noun
a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah
• Syn: ↑Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization, ↑MKO, ↑MEK
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Iran, ↑Islamic Republic of Iran, ↑Persia
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.