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Criminal

May 1, 2009

Iranian Dissidents Plead Guilty To Charges of Aiding Terrorism

The seven Los Angeles members of Mujahedin-e Khalq, or MEK, pleaded guilty to supporting a terrorist group just before the eight-year-old case was to go to trial in Orange County.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - Seven Los Angeles-area members of a group opposed to the current Iranian regime pleaded guilty Wednesday to terror charges in a federal court here, capping an eight-year-old case that attracted national attention and raised poignant First Amendment issues in the wake of 9/11.

The seven members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq, or MEK, collected donations from travelers at LAX to aid the group's...

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