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Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization

Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization

9.9
An Iranian political group that mixes left-wing and Islamic ideas and some countries call it a terrorist group
  • noun
  • /muːdʒəˈhɪdɪn eɪ kɑːlq ɔːrɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • NSFW
translation icon : Organización Mujahidin-e Khalq
  • The Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization has both an armed and a political wing operating in exile.

Examples

  • The Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization was founded in the 1960s.

  • Many countries have designated the Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization as a terrorist group.

  • Several countries have designated the Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization as a terrorist group due to its activities.

  • The Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization was founded to oppose the Shah's regime in Iran.

  • Several countries have designated the Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization as a terrorist group due to its activities.

  • The Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization has both an armed and a political wing operating in exile.

  • The Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization was founded to oppose the Shah's regime in Iran.

Synonyms

MEK
vsMujahidin-e Khalq Organization
7 9.9

A political group from Iran that opposes the government and uses violence

is the same movement but officially labeled terrorist by certain governments
People's Mujahedin of Iran
vsMujahidin-e Khalq Organization
9.9

An Iranian political group from the 1960s that mixed Marxist and Islamic ideas and used violence

is the same group but also described as terrorist by some countries
MKO
vsMujahidin-e Khalq Organization
9.9

An Iranian political group that uses violence and is called a terrorist group by some countries

is the same organization but described more neutrally in general descriptions
Mujahedeen Khalq
vsMujahidin-e Khalq Organization
  • NSFW
9.9

An armed Iranian group that opposes the government and was based in Iraq

is the broader political organization combining ideology and history rather than location

Surface Forms

Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization singular
Mujahidin-e Khalq Organizations plural

Morphology

Mujahidin-e + Khalq + organization

This is a proper name containing non-English elements ('Mujahidin-e', 'Khalq') with no dictionary definitions here; even if a learner knows 'organization', they cannot infer the specific political/militant meaning, historical role, or ideological content from the constituents. Named entities and foreign compounds are unpredictable for B1 learners and therefore not compositionally transparent.

Etymology

Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization's name literally mixes two words: Mujahidin means 'those who struggle' or 'fighters' and Khalq means 'the people', so the name creates the image of 'fighters for the people'. That's why the group is known as an armed political group that used both politics and weapons to try to change the government.