Who helped bring the Ayatollah to power in Iran?
Who helped bring the Ayatollah to power in Iran? 1. MEK / SOVIET UNION (RUSSIA) The MEK (shown in photo) helped bring the Ayatollah to power. They started-off originally as a Soviet-backed Marxist group. They helped seize weapons from the Shah's army and created street chaos. The MEK also goes by several other names: - People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran - PMOI - MKO - NCRI 2. SOVIET UNION (RUSSIA) The head of the Soviet (Russian) school for indoctrination of foreign assets says that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was one of their students. ABOUT THE SCHOOL: The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Russian: Российский университет дружбы ), also known as RUDN University, is an educational and research institution located in Moscow. It was established in 1960 to develop Third World students into KGB/Russian assetts. It was part of Soviet offensive to project power. 3. U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER & THE DEMOCRAT PARTY. " The Shah [King of Iran] had good