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Ideological revolution and women's rights

Hey Saff V., I removed this from the "Ideological revolution and women's rights" section:

"At the time Maryam Azodanlu was known as only the younger sister of a veteran member, and the wife of Mehdi Abrishamchi. According to the announcement, Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'. As a result, the marriage further isolated the Mojahedin and also upset some members of the organization. This was mainly because, the middle class would look at this marriage as an indecent act which to them resembled wife-swapping. (especially when Abrishamchi declared his own marriage to Musa Khiabani's younger sister). The fact that it involved women with young children and the wives of close friends was considered a taboo in traditional Iranian culture. The effect of this incident on secularists and modern intelligentsia was equally outrageous as it dragged a private matter into the public arena. Many criticized Maryam Azodanlu's giving up her own maiden name (something most Iranian women did not do and she herself had not done in her previous marriage). They would question whether this was in line with her claims of being a staunch feminist."

The reason I removed it was because it looked to me as this had nothing to do with anything here. You reverted it back in saying "it is not only taking another person's last name, but also divorcing because of MEK's organization goals". Can you please explain how "divorcing because of MEK's goals" is related to women's rights? Thank you. Barca (talk) 10:35, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

It was brought that According to the announcement, Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'. My mean divorcing because of MEK's goals" is exactly "in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'". Also, the material that you were going to delete, wife-swapping and divorcing in order to facilitate this 'great revolution', completely suit with the title Ideological revolution and women's rights, which is obviously clear.Saff V. (talk) 06:51, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

It just comes across about a lot of text about little. Would you be fine with reducing it? Barca (talk) 12:57, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Your previous reason has nothing to do with the length of text. In addition, there is no detailed info or duplicated material so reducing is not needed.Saff V. (talk) 13:41, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

My point is that if we decide to include that a divorce was made to help facilitate Women's rights, then that's all we need to say about that, there's absolutely no reason to expand on this this much. Barca (talk) 10:41, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

No where in the source says the divorce was made for the sake of Women's rights (though this is not even disputed here). Also, changing the family name is also signaling the adherence of Maryam to the goal's of their organization, i.e. MEK. --Mhhossein ^talk 13:25, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Using your own terminology, what is the "fair objection" for keeping this text to the point (only mentioning things related to the MEK and Women's rights)? Barca (talk) 13:07, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

IYO, which part of text is not connected to MEK?Saff V. (talk) 07:24, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Saff V., I think you've misunderstood Barca's question, which is how is this text above relevant to the "MEK and Women's rights"? (the section where this text is included). Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 15:38, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

O.K. how is this text above NOT relevant to the "MEK and Women's rights"?Saff V. (talk) 06:57, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Because nowhere in it does it talk about Women's rights; it just talks about divorces and marriages. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 16:16, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

No where? Please read the text more carefully. This part of text "This was mainly because, the middle class would look at this marriage as an indecent act which to them resembled wife-swapping. (especially when Abrishamchi declared his own marriage to Musa Khiabani's younger sister). The fact that it involved women with young children and the wives of close friends were considered a taboo in traditional Iranian culture." is obviously connected to woman right.Saff V. (talk) 06:33, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

How is that quote connected to Women's rights? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 16:59, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

wife-swapping has close connection with Women's rights. Then why do you try to find a relation between text and woman's right? this divorce and marriage of Maryam Rajavi is connected to Ideological revolution and because Maryam got a divorce Abrishamchi and married Rajavi within a short period of time when they were the leaders of MEK and such marriage and divorce is taboo in Iranian culture. In addition according to this sentence,Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution', Is n't it against the women's right, divorcing for facilitating this 'great revolution'?It is the connection that you try to deny!Saff V. (talk) 08:50, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

@El C: I asked Saff V. to explain how the highlighted text here, which deals mainly with marriages and divorces, is connected to Women's rights (the section where this text is currently included in the article). Saff V. replied that these divorces/marriages have "a close connection with Women's rights", arguing that MEK leaders married within a short time span (even though such things happen in many cultures and do not necessarily pertain to Women's rights, or lack thereof). Could you please advice? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:32, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

At the very least, the assertion should be made more concise. The relevance to the MEK (questionable marriages/divorces, their connection to women's rights) also ought to be made more clear. Not to sound like a broken record, but again, I'm a big proponent of using explanatory notes as a means to reach compromise. El_C 14:20, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

@El C: Saff V. still hasn't provided a logical argument on how this relates to women's rights. Can I go ahead an edit this in the article? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 18:17, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Affirmative. El_C 19:05, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

@Stefka Bulgaria Are you going to restore this sourced long standing text into a suitable subsection or it should be done by others? --Mhhossein ^talk 13:33, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

For this to be restored, it needs a logical argument as to why this pertains to Women's rights, or lack thereof. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:34, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Read my comment once again. I was talking about restoring this longstanding text into a suitable section. Totally removing the material only because it did not fit into Women's rights sections, was not a good move. --Mhhossein ^talk 12:00, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

As this sentence confirmed ," Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'", the text is connected to "Ideological revolution".Saff V. (talk) 11:20, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@El C: It seems to me that Stefka Bulgaria misled you by repeated stressing on "women's right" while this long standing portion is on "ideological revolution" and the section title is "Ideological revolution and women's rights". Am I allowed to restore it on this ground?Saff V. (talk) 13:03, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

I wasn't misled. You took too long to respond and as a result ended up forfeiting your position. El_C 13:14, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay. But I showed the portion was relevant...Saff V. (talk) 13:25, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@El C:: The portion in question, which is longstanding, is directly related to the MEK's "Ideological revolution" and need to be restored. since it does not have to be related to "women's right". Stefka Bulgaria needs to respond why he had been over stressing on the "women's right"? See comments [1], [2], [3], [4] and [5] where he's mentioning "women's rights"!!! The argument used for removal of the text is totally irrelevant, as you see. Can it be restored? --Mhhossein ^talk 18:27, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, but you took too long to respond. Are you sure you want it back in the article in the, first place? It seems longwinded and convoluted. El_C 20:33, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

I think that the first place is suitable, As the text says, this divorce was done for "great revolution".So the text is related to "Ideology" section.It could be restored in Ideology/after revolution.Saff V. (talk) 05:56, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@Stefka Bulgaria: and @Mhhossein: I suppose it is missing! Saff V. (talk) 06:21, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Before anything else, I would like to seek help from El_C to elaborate on his "longwinded and convoluted" point. How can it be resolved? --Mhhossein ^talk 13:00, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

I'm not sure exactly on the how. But I get the sense that it just seems to go on for a while (with multiple parentheses), describing something that could be condensed with a much more concise summary. El_C 17:40, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

I summarized it to following text

At the time Maryam Azodanlu was known as only the younger sister of a veteran member, and the wife of Mehdi Abrishamchi. According to the announcement, Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'. As a result, the marriage further isolated the Mojahedin and also upset some members of the organization. This was mainly because, the middle class would look at this marriage as an indecent act which to them resembled wife-swapping. The effect of this incident on secularists and modern intelligentsia was equally outrageous as it dragged a private matter into the public arena.

Is there any objection?Saff V. (talk) 08:33, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Saff V., could you please explain how this pertains to "Women's rights" (or lack thereof)? Aren't marriages and divorces fairly common across different cultures/regions? I understand that you're trying to associate "divorcing/marrying" as a lack of "women's rights"? If that's the case, can you explain how that's the case? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:29, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

@Stefka Bulgaria, you were told multiple times in this thread that the text does not have to be related to the Women's right, with the section title also including "ideological revolution" (see my latest comment on this). El_C: Stefka Bulgari needs to respond why, despite being explained, he is over stressing on "women's rights", while this long standing text is essentially on the ideological revolution. --Mhhossein ^talk 12:21, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

If you're asking for my opinion, then, well, at least it's shorter (so there's that), but it is still pretty obtuse. In what way does a divorce facilitates anything? What was the MEK decisionmakers' line of thinking there? Do we know? Or does it stand as some sort of a big mystery in the historiography? Anyway, it's just stated for the reader to make sense of — personally, I don't think that's good enough. El_C 13:13, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

I have tried to find more detail as you asked. The following material is found but if you ask me except last one (attributing to Mojahed Magazine) rest of them does not provide much detail. They just confirm that "Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to pave the way for this "great revolution" Or as Abrishamchi said this marriage and that divorce help them to find ideological brightness.If you want I can summarize the following material and add to the above-shortened text.

