Text of speech by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance at press conference held by the International Committee in Search of Justice (ISJ) in Brussels on January 27.

In bitter winter cold of Brussels, on Tuesday, 15,000 Iranians packed the area outside EU headquarters in Schumann Square.  They had come from different European countries to celebrate the People's Mojahedin Organization (PMOI) victory over what seemed an impossible task even to the most optimistic supporters of the movement. The 27-nation EU bloc, in an unprecedented move, bowed to seven court rulings in favor of the main Iranian opposition group battling to clear its name of an unjust terrorist tag after seven years.  

15,000 Iranians rally in Brussels in support of PMOI
European Parliamentarians and jurists urge EU to recognize Iranian Resistance

Dozens of Parliamentarians from EU national parliaments and the European Parliament as well as jurists and human rights activists urged the European Union on Tuesday to recognize the Iranian Resistance. The announcement was made at a press conference in Brussels organized by the European committee "In Search of Justice" (ISJ), which represents some 2,000 Parliamentarians from all member states of the 27-nation bloc.

Following is a text of a statement by Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras president of “In Search of Justice - The European Committee for De-listing PMOI” (ISJ), on January 26 :

ISJ views removal of the terror label from the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) as the victory of rule of law, logic and the end of injustice against Iranian people and the legitimate opposition to the religious fascism ruling Iran.

Maryam Rajavi:
- Blacklisting of the PMOI was a big help for the religious fascism’s survival
- Removing the terror tag is a crushing defeat to Europe’s policy of appeasement and the winds of change blows at an enormous speed now

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, following the removal of the terror label off the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), said that the core of Europe’s policy of appeasement was crushed and the winds of change will blow in Iran. The strategic investment by the mullahs’ regime to destroy the Iranian Resistance was lost.

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi expresses hope EU Council avoids appeasement of mullahs' regime, abides by court ruling, and officially announces removal of PMOI from terror list

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance described the confirmation of court rulings, in particular, that of 4 and 17 December of 2008, by envoys of EU states as a necessary and positive step, although overdue.

Following is the translation from French of an interview with Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance's President-elect by the monthly Africa-Asia which appeared in its December 2008 issue.

Maryam Rajavi was born in 1953 into a middle-class family in Tehran. She is the mother of a 24 year-old daughter, and graduated with a metallurgy degree from Sharif University in Tehran. She became an activist against the Shah’s regime in the 1970s. After entering university, she quickly became a leader in the student movement, and joined the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), a Muslim democratic nationalist organization which seeks the establishment of a democratic government based on pluralism and the separation of church and state in Iran.

By LORD FRASER OF CARMYLLIE, QC
Former Solicitor-General and Lord Advocate for Scotland

News.scotsman.com, 23 December - The decision earlier this month by the European Court of First Instance to annul for a third time the European Union's ban on the main democratic Iranian opposition movement, the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), was a critical confirmation that the group has been unjustly blacklisted.

Text of speech by Dr. Alejo Vidal- Quadras, Vice President of the European Parliament.

Dr. Vidal-Quadras chaired a joint meeting of a group of members from the Jordanian and the European Parliaments at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance's President-elect was the keynote speaker at the event.