NCRI - "Today, Europe is facing a great injustice. The resistance of a nation against religious fascism has been unjustly labeled as terrorist for economic interests. Today, in the public opinion, the Council of the European Union is accused of violating the rule of law and cooperating with a terrorist regime," said Maryam Rajavi in a conference in Brussels on March 8.

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".The EU had given the group 30 days, till Thursday, to put forward its case for being removed from the list.

AFP, Brussels - Thousands of supporters of an exiled Iranian opposition group demonstrated near the venue of a European summit meeting in Brussels on Thursday, calling for their name to be taken of an EU terror blacklist.

Belgian police stood and watched behind barbed wire near the summit venue as the crowd snaked its way towards a mid-afternoon rally addressed by speakers including international supporters and Maryam Rajavi, head of the umbrella opposition group the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

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.