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Iran

100 Members Of Opposition Group Return To Iran

28 February 2005 -- Iran's official IRNA agency says a group of 100 exiled former members of an Iranian opposition group arrived in Tehran today from Iraq and will be debriefed before returning to their families.

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February 28, 2005

The Mujahedin Khalq, Iran's biggest armed opposition group, operated from Iraq as a base for its activities against the Islamic regime of Iran in early 1980s.

Some 4,000-5,000 members of the group have been disarmed since the U.S.-led coalition forces invaded Iraq.

The Mujahedin Khalq is listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the European Union.

(AP)

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