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Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization

Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization

Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (Persian: سازمان مجاهدین انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: Sāzmān-e Mojāhedin-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi, lit.'Holy Warriors of the Islamic Revolution') was an umbrellapolitical organization in Iran, founded in 1979 by unification of seven underground Islamistrevolutionaryparamilitary and civil organizations which previously fought against the Pahlavi dynasty.

The organization was firmly allied with the ruling Islamic Republican Party and was given a share of power and three of its members were appointed as government ministers under PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi: Behzad Nabavi (minister without portfolio for executive affairs), Mohammad Salamati (agriculture) and (housing and urban development).