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Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization

DEFINITIONS OF: Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization

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n a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah

Synonyms:
MEK, MKO, People's Mujahidin of Iran
Example of:
FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organization
a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
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