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U.K. Court Lifts Sanctions on Iranian Group Accused of Terrorism
By Brian Orsak
printAn appeal by the U.K. government to keep an Iranian organization on a terror blacklist has been struck down, effectively lifting sanctions against the group. A U.K. court of appeals said in a 22-page finding issued Wednesday that there were "no valid grounds" to reverse a decision calling for the removal of the People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) from a terror watch list. The group, also known as the Mujahedin e-Kalq (MEK), is sanctioned in the European Union and the United States for terrorist acts, including helping to seize the U.S. Embassy in Iran in 1979. The National Council...
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