Communist Party of Iran

Communist political party in Iran

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Communist Party of Iran

حزب کمونیست ایران

Abbreviation| CPI
Leadership| Central committee
Founder| Abdulla Mohtadi
Mansoor Hekmat
Founded| 2 September 1983 (1983-09-02)
in Iranian Kurdistan
Merger of|

* • Komalah
* • EMK
* • Peykar (faction)

Newspaper| Jahān-e Emrūz (World Today)
Kurdish organization| Komala (CPI)
Armed wing| Peshmerga Forces
Ideology|

* Communism
* Revolutionary socialism

Political position| Far-left
National affiliation| Cooperation Council of Left and Communist Parties
Slogan| "Workers of all countries, unite!"
Website
www.cpiran.org

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The Communist Party of Iran (CPI; Persian: حزب کمونیست ایران) is an Iranian communist party founded on 2 September 1983. It has an armed wing and its membership is predominantly Kurdish.[1] The CPI is active throughout the industrialized areas of Iran.[1][2]

## History

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The Communist Party of Iran was founded in 1983, in Iranian Kurdistan. It was formed from a merger between the Marxist–Leninist Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan and three related Iranian leftist organizations: Sahand, the Union of Communist Militants,[3] and a faction of Peykar.[4][2][1] Prior to the merger, Komala was considered to be a strictly Maoist party. The CPI, however, has been critical of Mao as a revolutionary, considering that he made many mistakes throughout the 1950s to 1970s. The party opposes the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[1] The CPI also rejects the policies of the Tudeh Party of Iran from the late 1950s and onward, citing a particular grievance with Tudeh giving support to the Shahs of Iran and Ayatollah Khomeini's regime. CPI also emphasizes that the Soviet Union was not a socialist government after the death of Stalin.

The party would suffer a split in 1991, when former party leader Mansoor Hekmat formed the Worker-communist Party of Iran over issues regarding left-wing nationalism.[citation needed]

## Goals

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The CPI currently advocates for increased civil, political, and social rights in Iran, as well as improved labour laws and protections for workers.[5]

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

## Structure

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Unlike most other communist parties, the CPI is not organised on the basis of democratic centralism. The party is decentralised and its cadres generally act autonomously.[1]

## See also

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* Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
* Worker-communist Party of Iran
* Worker-communist Party of Iran - Hekmatist

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Alaolmolki, Nozar (1987). "The New Iranian Left". Middle East Journal. 41 (2): 218–233\. JSTOR 4327537.
2. ^ a b 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"". Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
4. ^ "حزب کمونیست ایران / در باره ما". cpiran.org (in Persian). Retrieved 8 September 2018.
5. ^ "مبانی استراتژی حزب کمونیست ایران به مناسبت سالگرد تاسیس حزب". cpiran.org (in Persian). Retrieved 8 September 2018.
6. ^ electricpulp.com. "COMMUNISM iii. In Persia after 1953 – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

## External links

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* Official website
* English website of Communist Party of Iran

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1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners

Order|

* Ruhollah Khomeini

Perpetrators|

* Ebrahim Raisi
* Mostafa Pourmohammadi
* Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani
* Majid Ansari
* Asadollah Lajevardi
* Alireza Avayi

Influential sponsors|

* Ahmad Khomeini
* Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
* Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili
* Ali Khamenei
* Mohammad Reyshahri
* Mohsen Rezaee

Opponents|

* Hussein-Ali Montazeri
* Sadiq al-Shirazi

Related parties and organizations|

* People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
* Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian
* Fedaian Organisation
* Tudeh Party of Iran
* Worker's Way
* Komalah
* Communist Party of Iran
* Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class

Buried|

* Khavaran cemetery

Related|

* Mothers of Khavaran
* Raheleh Rahemipour

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Banned/exiled political organizations of Iran

Politics of Iran

Leftists|

* People's Mojahedin
* National Council of Resistance
* Tudeh Party
* Communist Party
* Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
* Union of People's Fedaian of Iran
* Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority)
* Fedaian Organisation (Minority)
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* Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (1985)
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* Glorious Frontiers Party
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* National Council of Iran
* Constitutionalist Party
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Ethnic groups|

* Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
* Komala
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* CPI
* KTK
* Kurdistan Freedom Party
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* Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle
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Cooperation Council of Left and Communist Parties

Members|

* Communist Party of Iran
* Fedaian Organisation (Minority)
* Minority core
* Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist
* Worker's Way
* Workers Socialist Unity

Withdrew|

* Organization of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar)
* Iranian Fedayis Communists League

Related|

* Cooperation Council of Left and Communist Parties in Kurdistan
* Alternative Shoraei TV
* Democracy Shoraei TV
* Komla TV
* Barabari TV
* Partow TV

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