Friday, February 16, 2018

HOW THE MULLAHS STOLE THE 1980 ELECTION FROM THE IRANIAN PEOPLE AND MEK

by Mahmood Hakamian
This is the last piece in a series about the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Our previous piece ended with the mullah’s launching violent attacks on the MEK via Ruhollah Khomeini’s terrorist gangs (i.e. Hezbollah) in order to intimidate the MEK into dropping out of the 1980 election. The MEK refused to bow out or to join the mullahs in abusing their power, believing that the democratic system would be allowed to work fairly.
Let’s see what happened next.
Were the MEK likely to win in the elections?
When the mullahs finally began organizing an election in January 1980- a year after the Revolution- the MEK was very popular with 
https://irannewsupdate.com/news/iranian-opposition/4677-how-the-mullahs-stole-the-1980-election-from-the-iranian-people-and-mek.html

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