MEK

Those that fled were predominantly royalists, leftists, and members of the Islamist-Socialist Mujahedin-e Khalgh, or the MEK, which, until its recent delisting by Washington, was considered a terrorist group by Iran and America alike. Some of those immigrants and their descendants became a visible part of the cultural scene in California, in Tehrangeles, the worst of which were depicted in the unflattering reality show Shahs of Sunset. Apart from the MEK, this older generation has mostly shied away from outright political activism, but many will sometimes support the idea of a new revolution, or even foreign intervention in Iran.

2013 June 13, Sune Engel Rasmussen, “After Torture and Persecution, Iranian Activists Work From Inside the U.S.”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2014