tyrs

in A

shra

f and

th

e bl

ood

of m

arty

rs o

f Lib

erty

. He

kille

d th

em; h

e co

nspi

red

to th

eir d

eath

; we

will

not f

orge

t it;

we

will

not

forg

ive it

; and

Bar

ak O

bam

a ne

eds t

o sa

y it t

o hi

s fac

e to

day.

Mas

s ral

ly

of Ir

ania

ns

agai

nst M

alik

i’s

visit

to

Whi

te H

ouse

Dem

onstr

ator

s: Pr

esid

ent

Oba

ma

shou

ld

ask

Mal

iki to

im

med

iate

ly

rele

ase

the

hosta

ges!

Dem

onstr

ator

s: “M

alik

i is ly

ing

to A

mer

ica

over

Ash

raf

mas

sacr

e,

taki

ng o

f sev

en

hosta

ges,

and

dem

ocra

cy in

Ira

q.”

UNHC

R &

UNA

MI

Nov

embe

r 19,

201

3

Am

nest

y In

tern

atio

nal

Nov

embe

r 19,

201

3

Dece

mbe

r 18,

201

3

78.

“UN

HCR

and

Uni

ted

Nati

ons

Assis

tanc

e M

issio

n in

Iraq

(U

NAM

I) re

mai

n gr

avel

y co

ncer

ned

abou

t the

fate

of s

even

miss

ing

indi

vidu

als f

orm

erly

resid

ing

in C

amp

New

Iraq

who

disa

ppea

red

on

1 Se

ptem

ber a

nd c

all o

n th

e au

thor

ities

to lo

cate

them

, ens

ure

thei

r wel

lbei

ng a

nd sa

fegu

ard

them

ag

ains

t any

forc

ible

retu

rn.”

79.

“The

sev

en Ir

ania

n ex

iles

abdu

cted

on

1 Se

ptem

ber

are

now

kno

wn

to b

e he

ld b

y th

e Ira

qi

secu

rity

forc

es a

t an

unoffi

cial

det

entio

n fa

cilit

y in

cen

tral

Bag

hdad

.”

80 A

Sen

ate

Pane

l inc

ludi

ng fo

rmer

may

or o

f New

York

Rud

y Gi

ulia

ni, f

orm

er C

hairm

an o

f the

Join

t Ch

iefs

of S

taff,

Gen

. Hug

h Sh

elto

n, fo

rmer

CIA

Dire

ctor

Jam

es W

oolse

y, an

d fo

rmer

Con

gres

sman

Pa

tric

k Ke

nned

y, is

doub

tful t

hat t

he G

enev

a Ac

cord

wou

ld c

urta

il Te

hran

’s nu

clea

r driv

e, a

nd u

rges

O

bam

a Ad

min

istra

tion

to g

rant

pol

itica

l ref

ugee

stat

us to

Iran

ian

diss

iden

ts in

Iraq

.Se

n. J

ohn

Booz

man

(R-

AR)

prai

sed

the

audi

ence

for

the

ir eff

orts

in

“ale

rt[in

g] t

he a

vera

ge

Cong

ress

man

, the

peo

ple

of A

mer

ica

to th

e at

roci

ties

of th

is re

gim

e in

so

man

y di

ffere

nt w

ays

and

so a

gain

I ap

prec

iate

you

r adv

ocac

y.”

Miss

ile A

ttack

Dece

mbe

r 26,

201

381

. At 9

:15

pm lo

cal ti

me,

on

Dece

mbe

r 26,

201

3, th

e m

orni

ng a

fter C

hrist

mas

, Cam

p Li

bert

y w

as

attac

ked

with

doz

ens o

f miss

iles o

f diff

eren

t typ

es. T

he a

ttack

occ

ured

subs

eque

nt to

Nur

i al-M

alik

i’s

trip

to Te

hran

and

was

pay

back

to th

e re

ligio

us fa

scism

rulin

g Ira

n to

enl

ist th

e m

ulla

hs’ s

uppo

rt fo

r M

alik

i’s th

ird te

rm a

s Prim

e M

inist

er. T

hus f

ar, 4

resid

ents

hav

e be

en k

illed

by

the

attac

k an

d so

me

70 p

eopl

e in

jure

d. L

arge

por

tions

of L

iber

ty’s

resid

entia

l tra

ilers

, fac

ilitie

s, a

nd a

men

ities

as

wel

l as

resid

ents

’ bel

ongi

ngs w

ere

dest

roye

d or

dam

aged

.

