" Paris police had angered the group last week by saying their rally had been banned because of the risk of tensions with other Iranian factions and the danger of an attack. But the Paris administrative court overturned the ban, which the MEK had said was an example of Western "appeasement" towards Iran. Thousands gathered in Place Vauban in the center of Paris for the rally, with supporters coming from all corners of Europe. "We don't want the mullahs' regime or the shah's regime. The Iranians don't want to go backwards. We are moving towards democracy," said supporter Massoumeh Raouf, who said she was a former political prisoner in Iran.
