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Founded in 1965 by a group of leftist Iranian college students as an Islamic political movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO also known as MEK and NCRI) was mainly devoted to opposing the western-backed Shah. In its first five years, the group primarily engaged in ideological work, their interpretation of Islam and economic and political ideas.
The MKO preached a combination of Marxism and Islamism. Failed to gain acceptance and popularity among Iranian nation after the Islamic Revolution, MKO resorted to terrorist crimes and announced officially an armed conflict against the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its compatriots on June 20, 1981. On this day, Masoud Rajavi orchestrated a cruel and savage military show and ordered the
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