Ex- Iranian Political Prisoner: MEK is the Litmus Test for US State Department

By Mahin Saremi

I have recently escaped the mullahs' dungeons to Europe, in search of Justice on behalf of political prisoners and their families. My husband, Ali Saremi was accused of being a supporter of the MEK, laying flowers on the grave of the Great National Leader Dr.Moassadegh, participating in ceremonies of mourning over the graves of 30,000 supporters of MEK and activists massacred by Khomeini, and the last and the most important; visiting my son at Camp Ashraf

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Pictures of the Great Ashraf 18 June gathering villepint with Maryam Rajavi in support of Ashraf

Paris / Villepinte Conference on protection of Ashraf with Maryam Rajavi

Maryam Rajavi at Villepinte Gathering to protect Ashraf, 18June2011, with Mahin Saremi, political prisoner who had escaped Iran to Paris to declare support of Iranian political activists with the PMOI. At the memorial, Mayors representing 5000 French and Belgian and Italian Mayors gathered to declare support for Mrs. Rajavi in her quest to fight for Iranian people's right to Freedom and Democracy .

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Congressman Ted Poe - Message of solidarity with Camp Ashraf 2011

Ashraf maryam Rajavi, Paris,Ashraf 18 June 2011

Ashraf 18 June Gathering for protection of Camp Ashraf

Ashraf 18 June Great gathering -Paris Villepinte :Live streaming on Twitter

We shall try to live stream the Ashraf-Paris Great Gathering in Villepinte, 18 June  on twitter.
Our account on twitter is :

http://twitter.com/#!/Ashraf18June

A live online Stream of Ashraf 18 June Villepinte Event on :

A live VNR of Saturday's event will be available to broadcasters . The time will be announced later. (European Central Time).  There will be no cost and re distribution is allowed without any restrictions.  

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Majority of parliamentarians in Malta call for protection of Ashraf .

On 8 April 2011, some 2,500 Iraqi armed forces attacked the defenseless and unarmed Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf on orders issued by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and at the behest of the Iranian regime. This brutal attack resulted in the murder of 35 residents, including 8 women, and 350 others being wounded. A number of Ashraf residents were crushed to death by armored vehicles.

California congressman: I was not kicked out of Iraq! .

THE HILL  - By The Hill Staff - 06/13/11

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) is pushing back against reports that he was ordered to leave Iraq over the weekend

Rohrabacher, who was visiting the Middle East with other lawmakers, reportedly called for Baghdad to repay the U.S. for some of the money spent since the 2003 invasion. And that didn’t go over so well.


“We called the U.S. Embassy [Friday], and we told them to ask the congressmen to leave Iraq,” government spokesman Ali al Dabbagh said, according to an article posted on myfoxorlando.com. “We don’t want them here. What they said was inappropriate.”
In a statement, Rohrabacher denied he and his colleagues were expelled: “There was no change in our scheduling while we were in Iraq. Our itinerary remained exactly the same and we departed as scheduled. We were not officially told to leave the country before we left and were never told or warned not to come back.”
Other members who were on the trip included Reps. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.), Ted Poe (R-Texas), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Jim Costa (D-Calif.), according to CNN.
Rohrabacher noted in his release that he will be holding a hearing “into the April 8 massacre at Camp Ashraf in eastern Iraq where 35 unarmed civilians were killed and scores more injured during an attack by Iraqi soldiers.”
He added that his request for access to the site was denied by the State Department and the Iraqi government.

Majority of parliamentarians in Iceland call for supporting the Iranian resistance and protection of Ashraf .

– A majority of the members of Parliament in Iceland have called for the protection of Camp Ashraf and support for the Iranian Resistance. Below is the translated text of the declaration: • The waves of change have overtaken the Middle East and North Africa, including Iran, and popular uprisings against the religious dictatorship, which is the main obstacle to peace, stability and democratic progress, are still continuing;

US ambassador: Investigations will continue about Camp Ashraf incidents .

Following the release of a statement by a visiting US congressional delegation to Iraq, al-Hurra TV reported that the US ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, has announced, “Investigations about the incidents in Camp Ashraf will continue and the Iraqi government, security forces and the residents of this camp must cooperate to complete the investigations.”

We had a frank and spirited discussion about the Camp Ashraf massacre by Iraqi troops: Rohrabacher .

