Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization سازمان مجاهدین انقلاب اسلامی | |
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 The group's emblem includes an Arabic negative article La (لا; standing for La ilaha illa-llah) out of which grows a clenched fist holding rifle, and a globe symbolizing its commitment to Internationalism[1] | |
| Paramilitary wing commander | Mohammad Boroujerdi[2] |
| Supreme Leader representative | Hossein Rasti-Kashani[3] |
| Founded | April 1979 |
| Dissolved | October 1986 |
| Succeeded by | Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization (left faction) Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution (right faction) |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Membership (1979) | <1,000[4] |
| Ideology | Islamism Khomeinism[1] Anti-communism[1] Statism[5] |
| Political position | Left-wing[4] to right-wing[4] |
| Religion | Islam |
| National affiliation | Islamic Coalition (1979) Grand Coalition (1980) |
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (Persian: سازمان مجاهدین انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: Sāzmān-e Mojāhedin-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi, lit. 'Holy Warriors of the Islamic Revolution') was an umbrella political organization in Iran, founded in 1979 by unification of seven underground Islamist revolutionary paramilitary and civil[4] organizations which previously fought against the Pahlavi monarchy.[6]
The organization was firmly allied with the ruling Islamic Republican Party and was given a share of power[7] and three of its members were appointed as government ministers under PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi: Behzad Nabavi (minister without portfolio for executive affairs), Mohammad Salamati (agriculture) and Mohammad Shahab Gonabadi (housing and urban development).[8]
- ^ a b c Afshon Ostovar (2016). Vanguard of the Imam: Religion, Politics, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Oxford University Press. pp. 50–54. ISBN 978-0190491703.
- ^ Forozan, Hesam (2015), The Military in Post-Revolutionary Iran: The Evolution and Roles of the Revolutionary Guards, Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series, vol. 38, Routledge, p. 107
- ^ Moslem, Mehdi (2002). Factional politics in post-Khomeini Iran. Syracuse University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-8156-2978-8.
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
IDPwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Pesaran, Evaleila (2011), Iran's Struggle for Economic Independence: Reform and Counter-Reform in the Post-Revolutionary Era, Taylor & Francis, p. 94, ISBN 978-1136735578
- ^ Alfoneh, Ali (2013), Iran Unveiled: How the Revolutionary Guards Is Transforming Iran from Theocracy into Military Dictatorship, AEI Press, pp. 8–10
- ^ Hiro, Dilip (2013). Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals). Routledge. p. 241. ISBN 978-1135043810.
- ^ Baktiari, Bahman (1996). Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. University Press of Florida. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-8130-1461-6.