Miss

ile A

ttack

Dece

mbe

r 26,

201

3

82. I

raq,

Lib

erty

: 38

rock

et im

pact

poi

nt id

entifi

ed in

Cam

p Li

bert

y ho

usin

g Ira

nian

opp

ositi

on. A

nu

mbe

r of r

ocke

ts w

ere

280

mm

gro

und-

to-g

roun

d ro

cket

s w

ith a

leng

th o

f 2 m

eter

s an

d a

wei

ght

of 1

10 k

g an

d a

dest

ructi

ve p

ower

20

times

that

of 1

07 m

m ro

cket

s. E

ight

of s

uch

rock

ets h

ave

been

us

ed b

ut th

ree

hit C

amp

Libe

rty.

Miss

ile A

ttack

- De

cem

ber 2

6, 2

013

Wor

ldw

ide

Reac

tion

83. F

ranc

e co

ndem

ns a

ttack

on

Irani

an re

fuge

es in

Cam

p Li

bert

y, Ir

aq

Fran

ce D

iplo

mati

e, P

ress

Brie

fing,

Dec

embe

r 27,

201

3 –

“Fra

nce

cond

emns

atta

cks o

ccur

red

arou

nd

the

Bagh

dad

airp

ort o

n De

cem

ber 2

6 . I

t cal

ls on

the

Iraqi

gove

rnm

ent t

o ta

ke th

e ne

cess

ary m

easu

res

to e

nsur

e th

e sa

fety

of C

amp

Hurr

iya

as w

ell a

s tha

t of A

shra

f. W

e re

itera

te o

ur fu

ll su

ppor

t for

the

High

Com

miss

ion

for R

efug

ees a

nd th

e m

issio

n of

the

Uni

ted

Nati

ons A

ssist

ance

for I

raq

(UN

AMI )

in

thei

r effo

rts t

o im

plem

ent a

pea

cefu

l and

lasti

ng so

lutio

n to

the

situa

tion

of re

fuge

e ca

mps

in Ir

aq .”

84. U

S De

part

men

t of S

tate

con

dem

ns a

ttack

on

Cam

p Li

bert

yTh

e U

nite

d St

ates

con

dem

ns in

the

stro

nges

t ter

ms

toda

y’s

rock

et a

ttack

at C

amp

Hurr

iya

that

has

re

port

edly

kill

ed a

nd in

jure

d ca

mp

resid

ents

and

also

inju

red

Iraqi

pol

ice

office

rs. O

ur c

ondo

lenc

es

go o

ut to

the

fam

ilies

of t

he v

ictim

s and

we

hope

for t

he sw

ift re

cove

ry o

f tho

se in

jure

d....

The

Uni

ted

Stat

es is

com

mitt

ed to

ass

isting

the

Uni

ted

Nati

ons

High

Com

miss

ione

r for

Ref

ugee

s in

th

e re

loca

tion

of a

ll Ca

mp

Hurr

iya

resid

ents

to a

per

man

ent a

nd s

afe

loca

tion

outs

ide

of Ir

aq. W

e ca

ll on

mor

e co

untr

ies

to a

ssist

in re

spon

ding

to th

is ur

gent

hum

anita

rian

situa

tion

by w

elco

min

g ca

mp

resid

ents

for r

eloc

ation

, as A

lban

ia h

as a

dmira

bly

done

ove

r thi

s pas

t yea

r, an

d by

cont

ributi

ng

to t

he f

und

esta

blish

ed b

y th

e U

nite

d N

ation

s to

sup

port

the

ir re

sett

lem

ent.