Following the grand traditions of authoritarian parties, this divorce cum marriage was presented with pomp and circumstance as having been necessitated by POMI’s organizational and ideological exigencies the collective good, not by personal desires or a mutual love of the two participants ...Toward the end of the long tape, Abrishamchi stands up to endorse the marriage of his purpose and to sanction the new ideological shift of the organization, which this divorce represented enforcing divorce among PMOI members. It was based on the idea that by divorcing each other members could devote themselves more fully to the organization. This ideology of the dissolution of the individual into the collective was similar to that practiced by the Islamic Republic, particularly during the war years. Abrishamchi continued: ”we must all pass through this furnace and melt away our filthy parts then we can find ideological brightness then all will become true members of the Mojahedin.

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The proclamation also mentioned almost in passing that Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to pave the way for this "great revolution". The proclamation added that divorce rarely took place among the Mojahedin. The proclamation was signed by thirty-four members of the central committee and its politburo this was the very first time the organization had revealed the names of the top leadership...Whatever the true reasons behind the marriage the results were crystal clear. The marriage worked both to isolated further the Mojahedin from the outside world and at the same time to initiate a voluntary purge within the organization itself.

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When a MEK member desire to marry he or she asked permission and the MEK chose an appropriate spouse. On January 27, 1985, Rajavi announced he had appointed Maryam Azodanlu to be his co-equal leader with the intent that this action would give women an equal voice within the MEK. Five weeks later the MEK announced that its politburo and central Committee had asked Rajavi and Azodanlu, who was already married to marry one another to deepen the ideological revolution. Almost as a footnote, the MEK announcement mentioned that Azodanlu AND HER HUSBAND Mehdi Abrishamchi had divorced in order to make way for the marriage to Rajavi.

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To understand this great revolution…is to understand and gain a deep insight into the greatness of our new leadership, meaning the leadership of Masoud and Maryam. It is to believe in them as well as to show ideological and revolutionary obedience of them…By correcting your old work habits and by criticizing your individual as well as collective shortcomings, we shall gain much awareness in confronting our enemies…Report to your commanders and superiors in a comprehensive manner your progress, its results and outcomes that you gain from promoting and strengthening this ideological revolution.

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Thanks. Saff V. (talk) 08:43, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Wow, okay. Thanks for that. That clears up a lot of questions. Now the task before us is how to present all that in a manner that is cogent and concise. El_C 19:24, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

Don't mention it. ASAP I will try to provide a brief and comprehensive text.Saff V. (talk) 13:02, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

I worked on the matted and the following text was made:

At the time Maryam Azodanlu was known as only the younger sister of a veteran member, and the wife of Mehdi Abrishamchi. According to the announcement, Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'. As a result, the marriage further isolated the Mojahedin and also upset some members of the organization. This was mainly because, the middle class would look at this marriage as an indecent act which to them resembled wife-swapping.The effect of this incident on secularists and modern intelligentsia were equally outrageous as it dragged a private matter into the public arena. This divorce cum marriage was presented with pomp and circumstance as having been necessitated by POMI’s organizational and ideological exigencies the collective good, not by personal desires or a mutual love of the two participants. As Abrishamchi said on endorse the marriage of his purpose and to sanction the new ideological shift of the organization, which this divorce represented enforcing divorce among PMOI members. It was based on the idea that by divorcing each other members could devote themselves more fully to the organization. According to Ervand Abrahamian, the marriage worked both to isolated further the Mojahedin from the outside world and at the same time to initiate a voluntary purge within the organization itself.source. On January 27, 1985, Rajavi announced he had appointed Maryam Azodanlu to be his co-equal leader with the intent that this action would give women an equal voice within the MEK. Five weeks later the MEK announced that its politburo and central Committee had asked Rajavi and Azodanlu, who was already married to marry one another to deepen the ideological revolution.source.

