After the release of political prisoners on the eve of the victory of the revolution, and the subsequent release of Massoud Rajavi (a central member of the Mojahedin-e- Khalq Organization) in January of that year, members of the organization began to define their alignments with other groups.
After the release of political prisoners on the eve of the victory of the revolution, and the subsequent release of Massoud Rajavi (a central member of the Mojahedin-e- Khalq Organization) in January of
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Ten)
After the blows in August and the following months, the fabric of the organization completely disintegrated and what was gradually created afterwards was in fact fundamentally different from the past.
From 1969 onwards, as we previously mentioned, the organization was divided into 3 relatively distinct sections and each of which performed its duties as independently and self-sufficiently as possible.
In the early
By Reza Alghurabi
Among the many indicators of misdirection in the Trump administration’s policy toward Iran, one of the clearest was the fondness for the cult-like terrorist group known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq, or MEK.
For years, the group was designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department. But after an aggressive and well-funded lobbying campaign supported by a bipartisan cast of high-profile former public officials, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced in
By Paul Pillar
The Soleimani assassination and its anniversary ought to provide occasion for Americans to think carefully about the nature of what each side in this badly plagued relationship has done to the other.
Sunday marks the first anniversary of the assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani by the United States, using an armed drone at the Baghdad International Airport. Soleimani was a major political and military figure whose role went well beyond his formal position as commander
On Jan 3, 2020, Lt. Gen. Soleimani was assassinated in a U.S. terrorist attack near Baghdad airport shortly after he arrived in the city to meet the Iraqi Prime Minister.
The assassination was called unlawful by a UN Special Rapporteur and was a violation of security agreements between Washington and Baghdad. It caused a wave of popular protests against the American military presence in the Western Asia.
Martyr Soleimani will be remembered for his courage, wisdom and an unparalleled role in
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Nine)
It is worth mentioning that after Reza Rezaei was hit, Majid Sharif Vaqhefi entered the centrality of the organization and thus, from the summer of 1973 onwards, central member included Taghi Shahram, Bahram Aram and Majid Sharif Vaghefi.
To the best of the author’s knowledge, all issues introduced in the Green Booklet (i.e., the booklet which was the result of careful analysis and evaluation of the
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Eight)
In the first blow in August and following ones, as we have already mentioned, the vast majority of the leadership elements and members of the organization were arrested. At first, 7 important caderes including Saeid Mohsen, Ali Bakeri, Bahman Bazargani, Mahmoud Askarizadeh, Reza Rezaei, Mohammad Bazargani, and Masoud Rajavi were arrested and from among the central elements, only Mohammad Hanifnejad, Ali
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Seven)
In the spring of 1971, the organization decided to conduct its military operations during the 2,500-year celebrations of the Persian Empire i.e., October 1971, during which many foreign guests including various political figures from all over the world would participate.
To supply their needs for weapon, the organization contacted a person named Allah Morad Delfani so that he could procure weapons from
As the world reacts to the assassination of yet another Iranian nuclear scientist, analysts point to the deafening silence of the U.S. Democrats, who have largely stopped short of denouncing the deadly attack on the prominent Iranian scientist Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
On Friday at 14:30, a sound of explosion rocked the small Absard city of Damavand County, about 40 kilometers northeast of the capital Tehran. A Nissan Junior pickup truck packed with highly explosive materials exploded as the
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Six)
The organization considered evolution as a universal law and believed that human beings are at the peak of the evolutionary stage and must move toward it and any obstruction of this process equals the destruction of human beings.
Humans have free will; however, this does not mean they are free from restraints. Rather, this freedom becomes meaningful within the framework of universal laws including evolution.
In other
Review of The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Five)
From the very beginning, the organization had an Islamic ideology. However, as it was influenced during the development and evolution of the organization, this ideology was fundamentally different from that of prominent Islamic jurists.
The organization believed that the essence of Islam had undergone major changes. These deviations, which started right after Prophet Mohammad’s demise, gradually rose, especially
Review of “The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization” by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Four)
As previously mentioned, from the beginning of its creation in 1965, the organization’s instructional courses included the four areas of ideology, politics, economics, and organization and in each weekly session, some or all the areas were covered and discussed.
With respect to the content of the course in the area of ideology, the Holy Quran and Nahj al-Balagha constituted the basis. At the beginning of
Review of “The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization” by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Three)
Mohammad Hanifnejad, Saeed Mohsen and Hossein Nikbin (aka Abdi) were students of the University of Tehran during the years 1960-1963. Hanifnejad and Mohsen were prominent members of the Islamic Student Associations and also active members of the student section of the Liberation Movement of Iran.
The third person i.e., Hossein Nikbin, who was less religiously inclined, was also a member of the Liberation
Review of “The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization” by Hossein Ahmadi Rouhani (Part Two)
The Political and Social Contexts for the Formation of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) of Iran
With Kennedy entering the White House as the President of the United States in January 1961, a new policy, which was disregarded in the last two presidencies, was pursued by the U.S. Democrats, known as Political Open Space.
This policy was made to protect the interests of the United States and its
Introduction
Formation of guerrilla groups in Iran in the late 1960s and adoption of an armed strategy were the outcomes of the inefficiency of previous (peaceful) forms of fighting against the Pahlavi Regime. Reviewing the political activities of Marxist and National parties reveals their failure to maintain a relationship with people and inability to assess the Shah’s regime. The demonstrations of June 6, 1963 and Shia Maraji coming into the political scene, as well as the Shah’s severe
Introduction
According to dictionary definitions, militia is a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency. Also, it has been defined as a military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities in opposition to a regular army. What is meant by militia in this article is the latter definition i.e., the organized armed insurgent forces in the first years of the Iranian Revolution. After the Islamic Revolution, the term militia
During the eight years of the Iran–Iraq War, the Mojadedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) committed treacheries which were unparalleled at any point in history. Despite claiming to support Iranian people, they withheld no help and support from the enemy and joined them to invade Iran’s borders during an unequal war against their homeland. Throughout the Imposed War and especially in the final years, the MKO had an effective presence on the frontlines and functioned as a fifth column for the
39 years ago, with the entry of the MKO into the armed phase, they manifested certain actions which were quite similar to those of the ISIS in recent years. In this report, we address part of this group's strategy in creating terror.
The last days of June 1981 (first days of Tir 1360 according to Persian calendar) were some of the most inflammatory days in the political history of Iran. The day before the ouster of Bani Sadr from the presidency by the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the MKO set
"Mojahedin-e Khalq! You are the offspring of the Liberation Movement, you were born in 1964 while we were in prison and you went your own way, without running away from home or being expelled." This is one of the most well-known statements of Mahdi Bazargan in May 1981 addressing Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO); a statement that was intended to pacify them.
Even though this quotation from Bazargan is generally used to pinpoint the origin of Mojahedin-e Khalq i.e., the Liberation Movement
As the condition on the front line of the war with Iraq worsened and simultaneously with the political crisis that led to the ouster of the first president of Iran Abolhassan Banisadr, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) which thought that the Islamic Republic is in a weak position, turned the summer of 1981 into a bloody season for Iranian people.
According to the Holy Defense Research & Document Center, the summer of 1981 (1360 in Persian calendar) is one of the most crucial