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Appeals court lifts restrictions on 17 members of Iranian exile group |
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Saturday, 17 June 2006 |
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PARIS (AP) _ The Paris Appeals Court on Friday lifted restrictions placed on 17 members of an exiled Iranian opposition group, including one of its leaders, three years after they were arrested in a huge sweep on suspicion of having links to terrorism. The court lifted a series of measures, including one that forbids the suspects from leaving French territory and another that forbids them from meeting with one another. The 17 are members of the Mujahedeen Khalq, the largest exiled Iranian opposition group, and include co-leader Maryam Rajavi, the wife of Iraq-based Massoud Rajavi. They were among nearly 170 people arrested in a massive sweep on June 17, 2003, in which police seized computers and more than US$1 million as part of an investigation into terrorism links. The 17 were then placed under investigation for alleged terrorism financing and criminal association in connection with a terrorist enterprise. The investigation is continuing. |
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BOI – Addressing the meeting of the Liberal Group at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Monday, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, highlighted the threats posed by the religious dictatorship ruling Iran and reiterated that change in her homeland is within reach.
