Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (Persian: سازمان مجاهدین انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: Sāzmān-e Mojāhedin-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi, lit. 'Holy Warriors of the Islamic Revolution') was an umbrella political organization in Iran, founded in 1979 by unification of seven underground Islamist revolutionary paramilitary and civil organizations which previously fought against the Pahlavi dynasty.
The organization was firmly allied with the ruling Islamic Republican Party and was given a share of power and three of its members were appointed as government ministers under PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi: Behzad Nabavi (minister without portfolio for executive affairs), Mohammad Salamati (agriculture) and Mohammad Shahab Gonabadi (housing and urban development).
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History
Most members were among those formerly associated with the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran but left the organization after it declared ideology switch to Marxism. The groups were:
"United Ummah" (Persian: امت واحده; Ommat-e-Vahede)
"Monotheistic Badr" (Persian: توحیدی بدر; Towhidiye-Badr)
"Monotheistic Queue" (Persian: توحیدی صف; Towhidiye-Saff)
"Peasant" (Persian: فلاح; Fallah)
"Daybreak" (Persian: فلق: Falaq)
"Victors" (Persian: منصورون; Mansouroun)
"Monotheists" (Persian: موحدین; Movahedin)
Dissolution
The organization dissolved in 1986 as a result of tensions between the leftist and rightist members.
Legacy
Left-wing members of the organization decided to resume activities in 1991 and established Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization (adding the words “of Iran” to the name) which later emerged as a reformist party. Some right-wing members founded Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution in 1995.