Mhhossein and Stefka Bulgaria any opposition?Saff V. (talk) 06:56, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Can you please add the sources so I can go through them along with the text? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 07:23, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Sources were provided.Saff V. (talk) 09:36, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

@Saff V., so the whole paragraph is based on the Abrahamian book? This is what Abrahamian's book says:

"In the eyes of traditionalists, particularly among bazaar middle class, the whole incident was indecent. It smacked of wife-swapping... It involved women with young children and, even more unforgivable, the wives of close friends, a taboo in traditional Iranian culture. To top it all, the reference to the Prophet was not only irrelevant but also outrageously irreverent."

What does this text tell us about the MEK's "Ideological revolution and women's rights"? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 11:02, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Only this paragraph belongs to Abrahamian's book:"At the time Maryam Azodanlu was known as only the younger sister of a veteran member, and the wife of Mehdi Abrishamchi. According to the announcement, Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'. As a result, the marriage further isolated the Mojahedin and also upset some members of the organization. This was mainly because, the middle class would look at this marriage as an indecent act which to them resembled wife-swapping." As El_C demanded (here and here) I try to make clear the aim of that divorce and marriage. I don't know why my proposed text was not posted completely, yesterday I found it incomplete so I reposted again.Saff V. (talk) 08:31, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

The idea here was to make this more concise, and you've actually expanded it. Aside from "On January 27, 1985, Rajavi announced he had appointed Maryam Azodanlu to be his co-equal leader with the intent that this action would give women an equal voice within the MEK", can you please explain how the rest of this text pertains to "Ideological revolution and women's rights"? In what way does a divorce help explain either the MEK's ideological revolution or Women's rights? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 09:16, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

As it was said before there is no need be related to woman's right, It is enough to be related to Ideological revolution. I made some changes in the suggested text to be more obvious:

At the time Maryam Azodanlu was known as only the younger sister of a veteran member, and the wife of Mehdi Abrishamchi. According to the announcement, Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'.As Abrishamchi said on endorse the marriage of his purpose and to sanction the new ideological shift of the organization, which this divorce represented enforcing divorce among PMOI members. It was based on the idea that by divorcing each other members could devote themselves more fully to the organization.source. On January 27, 1985, Rajavi announced he had appointed Maryam Azodanlu to be his co-equal leader with the intent that this action would give women an equal voice within the MEK. Five weeks later the MEK announced that its politburo and central Committee had asked Rajavi and Azodanlu, who was already married to marry one another to deepen the ideological revolution.source. This divorce cum marriage was presented with pomp and circumstance as having been necessitated by POMI’s organizational and ideological exigencies the collective good, not by personal desires or a mutual love of the two participants.source.According to Ervand Abrahamian, the marriage worked both to isolated further the Mojahedin from the outside world and at the same time to initiate a voluntary purge within the organization itself.source. Saff V. (talk) 11:57, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Ok, let's not relate it to "women's rights", let's relate this to "Ideological revolution". What is the MEK's "Ideological revolution"? and how does a divorce help the reader understand it better? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 07:04, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

@Stefka Bulgaria I don't know how many time are you going to point ([6], [7], [8], [9] and [10])that there is no relation between material and women's rights and how many times we have to respond (1, 2 and 3) that also the title including "ideological revolution" and it is enough!

