{"id":16176,"date":"2014-03-19T22:07:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T22:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/16176-the-people-s-mojahedin-organization-of-iran"},"modified":"2023-01-26T17:14:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T16:14:38","slug":"pmoi-mek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/","title":{"rendered":"The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (Mujahedin-e Khalq, MEK, PMOI)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/h3>\n

Mohammad Hanifnejad, Said Mohsen, and Ali-Ashgar Badizadgan founded the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)<\/a> or (Often referred to as Mujahedin-e Khalq, MEK Iran)<\/a> on September 6, 1965. All engineers had earlier been members of the Liberation Movement (also known as the Freedom Movement), created by Medhi Bazargan in May 1961.1<\/p>\n

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Some years later, the three young engineers came together to develop a new pathway to bring democracy and freedom to Iran. Replicating the actions of the Liberation Movement would lead only to the same disastrous end. Thus, a new strategy was necessary.<\/p>\n

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They formed a discussion group with trusted friends who were mostly professionals living in Tehran. Twice a week, they came together to discuss religion, history, philosophy, and evolutionary theory.<\/p>\n

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The PMOI (MEK<\/a>)’s quest culminated in a true interpretation of Islam, which they demonstrated is inherently tolerant and democratic and fully compatible with the values of modern-day civilization. It took six years for the organization to formulate its progressive view of Islam and develop a strategy to replace Iran’s dictatorial monarchy with a democratic government.<\/p>\n

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