After a new round of talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany, there might be some relief on the international stage. But such optimism could very well be misplaced. No discernible substantive issue was discussed. Although further talks will be held in Baghdad in May, as according … »

Another tragic political execution is regrettably imminent in Tehran, where the mullahs have already murdered 120,000 members and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the main opposition movement. This time the potential victim is 44-year-old Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, who has dual Canadian-Iranian nationality. Hamid returned to Iran from Canada in May 2008 to … »

Following the Conference on Syria in Istanbul on 1 April, U.S. Secretary of State Clinton said: “With respect to the role that Iran is playing inside Syria, it’s deeply troubling. And I think it’s important to underscore that when I travel in the region – there are three concerns that countries have about Iran. The … »

PARIS, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — In a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State on her visit to Paris to attend the international conference on the Syrian crisis, the French Committee for a Democratic Iran (CFID) urged Secretary Hillary Clinton to intervene personally to ensure the rights of Iranian dissidents in Camp … »