@El C: As you asked to make material more clear. I gave it try and provided a text. Does it make a sense? Thanks! Saff V. (talk) 08:22, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

If you read my last message, you should see that I suggested that we don't relate this to "Women's rights". Moving forward, my question was quite simple: How does a divorce help the reader better understand the MEK's ideological revolution? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 09:51, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

I brought your answer in suggested text: this divorce (of Abrishamchi) represented enforcing divorce among PMOI members. It was based on the idea that by divorcing each other members could devote themselves more fully to the organization.Saff V. (talk) 11:52, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

So there was a divorce so that some members could "devote themselves more fully to the organization"; so what? What does that tell us about the MEK's "ideological revolution" (beyond that there was a divorce in the process)? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:48, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

The great revolution tied with new leadership (of Rajavi and Azodanlu) whereby it was mentioned that the central Committee had asked Rajavi and Azodanlu, who was already married to marry one another to deepen the ideological revolution. In another hand, Maryam Azodanlu was known as the wife of Mehdi Abrishamchi. So she needed to divorce Abrishamchi for marrying Rajavi. It was mentioned that "Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution". As the sources say, these marriage and divorce illustrate to members that they have to devote themselves more fully to the organization as their leaders don't divorce or marry just because of their own desire.Saff V. (talk) 11:41, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

The way you write it lacks context and gives unnecessary emphasis to a divorce/marriage, which is really secondary here. I propose that if we include this, that it'd be more like the author has written it, which is more NPOV:

"On January 27, 1985, Rajavi announced he had appointed Maryam Azodanlu to be his "co-equal leader" with the intent that this action would give women an equal voice within the MEK. Five weeks later, the MEK announced that its Politburo and Central Committee had asked Rajavi and Azondalu, who was already married, to marry one another to deepen the "ideological revolution.""

Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 13:09, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

I suggested the text to explain relations between marriage and divorce of MEK and grat revolution, as well as Stefka Bulgaria wrote his opinion above, I thought other involved users is needed.Saff V. (talk) 06:06, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

@El C:,@Mhhossein: and @Kazemita1: Please leave comment. As I explained in my pervious comment and the objection of user:Stefka Bulgaria, your opinion is needed. I am going to add this text to article!Saff V. (talk) 07:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Here is my two cents. This piece is written by Ervand Abrahamian. You cannot possibly find anyone more neutral than him when it comes to contemporary Iranian history. I therefore suggest we keep it the way he wrote it. Let's face it as once mentioned by Vandermonde, nobody's hand is clean. So I suggest Stefka does not change the wording of Abrahamian for obvious reasons.--Kazemita1 (talk) 12:00, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Saff V., you forgot to include me, as I am also involved in this discussion. I stand by my point that if we decide to include that a divorce was made to help facilitate Women's rights, then that's all we need to say about that, there's absolutely no reason to expand on this this much. Barca (talk) 16:26, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

The Admin demanded to make it clear!Saff V. (talk) 06:49, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

What Stefka wrote is clear. Barca (talk) 14:57, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Stefka wrote his/her version of history. Instead, I propose we stick to the version written by a world-class historian, i.e. Ervand Abrahamian.--Kazemita1 (talk) 13:23, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Kazemita1, please be careful when you make remarks like that. I did not write my "own version of history", I quoted directly from the source. Please cross out what you wrote. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 11:01, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

@Stefka Bulgaria:Ok I have no problem with your suggested text which is more summarized I just added the saying of Ervand Abrahamian to end of it. @Kazemita1: I think I don't get your mean or objection. Anyway is anyone against the following text?

On January 27, 1985, Rajavi announced he had appointed Maryam Azodanlu to be his "co-equal leader" with the intent that this action would give women an equal voice within the MEK. Five weeks later, the MEK announced that its Politburo and Central Committee had asked Rajavi and Azondalu, who was already married, to marry one another to deepen the "ideological revolution."According to Ervand Abrahamian, the marriage worked both to isolated further the Mojahedin from the outside world and at the same time to initiate a voluntary purge within the organization itself.Saff V. (talk) 13:44, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

I don't see what you've added about Abrahamian at the end gives any insight into the MEK's ideological revolution or Women's rights. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 15:55, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

It does not have to give insights into ideological revolution. MEK tried to facilitate its ideological revolution by divorce/marriage, but the action had some more outcomes including what Abrahamian said (it "isolated further the Mojahedin from the outside world and at the same time to initiate a voluntary purge within the organization itself"). Also, I suggest to use the description by Abrahamian, saying the divorce/marriage "paved" the revolution. Moreover, the portion used from this source is a verbatim copy and paste which needs to be reworded before getting into the article's body. --Mhhossein ^talk 19:03, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

