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The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) was the first major organization to embrace the Mujahedin-e Khalq group and offer them military training and supplies in its camps in Lebanon and Syria. the MKO`s leader, Massoud Rajavi was trained by PLO in Lebanon and Jordan in the late 1960’s.

According to journal”Mojahed”of June 1979, it was Yasser Arafat who initially put the MKO in touch with the Soviet Union. Therefore when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, the people’s Mojahedin were at front to praise the Soviet Union.

Yasser Arafat receives the Herald of the MKO by its leader Massoud Rajavi.

[In September 1981, political adviser to Yasser Arafat and former PLO representative in Tehran called at the secluded house outside Paris that former Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr was sharing with Massoud Rajavi, leader of the Mujahideen-e Khalq guerrillas.  Hani Hassan was quickly escorted past the swarm of newsmen and police at the villa’s gate and brought to Rajavi. Mujahideen sources interpreted Mr. Hassan’s surprise visit — and his invitation for Rajavi to meet with Yasser Arafat sometime soon in Beirut, Christian Science monitor reported at the time.]

On 29th July 1981 Rajavi and Bani Sadr escape to Paris. They [in disguise] were driven to a Tehran military base and got on board of a hijacked Iranian air force 707 jet tanker around 10 at night. Rajavi and Banisadr together established the National Council of Resistance of Iran. The NCRI had 12 members including the Mojahedin. However Rajavi claimed to be the head of National Council or Resistance and not the representative of Mojahedin. Rajavi appointed another representative for Mojahedin.