PRESS STATEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE REALESE
June 11, 2011

 Rohrabacher Statement on Baghdad Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister
CODEL not officially expelled from Iraq
(Istanbul, Turkey)- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) issued the following statement on his recent meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki while in Baghdad as part of an official Congressional delegation:

“We had a frank and spirited discussion about the Camp Ashraf massacre by Iraqi troops,” said Rohrabacher. “There was never any indication the Prime Minister  was angered  by having this discussion  or the during  the portion of the conversation about the  current economic situation in the U.S., which lead to the suggestion of repayment by the Iraqis.
The meeting was originally scheduled for an hour but continued for an extra 40 minutes.

Majority of parliamentarians in Italy call for supporting the Iranian resistance, people’s uprisings, and protection of Ashraf .

A majority of the members of Parliament in Italy have called for the protection of Camp Ashraf and support for the Iranian Resistance and the Iranian people’s uprisings. Below is the translated text of the declaration:
• In view of the Iranian people’s extensive nationwide uprisings against the religious fascism and their brave resistance against violence and state repression;

• In view of the widespread arrests, rising political executions, including the execution of family members of the residents of Camp Ashraf, who are the source of the Iranian people’s hopes;

Aswat Al Iraq / Politics , Baghdad Al-Iraqiya Leader attacks Prime Minister Maliki, charging him with hypocrisy and deception

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Chairman of al-Iraqiya Coalition, Iyad Allawi, has launched a strong attack against Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, charging him with lying, hypocrisy, deception and depending on the foreigner and Iran to become prime minister.

“He (Maliki) has forgotten that he was and still is holding the position of defense, interior, national security ministers and the intelligence chairman, and had depended on the foreigner and was supported by Iran to become prime minister,” Allawi said in a televised interview on Friday.

Congressman Ted Poes Staetment: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DENIED ACCESS TO CAMP ASHRAF

Press Release 

Washington, Jun 10 -

 Today, Congressman Poe visited Iraq to visit U.S. troops and meet with Iraqi officials. Congressman Poe and other Members of Congress attempted to visit Camp Ashraf where they were turned away by the Iraqi government. Congressman Poe issued the following statement in response:
“I am deeply disappointed that Members of Congress were denied access to Camp Ashraf by the Iraqi government.  Earlier in the day, we had the opportunity to meet with Prime Minister Al-Maliki for nearly two hours and heard his candid position on this complex issue. These discussions were important and productive. However, it was also important to be able to hear the position of the residents of Camp Ashraf in order to get a fair assessment from both sides of what really occurred that day. We were not allowed to hear their side of the story. It is unacceptable for the Government of Iraq to continue to silence the Iranian freedom fighters at Camp Ashraf.”
On April 8, 2500 Iraqi forces attacked unarmed Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf. 35 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in these attacks. The international community has not been allowed access to the Camp. Members of the European Parliament were also denied access to Camp Ashraf when they visited Iraq at the end of April.

Ashraf:US lawmakers: US lawmakers visiting Baghdad say Maliki refuses to allow visit to Ashraf .

The Iraqi government has refused to allow a visiting delegation of US members of Congress to visit Camp Ashraf in order to discover facts about the killing of dozens of the camp’s residents, according to al-Hurra TV.
Al-Sumariya also reported that the US delegation criticized the Iraqi government’s decision to prevent the delegation from visiting Camp Ashraf.

 According to Iraqi news reports, a high-ranking bipartisan delegation from the foreign affairs committee of the US Congress visiting Iraq led by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., who chairs the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, revealed at a press conference that the Nouri al-Maliki government refuses to allow an investigation visit to Ashraf.

Egyptian party supports protection of Camp Ashraf

Egypt’s al-Majd al-Dastouri party has released a declaration on Camp Ashraf supported by all of the party’s circles and branches in 16 provinces in Egypt and including close to a million members.

The declaration says, “We condemn all of the crimes, killings and anti-democratic treatment by the Iraqi forces and the Iranian regime’s agents in relation to the suppression of freedoms and rights of Ashraf residents.”

47th day sit-in , Geneva, for Camp Ashraf

U.S.-Iran Policy: P.J. Crowley, Stuart Eizenstat and Nancy Soderberg, Join Former Republican Officials in Urging President Obama To Support a "Persian Spring": HRDI Symposium .

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Several former U.S. Government officials spoke to the need for the Obama Administration to focus more on the Persian Spring as the administration is calibrating its new Middle East initiative to adapt to the realities in the region, during a symposium in Washington, DC, entitled "New U.S. Middle East Initiative and the Policy on Iran," organized by Human Rights and Democracy International.