The section's title is "Ideological revolution and Women's rights", so it needs to contribute to that particular discourse. Pushing a divorce/marriage narrative is not important as it's something that happens every day, multiple times, across many cultures around the world. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 19:24, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Comparing Ervand Abrahamian's words with SaffV's proposal, I tend to agree with his version more than Stefka's.--Kazemita1 (talk) 01:28, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

To tell you the truth, Abrahamian's book has more to add on this topic which I just realized for some reason has been censored from the article some time ago. I will go ahead and try to pull that content up from Abrahamian's book. --Kazemita1 (talk) 01:30, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Here is the part I am talking about from Abrahamian's book:

On 27 January 1985, Rajavi appointed Maryam Azodanlu as his co-equal leader. The announcement, stated that this would give women equal say within the organization and thereby 'would launch a great ideological revolution within Mojahedin, the Iranian public and the whole Muslim World'. At the time Maryam Azodanlu was known as only the younger sister of a veteran member, and the wife of Mehdi Abrishamchi. According to the announcement, Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'. As a result, the marriage further isolated the Mojahedin and also upset some members of the organization. This was mainly because, the middle class would look at this marriage as an indecent act which to them resembled wife-swapping. (especially when Abrishamchi declared his own marriage to Musa Khiabani's younger sister). The fact that it involved women with young children and the wives of close friends was considered a taboo in traditional Iranian culture. The effect of this incident on secularists and modern intelligentsia was equally outrageous as it dragged a private matter into the public arena. Many criticized Maryam Azodanlu's giving up her own maiden name (something most Iranian women did not do and she herself had not done in her previous marriage). They would question whether this was in line with her claims of being a staunch feminist.( Abrahamian 1982, p. 233–234.)

Stefka Bulgaria, to respond to your objection, I have to say the added sentence from Abrahamian is not only about a simple marriage or divorce, but also support the title (ideological revolution), As Abrahamian mentioned, Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'.Mhhossein, If the text is confirmed with involved users, I will reword it.Kazemita1, thanks for providing the text of Abrahamian, but forgot to sign your comment!Are you going to make more complete the text? Are you against the following text?Saff V. (talk) 09:42, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Final text up to now: On January 27, 1985, Rajavi announced he had appointed Maryam Azodanlu to be his "co-equal leader" with the intent that this action would give women an equal voice within the MEK. Five weeks later, the MEK announced that its Politburo and Central Committee had asked Rajavi and Azondalu, who was already married, to marry one another to deepen the "ideological revolution."According to Ervand Abrahamian, the marriage worked both to isolated further the Mojahedin from the outside world and at the same time to initiate a voluntary purge within the organization itself. As he mentioned, Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'.Saff V. (talk) 09:44, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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@Saff V: you are repeating information (again). This version is NPOV, and doesn't dabble on what's already been established:

"On January 27, 1985, Rajavi announced he had appointed Maryam Azodanlu to be his "co-equal leader" with the intent that this action would give women an equal voice within the MEK. Five weeks later, the MEK announced that its Politburo and Central Committee had asked Rajavi and Azondalu, who was already married, to marry one another to deepen the "ideological revolution.""

Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:48, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

As you said, saying that something is just "POV-ish" is not a substantive objection!Saff V. (talk) 11:25, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Why do you remove "As he mentioned, Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'".Mhhossein suggested to add it.Saff V. (talk) 11:28, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

I think Stefka's objection has more to do with not repeating things and keeping it to the point. I think his/her suggestion is fine. Barca (talk) 16:53, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Please follow the comments before making comments. @Stefka Bulgaria: You need to have a serious abjection against me saying that the divorce/marriage "paved" the revolution should be mentioned in the text. --Mhhossein ^talk 13:36, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Because it's already repeated here: "The MEK announced that its Politburo and Central Committee had asked Rajavi and Azondalu, who was already married, to marry one another to deepen the "ideological revolution."" Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 14:25, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

