Revolution Under Attack The Forqan Group of Iran
During the revolution in Iran, a small, fanatical group called the Forqan used targeted assassinations of religious leaders to fight the Ayatollah Khomeini's plan to establish a theocratic Islamic state. Ronen A. Cohen examines what really happened behind
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The Forqan Group of Iran
Ronen A. Cohen
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Revolution Under Attack
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Copyright © Ronen A. Cohen, 2015. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–50249–0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cohen, Ronen. Revolution under attack : the Forqan Group of Iran / Ronen A. Cohen. pages cm ISBN 978–1–137–50249–0 (hardback)— ISBN 978–1–137–50251–3 (e-book)— ISBN 978–1–137–50250–6 (e-book) 1. Guruh-i Furqan. 2. Iran—History—Revolution, 1979. 3. Iran—History—1979–1997. I. Title. DS318.81.C64 2015 955.05942—dc23
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
xv
List of Abbreviations 1 Theological Approaches
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2 The Emergence of the Forqan Group
21
3 The Fundamental Ideology of the Forqan
33
4 Acts of Terror and Assassination—The Trojan Horse Inside the Islamic Revolution
79
5 The CIA, SAVAK, and Mossad Connections with the Forqan
101
6 The Termination of the Forqan Gr
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