Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization
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 organizations which previously fought against the Pahlavi monarchy.
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 | |
| Paramilitary wing commander | Mohammad Boroujerdi |
| Supreme Leader representative | Hossein Rasti-Kashani |
| 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 |
| Ideology | Islamism Khomeinism Anti-communism Statism |
| Political position | Left-wing to right-wing |
| Religion | Islam |
| National affiliation | Islamic Coalition (1979) Grand Coalition (1980) |
The organization was firmly allied with the ruling Islamic Republican Party and was given a share of power 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).