In an interview with CNN, Dick Armey, the former US Congress majority leader, said the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran’s (PMOI) insertion in the terrorist list was “crazy” and asked for ending this designation.
Regarding options to confront the Iranian regime and its threats the CNN anchor asked Dick Armey: Is war the solution as Senator John McCain says?
Dick Armey: “No, I don’t think the American people want to hear it. I didn’t want to hear it. There are all kinds of options with respect to Iran.”
Armey pointed out to the PMOI members residing in Ashraf City as a solution for confronting the Iranian regime and said: ” One of the most obvious things is, we are protecting a group of people in a camp in northern Iraq that are Iranian dissidents. While at the same time they’re protected people under our protection, we keep them on a list of foreign organizations – terrorist organizations.”
CNN: You are talking about Mujahedeen?
Dick Armey: “Yes. And keeping them on the list is crazy. The fact of the matter is, these folks are the people that can keep us best informed of what’s going on in Iran, and they — which they already do, and they’re the people that can best inform people within Iran of the opportunities for liberty. And we keep them tied down. So, let’s get smarter about our policy.”
