Sazmani Mujahidini Khalqi Iran Archives
Period 1971-1986
Total size 0.05 m.
ConsultationNot restricted
History
The Sazmani Mujahidini Khalqi Iran or Sazman-i Mojahedin-i Khalq Iran (Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran, PMOI) was clandestinely founded bij three students who were members of the Nehzat-e Azadi Iran (Freedom Movement of Iran) in 1966; the new organization adopted the ideology of Islam and armed struggle as its theoretical and practical guide; in 1971 the Sazman-i Mojahedin-i Khalq Iran came under attack by the Iranian government and its leaders were detained and executed but underground activities continued; gradually the orientation shifted to Marxism and the experiences of the revolutions in Algeria, China, Cuba and Vietnam were studied; following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran the Sazman-i Mojahedin-i Khalq Iran developed rapidly but quickly the new regime appeared to be the new enemy; leaders and activists were detained and executed, other ones escaped to Iraq; on January 26, 2009, the Council of the European Union removed the PMOI from the EU list of organizations it designates as terrorist (it was on it since 2002); in the United States the discussion on the removal of the PMOI from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (on it since 1997) is ongoing; See also on this discussion
Content
88 Declarations of the Sazman-i Mojahedin-i Khalq Iran (Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran).