Azadegan Organization
Azedegan Organization | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Kamal Habibollahi |
| Founder | Bahram Aryana |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1985 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Ideology | Majority: Monarchism Anti-clericalism Iranian nationalism |
| Political position | Centre to far-right [citation needed] |
| Religion | Secular |
The Azadegan Organization (Persian: آزادگان, lit. 'the [spiritually] free ones') was an Iranian monarchist organisation that sought to restore the Pahlavi dynasty following the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The group, founded by General Bahram Aryana, was described as the most prominent of the "fundamentalist monarchist" (vice "constitutionalist monarchist") groups following the Revolution.[1]
Hijack of Iranian naval vessel
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ Anoushiravan Ehteshami (1995). After Khomeini: the Iranian Second Republic. Psychology Press. pp. 15–. ISBN 9780415108799. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
[edit]- "France: Iranian Monarchists' Leader Says He Will Overthrow the Ayatollah's Government", Thomson Reuters, 6 September 1981, 638129
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