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Massoud Rajavi
Iranian revolutionary
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Bani-Sadr
- In Abolhasan Bani-Sadr
…where—along with Mojāhedīn-e Khalq leader Massoud Rajavi—he helped establish the National Council of Resistance, a group dedicated to overthrowing the Khomeini regime. In 1984 Bani-Sadr left the coalition because of a dispute with Rajavi.
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role in Iran
- In Iran: The Iran-Iraq War (1980–88)
…hiding to avoid arrest) and Massoud Rajavi, the head of the Mojāhedīn, fled the country. The new president, Mohammad Ali Rajaʾi, and Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar died in another bombing in August. These attacks led to an unrelenting campaign of repression and executions by the Revolutionary Guards, often based…
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