FACT CHECK · IRAN
Claim: The left and the Islamists can fight the West together
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Iran 1979: Tudeh and the Fedaian backed Khomeini against the Shah. Then leftists were executed 1981-82, Tudeh dismantled 1983, ~5,000 prisoners executed 1988 (Amnesty), mostly MEK and leftists.
SOURCE
Wikipedia: Aftermath of the Iranian Revolution; Amnesty 2007 (via H.Res.188, 115th Congress)
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