The Azadegan Organization () was an Iranian monarchist organisation that sought to restore the

Pahlavi dynasty The Pahlavi dynasty () is an List of monarchs of Iran, Iranian royal dynasty that was the Pahlavi Iran, last to rule Iran before the country's monarchy was abolished by the Iranian Revolution in 1979. It was founded in 1925 by Reza Shah, Reza S ...

following the 1979

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

. The group, founded by General

Bahram Aryana Field Marshal Bahram Aryana (); also spelled Bahram Ariana born Hossein Manouchehri; 17 March 1906 – 21 June 1985) was the most senior military commander of the Imperial Iranian Army during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and an Iranian nat ...

, was described as the most prominent of the "fundamentalist monarchist" (vice "constitutionalist monarchist") groups following the Revolution.

Hijack of Iranian naval vessel

The Tabarzin was seized during its maiden voyage from Cherbourg to Iran on 13 August 1981. Approximately fifteen armed operatives, disguised as tourists and operating from a rented tugboat named Salazon, boarded the vessel within Spanish territorial waters. Responsibility for the hijacking was later claimed by the Azadegan Organization, who said that the operation had been conducted without the use of force and declared their intention to repurpose the ship as a "fighting unit" in opposition to the Iranian government.

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