11 February is an official national holiday in Iran: it
commemorates the revolution that ended the dictatorship of the Shah in 1979.
One of the leading forces of the revolution was the Mojahedin Organization of
the People of Iran (MEK Iran, or Mujahedin-e Khalq), whose current president is
Maryam Rajavi. From Paris, she directs in exile the opposition against the
dictatorship of the mullahs who assumed power immediately after the revolution.
This dictatorship continues to this day.