In Iraq, As Camp Ashraf Heat Up, Hospitalizations & Hoping for the Best?

Aug 27, 2012- Published by Inner City Press

UNITED NATIONS, August 27 -- Things are overheating, literally, in the move in Iraq from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty. 

  Earlier today, after Ashrafis say they were left to wait three hours in temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, violence broke out. Photos of beaten Ashrafis, including an older man bleeding from the head, have been sent to Inner City Press.

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Iran, UN nuclear watchdog meeting fails

Aug 24, 2012- Published by AFP

The UN atomic watchdog said that "intensive" talks Friday with Iran had failed, with no plans for a follow-up meeting to persuade Tehran to address suspected evidence of nuclear weapons research.

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Camp for refugees in Iraq ‘worse than a prison’

Aug 21, 2012- Published by The Washington Times

The top U.N. official in Iraq directed his staff to cover up the prisonlike conditions of a relocation camp for Iranian dissidents in reports to the world body, said a former U.N. official who has resigned in protest.

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Iranian Man at Risk of Execution

Aug 18, 2012- Published by Amnesty International

An Iranian man, Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, is scheduled to be executed on 10 September, on the charge of “enmity against God” (moharebeh) for his alleged support of a banned Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI).

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Iran's government criticized over earthquake response

Aug 13, 2012- Published by Csmonitor

Iran's government faced criticism from lawmakers and the public on Monday over its handling of relief efforts after two large earthquakes killed 300 people and injured thousands in the northwest of the country.

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