{mosimage}Statement by Lord Corbett
Chairman of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom
"The UK now has a duty to take the lead in the EU to depressible the Iranian resistance. It was at the UK's request the ban was imposed. The European court's clear verdict echoes those of our courts: there is no evidence to justify a ban on those offering peaceful, democratic change in Iran.
"The Home Secretary should now apologise to the PMOI and those millions in Iran who cry for freedom. The UK ban was not based on evidence. It was done to persuade the mullahs to talk about their illicit nuclear weapons programme.
This verdict is a clear signal that the courts stand on the side of those demand freedom, rather than those who have stolen it from them. The EU must now do the same''.
The British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom
23 October 2008
Note to editors: The Court of First Instance of the European Communities on Thursday annulled the EU's decision to blacklist Iran's main democratic opposition movement, the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran.