AFP: 17 Sept. 2014 – A general dismissal was made in the investigation of the Iranian People’s Mujahedeen, which was marked in 2003 by a wide dragnet highly publicized in the Paris suburbs, said Wednesday a judicial source.
The anti-terrorism judge Marc Trévidic Tuesday signed the order of dismissal, as was required the floor of Paris, the source said, confirming a report by M6.
From 2011, the magistrate had abandoned any terrorist offense in this case, keeping only financial crimes for nine of the 24 indicted. Marc Trévidic inherited in 2009 of this issue, previously instructed by Judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere.
On 17 June 2003, 1,300 police officers, including those of the elite force of the raid, had been mobilized in a major operation targeting the headquarters of the Organization of Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI). More than 160 people were arrested.
But from July 2, 2003, in a rare decision on counterterrorism, the Court of Appeal of Paris has released eleven activists, including Maryam Rajavi. British parliamentarians denounced the accusations “bogus,” citing a “political agreement” between Paris and Tehran amid contracts, including oil and gas.
“This second order of dismissal puts an end to unbearable legal saga” responded to AFP counsel of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI opposition in exile), William Bourdon.
“It’s a relief because this artificial criminalization NCRI was the product of a reaction by French justice by the mullahs, but it is a huge regret that have not been made much earlier his honor and integrity unfairly denied a movement fighting against one of the worst tyrannies of the planet, “he added.