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From the archive: Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2018: They fought for the Iranian revolution – and then for Saddam Hussein. The US and UK once condemned them. But now their opposition to Tehran has made them favourites of Trump White House hardliners By Arron Merat. Read by Lucy Scott. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  ‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza

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  As a Ukrainian journalist, I’ve covered the US for 20 years. I find it inc…

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  ‘Should we leave them to die?’ The battle over how to save orangutans from…

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  From the archive: Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped is…

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  Prisoner number 804: the plot to erase Imran Khan

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  ‘I couldn’t breathe’: the sinister spread of France’s killer seaweed

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  From the archive: Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-y…

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  After a hard-fought victory to legalise medical cannabis in the UK, why is…

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  Asian mothers, bad feelings: notes on an all-conquering stereotype

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  From the archive:‘I feel like I’m selling my soul’: inside the crisis at J…

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  ‘I had poked the bear right in the eye’: my fight to renounce my Russian c…

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  On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Afric…

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  From the archive: Putin, Trump, Ukraine: how Timothy Snyder became the lea…

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  How to survive the information crisis: ‘We once talked about fake news – n…

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  Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voti…