This article is within the scope ofWikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage ofcrime and criminal biography on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can jointhe discussion and see a list of open tasks.Crime and Criminal BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Crime and Criminal BiographyCrime-related
This article is within the scope ofWikiProject Iran, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles related toIran on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, pleasejoin the project where you can contribute to thediscussions and help with ouropen tasks.IranWikipedia:WikiProject IranTemplate:WikiProject IranIran
This article is within the scope of theMilitary history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see alist of open tasks. To use this banner, please see thefull instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history
This article has been checked against the followingcriteria for B-class status:
This article is within the scope ofWikiProject Organizations, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage ofOrganizations on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can jointhe discussion and see a list of open tasks.OrganizationsWikipedia:WikiProject OrganizationsTemplate:WikiProject Organizationsorganization
This article is within the scope ofWikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage ofpolitics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can jointhe discussion and see a list of open tasks.PoliticsWikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:WikiProject Politicspolitics
This article is within the scope ofWikiProject Socialism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage ofsocialism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can jointhe discussion and see a list of open tasks.SocialismWikipedia:WikiProject SocialismTemplate:WikiProject Socialismsocialism
Fiona Hamilton (7 January 2023)."How Wikipedia is being changed to downgrade Iranian human rights atrocities".The Times. Retrieved8 January 2023.On the MEK's English Wikipedia page over the summer a string of information describing human rights abuses by Iranian officials was deleted. The anonymous users who changed the content cited the need for "trimming" or claimed that the material was trivial.
Farid Mahoutchi (18 January 2024)."In the War for Narratives Iran's Regime Takes to Wikipedia".National Council of Resistance of Iran. Retrieved18 January 2024.For instance, on the English language Wikipedia page for "People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran", the writing suggests that "At one point the MEK was Iran's 'largest and most active armed dissident group,' [18] and it is still sometimes presented by Western political backers as a major Iranian opposition group,[19][20][21] but it is also deeply unpopular today within Iran, largely due to its siding with Iraq in Iran–Iraq War.[22][23]" The sources of this statement, which carries a significant amount of misinformation, are articles from reputable outlets. However, it's noteworthy that the authors, who have historically expressed hostile views toward the organization, contribute to the narrative.
Warning: active arbitration remedies
Thecontentious topics procedure applies to this article. This article relates topost-1978 Iranian politics, a contentious topic.
The following restrictions apply to everyone editing this article:
Changes challenged by reversion may not be reinstated without affirmative consensus on the talk page
Editors who violate any listed restrictions may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense.
An editor must beaware before they can be sanctioned.
With respect to any reverting restrictions:
Edits made solely to enforce any clearly established consensus are exempt from all edit-warring restrictions. In order to be considered "clearly established" the consensus must be proven by prior talk-page discussion.
Edits made which remove or otherwise change any material placed by clearly established consensus, without first obtaining consensus to do so, may be treated in the same manner as clear vandalism.
Clear vandalism of any origin may be reverted without restriction.
Reverts of edits made by anonymous (IP) editors that are not vandalism are exempt from the 1RR but are subject tothe usual rules on edit warring. If you are in doubt, contact an administrator for assistance.
If you are unsure if your edit is appropriate, discuss it here on this talk page first.Remember: When in doubt, don't revert!
Why would it need "fixing"?WP:GTP is agame, not a standard / policy. Also, the note at the top of WP:GTP says:
"Please do not make edits to articles that are motivated by the concepts on this page. Such edits are purely disruptive and are generally quickly reverted, as they clearly do not improve the encyclopedia."
The MEK definitely has a very..."unique" ideology. But I feel like it's at least worth trying to add some key points in the ideology section in the infobox, as opposed to just "see below".KeysofDreams (talk)19:20, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Neither of the two sources mentioned in the article state when and by whom was MEK designated as a terror organisation in Iraq. A designation like this would have to be made in parliament. I did not find any such law being passed by the Iraqi parliament. One of the sources only mentions the Iraqi judiciary issuing arrest warrants, and the other makes an unsubstantiated statement that three countries (including Iraq) designate MEK as a terrorist organisation without mentioning when exactly was this done and by whom.Montblamc1 (talk)09:56, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
