Mujahedeen Khalq
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- proper noun
- /muːdʒəˈhiːdən kɑːlq/
- NSFW
- Many members of the Mujahedeen Khalq were evacuated from their camp in Iraq in recent years.
Examples
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Throughout the 1980s, the Mujahedeen Khalq conducted military operations aimed at overthrowing the Iranian government.
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The Mujahedeen Khalq has been involved in various conflicts with the Iranian government.
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The international community has had differing views on the status of the Mujahedeen Khalq.
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The Mujahedeen Khalq has been a significant force in Iranian politics.
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Many members of the Mujahedeen Khalq were exiled in Iraq.
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The Mujahedeen Khalq continues to organize protests against the Iranian regime from their new base.
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The Mujahedeen Khalq has received both support and condemnation from various international actors over the years.
Synonyms
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A political group from Iran that opposes the government and uses violence
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An Iranian political group that uses violence and is called a terrorist group by some countries
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An Iranian political group from the 1960s that mixed Marxist and Islamic ideas and used violence
An Iranian political group that mixes left-wing and Islamic ideas and some countries call it a terrorist group
Surface Forms
Morphology
mujahedeen + Khalq
While the components 'mujahedeen' (fighters) and 'Khalq' could lead a learner who knows both words to infer a general meaning of 'people's fighters' or a militant group, the expression is a proper name referring to a specific Iranian opposition organisation with political and historical details that cannot be derived from the parts. Because the name yields a partial, generalizable sense but not the full, specific referent or political nuances, it is only partially predictable for B1 learners.
Etymology
Mujahedeen Khalq combines two words: Mujahedeen, meaning 'fighters' or 'those who struggle', and Khalq, a Persian word for 'the people'. So the name creates the image of 'the people's fighters', which explains why the group chose that label.