Noun: People's Mujahidin of Iran
- 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
- People's Mujahedin of Iran, Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization, MKO, MEK, Mujahidin-e Khalq Organisation [Brit]
Type of: foreign terrorist organisation [Brit], foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organisation [Brit], terrorist organization
Encyclopedia: People's Mujahidin of Iran