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Masoud Banisadr, Ph.D., was born in Tehran in 1953. In 1976 he traveled to the United
Kingdom where he earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and engineering mathematics at
Newcastle University in 1981. Dr. Banisadr joined the Mujahideen-e-Khalq Organization
(MEK) in 1979 and served as its representative in the United States from 1990-96. He left
the MEK in June 1996. He wrote a memoir of his experiences entitled, Masoud: Memoirs of
an Iranian Rebel, published by SAQI Books, London in 2004. He has been active in
exploring and explaining cult manipulation and has written many articles in Farsi about
cults, available on his Website. www.banisadr.info.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review 2009, Volume 8,
Number 2, pages 154-184. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
Masoud Banisadr, Ph.D., was born in Tehran in 1953. In 1976 he traveled to the United
Kingdom where he earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and engineering mathematics at
Newcastle University in 1981. Dr. Banisadr joined the Mujahideen-e-Khalq Organization
(MEK) in 1979 and served as its representative in the United States from 1990-96. He left
the MEK in June 1996. He wrote a memoir of his experiences entitled, Masoud: Memoirs of
an Iranian Rebel, published by SAQI Books, London in 2004. He has been active in
exploring and explaining cult manipulation and has written many articles in Farsi about
cults, available on his Website. www.banisadr.info.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review 2009, Volume 8,
Number 2, pages 154-184. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
