By MARC CHAMPION

Wall Street Journal - Europe's second highest court ruled Thursday that the European Union has wrongly blacklisted an Iranian opposition group, adding fuel to accusations the bloc has abused its terrorist list to appease Iran.

By JAMES KANTER

The New York Times, Brussels, 23 October - A prominent Iranian opposition group won an appeal on Thursday against a European Union decision to freeze its funds. But the group, the People’s Mujahedeen, will remain on a European terror list because the decision concerned a blacklist compiled last year, not the most recent list that was compiled this year.

Court of First Instance of the European Communities for the second time in less than two years annulled terror label against the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). First it was on December 12, 2006 in which it called on the EU countries to remove the main Iranian opposition from their terror lists and release its assets.

Maryam Rajavi: The court’s verdict acknowledges the right to resist against dictatorship, and represents the triumph of justice over politics and economic dealings and interests. The imposition of the terrorist label is tantamount to participation in suppression. The Council of Ministers must apologize to the PMOI and the Iranian people.

In a 20-page ruling released this morning, the Court of First Instance of the European Communities annulled the European Union Council of Ministers’ decision to maintain the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) on the EU terrorist list.

“The Legal experts declared today that the decision by the Council of Ministers to maintain the PMOI in the terrorist list on France's initiative lacks any legal standing. This decision betrays the rule of law. In order to respect the rule of law and the views expressed by the European parliamentarians, the EU must immediately remove the PMOI from its list”, Maryam Rajavi said in Brussels on September 16.

A new initiative by thousands of parliamentarians across the world in "Search of Justice" for the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran

On September 17, 2008, the President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, visited the European Parliament in Brussels. She was warmly greeted at the scene by Iranians and Resistance sympathizers residing in Belgium.