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The PMOI flag outisde the EU building in Brussels on Wednesday (Photo: EUobserver)

Iran group protests against EU 'terror' label

Some 250 supporters of Iran opposition group PMOI waved flags with a red fist and rifle logo in front of the EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday (14 February), saying PMOI should be taken off the EU terrorist list at a sensitive time for EU and US policy on Iran.

"We don't need European money, but we want to have our hands free so we can raise money ourselves," a spokesman for the protestors, Mehdi Nobare, told EUobserver on the spot. "We are still alive in Iran despite the govern...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

The PMOI flag outisde the EU building in Brussels on Wednesday (Photo: EUobserver)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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