Organization of Communist Revolutionaries (Marxist–Leninist)
Organization of Communist Revolutionaries | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Ḥamīd Kawṯarī, Sīāmak Zaʿīm, and Fereydūn ʿAlīābādī[1] |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Dissolved | 1976 |
| Merged into | Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran)[1] |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism[1] Maoism[1] |
| Political position | Far-left |
Organization of Communist Revolutionaries (Marxist–Leninist) (Persian: (سازمان انقلابیون کمونیست (م-ل, translit. Sāzmān-e enqelābīyūn-e komūnīst) was an Iranian Maoist organization. It was formed in opposition to the Shah regime in Iran and was active the Iranian student movement in exile.
OCR(M-L) was founded in 1970 and it was strongly against the policies of Nikita Khrushchev and was condemning them as 'Khrushchevian Revisionism'. Instead it backed Mao Zedong and his strategy of People’s war and Cultural Revolution in China. They adopted programme and that claimed that the ideology of the working class Ideology was 'Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought'.
Later in 1976, OCR(M-L) joined merged with the 'Pooya Group', and thus the Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran) was formed.
OCR(M-L) can be regarded as an early core of a current that now exists as the Communist Party of Iran (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist).
References
- 1 2 3 4 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.