Honestly I can't understand how an educated person could be a Marxist, at least after age 22 (assuming you graduate college at 21), unless of course they stayed in a University, sitting on their ass, getting nothing important done. That being said I would rather a Marxist state in Iran, than a religious fundamentalist one.
Looking at Mek, something I never bothered to before now, I seems they got a bit screwed. It seems their terrorist designation was a bargaining chip with Tehran, you stop supporting Hamas and Hezbollah and we will get rid of Western support for Mek. Not sure how well that worked, but apparently not to well in European courts...
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PMOI is– legally or at least well tolerated – active in Germany, Denmark and many other countries of the European Union. The NCRI maintained an Information Office in Washington DC, USA until August 2002, when US Secretary of State Colin Powell issued an order to shut down the offices.[53] Recently, Dick Marty, Swiss investigator working for the human rights body the Council of Europe, called this designation a violation of human rights.[54]
In April 2007, CNN reported that the US military and the International Committee of the Red Cross was continuing to protect the group, with the US army regularly escorting PMOI supply runs between Baghdad and its base, Camp Ashraf.[55] On Nov 30, 2007 the British Court,The Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission(POAC) ruled to the annulment of the terrorist designation and ordered the British government to remove PMOI off the terrorist list.[10][11]
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I suppose what perhaps amuses me most are these are Marxists, good old fashioned Reds, the communist menace, who are being supported by conservatives and smeared by leftists.
All of this because of Irans peaceful venture into nuclear power (pause for laughter).