people's mujahidin of iran

Noun

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization , MKO , MEK , People's Mujahidin of Iran