No, they're totally different. "Deepening" something is completely different from "paving" that. Another point, Here you said that "Pushing a divorce/marriage narrative is not important as it's something that happens every day". Should I care your 'Original Research' and ignore Abrahamian's comment on the outcomes of this divorce on the MEK's social life?--Mhhossein ^talk 15:34, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Are you saying they are different because one quote says "paving" and the other says "deepening"? If that's really the issue, we can include both: "Five weeks later, the MEK announced that its Politburo and Central Committee had asked Rajavi and Azondalu, who was already married, to marry one another to deepen and pave the way for the "ideological revolution." Fair compromise? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 18:58, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

@Stefka. It would work as a good compromise so long as you add the consequences of this marriage/divorce. In Abrahamian's words:

As a result, the marriage further isolated the Mojahedin and also upset some members of the organization. This was mainly because, the middle class would look at this marriage as an indecent act which to them resembled wife-swapping. (especially when Abrishamchi declared his own marriage to Musa Khiabani's younger sister). The fact that it involved women with young children and the wives of close friends was considered a taboo in traditional Iranian culture.

Kazemita1 (talk) 04:01, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@Stefka Bulgaria, This sentence (According to Ervand Abrahamian, the marriage worked both to isolated further the Mojahedin from the outside world and at the same time to initiate a voluntary purge within the organization itself.) would be included in the article, if there was no seriouse answer to Mhhossein's concern.Saff V. (talk) 08:27, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@Saff V.; I've already addressed Mhhossein's concern, and Kazemita1 already included that in the article. That text already addresses the marriage / divorce that you've been wanting to include in the article clearly and concisely. We could write a whole section about how the MEK reacted to this divorce, and how the Iranian public (inside and outside Iran) reacted to it, as well as how different scholars reacted to it, and commentators and so forth, but that's not what this section is about, so mentioning the divorce / marriage, as we've done already, is plenty for our purposes of describing the process of how the MEK leadership came to be (within the context of "Ideological Revolution and Women's rights"). Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:48, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@Stefka: We are not attempting to write a large section about the divorce/marriage. We are asking for a compromise, i.e. allowing a shortened version of the analysis done by an expert about the aftermath of the ideological revolution. So far you have reverted any such inclusion in the article; short or long version. Which is why I would like to ask the admin to weigh in as I do not find your objections substantive.@El C:--Kazemita1 (talk) 12:11, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

No, Stefka Bulgaria, you are being obstinate here. You can't remove longstanding text (wholesale) with the purpose of making it more concise while neither doing so yourself nor accepting other editors' efforts to do so themselves. That increasingly risks being interpreted as tendentious, I'm sorry. El_C 12:31, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@El C:, sorry to bother you, is it allowed to revert this edit of Stefka?Saff V. (talk) 12:59, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@El C: the text was removed over 2 months ago, so, unless I'm mistaken, it does no longer constitute "long-standing"? Also, if the text is currently being discussed, am I not correct to revert it? (if not, I'll self-revert). Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 13:04, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

Also, what Kazemita1 claims about me "not compromising" is false. I've already proposed two compromises here, including the last text Kazemita added to the article (was proposed by me, it's even stated in Kazemita's edit summary!). Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 13:24, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

But there's concise and there's stripping the content bare to the point that it is no longer recognizable as such. El_C 13:47, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

3 days ago I proposed that we compromise into including the following:

• "On January 27, 1985, Rajavi announced he had appointed Maryam Azodanlu to be his "co-equal leader" with the intent that this action would give women an equal voice within the MEK. Five weeks later, the MEK announced that its Politburo and Central Committee had asked Rajavi and Azondalu, who was already married, to marry one another to deepen the "ideological revolution."""

