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Meet the MEK: The Iranian Opposition Group Trying to Buy Washington.
The Mojahedin e-Khalq, an Iranian exile organization, has a history of controversy and violence. Despite its claims of being a democratic alternative to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the group has been rejected by the Iranian people.

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- The Mojahedin-e-Khalq has spent decades and tens of millions of dollars lobbying former US officials to cast itself as Iran’s democratic alternative despite virtually zero support among Iranians.
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The MEK (Mujahedin-e-Khalq), led by Maryam Rajavi, is Iran’s exiled opposition lobbying Washington for regime change. Here’s who they really are.
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