First it was on December 12, 2006 in which it called on the EU countries to remove the main Iranian opposition from their terror lists and release its assets.
What has been underscored by Thursday's ruling and as Mrs. Maryam Rajavi has put in her statement, the Iranian Resistance only seeks to have free movement to stand up to the mullahs' regime to its fullest capacity which has been hamper substantially because of the unjust terror tag.
First it was on December 12, 2006 in which it called on the EU countries to remove the main Iranian opposition from their terror lists and release its assets.
What has been underscored by Thursday's ruling and as Mrs. Maryam Rajavi has put in her statement, the Iranian Resistance only seeks to have free movement to stand up to the mullahs' regime to its fullest capacity which has been hamper substantially because of the unjust terror tag.
So far, today's verdict received great media attention. BBC world service wrote," The People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran (PMOI) was put on the EU's terror blacklist in 2002, which meant the EU could bloc the group's finances.
But the Luxembourg-based Court of First Instance ruled on Thursday that the EU's decision was wrong."
AP said, "The court on Thursday ruled that the decision by EU governments to continue to freeze the group's funds was wrong in the wake of the British court ruling."
The Washington Times wrote, "A European Union court has ruled that EU governments should no longer freeze the funds of an Iranian opposition group on the bloc's terror blacklist."
The Swedish T.T. said, "The EU is mistaking in keeping the Mojahedin's assets frozen."
France 24 television said, "Since the EU terror list is updated every six months, and the court ruling refers to an EU decision in December 2007 and not the current list, the group remains on the EU terror blacklist for the time being.
But given the same court handed down a similar ruling on the group in December 2006, this latest verdict increases the pressure on the European Union to heed the court and keep the PMOI name off future lists."
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Photo:Exiled Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi gives a press conference in Rome, July 2008. A European court on Thursday annulled an EU decision to freeze the assets of the main Iranian opposition in exile, dealing a fresh blow to the bloc's attempts to keep the group on its terror blacklist.(AFP/File/Tiziana Fabi)