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Mujahedin-e-Khalq isn’t a cult? Prove it

By Michael Rubin
Published January 16, 2023 11:00am ET
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Mujahedin-e-Khalq isn’t a cult? Prove it
Protesters demonstrate over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Saturday Jan. 4, 2020. Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing. | (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Ali Safavi, a foreign affairs spokesman for the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), is upset that I called the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) a “cult.” His response is deflection, full of hot air and personal attacks. But he avoids the factual points of my article. So, why not a quick test? If the MKO is not a cult, can Safavi prove it by documenting any disagreement with Maryam Rajavi, the organization’s leader?

Let’s start with a few issues that should be easy:

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