British lawmakers have urged President Barack Obama to follow the EU’s example and remove the anti-Iranian MKO from the U.S. blacklist.

More than 180 members of the British Parliament issued a letter to President Obama, urging him to change the terrorist status of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), UPI reported.
The anti-Iran terror group, blacklisted as a terrorist organization by many international entities and countries, was put on the U.S. terror list in 1997 by then President Bill Clinton.
The request of the British lawmakers comes after earlier this month more than 100 members of the European Parliament called on the U.S. new administration to join the EU and put an end to the ban.
The EU blacklisted the group, but then removed the cult from its list of terrorist organizations in January, 2009. The decision outraged Iran, which termed it ‘incomprehensible.’
The British lawmakers called on Obama to revoke the ban, arguing that a “catastrophic humanitarian crisis” would emerge if Washington did not change the status of the group.
Iraq has vowed to return MKO members to Iran or send them to a third country as it holds the anti-Iran group responsible for destabilizing Iraq through its terror attacks.
The MKO moved to Iraq in 1986 where it enjoyed the support of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who funded the group to work against Iran in the 1980 - 88 war. The group launched attacks on Iran from its headquarters, Camp Ashraf.
The MKO is also responsible for numerous acts of violence against Iranian civilians and government officials as well as Iraqis during the reign of Saddam.
Tehran has long called for the expulsion of MKO members from Iraq. Tehran says the members of the group who have not had a hand in terrorist activities can return home, but others will need to stand trial.
Several members of the group have defected and returned to Iran.
(Source: Press TV)