The

Depa

rtm

ent,

thro

ugh

its S

enio

r Adv

isor f

or M

EK R

esett

lem

ent,

Jona

than

Win

er, w

ill re

mai

n ac

tivel

y en

gage

d in

th

e in

tern

ation

al e

ffort

to re

loca

te th

e re

siden

ts o

f Cam

p Hu

rriy

a to

saf

e, p

erm

anen

t, an

d se

cure

lo

catio

ns o

utsid

e of

Iraq

as s

oon

as p

ossib

le.

85. C

anad

a Co

ndem

ns A

ttack

on

Irani

an D

issid

ents

Cam

p Li

bert

y in

Iraq

Dece

mbe

r 27,

201

3 - F

orei

gn A

ffairs

Min

ister

John

Bai

rd a

nd C

hris

Alex

ande

r, Ca

nada

’s M

inist

er o

f Ci

tizen

ship

and

Imm

igra

tion,

toda

y iss

ued

the

follo

win

g st

atem

ent:

“Can

ada

cond

emns

yes

terd

ay’s

rock

et a

ttack

on

Cam

p Hu

rriy

a, n

ear

Bagh

dad,

whi

ch k

illed

and

in

jure

d re

siden

ts o

f the

cam

p. O

ur t

houg

hts

go o

ut to

the

fam

ilies

and

frie

nds

of t

hose

who

lost

th

eir l

ives

in th

is de

plor

able

vio

lenc

e. W

e w

ish a

full

reco

very

to th

e in

jure

d. T

he a

ttack

, the

mos

t re

cent

in a

serie

s tar

getin

g Ira

q-ba

sed

cam

ps h

ousin

g Ira

nian

exi

les,

is c

ompl

etel

y un

acce

ptab

le.”

86. I

taly

con

dem

ns d

eadl

y att

ack

on Ir

ania

n re

fuge

es in

Cam

p Li

bert

y, Ir

aqTh

e M

inist

ry o

f For

eign

Affa

irs w

ithou

t any

rese

rvati

on co

ndem

ns ye

ster

day’

s blo

ody

terr

orist

atta

ck

that

tar

gete

d th

e re

siden

ts o

f Ca

mp

Hurr

iya

(Cam

p Li

bert

y) a

nd t

he s

taff

of t

he Ir

aqi p

olic

e an

d ex

pres

ses h

is cl

osen

ess t

o th

e fa

mili

es o

f the

vic

tims a

nd w

ishes

a sp

eedy

reco

very

for t

he in

jure

d.

“We

call o

n m

ore

coun

tries

to a

ssist

in

resp

ondi

ng to

this

urge

nt h

uman

itaria

n sit

uatio

n by

w

elco

min

g ca

mp

resid

ents

for

relo

catio

n”

87.

UN

HCR

stro

ngly

con

dem

ns a

ttack

on

Cam

p Li

bert

y, re

new

s ca

lls f

or s

afet

y an

d im

med

iate

re

loca

tion

of re

siden

tsPr

ess

Rele

ases

, 27

Dece

mbe

r 20

13 b

y U

NHC

R -

The

UN

ref

ugee

age

ncy

stro

ngly

con

dem

ns la

st

nigh

t’s a

ttack

on

the

Bagh

dad

Inte

rnati

onal

Airp

ort Z

one,

dur

ing

whi

ch a

num

ber o

f roc

kets

land

ed

on C

amp

Hurr

iya

– re

port

edly

kill

ing

thre

e an

d in

jurin

g m

any

mor

e in

the

cam

p. A

t lea

st fo

ur c

amp

resid

ents

who

sust

aine

d se

rious

inju

ries w

ere

repo

rted

ly ru

shed

to h

ospi

tals

in B

aghd

ad b

y th

e Ira

qi

auth

oriti

es. C

amp

Hurr

iya

has

alre

ady

been

hit

on m

ultip

le o

ccas

ions

. Cam

p N

ew Ir

aq (

form

erly

As

hraf

), w

here

resid

ents

wer

e pr

evio

usly

sta

ying

, was

also

targ

et o

f an

attac

k in

the

past

. UN

HCR

has

cons

isten

tly d

eplo

red

such

una

ccep

tabl

e att

acks

. UN

HCR

rem

ains

dee

ply

conc

erne

d fo

r th

e sa

fety

of

the

resid

ents

of

Cam

p Hu

rriy

a....

