British lawmakers vow to challenge blacklisting of Iran group
Wed. 07 Feb 2007
Iran FocusLondon, Feb. 07 – Numerous British lawmakers are launching a legal challenge to clear the name of Iran’s main opposition group of terrorism charges, it was announced at the British Parliament on Wednesday.
Some 35 members of both parliament’s chambers have taken part in the cross-party initiative, insisting that the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) is not guilty of acts of terrorism, Lord Corbett of Castle Vale said at a press conference in the House of Lords.
The announcement comes weeks after Europe’s Court of First Instance (CFI) annulled a decision by the European Union to freeze the group’s funds on the grounds that it was involved in terrorism.“The PMOI was only placed on the blacklist because the mullahs demanded this”, Corbett, who heads the Labour peers group, said.
“It is to the United Kingdom’s shame that it sided with those who use terror at home and export it abroad rather than those who are victims of terror”. More....
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