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Wednesday 28 October 2015After Iran nuke deal, US must keep its word
Iran Focus London, 27 Oct – Following text is Iranian human rights activists Nasrin Kafi’s article published in The Hill on Monday: With the Iran nuclear agreement concluded, the world will logically turn its attention to potential cheating and misconduct by Tehran. But western countries, and especially the U.S., must also end their silence over the abysmal human rights violations by the regime both inside Iran and in the region. The American administration has been widely criticized for failing to negotiate the release of American hostages held in Iran. They include an American pastor, a former Marine and a journalist. Washington claimed that this was a separate issue from the nuclear deal. But what’s the excuse now? And for me, as someone who has been directly affected by the repressive and misogynist nature of the Iranian regime, the issue is even more personal. For months, nearly 2,500 Iranian political refugees residing in Camp Liberty, Iraq, including my own mother Pouran, whom I have not seen for years, have been subjected to frequent blockades. The Iraqi government, acting at the behest of post-nuclear deal emboldened Tehran, has on many occasions prevented the entry of food, fuel and Back in 2004, residents of Camp Liberty, members of Iran's main opposition, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), were formally recognized as "Protected Persons" under the For years, I have been living with the constant fear for the safety of my mother. Since 2009, when U.S. forces turned over the protection of the residents to the Iraqi In 2011, at least 36 residents were killed and hundreds wounded in a deadly attack that was described by then-Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John That is why the Senate Armed Services Committee convened a hearing to address this matter earlier this month. “The U.S. government and military made a commitment to Camp Liberty residents have been fighting for freedom and democracy in Iran for the past 36 years. For decades, Tehran’s mullahs have seen them as an existential During the Senate hearing, former Obama administration National Security Advisor General James Jones called it America’s “chief duty” to “find the legal means and the Former Senator Joe Lieberman added, “These people are our friends. They have quite literally provided extraordinarily important intelligence to American forces in I am grateful that my senator, Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), has spoken in favor of the Iranian dissidents residing in Camp Liberty, But because the recent nuclear deal may have emboldened the Iranian regime to move more quickly and decisively to annihilate its opponents both inside Iran and also The U.S. has a special moral and legal obligation to the residents to protect their lives. The Secretary of State should take immediate action to press Baghdad to end its Tehran-inspired inhumane siege of Camp Liberty. The Secretary should specifically intervene to press Baghdad to ensure that the residents are properly protected and that they are not subjected to similar blockades in the future, otherwise, the Iraqi Government should not expect to receive the American aid it has received at the taxpayers’ expense. |