People's Revolutionary Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | SATJA |
| Founder | Mohammad Montazeri |
| Founded | 1979[1] |
| Dissolved | early 1980s[2] |
| Headquarters | Tehran,Iran[3] |
| Newspaper | Omid-e Iran[4] |
| Ideology | Anti-imperialism[5] Anti-Zionism[5] |
| Dates of operation | 1979–early 1980s |
|---|---|
| Size | 40–50(1979)[3] |
| Allies | |
| Opponents | |
| Battles and wars | Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon |
People's Revolutionary Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian:سازمان انقلابی تودههای جمهوری اسلامی ایران,romanized: Sāzmān-e Enqelābī-e Tūde'hā-ye Jomhūrī-e Eslāmī-ye Irān)[8] was an armed political party[3] inIran.
Mohammad Montazeri, son ofAyatollah Montazeri, was in charge of SATJA but after his death in 1981,Mehdi Hashemi took over the group.[5] The major activity of the SATJA and its magazine was to promoteMuammar Gaddafi and insultMostafa Chamran,Musa al-Sadr andAmal Movement.[4]
As of Ronen A. Cohen, the SATJA's brief presence left a long trail that is even expressed in the current sensitive political-religious situation inLebanon.[2]
The idea to create the SATJA was first formed beforeIranian Revolution.[3] The SATJA and theForqan group had the same ideological nurturing, but each chose to emphasize different things.Ali Shariati's writings were used as an ideological platform by both the Forqan and the SATJA. The latter took Shariati's books —Shahadat andPas az Shahadat — as an excuse toexport the revolution, but never dealt with the other ideological insights of Shariati's agenda and only chose to use the one that served their aspiration to export the revolution.[9]
The SATJA was first established in a house inTakht-e Jamshīd Street inTehran. Also, It is claimed that the SATJA's center was located in the building of The Ministry of Immigration Office onShahrārā Street.[3]
Montazeri sent many of the SATJA members toLebanon andSyria to fightIsrael. He went to theMehrabad Airport with his armed forces — whom were mostly young boys and girls — and volunteered to fight alongside the Palestinian guerrillas against Israel, after which he boarded the plane and went to fight Israel.[10] Montazeri also had a close relationship with the tribal parties and leftists in Lebanon and SATJA published the magazine ofOmīd-e Irān (Hope for Iran inPersian) as part of this activity.[4]
Ali Akbar Mohtashamipurthen-Ambassador of Iran to Syria was among of the SATJA's members.[11]
