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.  

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euobserver.com, 25 November - A group of 150 cross-party parliamentarians in Germany has signed a petition calling for Iranian opposition group, the People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), to be taken off the EU's terrorist register in line with European court rulings.

Reuters 23 October 2008-Iranian women shout their support for Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, as she arrives at the Italian parliament in Rome, October 23, 2008.

 "Sal-e-no Mobarak," or Happy New Year in Persian, said Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the Iranian resistance to the many residents of Auver-sur-Oise (northwest of Paris) last Sunday, the French weekly L’Echo le Régional reported.

On Sunday, March 30, the Iranian New Year was celebrated in Auvers-sur-Oise, addressed the gathering Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance. French dignitaries and local residents greeted Mrs. Rajavi and wished her a year of success in and an end to the rule of mullahs in Iran.

On the occasion of the birth of Prophet Mohammad on March 22, 2008, Muslim dignitaries from France and the Islamic world gathered in Auvers-sur-Oise north of Paris at the residence of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, Representatives of Muslim communities from Morocco, Algeria, Comoros, Mali, Turkey and a delegation of Iraqi women were among the attendees.

Agence France Presse, Brussels - Exiled Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi gives a speech during a demonstration outside the EU headquarters in Brussels 08 March 2007 prior to a two-day European Union summit.

The People's Mujahedeen of Iran (PMOI), called on the European Union to take its name off the official terror blacklist, accusing it of "an abuse of power".The EU had given the group 30 days, till Thursday, to put forward its case for being removed from the list.

Agence France Presse, Brussels - Iranian protesters hold up a picture of exiled Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi during a demonstration outside the EU headquarters in Brussels 08 March 2007 prior to a two-day European Union summit.

The People's Mujahedeen of Iran (PMOI), called on the European Union to take its name off the official terror blacklist, accusing it of "an abuse of power".

Reuters, Brussels – An Iranian opposition group urged European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday to take its armed wing off the bloc’s terrorism list, saying its inclusion was in breach of a European court ruling. 

The European court of First Instance last year annulled an EU move to freeze the funds of the People’s Mujahideen, the armed wing of France-based National Council of Resistance of Iran which says it renounced military activity in 2001.