Sin

ce 2

011,

UN

HCR,

tog

ethe

r w

ith U

NAM

I, ha

s be

en

enga

ged

in a

n eff

ort t

o fin

d re

loca

tion

oppo

rtun

ities

out

side

Iraq

for

som

e 3,

200

resid

ents

of t

he

Cam

p. S

o fa

r, th

e in

tern

ation

al c

omm

unity

has

man

aged

to se

cure

the

relo

catio

n to

third

cou

ntrie

s of

311

resid

ents

, cle

arly

dem

onst

ratin

g th

at m

ore

relo

catio

n pl

aces

are

urg

ently

nee

ded.

88. E

U st

rong

ly c

onde

mns

‘bru

tal’

attac

k on

Iran

ian

refu

gees

in C

amp

Libe

rty

Stat

emen

t by

the

spo

kesp

erso

n of

EU

Hig

h Re

pres

enta

tive

Cath

erin

e As

hton

on

the

killi

ng o

f re

siden

ts a

t Ca

mp

Hurr

iya

(Cam

p lib

erty

) - D

ec 2

8, 2

013:

“Th

e Hi

gh R

epre

sent

ative

con

dem

ns in

th

e st

rong

est t

erm

s the

rock

et a

ttack

at C

amp

Hurr

iya

on 2

6 De

cem

ber,

whi

ch a

ccor

ding

to v

ario

us

repo

rts

clai

med

the

live

s of

sev

eral

cam

p re

siden

ts,

the

third

suc

h att

ack

in 2

013.

Her

sin

cere

co

ndol

ence

s go

out t

o th

e fa

mili

es o

f the

vic

tims a

nd sh

e ex

tend

s her

wish

es fo

r a sp

eedy

reco

very

to

thos

e w

ho w

ere

inju

red

in th

is att

ack…

.“T

he E

U o

nce

mor

e in

vite

s all

parti

es to

faci

litat

e th

e w

ork

of th

e U

nite

d N

ation

s Hig

h Co

mm

issio

ner

for R

efug

ees i

n th

e re

loca

tion

of a

ll Ca

mp

Hurr

iya

resid

ents

to a

per

man

ent a

nd sa

fe lo

catio

n ou

tsid

e of

Iraq

as s

oon

as p

ossib

le.”

89. A

mne

sty

Inte

rnati

onal

stro

ngly

con

dem

ns A

ttack

on

Cam

p Li

bert

yTh

ree

Irani

an e

xile

s w

ere

kille

d an

d at

leas

t 70

oth

ers,

all

mem

bers

of t

he P

eopl

e’s

Moj

ahed

een

Org

aniza

tion

of Ir

an (P

MO

I), w

ere

wou

nded

on

26 D

ecem

ber 2

013

whe

n Ca

mp

Libe

rty

in B

aghd

ad

was

atta

cked

with

rock

ets

and

mor

tars

. On

the

nigh

t of t

he 2

6 De

cem

ber t

hree

men

, Moh

amm

ad

Java

d Sa

leh

Tehr

ani,

Mah

mou

d Bo

rnaf

ar a

nd A

bbas

Nam

var,

wer

e ki

lled

and

at le

ast

70 o

ther

s in

jure

d du

ring

targ

eted

rock

et a

nd m

orta

r atta

cks o

f Cam

p Li

bert

y in

Bag

hdad

. At l

east

300

0 pe

ople

, al

l mem

bers

of t

he P

eopl

e’s

Moj

ahed

een

Org

aniza

tion

of Ir

an (P

MO

I), a

n Ira

nian

opp

ositi

on g

roup

ar

e liv

ing

in C

amp

Libe

rty.

