Wall Street JournalDecember 13, 2006BRUSSELS — The European Court of Justice overturned a European Union decision to freeze the assets of Mujahedin-e Khalq, an exiled Iranian resistance movement that is on the bloc’s terrorism blacklist. The court’s ruling annuls a 2002 decision to freeze all European assets of the Paris-based group, also known by the…
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Court faults EU decision to target Iran exile group
International Herald TribuneBy Craig S. SmithDecember 13, 2006 PARIS – Europe’s second-highest court on Tuesday annulled a European Union decision that had frozen the funds of an Iranian exile group and called into question the group’s label as a terrorist organization. The ruling by the European Court of First Instance was more than a financial…
Iranian Resistance Group Worries Tehran Officials
Wall Street JournalDecember 12, 2006 The article “Iranian Imbroglio Gives New Boost to Odd Exile Group” (page one, Nov. 29) asserted that most American officials dispute claims of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, the main Iranian resistance movement, of “having a mass following in Iran, stressing that many Iranians despise the organization.” Believing this…
EU court overturns freeze on Iran group’s funds
ReutersDecember 12, 2006By Michele Sinner LUXEMBOURG, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Europe’s second-highest court on Tuesday annulled an EU decision freezing the funds of an exiled Iranian opposition group that argues it was wrongly placed on the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations. The Court of First Instance ruling faulted the EU for not giving adequate…
EU Must Lift Freeze on Iranian Mujahedeen Funding, Court Rules
Bloomberg NewsBy Patrick DonahueDecember 12, 2006Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) — The European Union must reverse a funding freeze on an Iranian opposition organization because the EU didn’t give sufficient reason for accusing the group of supporting terrorism, Europe’s second-highest court ruled. The People’s Mujahedeen of Iran was unfairly denied a chance to review the legal basis…