Hezbollah and Unity with MKO

We had saved the group that we had shaped with holy goals from the hands of SAVAK despite heavy tortures. However, when Abbass Agha Zamani went abroad and I was imprisoned, Javad Mansouri became a minority the central cadre of the party and move its way to a wrong one and finally its death came.

MKO was about to collapse after its heavy defeat in September 1971 when many of its leadership members were arrested and many others were wanted by SAVAK. Right at this time and individual named Mostafa Javan Khoshdel who had been connected to Hezbollah through Ali Reza Sepassi, asked help from the party.

Hezbollah hid some of wanted MKO members and followers in its secret team-houses. Then it began publishing MKO pamphlets and announcements with its limited facilities.

It was the beginning point for the fall of Hezbollah. This fall or collapse for Hezbollah was complete when it was decided to join MKO. There were conflicting viewpoints among its members. It is said that when joining MKO question was presented by some members, Javad Mansouri severely had opposed it and got out of Hezbollah. Some like Ali Reza Sepassi and Mohammad Mofidi remained in Hezbollah and joined MKO. Ali Reza Sepassi was among the ones who could rise in organizational ranks so fast. Later he became one of main founders of Marxist branch of MKO, Peykar Organization led by Mohammad Taqi Shahram.[1]