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Miriam Rajavi (r), the PMOI's spiritual leader, campaigning in Europe (Photo: nrci-iran.org)

EU ban helps Tehran's tyrants

For more than five years the European Union has been unwittingly strengthening Iran's hand as it defies repeated demands by the UN nuclear watchdog and security council to halt its nuclear weapons developments. \n \nThe EU banned the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), the main democratic opposition movement to the regime, as a goodwill gesture to the mullahs in 2002.

Since then, five European courts have ordered the "perverse" and "unlawful" terrorist label on the group to ...

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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.

Miriam Rajavi (r), the PMOI's spiritual leader, campaigning in Europe (Photo: nrci-iran.org)

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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.

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