Iran · Religion / Islam. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran was founded in 1965 by six former members of the Liberation or Freedom Movement of Iran, middle-class students at Tehran University, including Mohammad Hanifnejad, Saied Mohsen and Ali-Asghar Badizadegan
The PMOI was originally devoted to armed struggle against the Shah of Iran, formed by a group of Iranian college students as an Islamic political movement. The Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran was founded in 1965 by six former members of the Liberation or Freedom Movement of Iran, middle-class students at Tehran University, including Mohammad Hanifnejad, Saied Mohsen and Ali-Asghar Badizadegan
The Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran was founded in 1965 by six former members of the Liberation or Freedom Movement of Iran, middle-class students at Tehran University, including Mohammad Hanifnejad, Saied Mohsen and Ali-Asghar Badizadegan
The Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran was founded in 1965 by six former members of the Liberation or Freedom Movement of Iran, middle-class students at Tehran University, including Mohammad Hanifnejad, Saied Mohsen and Ali-Asghar Badizadegan
The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy
The PMOI is blamed by Iranian authorities for the bombing that kills Bahonar
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