Forqan Group was an opposition militant group with clandestine cell system adhering to a Shia anti-clerical Islamist ideology.Forqan assassinated some senior officials, including Gen. Valiollah Qarani, Morteza Motahari, Mohammad Mofatteh and Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei but it was soon terminated following arrest and execution of its key members in 1980.
The group opposed other social sectors such as the “wealthy bazaaris”, the “liberal politicians” and the “Marxist atheists” who, in their view, “were plotting to betray the Islamic Revolution”. The group self-proclaimed to be followers of Ali Shariati, however, according to Ronen Cohen, the claim was used instrumentally to look more “prestigious” and allow them to develop their combined ideology.
