Supporters attended a rally in support of Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran near Paris on Saturday. (Reuters)

Source: International Herald Tribune, June 29
PARIS: Thousands of supporters of an Iranian opposition group called on the European Union and the United States to remove the organization from terror blacklists at a large weekend rally outside Paris.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran - an umbrella group based in Paris that includes the blacklisted People's Mujahedeen, or PMOI [MEK] - held the rally at an exhibition center in the northern suburb of Villepinte just days after Britain removed the group from its list of banned terrorist organizations.

Source: Agence France-Presse
PARIS (AFP) More than 70,000 supporters of Iran's opposition protested near Paris on Saturday, urging the international community to remove bans on the country's armed opposition group, organisers said.

The protest came just days after Britain's decision to lift its ban on the People's Mojehedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI)[MEK], a move Iran denounced as a "disgrace".

By Alireza Jafarzadeh
Source: FoxNews
Early this week, finally, the European Union (EU) adopted a new set of sanctions designed to discourage the Iranian regime’s drive to develop nuclear weapons.

These new measures include an asset freeze on Iran’s largest bank, Bank Melli, and other business and financial outfits affiliated with the nuclear and weapons programs. The European bloc is reportedly also studying sanctions against Iran's oil and gas sector, to be implemented in the next several months, and has published a blacklist of Iran’s nuclear experts and companies connected to these programs. The list includes 15 additional individuals and 20 companies.

Tens of thousands of supporters of the Iranian opposition have attended a rally in France organised by the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

Source: BBC News, June 28
It is calling for the lifting of international bans on their movement's armed wing, the People's Mujahideen [PMOI / MEK].

By JENNY BARCHFIELD
Source: The Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — Thousands of supporters of an Iranian opposition group called on the European Union and the United States to remove the organization from terror blacklists at a massive rally Saturday outside Paris.

The Paris-based National Council Resistance of Iran [NCRI] — an umbrella group that includes the blacklisted People's Mujahedeen of Iran, or PMOI [MEK] — held the rally at an exhibition center in the northern Villepinte suburb just days after Britain removed PMOI [MEK]from its list of banned terror groups.

"In my 16 years in the House of Commons, I have not known an issue that has united Members of Parliament from both Houses, and from across the political spectrum, as much as this one [deproscription of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran]"

NCRI - Excerpts of speech by Mr. Andrew Mackinlay, a Labour member of the British Parliament in a parliamentary debate on Monday that led to deproscription of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) in UK:

The Iranian Resistance welcomes the Italian government's decision to freeze the mullahs' assets and calls on other countries to follow the same lead

NCRI - The Iranian Resistance welcomes the Italian governments' decision to freeze the mullahs' regime assets and called a major step in hampering its attempts to obtain a nuclear bomb.

Mullahs resort to hollow show of force and threats following deproscription of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)
NCRI - The Brig. Gen. Ali Larijani, speaker of the clerical regime's Majlis (parliament) resorted today to blackmail and threats to counter the international community's demand to halt its uranium enrichment activities. Addressing the Western countries he said, "Do not seek to provoke Iran because you may get to a point of no return and lose your chance for negotiation. Your wrong strategies in Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan have caused nothing but hatred. With your double standards and deceptions, you are rapidly approaching a strategic deadlock in the region and the final whistle to a lost game is about to be blown."