As I see it, this text does not strip anything away, but rather, focuses on what Kazemita1 and Saff V. are trying to include here: a divorce/marriage that helped the MEK's ideological revolution. I don't see how the text I proposed is "no longer recognizable" from what they're trying to include, but as I said, if I'm wrong, I'll self-revert. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 13:58, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

It certainly does. No mention of "divorce" (really? "already married"?) and Abrahamian's exposition on how this was viewed in Iranian society is absent, as well. El_C 14:05, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

I've self-reverted. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 14:09, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

A recently removed piece from the long-standing text

Hello @El C:. The following piece used to be in the article for at least 6 years in the section titled "Ideological revolution". The content is from Ervand Abrahamian's book on MEK which meets WP:RS. The author's neutrality has never been an issue either:

At the time Maryam Azodanlu was known as only the younger sister of a veteran member, and the wife of Mehdi Abrishamchi. According to the announcement, Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to facilitate this 'great revolution'. As a result, the marriage further isolated the Mojahedin and also upset some members of the organization. This was mainly because, the middle class would look at this marriage as an indecent act which to them resembled wife-swapping. (especially when Abrishamchi declared his own marriage to Musa Khiabani's younger sister). The fact that it involved women with young children and the wives of close friends was considered a taboo in traditional Iranian culture. The effect of this incident on secularists and modern intelligentsia was equally outrageous as it dragged a private matter into the public arena. Many criticized Maryam Azodanlu's giving up her own maiden name (something most Iranian women did not do and she herself had not done in her previous marriage). They would question whether this was in line with her claims of being a staunch feminist.

Early August, when I was on a long journey, Stefka removed the content. You had correctly pointed out back then the section needed to be more concise. However, it occurs to me removing the whole piece was a bit too much. To say the least, it talks about how the ideological revolution was looked upon in average Iranians eyes. I am therefore reaching out to you to see if you are OK with reviving a shortened version of the above.--Kazemita1 (talk) 18:22, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Yes, it is okay. El_C 18:24, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

@El C: This text is currently being discussed in the section "Ideological revolution and women's rights", shouldn't it be settled there before inclusion? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 18:52, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Settle away, but this does not preclude bold edits from being undertaken. El_C 19:41, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

I am actually involved in the discussion Stefka is talking about to some extent. However, the discussion there is on the ideological revolution itself and not about how the Iranian middle class looked upon to it. It was for this reason that I opened a new section.--Kazemita1 (talk) 03:09, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@El C: As you said "this does not preclude bold edits from being undertaken", Why did Stefka Bulgaria revert this edit by Kazemita1?According to which comment?Saff V. (talk) 11:29, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@Saff V.: According to this one and this one. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 11:44, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

I thought we were going to use our words instead of see this diff. At least provide a brief summary — sorry, but this is not acceptable. El_C 12:22, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

Also, all these "revert per TP" — those edit summaries are not working for me. Please aim to do better. At least try to give us a hint! El_C 12:26, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@Stefka Don't mix issues together. The removed text by you is related to 6 years of longstanding material, but your answer has nothing with that, it was told you many times that the name of the section is Ideological revolution and women's rights, as the Abrahimian sources confirm divorce / marriage related to Ideological revolution (Maryam Azodanlu and Mehdi Abrishamchi had recently divorced in order to pave the way for this "great revolution" )!@El C: It is such as awful game designed by Stefka make me repeat that how many times we have to respond (1, 2 and 3, 4) that also the title including "ideological revolution" and it is enough!please save me from this game!Saff V. (talk) 12:38, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

Unless I got this wrong, if removed over 2 months ago, then it no longer constitutes longstanding. Also if it's being discussed in the corresponding Talk page, then it can be reverted until some king of consensus is reached (as it has been so far in that TP discussion, with me proposing comprises there). If I'm wrong about this, I'll gladly self-revert. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 13:41, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, but I don't think the other parties see this as much of a compromise. That your removal two months ago wasn't reverted does not mean that there should be no text to supplant the missing content — since it was removed with the expressed intent of restoring part of it. Clinging to the notion of (2-month) longstanding text, in this instance, can indeed be viewed as gaming the system. I, therefore, am inclined to allow the latest addition which was removed to stand — an addition which of course you may further discuss and refine here. El_C 13:55, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

I was only pointing out that the claim that this constituted "long-standing text" is not in accordance with what we agreed long-standing text constitutes, that's all. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 14:16, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

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