Subscriber Essay: Who are the Mujahedin-e Khalq?

Evan requested an essay about the Mujahedin-e Khalq. I assume a general history will do, and this is a small enough topic where that should be manageable in a single post.

The People's Mujahedin, or Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) was founded way back in the 1960s by student Marxists affiliated with the Iranian opposition, then during the 1980s morphed into a pe…