Laborers’ Party of Iran

Laborers’ Party of Iran
Founded 26 December 1979[1]
Merger of 9 Marxist groups[1]
Split from Tudeh Party of Iran[2]
Headquarters
Newspaper Ranjbar[1]
Ideology
Political position Left-wing
International affiliation International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations
Slogan Not America, Not Russia, an independent and self-reliant Iran[2]
Website
www.ranjbaran.org

The Laborers’ Party of Iran[1][lower-alpha 1] (Persian: حزب رنجبران ایران‎, translit. Ḥezb-e ranjbarān-e Īrān, or simply Ranjbaran, lit. Proletariat)[3] is an Iranian Maoist political party in exile.[1]

An advocate of the Three Worlds Theory, the party supported Abolhassan Banisadr and was banned in 1981.[1] The name of the party in English is Proletarian Party of Iran The Party has never been a so called Maoist and in the later years after first congress accepted " scientific communism " as guiding theory . No more any isms- such as Marxism , Leninism, etc. The political program of the part now is Socialist Revolution. The unfinished task of creating a united communist party of Iran is most urgent and important. The party has come about as a result of nine Marxist organisation and has very rich expedience of uniting with others.

References

  1. ↑ Alternatively translated "Party of Toilers" or "Toilers' Party". It was formerly named Revolutionary Organization [of the Tudeh Party].[2]
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ḥaqšenās, Torāb (October 27, 2011) [December 15, 1992]. "COMMUNISM iii. In Persia after 1953". In Yarshater, Ehsan. Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 1. VI. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 105–112. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Information on Hezbe Ranjbaran (Party of Toilers or Toilers' Party), 1 April 1995, IRN20202.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac5e83.html [accessed 23 February 2017]
  3. ↑ Shirin Akiner, Mohammad-Reza Djalili, Frederic Grare (2013). Tajikistan: The Trials of Independence. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 9781136104909.
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