...

Amne

sty

Inte

rnati

onal

str

ongl

y co

ndem

ns t

his

four

th a

nd la

test

atta

ck o

n Ca

mp

Libe

rty

and

calls

on

the

Inte

rnati

onal

com

mun

ity to

act

urg

ently

on

the

case

s th

at h

ave

alre

ady

been

sub

mitt

ed fo

r re

sett

lem

ent.

EU: F

acilit

ate

relo

catio

n of

all

Cam

p Hu

rriya

re

siden

ts to

a

perm

anen

t and

sa

fe lo

catio

n ou

tside

of I

raq

as

soon

as p

ossib

le

Cle

arly

mor

e

relo

catio

n pl

aces

are

ur

gent

ly

need

ed.

Miss

ile A

ttack

- De

cem

ber 2

6, 2

013

Wor

ldw

ide

Reac

tion

90. C

hairm

an M

enen

dez s

tate

men

t on

the

attac

k on

Cam

p Li

bert

y

Dece

mbe

r 27,

201

3 –

U.S.

Sen

. Rob

ert M

enen

dez (

D-N

.J.),

Chai

rman

of t

he S

enat

e Fo

reig

n Re

latio

ns

Com

mitt

ee, i

ssue

d th

is st

atem

ent f

ollo

win

g th

e att

ack

on C

amp

Libe

rty.

“The

mos

t re

cent

atta

ck o

n Ca

mp

Libe

rty

is de

plor

able

, de

man

ds s

wift

con

dem

natio

n, a

nd

requ

ires

conti

nued

vig

ilanc

e fr

om th

e Go

vern

men

t of I

raq

to s

top

attac

ks a

gain

st m

embe

rs o

f the

M

ujah

edin

-e K

halq

(M

eK)

whi

le t

hey

rem

ain

in Ir

aq…

. The

re is

an

urge

nt n

eed

to s

peed

up

the

MeK

rese

ttle

men

t effo

rt o

utsid

e of

Iraq

in co

ordi

natio

n w

ith th

e U

nite

d N

ation

s Ass

istan

ce M

issio

n-Ira

q…. I

cal

l on

the

Oba

ma

Adm

inist

ratio

n to

dou

ble

dow

n in

its

effor

ts to

sup

port

and

acc

eler

ate

the

rese

ttle

men

t pro

cess

….”

91. C

ongr

essw

oman

Ros

-Leh

tinen

: U

N m

ust

take

ste

ps n

eces

sary

to

prot

ect

Irani

an r

efug

ees

in

Cam

p Li

bert

y

“Thi

s lat

est a

ttack

is th

e fo

urth

of i

ts k

ind

on C

amp

Libe

rty

this

year

, and

thos

e re

spon

sible

mus

t be

swift

ly b

roug

ht to

justi

ce…

. Bot

h th

e U

N a

nd th

e Ira

qi g

over

nmen

t mus

t tak

e th

e st

eps

nece

ssar

y to

pro

tect

the

resid

ents

of C

amp

Libe

rty

and

Cam

p As

hraf

unti

l the

y ca

n be

saf

ely

relo

cate

d. T

his

incl

udes

the

inst

alla

tion

of t-

wal

ls an

d ot

her m

easu

res

that

can

be

done

to m

ake

the

Cam

ps m

ore

secu

re. L

ast m

onth

I pr

esse

d Se

cret

ary

Kerr

y to

use

the

full

leve

rage

of t

he S

tate

Dep

artm

ent a

nd

the

Adm

inist

ratio

n to

pre

ss th

e Ira

qi g

over

nmen

t’s sw

ift a

ction

on

this

inst

alla

tion,

and

will

conti

nue

to d

o so

unti

l the

se re

siden

ts a

re su

ffici

ently

pro

tect

ed.”

