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
The Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization is one of the terrorist groups that has carried out the largest number of terrorist attacks against the Iranian people and government. This Op-Ed, which is being published in khamenei.ir, is a brief report of the crimes of this group and the history of the support it has received from the United States, European governments and Saudi Arabia.
In a hearing of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee held in October 2013 concerning Iran’s nuclear
[On the atmosphere inside Camp Ashraf at the time of cease fire's adoption by Iran]
“About three weeks had passed since the capture of Mehran. On July 18, 1988, we were informed via Farsi radios that the Islamic Republic Regime has officially accepted Resolution 598 of the Security Council. The brigade was shocked by hearing this news. No one believed that the regime one day would accept a cease-fire. The organization’s leadership had induced us that the regime would not accept any ceasefire
These days mark the 31th anniversary of Operation “Eternal Light”, the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) terrorist group’s largest military movement against the Islamic Republic of Iran in July 1988. On the other hand, this operation marks the MeK’s biggest military defeat and the end of their desire to advance armed war strategy to overthrow the Iranian government.
The MEK was deployed in Iraq since June 1984 to conduct attacks against Iranian troops along the Iran-Iraq border. This decision sparked a
Maryam Rajavi’s arrest on 17 June 2003 and its aftermath gave the states and the public opinion the opportunity to see behind the pseudo-democratic face of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK). Accused of terrorist activities, association with a terrorist organization and financing terrorist operations, the French Police raided the office of MeK at Auvers-sur-Oise and arrested 164 suspected Mojahedin cadres as well as Maryam Rajavi. Immediately after the arrests, a number of the group’s insiders
On May 17, 1986, the Iraqi Ba'athist army, along with the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, which had just begun its military cooperation with Saddam, attacked Mehran with the aim of recapturing Faw. Chanting the slogan “Mehran instead of Faw”, they stipulated that Mehran will be evacuated only if Iranian forces leave Faw. However, a few months later, Iranian fighters not only retreated from Faw, but also cleared the city of Mehran and surrounding areas of Iraqi army forces in Operation
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
