TEHRAN (Tasnim) - A new batch document dump from the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden Archives of National Security Agency internal newsletters reveals that the NSA had a direct role in "interrogations" programs in Guantanamo at the outset of the global war on terror. The documents, released by The Intercept on Monday, also reveal that the intelligence ...

With Iran and the US at a critical point in nuclear talks, the Supreme Leaders office has attacked on another front, accusing Washington of legalized killing and torture. Ayatollah Khamaneis staff fired the volley on Twitter on Saturday afternoon, trying to link issues such as the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and women in American prisons:...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Guantanamo Bay prison guard and Marine Staff Sergeant Joseph Hickman explained in details what makes him believe three problematic detainees were killed at CIA black site in Guantanamo and their death was covered up as a triple suicide. Hickman told the Vice News that he was on duty at the notorious prison camp when the three ...

Afghans joined the global community to denounce the US Central Intelligence Agencys (CIA) use of brutal interrogation techniques on prisoners as cited in a report presented to the American Senate on Tuesday. Former Afghan Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and Bagram airbase in Afghanistan also complained of torture during their days ...

[caption id="attachment_136007" align="alignright" width="205"] Former Guantanamo prisoner Moazzam Begg[/caption] A former Guantanamo Bay detainee says the use of torture by the Central Intelligence Agency at US-run prisons created the ISIL terrorist group in the Middle East. Moazzam Begg, who was detained at the prison for nearly three years, said ...

Iran and China are saying that the US is guilty of violating basically all human rights. In two separate reports, vivid examples are given on how the US breached human rights, from implementing inhumane prison standards to forcing children to work. In the first report, consisting of 30 pages, Iran exposes the US for its numerous human rights violations....

ILNA: US President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday night in his State of the Union address to use all his executive powers to push his agenda if Congress doesnt agree with his priorities. In his address before a joint session of Congress and millions of Americans watching on television, Obama put urgency behind his pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The American people are to take to the streets across the country and demand the closure of the Guantanamo prison on Saturday, the 12th anniversary of the notorious US-run prisons opening. Exactly 12 years ago, on January 11, 2002, the first prisoners were airlifted into the prison complex at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba ...

The US military says it will no longer release reports of hunger strikes staged at its notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to the public since disclosing such news is not in its interest. "JTF-Guantanamo allows detainees to peacefully protest, but will not further their protests by reporting the numbers to the public," Navy Cmdr. John Filostrat, a spokesman ...

on September 11, as the world remembered the dreadful terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, DC 12 years ago, it is time also to remember that, in its response to those attacks, the US embarked on a dangerous flight from the law that led to the use of torture and indefinite detention without charge or trial. At Guantanamo and Bagram, these ...

(Reuters) - Turmoil inYemenand the warnings of attacks that prompted the United States to shut diplomatic missions across the Middle East could hinder PresidentBarack Obama'splans to close Guantanamo Bay prison. Obama's plan to restart the repatriation of Yemeni inmates, a large group at the prison, is coming under increasing scrutiny because of the ...

Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the United States infamous Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, says prison guards have been sexually assaulting him. They flip me over for the search. Mostly, thats just an assault, sometimes a sexual assault. We call it the Gitmo massage, Aamer said during a declassified phone conversation with his lawyer. There ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration is planning to transfer two Guantanamo Bay detainees to Algeria, the first movement of terrorist suspects from the prison since the president announced a renewed push to close the contentious facility run by the U.S. military in Cuba. The White House said Friday it was starting the transfers as part of President ...

The administration of US President Barack Obama did not send a witness to a Senate hearing on closing the notorious US-run Guantanamo prison based in Cuba. A Senate Judiciary subcommittee held the Closing Guantanamo: The National Security, Fiscal, and Human Rights Implications hearing Wednesday. It was the first hearing since 2009 held to discuss ...

The Obama administration refuses to halt force-feeding of Guantanamo hunger strikers during the holy month of Ramadan and says the U.S. federal court has no jurisdiction to intervene in the matter. The Department of Justice argued Wednesday that force-feeding creates no religious problems for the Muslim prisoners during the holy month of Ramadan ...

TEHRAN, May27 (MNA) The Supreme Leader of the Revolution says those objecting to Iran election have Guantanamo prison and drones over Pakistan and Afghanistan as blemish on their face. Mehr News quoted the official website of the Supreme Leader reporting that the graduation ceremony of Imam Hussein (as) Military Academy students had been held with ...