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Tehran Eight

Tehran Eight
Founded 1987 (developed since 1979)
Dissolved 1989
Merged into Hezbe Wahdat
Headquarters Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Ideology Shiite Islamism
Anti-Communism
Religion Shia Islam

The Tehran Eight was a political union of Shi'a Afghan Mujahideen mainly of the Hazara ethnic group, supported by Iran during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The Tehran Eight fought against the PDPA government and the supporting Soviet troops. It formed the second largest Mujahedeen force, after the Peshawar Seven (a Sunni alliance supported by Pakistan).

The following Afghan organizations composed the Tehran Eight, all headquartered in Iran:


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