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Iran Liberation Front (ILF) (Persian جبهه آزادی ایران, Jabhe Azadi Iran) is an Iranian opposition organization that advocates the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which it sees as dictatorial. In 2010, the organization claimed responsibility for various actions that took place in Iran.

Masoud Alimohammadi

Several hours after the explosion that occurred in Tehran on 12 January 2010, and which killed professor Masoud Alimohammadi, several Persian language and Arabic media outlets reported that an unknown organization called "The Iran Liberation Front" claimed responsibility for the attack.

According to the reports, the organization explained in its message that its people "gave the vice-president of the university of Tehran what he deserved" and that on 7:30 that morning "he was punished". The organization's message further explained that Alimohammadi handed the Iranian security forces a list of lecturers and students that participated in a protest against the "rigging" of the 2009 Iranian presidential elections.

There was at least one more organization that was mentioned in connection with the incident. Iran's English-language Press TV reported that a U.S. based pro-monarchist group, The Iran Royal Association claimed responsibility for the bombing a claim which other sources say the Association had denied having made.

Attack in Marand

On 6 February 2010, the organization claimed responsibility for an attack in the Iranian town of Marand, against a truck which was carrying tear gas and other substances for the use of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. The claim of responsibility was made, among other methods, through a video posted on YouTube. In the video, a woman with her face covered, whom the paper "Corriere Della Sera" referred to as Azadeh, said that she had been tortured by the regime for what she defined as her "will for freedom". She claimed that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards purchased tear gas through companies in Europe and threatened that while this time no innocent people were hurt, it did not mean that it may not happen in the future. According to the Italian report, the video includes pictures of "suspected drivers" and names of companies involved in the transport of agents for dispersing crowds.