WASHINGTON, Sept 28, 2012 (AFP) – The United States on Friday removed an Iranian opposition group based abroad, the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, from its blacklist of designated terror groups.
’The secretary of state has decided, consistent with the law, to revoke the designation of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) and its aliases as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under the Immigration and Nationality Act and to delist the MEK as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224,’ the State Department said in a statement.