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Someone continually changes the political affiliation of the National Front of Iran (listed in the National Front's wikipedia entry) to "Communist", and the National Front was never Communist nor were any of its constituent parties. Due to the realities of Iranian history and especially the coup of 1953, for which Madeleine Albright even apologized to the people of Iran (link: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0004/19/i_ins.00.html). While this may not be uncommon on wikipedia, this amounts to a campaign of malicious, politically-motivated misinformation that cannot be allowed to stand. There is zero factual backing for the assertion that the National Front was Communist, though that was the main justification provided by British Intelligence and the CIA to convince the Eisenhower Administration to support the coup that it may have gone forward. There was no proof of that then, and there is no proof now, though some ossified Cold Warriors and pro-Shah extremists may cover up the facts now (as they did then) to ease their own tired consciences. However, it is an insult to the memory of Iranian pro-democracy leaders, including Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, who for better or worse sacrificed their lives and their livelihoods to bring liberty and dignity to the people of Iran, and it is an insult to Iranians at large that these lies may be permitted to stand. Furthermore, it is an abuse of the admirable experiment in adhocracy which wikipedia has become, and such deliberate campaigns spreading historical falsehoods and outright lies are despicable.
