Furqan Group

Furqan Group
Participant in Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution
Active c. 1976–January/May 1980
Ideology
Leaders
  • Akbar Goodarzi, leader[4]  
  • Abbas Askari, deputy leader[4]  
Headquarters Tehran, Jamalzadeh St., 23 Akhavan Alley[5]
Area of operations Tehran, Urmia, Tabriz[6]
Strength 49[4]
Originated as Khafis (People of the Cave)[3]
Opponents

Iran Islamic Republic

Furqān Group (Persian: گروه فرقان‎‎, named after Al-Furqan sura) was an Iranian opposition militant group with clandestine cell system[6] adhering to a Shia anti-clerical Islamist ideology.

Furqan successfully assassinated some senior officials, including Gen. Valiollah Qarani, Morteza Motahari, Mohammad Mofatteh and Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei[7] but it was soon terminated following arrest and execution of its key members in 1980.

The group opposed other social sectors such as the “wealthy bazaaris”, the “liberal politicians” and the “Marxist atheists” who, in their view, “were plotting to betray the Islamic Revolution”.[8] The group self-proclaimed to be followers of Ali Shariati, however claim was used instrumentally too looke more "prestigious" and allow them to develop their combined ideology.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Barry M. Rubin, ed. (2010), Guide to Islamist Movements, 2, M.E. Sharpe, p. 260, ISBN 9780765641380
  2. 1 2 Ronen A. Cohen (2015), Revolution Under Attack: The Forqan Group of Iran, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 41–42, doi:10.1057/9781137502506, ISBN 9781137502506
  3. 1 2 Ronen A. Cohen (2015), Revolution Under Attack: The Forqan Group of Iran, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 66, doi:10.1057/9781137502506, ISBN 9781137502506
  4. 1 2 3 Ronen A. Cohen (2015), Revolution Under Attack: The Forqan Group of Iran, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 30, doi:10.1057/9781137502506, ISBN 9781137502506
  5. ↑ Ronen A. Cohen (2015), Revolution Under Attack: The Forqan Group of Iran, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 116, doi:10.1057/9781137502506, ISBN 9781137502506
  6. 1 2 Ronen A. Cohen (2015), Revolution Under Attack: The Forqan Group of Iran, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 177, doi:10.1057/9781137502506, ISBN 9781137502506
  7. ↑ Ronen A. Cohen (2015), Revolution Under Attack: The Forqan Group of Iran, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 80, doi:10.1057/9781137502506, ISBN 9781137502506
  8. ↑ Ervand Abrahamian (1989), Radical Islam: The Iranian Mojahedin, London: I.B.Tauris, pp. 51–52, ISBN 9781850430773
  9. ↑ Ronen A. Cohen (2015), Revolution Under Attack: The Forqan Group of Iran, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 76–77, doi:10.1057/9781137502506, ISBN 9781137502506
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