IRAN VS MUHAJEDIN E-KHALQ
YEARS: 1981-1982 | DEATHS: 14000
Following the Iranian revolution, the newly established theocratic government of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran launched a fierce campaign to crush the PMOI. Khomeini attacked the MEK as elteqati (eclectic), contaminated with Gharbzadegi ("the Western plague"), and as monafeqin (hypocrites) and kafer (unbelievers). In February 1980 concentrated attacks by hezbollahi toughs began on the meeting places, bookstores, newsstands of Mujahideen and other leftists driving the left underground in Iran. Hundreds of PMOI supporters and members were killed from 1979 to 1981, and some 3,000 were arrested. Ultimately, the organization called for a massive demonstration under the banner of Islam on June 20, 1981 to protest Iran’s new leadership. PMOI called this event a turning point in Iran’s contemporary history.
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