The Emergence of the Forqan Group

Abstract

When dealing with clandestine and mysterious movements, it is often difficult to put one’s finger on the exact time when groups like the Forqan first emerged, and the difficulty becomes greater when such a group does not create any documentation about its establishment. This common problem has forced us to use testimonies and other sources to approximate the point in time when the Forqan group was first seen in the modern history of Iran in general, but particularly, in tracing the history of the Islamic revolution in Iran.