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Massoud Rajavi

1948 - Today

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Massoud Rajavi (Persian: مسعود رجوی, born 18 August 1948 – disappeared 13 March 2003) is an Iranian politician and revolutionary who became the leader of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) in 1979. After leaving Iran in 1981, he resided in France and Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Massoud Rajavi is the 438th most popular social activist (down from 300th in 2024), the 347th most popular biography from Iran (down from 259th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Iranian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Massoud Rajavi ranks 438 out of 840Before him are Miroslav Tyrš, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Chen Qimei, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Parashqevi Qiriazi, and Theodor Loos. After him are Nat Turner, François-Jean de la Barre, Nikolay Bauman, William Howard Russell, Leona Vicario, and Afeni Shakur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Massoud Rajavi ranks 385Before him are Marc Singer, Philippe Sarde, M. C. Gainey, Bobby Orr, Christopher Guest, and Eleonora Brown. After him are Chester Thompson, Larry Carlton, Rainer Zobel, Ken Ribet, Raúl Reyes, and Dušan Kovačević.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Massoud Rajavi ranks 347 out of 631Before him are Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), Mohammad Rasoulof (1972), Haj Ali Razmara (1901), Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Abu Said Gorgani (850), and Mohammad Ali Fardin (1930). After him are Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879), Iraj Mirza (1874), Hafiz-i Abru (null), Golshifteh Farahani (1983), Irán Eory (1939), and Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani (1001).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iran

Among social activists born in Iran, Massoud Rajavi ranks 8Before him are Babak Khorramdin (798), Musa al-Sadr (1928), Narges Mohammadi (1972), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), and Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963). After him are Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), Zahra Eshraghi (1964), Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan (null), and Parvin Ardalan (1967).