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Azadegan Organization
Iranian monarchist organisation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Azadegan Organization (Persian: آزادگان, lit. 'the [spiritually] free ones') was an Iranian monarchist organisation that sought to restore the Pahlavi dynasty following the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The group, founded by General Bahram Aryana, was described as the most prominent of the "fundamentalist monarchist" (vice "constitutionalist monarchist") groups following the Revolution.[1]
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Hijack of Iranian naval vessel
The Tabarzin was seized during its maiden voyage from Cherbourg to Iran on 13 August 1981. Approximately fifteen armed operatives, disguised as tourists and operating from a rented tugboat named Salazon, boarded the vessel within Spanish territorial waters. Responsibility for the hijacking was later claimed by the Azadegan Organization, who said that the operation had been conducted without the use of force and declared their intention to repurpose the ship as a "fighting unit" in opposition to the Iranian government.
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