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February 28, 2012

JTA: Pro-Israel Voices Joining Bid to Get Iranian Dissident Group Off U.S. Terror List

JTA: Pro-Israel Voices Joining Bid to Get Iranian Dissident Group Off U.S. Terror List

By: Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

 

“Iranians by and large have no love for this regime,” said Jamal Abdi, policy director for the National Iranian American Council, a group that favors diplomatic outreach as a means of defusing tensions with Iran. “The one group they despise more is the MEK, and the one group that can unite people in the regime’s favor is the MEK, so what the government of Iran has done is label all opponents as affiliated with MEK.” De-listing MEK would play into that narrative, he said, and “undermines support” for democracy groups in Iran.

 

 

 

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