The lawmakers say in a letter that the People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran [PMOI/MEK] “has clearly demonstrated” it is a friend of the West and an enemy of religious fundamentalism.
The lawmakers say in a letter that the People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran [PMOI/MEK] “has clearly demonstrated” it is a friend of the West and an enemy of religious fundamentalism.
The Mujahedeen were placed on Washington’s of banned organizations in 1997 in an apparent effort by Washington to appease Tehran’s theocratic government.
The European Union also banned the group, but removed it from the terrorist list in January after a string of court decisions in the group’s favor.
The European Parliament, elected by the EU’s 375 million eligible voters, has 785 members.
Photo: Thousands of supporters of the Iranian resistance demonstrated on January 27, 2009 during a rally in front of the European Union council headquarters in Brussels. The rally came one day after the EU Foreign Ministers decided to remove People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from the EU terrorist list. The European Union on 26 January 2009 removed PMOI, from its blacklist, bringing an end to a long legal battle.