Organization of the mujahideen of the Islamic Revolution
| Organization of the mujahideen of the Islamic Revolution | |
|---|---|
| Party leader | Mohammad Salamati |
| founding | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Tehran |
| Alignment | reformism |
| Website | mojahedin-enghelab.net ( Memento from June 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) |
The organization of the mujahideen of the Islamic Revolution ( Persian سازمان مجاهدین انقلاب اسلامی Sāzmān-e Modschāhedin-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi , SMEE for short, in English Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization , MIRO) is a reform-oriented, party-like political organization in Iran founded in 1978, which is small but quite influential. It is not to be confused with the opposition movement Modschahedin-e Chalgh , in German, People's Mujahedin , which isbanned in Iran.
In the Iranian parliament, the Majles , the organization is one of the various groups and parties of the Islamic Left (reformers).
The content-related goals mentioned are the preservation of the values and principles of the Islamic Revolution, the realization of a developed, free and independent society and the promotion of the ideals of the Islamic Revolution in other states.
Programmatically, one is later quite radical in economic policy (state-controlled economy), but relatively liberal in the field of culture. In the meantime, people's sovereignty, human rights , democracy and pluralism are being demanded without, however, calling into question the system of the Islamic Republic that was once co-built.
history
The organization SMEE was founded at the beginning of the Islamic Revolution in Iran by a group of intellectuals and technocrats who initially appeared quite Islamist, but turned into a reform-oriented force in the 1990s. It emerged in 1978 from an alliance of seven former underground organizations against the Pahlavi dynasty, which had ruled until then . Some of them were former Maoists . Many of the founding members subsequently held leading positions in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard .
As a result of internal disputes over the Iraq-Iran war , the organization of the mujahideen of the Islamic Revolution ceased operations. Only after the end of the war in 1988 were efforts to rebuild the organization again, which was finally completed in 1990.
The mujahideen organization of the Islamic Revolution supported the then victorious candidate for reformer Mohammad Chātami in the Iranian presidential elections on May 23, 1997 . In the 2000 parliamentary elections, she was part of the reformist alliance of May 23rd Movement (2nd Khordad Front) in support of Chātami's policies .
The SMEE is under the leadership of Secretary General Mohammad Salamati , former Iranian Minister of Agriculture. Other prominent members are the former Vice President of the Iranian Parliament Behzad Nabavi , the journalist Mohsen Armin , the former Deputy Interior Minister Mostafa Tajzadeh , the university professor Haschem Aghadscheri and the former Deputy Trade Minister Feyzollah Arabsorchi .
Member Hashem Aghajari was sentenced to death in November 2002 for alleged apostasy ( apostasy ) after a speech critical of the regime . The sentence was later commuted to five years in prison due to numerous protests. After two years in prison, he was finally released on bail.
The SMEE issues a publication called Asre-Maa every fortnight , under the direction of Mohsen Armin .
In the Iranian presidential election campaign in 2009, the organization supported the candidacy of the reformer Mir Hussein Mousavi in a 21-party alliance established by ex-president Chātami after the SMEE's own candidates were not admitted at all by the Guardian Council .
See also
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of June 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Persian)