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August 27, 2011

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Trita Parsi: Who won Libya? – Salon.com

The Libya experience pointedly shows the fallacy of the neoconservative thesis that talking to your enemies strengthens and legitimizes them.
Delisting MEK would be a disaster for U.S. national security and the Iranian pro-democracy movement – NIAC Press Release

MEK held a rally today in front of the State Department to take the group of the terror list.

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Why are U.S. political and diplomatic figures endorsing a terror group? – Houston Chronicle Editorial

Prominent Americans should not be accepting payments and supporting a group that has shed American blood in the past and has no viable support inside Iran. We urge Secretary Clinton to keep the MEK on the terrorist roster.

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Iranian Exile Group Lobbies To Get Off Terrorist List – NPR All Things Considered

"This organization is not a friend of the United States and it never has been. Even though their tactics have changed, they now smile sweetly on us and others, their basic strategy and leadership has not changed at all," Hunter says.

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Goodbye Oral-B: An Iranian Woman's Struggle with Sanctions – Tehran Bureau

Sanctions mean no more Oral-B toothbrushes, dental floss, or mouthwash. Sanctions mean no more Crest toothpaste. Sanctions mean I have to buy a Chinese toothbrush that is more suitable for use on your nails — the bristles on these brushes make your gums bleed.

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September 23, 2011

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United4Iran Calls on Khamenei to release Mousavi, Karroubi and all political prisoners United4Iran calls on Ayatollah Khamenei to halt all politically motivated arrests that aim to suppress the peaceful expression of ideas, and to unconditionally release all political prisoners, including leading opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.

September 21, 2011

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Reza Marashi: Diplomats — Not Just Journalists — Should Raise Human Rights With Ahmadinejad In the run-up to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s annual UN pilgrimage, there have been a litany of useful op-eds with advice to journalists on what to ask the pugnacious president. But the real people who should address Iran's human rights abuses with Ahmadinejad […]