Senator Roy Blunt Opens Panel Where Senior Former Military, State Department, and Judiciary Officials Slam Claim Iranian Dissident Camp Could Hold Weapons, Call for Delisting the Group
Reuters:WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012

In a Senate briefing, former US Military officials and lawmakers sharply rejected an argument by Justice Department attorney in US federal court of appeals that the delay in making a decision on removing Iran's main opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK) from the U.S. terror list was because the State Department was unsure whether there were any weapons at the Camp Ashraf, Iraq, home to 3,400 members of the group and that the U.S. had not been permitted to search the Camp. 

Why should we care about fate of Iranian dissidents in Iraq?
 May 4, 2012.Scoop Independent News- Jens Christian Lund The fate of a group of Iranian dissidents in Iraq may seem trivial compared to the big issues on stage in the Middle East and other areas of the world.Since I became member of the Danish Parliament, I have tried to follow the situation in Iran and the people from Iran living outside the country.

Iran plot to kill Saudi envoy in Cairo foiled: reports
TUESDAY, 01 MAY 2012 AFP: Egyptian security services foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Cairo several months ago, the legal advisor of the kingdom's embassy said in local dailies on Tuesday.

No death camps for Iranian dissidents
Monday, April 30, 2012  Removing refugee group from U.S. terrorist list is important step - By Lord David Waddington  
When Elie Wiesel speaks, people listen. He speaks softly and chooses his words carefully. In 1986, when this survivor of Hitler's death camp at Buchenwald was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, he was cited as a "messenger to mankind" whose message has always been one of peace and human dignity.

Why the World Should Care About the Fate of Iranian Dissidents in Iraq
April 28, 2012 "HUFF POST � By: Lord Carlile of Berriew, CBE, FRSA, QC  
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 to credible Reuter reporting, the two sides are poles apart As meetings go, 'constructive' would be an extremely generous description. Now for the reality test: what happens next, if anything?

12 Christians in Iran await verdicts after Easter Sunday apostasy trial
APRIL 11, 2012 Fox News: Twelve Christians stood trial Easter Sunday in Iran, where they were called "apostates" in a courtroom and tried on multiple charges, according to sources close to Iran�s Christian community. 

US Senate urges Iran to free Bahai leaders
FRIDAY, 30 MARCH 2012 : The US Senate is urging Iran to free jailed leaders of the Bahai faith and recommending sanctions against officials in the Islamic Republic over treatment of the religion's followers.

'Alarming' surge in executions, says Amnesty
MARCH 27, 2012 BBC: Amnesty International says there was a surge in the number of executions carried out worldwide in 2011, mainly centered in the Middle East.

U.S. Accuses Iranians of Plotting to Kill Saudi Envoy
October 11, 2011 The New York Times - By J. DAVID GOODMAN  Federal authorities foiled a plot by men linked to the Iranian government to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States and to bomb the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a news conference on Tuesday. The men accused of plotting the attacks were Manssor Arbab Arbabsiar and Gholam Shakuri, according to court documents filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York. The Justice Department said men are originally from Iran. There is "no basis to believe that any other co-conspirators are present in the U.S.," Mr. Holder said.

Senators Press Obama on Iran's Central Bank
August 8, 2011 WALL STREET JOURNAL  By JAY SOLOMON 
WASHINGTON More than 90 U.S. senators signed a letter to President Barack Obama pressing him to sanction Iran's central bank, with some threatening legislation to force the move, an outcome that would represent a stark escalation in tensions between the two countries. Such a measure, if effectively implemented, could potentially freeze Iran out of the global financial system and make it nearly impossible for Tehran to clear billions of dollars in oil sales every month, said current and former U.S. officials.