Iranian militants

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The People’s Mujahideen of Iran is listed as a terrorist organization by the US State Department. But this week, Europe lifted its terrorist designation of the group. Its members have been under virtual house arrest in Iraq for years, but now Iraq wants them out. The World’s Laura Lynch reports.

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