Terrorist organization: People’s Mujahedin of Iran ‘MKO’
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سازمان مجاهدين خلق
Abbreviation
MKO, MEK, PMOI
Leader
Maryam Rajavi and Massoud Rajavi[a]
Secretary-General
Zohreh Akhyani[3]
Founders[4][show]
Founded
5 September 1965; 51 years ago
Split from
Freedom Movement[4]
Headquarters
Paris, France(1981–1986;[5] 2003–)
Camp Liberty, Iraq(2012–2016)
Camp Ashraf, Iraq(1986–2013)
Tehran, Iran(1965–1981)
Newspaper
Mojahed[6]
Military wing
National Liberation Army (NLA)
Political wing
National Council of Resistance(NCR)
Membership (2011)
5,000 to 13,500 (DoD estimate)[5]
Ideology
Islamic Marxism
Opportunism[7]
Nationalism[8][9]
Populism[8][10]
Political position
Left-wing
Religio...