Mujāhedīn-e Khalq
Iranian revolutionary force
Also known as: Fighters for the People
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role in Iranian history
- In Iran: The Iran-Iraq War (1980–88)
…also provided support to the Mojāhedīn-e Khalq, now headquartered in Iraq. The Mojāhedīn launched a campaign of sporadic and highly demoralizing bombings throughout Iran that killed many clerics and government leaders. In June 1981 a dissident Islamist faction (apparently unrelated to the Mojāhedīn) bombed the headquarters of the Islamic Republican…
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