<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-MEK yasungulwa ngomhlaka 5 Septhemba 1965 ngabafundi abangama-Iranian abangasekhohlo abaxhumene ne-Freedom Movement of Iran ukuphikisana noShah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi owayesekelwa yi-US. Le nhlangano yazibandakanya empini ebambene nePahlavi Dynasty ngeminyaka yo-1970 futhi yaba nesandla ekuqothulweni kukaShah ngesikhathi se-Iranian Revolution. Kamuva yaphishekela ukusungulwa kwentando yeningi e-Iran, ikakhulukazi ithola ukwesekwa okuvela kubafundi besigaba esiphakathi sase-Iran. Ngemva kokuwa kukaPahlavi, i-MEK yenqaba ukubamba iqhaza kwinhlolovo yomthethosisekelo  <response>: U-Khomeini wavimbela uMassoud Rajavi namanye amalungu e-MEK ukuba angenele ukhetho kuhulumeni omusha. Lokhu kwabangela izingxabano no-Ayatollah Khomeini, futhi, ekuqaleni kuka-1981, iziphathimandla zase ziwuvalile umbutho i-MEK, zaqala ukushushisa amalungu kanye nabasekeli baleli qembu, zabangela ukuba le nhlangano icashe. 