Fadayan-e Islam is a Shia fundamentalist group in Iran with a strong activist political and terrorist orientation. The group was founded in 1946, and registered as a political party in 1989. It was founded by a theology student, Navvab Safavi. Safavi sought to purify Islam in Iran by ridding it of 'corrupting individuals' by means of carefully planned assassinations of certain leading intellectual and political figures.
Green Islamic flag with crescents and shahada
Navvab Safavi, founder of the Fadayan-e Islam
Fedayeen [note A] is an Arabic term used to refer to various military groups willing to sacrifice themselves for a larger campaign.
A demolished Israeli farmhouse, after a fedayeen attack (1956).