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Books

Citation	Absolutely "Personality Cult" or "Cult of Personality"	Absolutely "characterization as a cult"	Allegedly "personality cult" or "characterization as a cult"	Arguably "personality cult" or "characterization as a cult"
Iran today : an encyclopedia of life in the Islamic Republic. Authors: Mehran Kamrava (Editor), Manochehr Dorraj (Editor). Publisher: Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 2008. Page 338, 261	This was the beginning of Rajavi's "cult of personality,"	-	"often accused of instilling their followers with a cult of personality"	-
Terrornomics. Authors: Sean S. Costigan, David Gold. Published March 16, 2016. Publisher: Routledge. Page 68.	-	-	"has allegedly fostered his own cult of personality"	-
Deadly connections states that sponsor terrorism. Authors: Daniel Byman. Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005 Page 37.	"cult of personality that drove the MEK"	-	-	-
Conflict in the modern Middle East : an encyclopedia of civil war, revolutions, and regime change. Author:Jonathan K. Zartman (Editor). Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2020. Page 209.	"After the MEK moved to France, it developed into a cult of personality as Massoud and Maryam Rajavi demanded complete loyalty and embraced feminism."	-	-	-
The Thousand and One Borders of Iran Travel and Identity. Author: Fariba Adelkhah. Publisher: Routledge, 2015. Page 270.	"their leaders to whom they devote a strong cult of personality"	-	-	-
Iran Agenda The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis. Authors: Reese Erlich, Robert Scheer. Publisher: Routledge, 2016. Page 99.	"cult of personality built around MEK's two leaders"	-	-	-
The Iranian Mojahedin. Author: Ervand Abrahamian. Publisher: Yale University Press, 1989. Page 197, 260.	"cult of personality developing around Rajavi"	"In short, the Mojahedin had metamorphized from a mass movement into an inward-looking sect in many ways similar to religious cults found the world over."	-	-
Iran in Crisis?: Nuclear Ambitions and the American Response. Author: Roger Howard. Publisher: Zed Books, 2013.	-	-	"Allegations of a personality cult of its leaders"	-
Women in Iran: Gender Politics in the Islamic Republic. Author: Hammed Shahidian. Publisher: ‎ Praeger, 2002. Page 123.	"As to the personality cult, there are two outstanding examples"	"Since then, they have turned into a cult."	-	-
Reformers and Revolutionaries in Modern Iran: New Perspectives on the Iranian Left. Author: Stephanie Cronin. Publisher: ‎ Routledge, 2013. Page 274.	"the MEK's cult of personality or its alleged popularity as a banned organization in Iran does not determine whether or not the MEK ceased to be the Islamic Republic's main foe"	"The Sazman-e Mojahedin-e Khalq [...] declared that the revolution had been betrayed, took up arms against the Islamic Republic, and, setting up bases outside the country, turned into a cult resembling medieval Shi'i sects."	-	-
Empire of the Mind: A History of Iran. Author: Michael Axworthy. Publisher: Hachette Books, 2008. Page 272.	-	"the MKO kept up its opposition and its violent attacks, but dwindled over time to take on the character of a paramilitary cult, largely subordinated to the interests of the Baathist regime in Iraq"	-	-
The Iranians Persia, Islam and the soul of a nation. Author: Sandra Mackey. Publisher: Plume, New York, 1998. Page 372.	"All operate within a cult of personality built around the Mujahedin's long-time leader, Masoud Rajavi"	-	-	-
The Fate of Third Worldism in the Middle East: Iran, Palestine and Beyond (Radical Histories of the Middle East). Author: Rasmus C. Elling. Publisher: Oneworld Academic, 2004.	"the personality cult around Rajavi increasingly began to tighten its grip"	-	-	-
Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation. Author: Barbara Slavin. Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2009. Page 166.	-	-	Critics of the organization say it breaks up families to facilitate mind control and a personality cult around the leaders of the group	-
Deadly Connections States that Sponsor Terrorism. Author: Daniel Byman. Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Page 37.	Cult of personality that drove the MEK	-	-	-
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001. Author: Steve Coll. Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc, 2004.	Massoud was popular enough to have his own cult of personality	-	-	-
Conflict in the modern Middle East : an encyclopedia of civil war, revolutions, and regime change. Author: Jonathan K. Zartman. Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2020.	After the MEK moved to France, it developed into a cult of personality	-	-	-

