08122007 / celebration 2

Posted by Stu Egan (London, United Kingdom) on 8 December 2007 in People & Portraits and Portfolio.

Around 250 supporters of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI) celebrating outside the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission as Lord Corbett, chairman of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, breaks the news outside the Commission that the Home Office has been ordered to remove the PMOI from its terrorist group watch list.

This happened round the corner from my office. I had just popped out for a coffee and heard drums being beaten, whistles being blown and people cheering, so I ran back upstairs to grab the camera and then headed right for the middle of the group, which had an unbelievably charged atmosphere - though the mood was jubilant and the police presence was minimal. It made the news in the UK, so maybe I've got my own MI5 file now ;o)

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