Great news: EU takes PMOI off terror list and unfreezes assets

[Bast]

NCRI - Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen. First of all a huge congratulation to Mrs Rajavi and the NCRI now that we have the PMOI off the list.

It has been seven long years. It was back in 2001 that the EU decided after 9/11 that they create the EU terrorist list. In 2002, in an act of craven appeasement, the UK government, with Jack straw as the Foreign Minister, agreed to a request by the mullahs to place the PMOI on the UK terror list. The UK government then asked the Council of Ministers to follow their lead.

We have had repeated court cases, with a team of wonderful advocates and lawyers representing the NCRI and the PMOI. In the UK, the judges described the original decision to list the PMOI as “perverse”, which was strong language for judges. We then saw the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg following the UK example, declaring there are no grounds whatsoever to maintain the PMOI on the list, and demanding that they be delisted. But then we had the acute defiance of the law by the Council. France decided that they would step into the breach caused when the UK courts ordered the PMOI to be removed from the UK terror list.

In another craven act of appeasement vis-à-vis the mullahs’ fascist regime and in reaction to the mullahs’ threats regarding severing of trade contracts, the French took Britain’s place and insisted that the Council must maintain the PMOI on the EU terror list.

Once again, this forced us to go to the courts. 2000 members of parliament from parliaments across the EU, including of course the European Parliament, joined forces to demand that the rule of law be respected. After seven long years we have finally seen victory.

Those seven years represented a dark period for the European Union. The rule of law is what we founded our European institutions on. When we are confronted with member states openly defying the rule of law, using it simply for political expediency to suit the demands of the moment and the commercial pressures being placed upon them by the mullahs, it is indeed shameful, disgraceful, and an embarrassment. I condemn France for the role they have played in this regard. They should be ashamed of themselves.

But during those black years, we found our true friends. There are also member states who understand the importance of upholding the rule of law and upholding the judgement of the Court of First Instance. After seven consecutive court cases in the UK and Luxembourg, we have seen victory with the Council of Ministers yesterday agreeing that the new terror list should not include the PMOI.

I can tell you that my frustration during those seven years became so much that I recently declared to the world in general that if the PMOI is terrorist, then I too am a “terrorist” because I support them. I am glad to say that now I am a full member because I am wearing their tie today.

We cannot rest easy until we have followed this example in the United States, too. The Clinton administration put the PMOI on the US terror list also at the direct request of Tehran. The mullahs’ hysteric reaction in the last couple of weeks as they understood that there was a move on foot to remove the PMOI from the list, shows how much they fear the return of freedom, democracy and Mrs Rajavi. Her manifesto will restore a secular democracy, human rights and women’s rights, and it will do away with nuclear enrichment and the death penalty in Iran. That is what the mullahs most fear, as indicated by their mounting hysteria

Appeasement will always fail in the end. We have seen its abject failure this week. It is incredible that the PMOI, at risk to their lives in Iran, were the ones who revealed to the West information showing that the Iranian regime had a clandestine nuclear program. Western intelligence agencies, for all their wealth and riches, had completely failed to see that this was happening. How did the West reward the PMOI for risking their lives to reveal such information? We placed them on the terror list.

The fascist mullahs ruling Iran hang pregnant women and children, perform torture, have executed one hundred and twenty thousand supporters of the PMOI simply because of their political beliefs, gouge out eyes, stone men and women to death, and amputate limbs. They are the real terrorists, but we regard them in the West as our friends and our allies! It is an incredible paradox. And I hope the decision of the Council yesterday will reverse this process so that we now clearly understand who our real friends are and provide to the people of Ashraf City the protection that they require. When we regarded them as terrorist in the West, it made it easy for the mullahs, using their acolytes and the Iraqi government, to try to introduce new laws that would close Ashraf City and deport all the 3500 brave and courageous people there to Tehran where they would face certain torture and death.

Well they are no longer on the terror list and this excuse by some members of the Iraqi government and by the mullahs no longer holds water. They must now be regarded as people bona fide protected by the Geneva Conventions as has been the case all along.

So, it has been a great victory but we have a much longer journey ahead of us, and a lot more work to do. Washington will be my next port of call. I hope to have meetings in Congress, in the Senate and perhaps in the Pentagon too to try to change the opinion over there. If the Obama administration and the State Department ask me ‘can we trust the PMOI,’ I want to be able to say, using Barack Obama’s own words, “yes, we can”. Thank you very much indeed.

Source: http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6011/1/

Onto Washington!!

 

[RedRalph]

you do know they are a socialist group, dont you?

 

[Bast]

you do know they are a socialist group, dont you?

You should be happy then.

 

[RedRalph]

You should be happy then.

I dont know much about them to be honest (I'm guessing you dont either), but how come you are happy?

 

[Steph]

What is PMOI?

 

[Mowque]

What is PMOI?