News websites

Citation	Absolutely "Personality Cult" or "Cult of Personality"	Absolutely "characterization as a cult"	Allegedly "personality cult" or "characterization as a cult"	Arguably "personality cult" or "characterization as a cult"
Arron Merat in The Guardian) and The Guardian	"widely seen as a personality cult"	"Widely regarded as a cult"	-	-
Middle East Eye	-	-	"Described by critics as 'a cult'"	-
CBC Radio	-	-	"Critics call the exiled Iranian opposition group Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) 'cult-like'"	-
Shaun Walker in The Guardian	-	-	"Critics and many of those who have left the group in recent years describe it as [having] many cult-like attributes."	"But for its backers, which include many politicians and, notably, members of Donald Trump’s inner circle, the MEK are tireless fighters for a free and democratic Iran who could potentially become the country’s next government"
Daily Beast	-	-	"Iranian exile group often described by critics as a cult"	-
Jonathan Masters in Council on Foreign Relations	-	-	"Many analysts, including Rubin, have characterized the MEK as a cult, citing the group’s fealty to the Rajavis."	-
Linda Pressly and Albana Kasapi in The BBC	-	-	"Now he likens the MEK camp in Manze to Animal Farm, George Orwell's critique of the Stalinist era in the USSR. "It's a cult," he says simply"	"A diplomatic source in Tirana described the MEK as "a unique cultural group - not a cult, but cult-like.".
Owen Bennett Jones in The BBC	-	-	"described by the US government as a cult".	"Cult? How about admirably focused group?" he says. "And I never heard of anyone being held against their will."
AP	-	-	"French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal criticized the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, or Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, for "its violent and non-democratic inspirations," "cult nature" and "intense campaign of influence and disinformation.".	"Former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he was “ashamed” by the French government statement."
Davis Richardson in Observer	-	-	-	"But we’re not a cult. We’re a people who are joined by something timeless: the love of freedom, the love of democracy, the love of human life."
Majid Rafizadeh in Arab News	-	-	-	"A well-funded, highly organized misinformation campaign attempts to demonize the only viable alternative to Tehran’s rulers, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), whose four decades of opposition to one of the world’s most evil regimes apparently equates with being some sort of terrorist cult."
Ivan Sascha Sheehan in Intpolicydigest	-	-	-	"They wanted me to publish a piece on the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK). Iran is trying to get other countries to label it as a terrorist cult"
Matthew Campbell in The Times	-	-	Others, though, have dismissed the MEK as a "personality cult" focused on Rajavi	part of a narrative promoted by the regime to blacken the MEK as a secretive cult.
Voa news	-	-	Officials say the woman who leads the group, Maryam Rajavi, has turned the Council into a personality cult	-
Iranintl	-	-	Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanani said on Wednesday that the cult – as the regime calls the MEK	-
Karl Vick in Washington Post	-	-	"They stopped being a mass movement with Marxist roots and became basically a cult," he said.	-
Michael Moran in NBC	The MEK mutated into something of a cult of personality	-		-
Claude Salhani in UPI	-	-	"This is from the U.S. State Department:" "MeK leader Maryam Rajavi has established a "cult of personality.""	"The truth is that the group's ideology has evolved over the years in order to adapt with the region's geopolitical changes."

RAND Corporation think tank

Citation	Absolutely "Personality Cult" or "Cult of Personality"	Absolutely "characterization as a cult"	Allegedly "personality cult" or "characterization as a cult"	Arguably "personality cult" or "characterization as a cult"
(RAND)	"transformation into a cult of personality."	"the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK), an exiled Iranian cult dissident group that Saddam Hussein had invited into Iraq to fight on his behalf during the Iran-Iraq War."	"The cult characteristics described in this appendix have been widely reported by former MeK members and by Human Rights Watch"	"MeK leaders and supporters vigorously deny that the MeK is a cult"