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March 19, 2012
Rethink MEK terror designation

The Washington Times  The timing of the Treasury Department investigation into speeches allegedly given by a top Democrat for the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) is highly suspect (“Top Democrat’s speeches for terrorist group probed,” Web, March 9). 

 Aug 10, 2011
The clock is ticking

St. Louis Post Dispatch  As U.S. troops prepare to leave Iraq by the end of this year, a humanitarian crisis is emerging that has a real chance of tarnishing President Obama's legacy. 

June 28, 2011
Iranians are seeking democracy — and support

St. Louis Post Dispatch 
As protests for democracy and human rights continue in the Middle East, the world has not forgotten that the Iranian people also staged nationwide uprisings beginning in June 2009.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 1:15 p.m.

Time is short for refugees in Iraqi camp

By KASRA NEJAT 

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri-al-Maliki’s Dec. 12 meeting with President Barack Obama would have been a good time to pause for a moment and think about the country and the war that preoccupied much of our attention in the first decade of this century.  

Sunday, August 21, 2011, 2 a.m.
U.S. is enabling persecution in Iraq

BY KASRA NEJAT

As U.S. troops prepare to leave Iraq by the end of this year, a humanitarian crisis is emerging that has a real chance of tarnishing President Barack Obama’s legacy. More than 3,400 Iranian dissidents who live in Camp Ashraf in Iraq face growing threats from a pro-Tehran Iraqi government bent on destroying them. That has been understandably worrisome for Iranian-Americans all over the United States, but the repercussions of their fate should be an issue of concern to all of us.
 

Sunday, June 26, 2011, 2 a.m.

U.S. policy toward Iran is stagnant

BY KASRA NEJAT

As protests for democracy and human rights continue in the Middle East, the world has not forgotten that for the past two years, beginning in June 2009, the Iranian people also staged nationwide uprisings. In February and March this year, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Iran once again, demanding democracy and an end to the regime.

Friday, September 24, 2010, 2 p.m.

Missouri group joined in protest.

By CATHERINE MARTIN

As Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to make controversial comments during his visit to the United States, some local Iranian Americans decided to make a statement of their own. 
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Sunday, July 12, 2009, 6 a.m.

The Will of Iran’s people is clear

BY KASRA NEJAT

After the June 12 elections, the Iranian people took to the streets to protest the disputed presidential contest despite the Iranian government’s violent response.