What he said. I was just embarrassed to act a (obvious?) question.

 

[bhsup]

"The People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI, also MEK, MKO) (Persian: سازمان مجاهدين خلق ايران sāzmān-e mojāhedin-e khalq-e irān) is a militant Islamic Socialist organization that advocates the overthrow of Iran's current government."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMOI

Hey, we sided with commies against Hitler, why not side with these guys against that hostage taking embassy overthrowing whackjob President they have right now?

 

[PiMan]

What is PMOI?

A reasonable question. I solved it by going straight to Wikipedia.
EDIT: Why do I keep getting beaten to answering simple questions? That's twice now

 

[Bast]

What is PMOI?

People's Mujahedin of Iran: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Mujahedin_of_Iran

Organization that advocates the overthrow of Iran's current government. They are dedicated to a democratic, secular and coalition government in Iran.

 

[Kraznaya]

Organization that advocates the overthrow of Iran's current government. They are dedicated to a democratic, secular and coalition government in Iran.

That is, until they take power.

 

[RedRalph]

People's Mujahedin of Iran: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Mujahedin_of_Iran

Reading that Wiki entry Bast, I'm guessing you know even less about them than I do because they really dont seem to be the type of org you would like. Is it at all possible you just heard an anti-Irianian govt was taken off a terrorism list, was delighted and began to celebrate without seeing who this group was?

 

[Sharwood]

That is, until they take power.

Beat me to it.

I've never heard of them before. Seem to contain both positive and negative elements, like al terrorist/revolutionary movements. Have to study them more to determine whether or not they are worthy of removal from said list.

 

[innonimatu]

It's nice to know that Ali Shariati's ideas have not yet been entirely suppressed by the wealthy corrupt clerics there... even if these too bear little relation to those anymore.

 

[Enkidu Warrior]

"The People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI, also MEK, MKO) (Persian: سازمان مجاهدين خلق ايران sāzmān-e mojāhedin-e khalq-e irān) is a militant Islamic Socialist organization that advocates the overthrow of Iran's current government."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMOI

People's Mujahedin of Iran: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Mujahedin_of_Iran

Organization that advocates the overthrow of Iran's current government. They are dedicated to a democratic, secular and coalition government in Iran

Notice that VRWCAgent and Bast quote exactly the same source, but that VRWCAgent, being possessed of slightly more class, provided the full quote, while Bast blatantly erased the parts that make the title of her thread look rather suspect, even going so far as to capitalise the o so as to disguise her dishonesty.

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Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889

 

[Bast]

Notice that VRWCAgent and Bast quote exactly the same source, but that VRWCAgent, being possessed of slightly more class, provided the full quote, while Bast blatantly erased the parts that make the title of her thread look rather suspect, even going so far as to capitalise the o so as to disguise her dishonesty.

You've never heard of a 'summary' or 'paraphrasing'? I don't know what you're teaching but I'm glad you're not teaching me.

Reading that Wiki entry Bast, I'm guessing you know even less about them than I do because they really dont seem to be the type of org you would like. Is it at all possible you just heard an anti-Irianian govt was taken off a terrorism list, was delighted and began to celebrate without seeing who this group was?

They will be better for the Iranian people. At least they won't be oppressed anymore. Iranian people have suffered long enough and they want change. I think they deserve that change.

 

[RedRalph]

They will be better for the Iranian people. At least they won't be oppressed anymore. Iranian people have suffered long enough and they want change. I think they deserve that change.

Care to give a summary of what type of govt they would set up? their stance on the economy? foreign relations? views on Israel? Environment? Russia? no, you wouldnt, Bast, because you know nothing about this group. Just fess up.

 

[Bast]

Care to give a summary of what type of govt they would set up? their stance on the economy? foreign relations? views on Israel? Environment? Russia? no, you wouldnt, Bast, because you know nothing about this group. Just fess up.

Why are you talking about what I know? This thread is about PMOI in relation to Iran. It seems you're more concerned about what's going on in my head and in my life than the issues at hand.

Sorry hon, I'm just not interested in you.

 

[RedRalph]

Why are you talking about what I know? This thread is about PMOI in relation to Iran. It seems you're more concerned about what's going on in my head and in my life than the issues at hand.

Sorry hon, I'm just not interested in you.

I'll just ask the question again, what sort of govt do you think the PMOI would set up? Give some specifics. when did you first hear of them?

 

[Bast]

I'll just ask the question again, what sort of govt do you think the PMOI would set up? Give some specifics. when did you first hear of them?

I'll ask you again: why are you obsessed with me?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

"It is incredible that the PMOI, at risk to their lives in Iran, were the ones who revealed to the West information showing that the Iranian regime had a clandestine nuclear program. Western intelligence agencies, for all their wealth and riches, had completely failed to see that this was happening."

Not really the most reliable source of intelligence I'd think, given their mission statement.