June, 2007

• 16 June

  Workers block road in protest

  NCRI – 5000 workers of Neishekar (sugar cane) factory in Haft Tapeh in Khuzestan province blocked a road and clashed with regime forces in protest to ignoring their demands. Regime’s suppressive forces attacked the workers to disperse them but were countered by resistance.

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• 16 June

  US Representatives: Listing Iranian opposition as “terrorists” is unjust

  Since the theocratic regime of Ayatollah Khomeini seized power in 1979, and under Khomeini’s successors, Iran has consistently out-maneuvered the United States and our allies through a crafty combination of diplomatic manipulation; exploitation of commercial considerations; support for terrorists and kidnappers; the use of proxy agents in Iraq, Lebanon and …

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• 16 June

  Iran forcibly deports 100,000 Afghans

  AFGHANISTAN-IRAN BORDER (AP) – Dumped at this frontier outpost alongside hundreds of weary Afghan laborers, Khalil Jalil stepped out of Iran and back into Afghanistan only days after he said Iranian authorities beat him, threw him in the trunk of a car and locked him in a detention center.

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• 16 June

  Iraqi Political Sources: Iran and Maleki are the beneficiaries of the explosion in the Holy Shrine

  On Wednesday, Almalaf website reported: Iraqi political sources believe that those who planned the destruction of the minarets of the Holy Shrine in Samarra are the ones who plan to undermine the newly formed political establishment and continue in crisis mode to remain in power.

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• 16 June

  Iran: Italian Parliament calls for implementation of the European Court ruling

  NCRI- Italian Parliament called on the Government to support the full implementation of the verdict of the European Court regarding the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI).

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• 16 June

  EU’s secretive counter-terror group to face scrutiny

  EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The EU is exploring ways to increase the accountability of an obscure “working group” called “Clearing House,” which sees EU member state secret service agents meet regularly in Brussels to share counter-terrorism intelligence.

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• 16 June

  Chechen Mujahideen replenish their ranks

  On June 8, The Chechen Committee of the National Salvation (CCNS), a Chechen human rights organization, reported that, according to their information, people in Chechnya are anticipating a serious increase in the number of rebel attacks in the near future.

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• 16 June

  NATO – Russia Seek Missile-Defense Solution

  NATO spokesman says the alliance wants U.S. missile-defense plans to be transparent to Russia. James Appathurai, speaking after the opening of the annual NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels on June 14, said all NATO ministers wanted to avoid tensions and do everything possible to allay Russian concerns.

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• 16 June

  Military operation to continue in Somalia

  In a closed-door meeting with his cabinet ministers Thursday, Somalia’s puppet prime minister Ali Mohammed Gedi said there were no casualties in the Ethiopian and Somalia troops after unknown gunmen attacked their military bases in at least three neighborhoods of the Somali capital overnight.

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• 16 June

  Hamas defies Abbas, continues to function

  The deposed Palestinian prime minister from Hamas has defied Mahmoud Abbas, the president from rival faction Fatah, calling his sacking and declaration of an emergency “hasty” and pledging that his government will continue to function.

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