44th anniversary of execution of Iranian MEK founders
anniversary of the execution of the founders of Iran’s main opposition group. On 25 May 1972, the founders and leaders of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK), were executed by death squads after months of imprisonment and torture from the regime of the Shah. The MEK, a group which sought, and still seeks, a secular Iranian government, was considered one of the main threats to the regime of the Shah. The Shah’s secret police, SAVAK, arrested all MEK leaders and most of its members in a series of raids in 1971. The ...
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