Mehdi Abrishamchi (Persian: مهدی ابریشمچی born in 1947 in Tehran) is an Iranian dissident political leader and high-ranking member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK).[1][2][3]
Mehdi Abrishamchi | |
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Born | 1947 (age 76–77)[1] |
Alma mater | University of Tehran |
Organization | People's Mujahedin of Iran |
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Abrishamchi came from a well-known anti-Shah bazaari family in Tehran, and participated in June 5, 1963, demonstrations in Iran. He became a member of Hojjatieh, and left it to join the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) in 1969. In 1972 he was imprisoned for being a MEK member, and spent time in jail until 1979.[4][5]
Shortly after Iranian Revolution, he became one of the senior members of the MEK.[1] He is now an official in the National Council of Resistance of Iran.[6]
Year | Election | Votes | % | Rank | Notes |
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1980 | Parliament | 390,683 | 18.3 | 46th | Lost[7] |
Abrishamchi was married to Maryam Rajavi from 1980 to 1985, when he divorced her so that she could marry Massoud Rajavi, then leader of the MEK, and became co-leader alongside him. Shortly after, Abrishamchi married Mousa Khiabani's younger sister Azar.[1]
Abrishamchi credited Massoud Rajavi for saving the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran after the "great schism".[8]