Ali al-Hasayni al-Sistani denounces MEK as terrorist organization

Founded on September 5, 1965 by a group of leftist Muslim Iranian university students as an Islamic and Marxist political mass movement, the MEK was originally devoted to armed struggle against the Shah of Iran, capitalism, and Western imperialism. However, its militants soon turned against Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Iraq and Iran designate the MEK as a terrorist organization.