''Payam-e-Mojahed'' () was an Iranian

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ly based in the United States, that was published from 1972 to 1978 as the official organ of the

Freedom Movement of Iran The Freedom Movement of Iran (FMI) or Liberation Movement of Iran (LMI; ) is an Iranian pro-democracy political organization founded in 1961, by members describing themselves as "Muslims, Iranians, Constitutionalists and Mossadeghists". It is th ...

's foreign branch.

History

The monthly began publication under

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in 1972, with its first issue published in June. Though headquartered in

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, the paper gave its address in

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for security reasons, from which the mails received were forwarded to Texas. The name was selected with consent of the People's Mujahedin, and was probably a homage to ''

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'', the organ of Algeria NLF. ''Payam-e-Mojahed'' is described as a periodical published "by Iranian students abroad who were voicing their views on Islam-minded revolutionaries". The publication mainly covered activities of the opposition to the Shah among different groups and also frequently printed views of

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. It regularly denounced rule of the Shah, supported Islamic movements internationally and commemorated

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and his national movement. According to Houchang E. Chehabi, in the mid 1970s ''Payam-e-Mojahed'' had reached a circulation of 6,000 copies, with reprints made in Europe. It published a detailed account of Iranian involvement in

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in May 1978. The last issue was published in December 1978.

References

{{reflist 1972 establishments in Texas Newspapers established in 1972 Publications disestablished in 1978 Defunct newspapers published in Iran Newspapers published in Houston Newspapers published in Paris Defunct Persian-language newspapers Publications of the Freedom Movement of Iran