1. The Cult of Rajavi.
- Author
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Rubin, Elizabeth
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WOMEN military personnel , *WOMEN in combat , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *GEOPOLITICS ,FOREIGN relations of the United States, 1989- ,IRANIAN foreign relations ,IRANIAN history, 1979-1997 - Abstract
Focuses on the People's Mujahedeen, a militant Iranian opposition group run mostly by women. Brief recap of the group's political activity since the 1970s; Number of Mujahedeen fighters, loyal to Maryam and Massoud Rajavi, who were financed in part by Saddam Hussein to foment discord in Iran; Ties between the Mujahedeen and United States foreign policy makers; Number of Mujahedeen arrested in France, who now consider the Rajavis and their followers as enemies; View that the Mujahedeen are caught in the middle of a greater political battle; Author's visit to a Mujahedeen camp in the northern section of Iraq along the Iran border.
- Published
- 2003