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==Personal life== |
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Abrishamchi was married to [[Maryam Rajavi]] from 1980 to 1985. In 1985, they divorced so that she could marry the leader of the MEK [[Massoud Rajavi]] and become co-leader. The divorce was justified on the basis that the relationship between the two new co-leaders was "a matter of revolutionary necessity".<ref name="TNY">{{cite magazine|magazine=The New Yorker|volume=82|issue=1–11|pages=54–55|publisher=F-R Publishing Corporation|year=2006|title=Exiles: How Iran's expatriates are gaming the nuclear threat|author=Connie Bruck|quote=This transition was epitomized by Rajavi's involvement, in 1985, with Maryam Azodanlu. Maryam was already married, to Mehdi Abrishamchi, one of Rajavi's close associates. Rajavi overcame that fact by making the romance a matter of revolutionary necessity. First, he said that he was making Maryam his co-leader-and that it would transform thinking about the role of women throughout the Muslim world. Then, about a month later, it was announced that Maryam was divorced from Abrishamchi and that the two co-leaders would marry, in order to further the "ideological revolution."}}</ref> Shortly after, Abrishamchi married [[Mousa Khiabani]]'s younger sister Azar.<ref name="ri" /> |
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Abrishamchi was married to [[Maryam Rajavi]] from 1980 to 1985. Shortly after, he married [[Mousa Khiabani]]'s younger sister Azar.<ref name="ri" /> |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
Revision as of 11:02, 9 June 2023
Mehdi Abrishamchi | |
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Born | 1947 (age 76–77)[1] |
Alma mater | University of Tehran |
Organization | People's Mujahedin of Iran |
Spouses |
Mehdi Abrishamchi (Persian: مهدی ابریشمچی born in 1947 in Tehran) is a high-ranking member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK).[1][2][3]
Early life
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]
Career
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]
Electoral history
Year | Election | Votes | % | Rank | Notes |
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1980 | Parliament | 390,683 | 18.3 | 46th | Lost[7] |
Personal life
Abrishamchi was married to Maryam Rajavi from 1980 to 1985. In 1985, they divorced so that she could marry the leader of the MEK Massoud Rajavi and become co-leader. The divorce was justified on the basis that the relationship between the two new co-leaders was "a matter of revolutionary necessity".[8] Shortly after, Abrishamchi married Mousa Khiabani's younger sister Azar.[1]
Legacy
Abrishamchi credited Massoud Rajavi for saving the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran after the "great schism".[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ "Alleged Iranian bomb plot in France is a 'wake-up call' for Europe, U.S. says". NBC News.
- ^ 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
- ^ Vasudevan Sridharan (1 July 2014), "Iran About to Complete Secret Nuclear Facility, Claims Dissident Group", International Business Times, 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
- ^ Connie Bruck (2006). "Exiles: How Iran's expatriates are gaming the nuclear threat". The New Yorker. Vol. 82, no. 1–11. F-R Publishing Corporation. pp. 54–55.
This transition was epitomized by Rajavi's involvement, in 1985, with Maryam Azodanlu. Maryam was already married, to Mehdi Abrishamchi, one of Rajavi's close associates. Rajavi overcame that fact by making the romance a matter of revolutionary necessity. First, he said that he was making Maryam his co-leader-and that it would transform thinking about the role of women throughout the Muslim world. Then, about a month later, it was announced that Maryam was divorced from Abrishamchi and that the two co-leaders would marry, in order to further the "ideological revolution."
- ^ Abrahamian 1989, pp. 173.