Communist Party of Iran

The Communist Party of Iran (CPI) (Persian: حزب کمونیست ایران‎) is a banned Iranian communist party that was created in September 1983. In the context of leftist organizations in Iran, the Communist Party of Iran is considered to an armed, dominantly Kurdish organization.[1] The group supports decentralization within their organization including their armed operations. They advocate for coordinating bodies of structure and general autonomy regarding their structure.[1]

This article is about the Communist Party of Iran which was founded in the 1983. For the Communist Party of Iran which was founded 1920, see Communist Party of Iran (1920). For the left-wing Party formed in 1941 which was often dubbed "Communist", see Tudeh Party of Iran.
Communist Party of Iran

حزب کمونیست ایران
FounderAbdullah Mohtadi
Mansoor Hekmat
FoundedIranian Kurdistan, Iran, 1983 (1983)
Merger ofKomala
Union of Communist Militants
A fraction of Peykar
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism
Political positionFar-left
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The Communist Party of Iran is active throughout industrialized areas of Iran.[2][1]

History

The Communist Party of Iran was founded in 1983, Iranian Kurdistan. The Marxist–Leninist Kurdish organization Komala, merged with three related Iranian-leftist organizations including Sahand, a leftist group which later founded Union of Communist Militants,[3] a faction of Peykar.[4][2][1] Prior to merging, Komalah was considered to be a strictly Maoist party. The Communist Party of Iran today voices their disapproval of Mao as a revolutionary, claiming he committed many mistakes throughout the 1950s to the 1970s. The party denounces the Islamic Republic and does not view it as a revolutionary regime.[1] The CPI also rejects the Tudeh's practices from the late 1950s and onward, citing a particular grievance with Tudeh giving support to the Shahs of Iran and Ayatollah Khomeini's regime.

The organisation currently advocates freedom, political and social rights in Iran and Iranian Kurdistan. They also advocate women's rights, labor laws and workers' rights.[5]

The party has representations in Germany (Köln and Frankfurt), Finland, Sweden (Göteborg and Stockholm), Norway, Denmark (Copenhagen), the UK (London), Australia and Canada (Toronto).[6]

See also

References
  1. Alaolmolki, Nozar (1987). "The New Iranian Left". Middle East Journal. 41 (2): 218–233. JSTOR 4327537.
  2. van Bruinessen, Martin (1986). "The Kurds between Iran and Iraq". MERIP Middle East Report (141): 14–27. doi:10.2307/3011925. ISSN 0888-0328. JSTOR 3011925.
  3. "Worker Communism Radical Conscience of The Left of Capital (Part 2) - Changing the name of «Sahand» to the«Unity of Communist Militants»".
  4. "حزب کمونیست ایران / در باره ما". cpiran.org (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  5. "مبانی استراتژی حزب کمونیست ایران به مناسبت سالگرد تاسیس حزب". cpiran.org (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  6. electricpulp.com. "COMMUNISM iii. In Persia after 1953 – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2018-09-08.


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