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Posted on 03/04/2026 4:07:00 AM PST by nuconvert
The MEK Is Not Pro-Western or Committee to Democracy; It Operates as a Cult and Fosters Anti-Americanism
When Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took power, he denied having any interest in personal power. Rather, he described himself as a figurehead for a coalition of Islamist and leftist groups opposed to the Iranian monarchy. “Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country after the fall of the current system,” he told The Associated Press on November 7, 1978. He lied. As soon as Khomeini returned to Iran, he set upon purging his former allies.
Among the first to go was the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), a group which fused Khomeini’s Islamism with Marxist beliefs. They were also among the most anti-Western groups, training with the Palestine Liberation Organization, bombing American companies in Iran and assassinating American businessmen and military officers.
The MEK hated the shah, but they turned their guns and bombs on Khomeini, his regime, and ordinary Iranians after he betrayed them. They opposed Khomeini not because they objected to his ideology but because they wanted power.
In the United States and Europe, the MEK engages in a psychological operation to suggest they are pro-Western or committed to democracy. That is nonsense. They operate as a cult, isolate their members, and foster anti-Americanism. They have become North Korea, only with more food and slicker public relations. Many of the MEK’s claims of infiltrating Iran or running operations inside the country are demonstrably untrue. Former officials who support them do so not because of ideological fealty, but rather because of lucrative honoraria. (Read more at link)
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“The MEK has always been Islamist. So, too, is Rajavi, who enforces strict veiling on the group’s women, even as Iranian youth rallied for the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. The MEK remains as hostile to the Pahlavi family as when it joined Khomeini. The most important thing for Rajavi, however, is power.”
The Cult of Rajavi
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/magazine/the-cult-of-rajavi.html
The only thing that’s changed about them since this was written, was their slick PR campaign
Iran is basically ungovernable. The best we can hope for is that Iran stops funding destabilization/terrorism of the middle east.
“Iran is basically ungovernable”
The Shah governed for 37yrs, the vast majority of those very successfully
Of course they will. I imagine they have tried over the years.
MEK scares me.
They are scary communist cult.
During political turmoil, like I expected to happened soo in Iran, there is a tendency of the pendulum swinging. So often communist group benefit. Commies like MEK are well organized and rely on demagoguery, which people are susceptible to during revolutions.
I am really worried that after the fall of current regime, MEk will take over and take Iran to some kind of Anti-American communist paradise.
Islamist Cuba comes to mind?!
Pray, that people of Iran find themselves a good government.
They are despised in Iran. There aren’t enough of them to take over. But they will try.
Do not take counsel of your fears....... General George Patton
While that is true the last Pahlavi was not well liked as he was more dictatorial then democratic. Elections were allowed to be held but his folks would observe who voted and how they voted. Voting ‘incorrectly’ was often punished.
I am rooting for the true Persians as they are far more modern in their thinking than the current ‘leadership’ - what is left of them.
Oh really? “Voting incorrectly was punished” Who says?
He was very anti communist, so if there was someone leaning in that direction, they knew to look over their shoulder.
Yes, there were legitimate reasons why the shah was toppled.
There was a lot of abuse, fraud and corruption then!
There were protests and his military and secret service was, like current regime, mass killing protesters.
However the shah is long dead!
The problem with opposition in Iran is that it is very fragmented. From MEK, which is communist sect, through socialists, democrats up to strong hand monarchists.
They need some unifying figure to carry them over the transition.
It seems to me, that the young Pahlavi might be that figure, I hope.
The fear is a full-blown civil war.
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