The George Bush administration continued to keep them on the US official “terrorist list.” They have always been a paramilitary group, but a liberal one. They did oppose the Shah, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (محمدرضا شاه پهلوی) of Iran, who was a CIA stooge.
According to The Wichita Eagle:
EU takes Iranian group off terror blacklist
By CONSTANT BRAND
Associated Press Writer
“BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union decided Monday to remove an Iranian opposition group from the EU's terror list and lift the restrictions on its funds, a move likely to further damage relations strained over Tehran's nuclear program.
The decision by the 27-nation bloc's foreign ministers means that as of Tuesday, the assets of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, or PMOI, will be unfrozen. It is the first time an organization has been "de-listed" by the EU.”
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The group is based in Paris and now has access to bank accounts that were frozen when the group was designated a terrorist group. Now it is time to see what the Barack Obama government will do in response.
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