FACT CHECK · IRAN
Claim: Iran's 1979 revolution was Islamist from the start
FALSETHE ANSWER
Khomeini's coalition took in Mossadegh's liberal National Front, the communist Tudeh, the Fedayeen and the MEK. Once the Shah fell he banned them one by one; Tudeh was crushed in 1983.
SOURCE
GlobalSecurity.org, Iran opposition; Iran Chamber Society, Tudeh party history
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