BOB GELDOF walked away from a demonstration on Iran after hearing that one of the groups involved was on the UN’s terrorist list.<\/p>\n
He was due to speak to a crowd gathered in Brussels where the EU’s Foreign Ministers were meeting and discussing growing concerns about the regime<\/p>\n
The Live Aid organiser was on his way to Africa and stopped off in Belgium to address the gathering of Iranians against the current government<\/p>\n
But he left after hearing that one of the group’s associated with the event, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), was on the terror list<\/p>\n
There were banners demanding the PMOI be taken off the terror list, calling the recently elected president an assassin and describing Iran regime as terrorist.<\/p>\n
Geldof, billed to speak for 25 minutes, did not appear to know the PMOI was a proscribed organisation<\/p>\n
"I would not have anything to do with it if they are on the terror-list. We checked it out before we came," he said<\/p>\n
But after speaking to the organisers, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), he walked away<\/p>\n
The former member of the Boomtown Rats told the media he believed the Iranian government should be referred to the Security Council of the United Nations<\/p>\n
"I do not know enough about the Iranian situation and I am not trying to become an expert but it’s a dangerous situation and we do not need more wars in that region", he said<\/p>\n
Organisers of the rally were upset at his decision not to address the crowd of about 500 and said the PMOI should not be on the terror list<\/p>\n
The organisation was condemned by a New York-based Human Rights Watch recently<\/p>\n
The Irish Examiner, November 8, 2005 <\/p>\n
By Ann Cahill, Europe Correspondent <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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