List of works about the People's Mujahedin of Iran explained

This is a bibliography and filmography of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) covering the key works published in various mediums, excluding news content and direct publications of the MEK. They are sorted in ascending order.

Written works

Encyclopedia entries

• Encyclopedia: Kushner. Harvey. Encyclopedia of Terrorism. Mujahedin-E-Khalq Organization. SAGE Publications. 2003. 10.4135/9781412952590.n298. 245–246. Mujahedin-E-Khalq Organization. 9780761924081. Harvey Kushner.
• Encyclopedia: Abrahamian. Ervand. Ervand Abrahamian. Esposito. John. John Esposito. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Mujāhidīn. 2009. Oxford University Press. 10.1093/acref/9780195305135.001.0001. 978-0-19-530513-5.
• Encyclopedia: Ciment. James. World Terrorism: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era. Directory of Terrorist Groups and Individuals: Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO). Routledge. 2011. 9781317451525. World Terrorism: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era.
• Encyclopedia: Rezai. Hamid. Shahin. Emad. Emad Shahin. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics. Mujāhidīn-i Khalq. Oxford University Press. 2014. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref:oiso/9780199739356.001.0001/acref-9780199739356-e-0334?rskey=InLdsk&result=301. subscription.

Books

English

Non-English

Articles

• Piazza. James. 1994. The Democratic Islamic Republic of Iran in Exile: The Mojahedin-e Khalq and its Struggle for Survival. Digest of Middle East Studies. 3. 4. 10.1111/j.1949-3606.1994.tb00535.x.
  • Dorraj. Manochehr. 2006. The Political Sociology of Sect and Sectarianism in Iranian Politics: 1960-1979. Journal of Third World Studies. 23. 2. 95–117. 45194310.
• Cohen. Ronen. Ronen A. Cohen. 2008. The Mojahedin: a Terror Organization or Liberation Fighters?. Digest of Middle East Studies. 17. 2. 17–31. 10.1111/j.1949-3606.2008.tb00235.x.
• Banisadr. Masoud. Terrorist Organizations Are Cults. Cultic Studies Review. 8. 2. 2009.
• Cohen. Ronen. Ronen A. Cohen. 2013. The Triple Exclusion of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization - Their Activities for Human Rights in Iran as a Voice in the Wilderness. Middle Eastern Studies. 49. 6. 941–957. 10.1080/00263206.2013.836494. 143557545.
• Sheehan. Ivan Sascha. Challenging a Terrorist Tag in the Media: Framing the Politics of Resistance and an Iranian Opposition Group. Digest of Middle East Studies. 22. 2. 2013. 229–261. 10.1111/dome.12033.
• de Boer. Tom. Zieck. Marjoleine. From Internment to Resettlement of Refugees: On US Obligations towards MeK Defectors in Iraq. Melbourne Journal of International Law. 2014. 15. 1.
• Khodabandeh. Massoud. The Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and Its Media Strategy: Methods of Information Manufacture. Asian Politics & Policy. 7. 1. 2015. 173–177. 10.1111/aspp.12164. free.
• Cohen. Ronen. Ronen A. Cohen. 2018. The Mojahedin-e Khalq versus the Islamic Republic of Iran: from war to propaganda and the war on propaganda and diplomacy. Middle Eastern Studies. 54. 6. 1000–1014. 10.1080/00263206.2018.1478813. 149542445.
• Book: Haibat Kannaby. Ahmad. Saadah. Kholifatus. Dharmaputra. Radityo. The Role of the Media in Enhancing Public Awareness - the Transfer of Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) Members from Iraq's Ashraf Camp to Albania . 2018. Proceedings of the International Post-Graduate Conference on Media and Communication. 463–466. 10.5220/0007331404630466. 978-989-758-337-7.
• Shay. Shaul. Shaul Shay. 2020. Albania and the Iranian Terror Threat. Security Science Journal. 1. 1. 10.37458/ssj.1.1.3 . 35–44 . 225510717. free.

Reports

Documentary films

• A Cult That Would Be an Army: Cult of the Chameleon. 2007. Bahari, Maziar (director). Al Jazeera.
• The Strange World of the People's Mujahedin (2012): BBC World Service documentary directed by Owen Bennett-Jones and produced by Wisebuddah company. It won New York Festivals award for Best Investigative Report in 2013.
• Ware, Michael (director). 2017. Chasing Iranian Spies. 3. 1. Uncensored with Michael Ware. National Geographic.

Series, films and documentaries by the Islamic Republic of Iran on the MEK

• Comrades in Arms: Ashraf Camp in Iraq Turned into a Harem for Leader. 2014. Press TV.
• The Secrets Behind Auvers-sur-Oise. 2016. Press TV.
• Handwritings (fa|دست نوشته ها|Dast Neveshteha): The 1987 action, Drama, Thriller film was directed by Mehrzad Minui, based on scenario of Behrouz Afkhami.^[1]
• The Wolves (fa|گرگها|Gorg-ha): four-part eight-houred documentary series initially released in 2007 and reissued in 2013 as a 90-minutes documentary, aired by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. It includes footage from Ba'athist Iraq archives of confidential top-level meetings.
• An Unfinished Film for My Daughter, Somayeh. 2015. Payeshenas, Morteza (director). Somayeh Mohammadi said that the videos and photos used in the documentary were "given to the regime's intelligence to make a documentary against PMOI."^[2]
• The Insider (fa|نفوذی|Nofoozi): 2008 feature film directed by Ahmad Kaveri and starring Amir Jafari as an MEK defector who returns to Iran in 2004.
• Cyanide (fa|سیانور|Siyanor): 2016 feature film directed by Behrouz Shoaibi which portrays the organization during the 1970s. The cast includes Babak Hamidian, Behnoosh Tabatabaei, Hanieh Tavassoli, Atila Pesyani, Mehdi Hashemi and Hamed Komeili.
• Mina's Choice (fa|امکان مینا|Emkan-e Mina): 2016 drama about a happy marriage of couple Mina and Mehran which tears apart. According to the director Kamal Tabrizi and producer Manouchehr Mohammadi, the film intends to "give warnings to families" about the MEK.
• The Midday Event (fa|ماجرای نیمروز): 2017 political drama directed by Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian, it features the MEK during the 1980s and was named the best film in the 35th Fajr International Film Festival.
• The Gift of Darkness (fa|ارمغان تاریکی|Armaghan-e Tariki): 2011 drama series directed by Jalil Saman features the MEK during the 1980s.
• Parvaneh (fa|پروانه): 2013 drama series directed by Jalil Saman about the MEK during the 1970s.
• Nafas (fa|نفس): 2017 drama series directed by Jalil Saman features 1970s.
• Trace of blood, second season of "The Midday Event", political drama directed by Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian, it features the MEK during Operation Mersad and was awarded in the 37th Fajr International Film Festival.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: رد منافقین در سینما و تلویزیون. 11 June 2017. tasnimnews.
2. Web site: Daughter's anguish at father's Iran Camp Ashraf 'hostage' claims. 26 August 2020. The National. 17 January 2019 .
3. Web site: "ماجرای نیمروز۲: رد خون" از چهارشنبه اکران میشود. 22 September 2019. Tasnim news.
4. Web site: سیمرغهای سی و هفتمین جشنواره فیلم فجر اهدا شدند. 12 February 2019. fajrfilmfestival. 7 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211007234519/https://www.fajrfilmfestival.com/news/1610/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%BA%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D9%87%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF. dead.