NCRI - On the invitation of the largest political grouping at the European Parliament, "European People's Party and European Democrats" (EPP - ED), Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the NCRI attended its group meeting on December 12. The following is the text of her speech at the meeting:

I am delighted to be among you today. Even though this meeting had been postponed since June, I am nonetheless pleased that during this period many issues have come to light. Today, the European Court of Justice issued a verdict, annulling the "Council's Common Decision" to include the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran in the European Union's terrorist list. It also ordered the Council to compensate the PMOI for four fifth of the court costs it had incurred.

NCRI - In a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on December 12 Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the Iranian resistance welcomed the verdict by the European Court of First Instance and called on Europe to stand with the Iranian people. Here is the text of her speech:

Associated Press - Members of the Dutch Iranian Youth Organization and Association of Iranian Academics in the Netherlands demonstrate outside as Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Dutch counterpart Ben Bot meet in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, 07 Dec.

NCRI - On November 28, the representative office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in London organized a press conference at the House of Commons on the human rights situation in Iran.

Two video clips of public hangings in Qazvin and Boroujerd were shown which had taken place in recent months.

NCRI - The following is a statement by the Reporters without borders on November 28 on suppression of journalists in Iran:

Reporters without Borders, November 28 - Since ultraconservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power in June 2005 with a team consisting above all of former revolutionary guard commanders and intelligence officers, the repression of journalists in Iran has become more subtle and less visible, but it continues to be as effective as ever and to maintain Iran's position as a leading violator of free expression, Reporters Without Borders said today.