92. C

ongr

essm

an P

oe: U

.S. m

ust e

nsur

e sa

fety

and

secu

rity

of Ir

ania

ns in

Cam

p Li

bert

y, Ir

aq

“Tod

ay, C

amp

Libe

rty

in Ir

aq o

nce

agai

n ca

me

unde

r att

ack

whe

n do

zens

of m

issile

s ra

ined

dow

n ov

er th

e ca

mp…

. Thi

s is t

he fo

urth

miss

ile a

ttack

on

Cam

p Li

bert

y in

201

3, y

et n

o on

e ha

s bee

n he

ld

acco

unta

ble.

“It i

s tim

e fo

r the

Uni

ted

Stat

es d

eman

d ac

tion

from

Prim

e M

inist

er M

alik

i. W

e sh

ould

imm

edia

tely

fr

eeze

aid

to Ir

aq u

ntil h

e fin

ds a

nd p

unish

es th

e cr

imin

als r

espo

nsib

le fo

r the

se a

ttack

s. P

erha

ps th

e Ad

min

istra

tion

shou

ld sp

end

less

tim

e tr

ying

to a

ppea

se Ir

an a

nd m

ore

time

wor

king

to e

nsur

e th

e sa

fety

and

secu

rity

of th

e Ira

nian

free

dom

figh

ters

resid

ing

in C

amp

Libe

rty.”

Miss

ile A

ttack

- De

cem

ber 2

6, 2

013

Wor

ldw

ide

Reac

tion

Sen.

Men

ende

z:Th

ere

is an

urg

ent

need

to sp

eed

up th

e M

eK

rese

ttlem

ent e

ffort

outsi

de o

f Ira

q

Rep.

Poe

:U.

S. m

ust e

nsur

e sa

fety

and

secu

rity

of Ir

ania

ns in

C

amp

Liber

ty

Rep.

Ros

-Leh

tinen

: At

tack

und

ersc

ores

ne

ed fo

r ad

min

istra

tion

to p

ush

Iraqi

go

vern

men

t and

UN

to d

o m

ore

for

resid

ents’

pro

tect

ion

93. J

anua

ry 5

, 201

4 - U

.N. S

ecre

tary

-Gen

eral

Ban

Ki-m

oon

has n

amed

form

er D

eput

y U.

S. S

ecre

tary

of

Hom

elan

d Se

curit

y Ja

ne H

oll L

ute

as h

is sp

ecia

l adv

iser t

o he

lp w

ith th

e re

loca

tion

of a

gro

up o

f Ira

nian

diss

iden

ts in

Iraq

to n

ew c

ount

ries,

the

U.N

. sai

d on

Sun

day.

“Ms.

Hol

l Lut

e w

ill w

ork

with

a w

ide

rang

e of

stak

ehol

ders

, in

parti

cula

r Mem

ber S

tate

s, w

ith a

vie

w

to fa

cilit

ating

the

relo

catio

n of

resid

ents

of C

amp

Hurr

iya

outs

ide

of Ir

aq,”

the

U.N

. pre

ss o

ffice

said

in

a st

atem

ent.

Janu

ary

2014

Org

aniza

tion

of

Irani

an-A

mer

ican

Com

mun

ities

(O

IAC

) re

pres

ents

the

netw

ork

of m

ore

than

40

grou

ps,

socie

ties,

unio

ns, a

nd a

ssocia

tions

of I

rani

an-A

mer

icans

thro

ugho

ut th

e U

nite

s Sta

tes.

OIA

C a

dvoc

ates

dem

ocra

tic ch

ange

in Ir

an a

nd

upho

lds t

he ri

ch h

erita

ge o

f the

Iran

ian cu

lture

.

Flee

ing f

rom

the b

arba

ric th

eocr

acy i

n th

eir h

omela

nd, I

rani

an-

Amer

icans

have

succ

essfu

lly es

tabl

ished

them

selve

s in t

he U

nite

d St

ates

, enj

oyin

g pro

fessio

nal,

scien

tific,

and

finan

cial p

rosp

erity

. Ira

nian

-Am

erica

ns h

ave

bene

fited

from

long

held

virt

ues t

hat

have

bee

n en

abler

s of

their

suc

cess

in A

mer

ica a

nd m

otiva

te

their

cont

inue

d in

tere

st in

their

hom

eland

’s di

spos

ition

.

