Mehdi_Abrishamchi
Mehdi Abrishamchi
Iranian dissident and leading MEK member
Mehdi Abrishamchi (Persian: مهدی ابریشمچی born in 1947 in Tehran) is an Iranian dissident political leader and high-ranking member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK).[1][2][3]
Mehdi Abrishamchi | |
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Abrishamchi in 1980 | |
| Born | 1947 (age 76–77)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Organization | People's Mujahedin of Iran |
| Spouses | |
Abrishamchi came from a well-known anti-Shah bazaari family in Tehran, and participated in June 5, 1963, demonstrations in Iran. He became a member of Hojjatieh, and left it to join the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) in 1969. In 1972 he was imprisoned for being a MEK member, and spent time in jail until 1979.[4][5]
Shortly after Iranian Revolution, he became one of the senior members of the MEK.[1] He is now an official in the National Council of Resistance of Iran.[6]
| Year | Election | Votes | % | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Parliament | 390,683 | 18.3 | 46th | Lost[7] |
Abrishamchi was married to Maryam Rajavi from 1980 to 1985, when he divorced her so that she could marry Massoud Rajavi, then leader of the MEK, and became co-leader alongside him. Shortly after, Abrishamchi married Mousa Khiabani's younger sister Azar.[1]
Abrishamchi credited Massoud Rajavi for saving the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran after the "great schism".[8]
- Abrahamian, Ervand (1989), Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, vol. 3, I.B.Tauris, pp. 172–174, 251–253, ISBN 9781850430773
- "Iranian media claim MEK member behind Paris terror plot". Al-monitor. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2022-08-24. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- "Alleged Iranian bomb plot in France is a 'wake-up call' for Europe, U.S. says". NBC News. 4 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- Abrahamian 1989, pp. 172.
- Mehdi Khalaji (January 2008), Apocalyptic Politics: On the Rationality of Iranian Policy (PDF), Iran Policy Focus, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, p. 12, archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-04-25, retrieved 2018-04-12
- Vasudevan Sridharan (1 July 2014), "Iran About to Complete Secret Nuclear Facility, Claims Dissident Group", International Business Times, archived from the original on 13 April 2018, retrieved 30 March 2018
- Ervand Abrahamian (1989), Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, vol. 3, I.B.Tauris, p. 195, Table 6; pp. 203–205, Table 8, ISBN 9781850430773
- Abrahamian 1989, pp. 173.
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