Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization (n)
MKO (n)
MEK (n)
People's Mujahidin of Iran (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 14
def a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants
def sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism
def following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah
Outgoing links
Instance Hypernym terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
Domain of synset - TOPIC terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
Domain of synset - REGION Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
Incoming links
Member of this domain - TOPIC terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
Instance Hyponym terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
Member of this domain - REGION Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia

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