Iranian dissidents call for regime change

July 13, 2016-- Published  on washingtontimes.com

LE BOURGET, France — Tens of thousands of supporters of a dissident Iranian opposition group filled a vast convention hall here over the weekend to call for the downfall of Iran’s theocratic government.

The massive and boisterous event, which occurs annually in this town just north of Paris, was led by the controversial National Council of Resistance of Iran, a France-based umbrella group for Iranian exiles that brought dozens of former U.S., European and Middle Eastern officials together to speak out on its behalf.

A bipartisan clutch of Americans, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, former FBI Director Louis Freeh and a host of others was on hand.

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One Year After Nuclear Deal, Senior US Figures to Attend Paris Rally For a ‘Free Iran’

July 1, 2016-- Published  on cnsnews.com

(CNSNews.com) – A group of prominent American figures, Republican and Democrat, are planning to make their way to Paris next weekend for what has become an annual show of strength for a major – and controversial – movement dedicated to the downfall of the regime in Tehran.

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GOP Lawmaker: Securing Iranian Dissidents in Iraq Will Allow US to ‘Reclaim Some of Our Honor’

May 19, 2016- Published  on Cnsnews.com

Securing the safe resettlement of some 2,000 Iranian dissidents housed at Baghdad’s Camp Liberty would allow the United States to “reclaim some of our honor as a country,” Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) said Wednesday, alluding to the way the U.S.-backed, Iran-friendly Iraqi government has treated them.

“It has been a black mark on our country on several – on many occasions, when we did not stick with the people who stuck with us,” Rohrabacher said during a House Foreign Affairs Committee markup of a bipartisan resolution providing for the safety of the camp’s residents.

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US seizes thousands of Iranian weapons, including grenade launchers, in Arabian Sea

April 04, 2016- Published  on Fox News

The crew of a U.S. Navy ship stopped a massive Iranian arms shipment dead in its tracks, seizing thousands of weapons, AK-47 rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers that

likely were headed to Yemen, the Pentagon announced Monday.

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Iran's poor human rights record needs continued monitoring, activists say

March 23, 2016- Published on Los Angles Times

Even as it is being welcomed back into the international community, Iran is continuing to violate the most basic civil and political rights of its people and needs continued monitoring, advocates who are pushing for greater freedoms in the Islamic Republic contend.

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