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Absolutely "Personality Cult" or "Cult of Personality"
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Absolutely "characterization as a cult"
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Allegedly "personality cult" or "characterization as a cult"
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Arguably "personality cult" or "characterization as a cult"
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Iran today : an encyclopedia of life in the Islamic Republic. Authors: Mehran Kamrava (Editor), Manochehr Dorraj (Editor). Publisher: Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 2008. Page 338, 261
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This was the beginning of Rajavi's "cult of personality," |
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"often accused of instilling their followers with a cult of personality" |
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Terrornomics. Authors: Sean S. Costigan, David Gold. Published March 16, 2016. Publisher: Routledge. Page 68. |
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"has allegedly fostered his own cult of personality" |
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Deadly connections states that sponsor terrorism. Authors: Daniel Byman. Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005 Page 37. |
"cult of personality that drove the MEK" |
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Conflict in the modern Middle East : an encyclopedia of civil war, revolutions, and regime change. Author:Jonathan K. Zartman (Editor). Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2020. Page 209.
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"After the MEK moved to France, it developed into a cult of personality as Massoud and Maryam Rajavi demanded complete loyalty and embraced feminism." |
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The Thousand and One Borders of Iran Travel and Identity. Author: Fariba Adelkhah. Publisher: Routledge, 2015. Page 270. |
"their leaders to whom they devote a strong cult of personality" |
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Iran Agenda The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis. Authors: Reese Erlich, Robert Scheer. Publisher: Routledge, 2016. Page 99. |
"cult of personality built around MEK's two leaders" |
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The Iranian Mojahedin. Author: Ervand Abrahamian. Publisher: Yale University Press, 1989. Page 197, 260. |
"cult of personality developing around Rajavi" |
"In short, the Mojahedin had metamorphized from a mass movement into an inward-looking sect in many ways similar to religious cults found the world over." |
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Iran in Crisis?: Nuclear Ambitions and the American Response. Author: Roger Howard. Publisher: Zed Books, 2013. |
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"Allegations of a personality cult of its leaders" |
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Women in Iran: Gender Politics in the Islamic Republic. Author: Hammed Shahidian. Publisher: Praeger, 2002. Page 123. |
"As to the personality cult, there are two outstanding examples" |
"Since then, they have turned into a cult." |
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Reformers and Revolutionaries in Modern Iran: New Perspectives on the Iranian Left. Author: Stephanie Cronin. Publisher: Routledge, 2013. Page 274. |
"the MEK's cult of personality or its alleged popularity as a banned organization in Iran does not determine whether or not the MEK ceased to be the Islamic Republic's main foe" |
"The Sazman-e Mojahedin-e Khalq [...] declared that the revolution had been betrayed, took up arms against the Islamic Republic, and, setting up bases outside the country, turned into a cult resembling medieval Shi'i sects." |
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Empire of the Mind: A History of Iran. Author: Michael Axworthy. Publisher: Hachette Books, 2008. Page 272. |
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"the MKO kept up its opposition and its violent attacks, but dwindled over time to take on the character of a paramilitary cult, largely subordinated to the interests of the Baathist regime in Iraq" |
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The Iranians Persia, Islam and the soul of a nation. Author: Sandra Mackey. Publisher: Plume, New York, 1998. Page 372. |
"All operate within a cult of personality built around the Mujahedin's long-time leader, Masoud Rajavi" |
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The Fate of Third Worldism in the Middle East: Iran, Palestine and Beyond (Radical Histories of the Middle East). Author: Rasmus C. Elling. Publisher: Oneworld Academic, 2004. |
"the personality cult around Rajavi increasingly began to tighten its grip" |
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Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation. Author: Barbara Slavin. Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2009. Page 166. |
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Critics of the organization say it breaks up families to facilitate mind control and a personality cult around the leaders of the group |
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Deadly Connections States that Sponsor Terrorism. Author: Daniel Byman. Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Page 37. |
Cult of personality that drove the MEK |
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001. Author: Steve Coll. Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc, 2004. |
Massoud was popular enough to have his own cult of personality |
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Conflict in the modern Middle East : an encyclopedia of civil war, revolutions, and regime change. Author: Jonathan K. Zartman. Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2020. |
After the MEK moved to France, it developed into a cult of personality |
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