Ove

r a h

undr

ed ye

ars a

go, I

rani

ans o

rche

strat

ed w

hat u

ltim

ately

de

velo

ped

into

a co

nstit

utio

nal r

evol

utio

n. Th

e lat

ter p

rovid

ed

for

the

begi

nnin

g of

a d

emoc

ratic

fram

ewor

k, m

ore

equa

lity

for w

omen

, and

nat

iona

l sov

ereig

nty.

In 1

953,

Iran

ian p

eopl

e ag

ain r

ebell

ed a

gain

st fo

reig

n in

terv

entio

n an

d co

rrupt

ion

thro

ugh

dem

ocra

tic e

lectio

ns,

leade

rship

of

form

er P

rime

Min

ister

Moh

amm

ad M

ossa

degh

, and

a de

moc

ratic

ally e

lecte

d pa

rliam

ent.

Som

e 30

yea

rs lat

er, w

ith t

he 1

979

revo

lutio

n,

the

peop

le of

Iran

onc

e m

ore

rejec

ted

dict

ator

ship

– th

is wa

s a

dem

ocra

ticall

y in

spire

d re

volu

tion

that

was

unf

ortu

nate

ly

hijac

ked

by th

e cur

rent

cler

ical d

ictat

ors i

n Ira

n.

Embr

acin

g an

d str

uggli

ng fo

r dem

ocra

cy is

ther

efore

a na

tura

l ph

enom

enon

for

all

Irani

ans.

Irani

an p

eopl

e an

d Ira

nian

-Am

erica

n ali

ke d

eepl

y co

vet d

emoc

ratic

valu

es. W

e ha

ve lo

ng

supp

orte

d se

para

tion

of r

eligi

on f

rom

sta

te;

socie

tal

choi

ce

thro

ugh d

emoc

ratic

elec

tions

; res

pect

for h

uman

righ

ts; fr

eedo

m

of r

eligi

on a

nd a

ssem

bly;

and

the

U.N

. cha

rter.

Acco

rdin

gly,

activ

ism fo

r fre

edom

and

dem

ocra

cy in

Iran

has

bee

n a c

entra

l co

mpo

nent

of o

ur co

mm

unity

’s lif

e in

exile

.

We

foste

r co

llabo

ratio

n wi

th

all

Irani

an-A

mer

icans

an

d co

ncer

ned

citize

ns a

cros

s the

cou

ntry

to a

dvan

ce th

e un

iversa

l rig

hts

of m

an, i

nclu

ding

bas

ic re

spec

t fo

r hu

man

rig

hts

and

the

rule

of la

w. In

this

cont

ext,

we c

ente

r our

effo

rts o

n 2

key

prin

ciples

:

In se

ekin

g an

alte

rnat

ive to

the r

eligi

ous f

ascis

m n

ow en

gulfi

ng

Iran

and

the

regi

on, w

e ba

ck a

pol

itica

l/soc

ial p

latfo

rm t

hat

allow

s for

self-

dete

rmin

atio

n th

roug

h de

moc

ratic

elec

tions

by

& fo

r the

peo

ple o

f Ira

n.

No

versi

on, f

orm

, or f

actio

n of

the

curre

nt re

gim

e re

pres

ents

the I

rani

an p

eopl

e or t

heir

dem

ocra

tic as

pira

tions

. The c

urre

nt

regi

me m

ust t

here

fore

be r

eplac

ed in

its e

ntire

ty: b

y th

e peo

ple

of Ir

an an

d th

eir o

rgan

ized

resis

tanc

e.

Abou

t Us

Supp

ortin

g th

e th

ird o

ptio

n fo

r a

dem

ocra

tic, s

ecul

ar a

nd

non-

nucl

ear r

epub

lic in

Iran

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aniz

atio

n of

Ira

nian

Am

eric

an C

omm

unit

ies (

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C)

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nsyl

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