History of the Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK)

As a result, Khomeini subsequently refused to permit Massoud Rajavi and PMOI members to run in the 1980 Iranian presidential election.Furthermore, despite the fact that the organization's top candidate received as many as 531,943 votes in Tehran electoral district and had a few candidates in the run-offs, it was unable to win a single seat in the 1980 Iranian legislative election.