Communist Party of Iran explained

Communist Party of Iran
Native Name:حزب کمونیست ایران
Native Name Lang:fa
Colorcode:
  1. CE1E24
Abbreviation:CPI
Leader1 Title:Leadership
Leader1 Name:Central committee
Founder:Abdulla Mohtadi
Mansoor Hekmat
Founded:
in Iranian Kurdistan
Split:HKKI (1991)
Newspaper:Jahān-e Emrūz (World Today)
Wing1 Title:Kurdish organization
Wing1:Komala (CPI)
Wing2 Title:Armed wing
Wing2:Peshmerga Forces
Position:Far-left
National:Cooperation Council of Left and Communist Parties
Slogan:"Workers of all countries, unite!"
Country:Iran

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

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] 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. 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.

Goals

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Middle East Journal. 41. 2. 218–233. en. 4327537. Alaolmolki. Nozar. The New Iranian Left. 1987.
  2. van Bruinessen. Martin. 1986. The Kurds between Iran and Iraq. MERIP Middle East Report. 141. 14–27. 10.2307/3011925. 0888-0328. 3011925.
  3. Web site: Worker Communism Radical Conscience of The Left of Capital (Part 2) - Changing the name of "Sahand" to the "Unity of Communist Militants" . 1 April 2020 . 28 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200728213509/https://internationalist.ueuo.com/en/texts/WCE2.htm . dead .
  4. Web site: حزب کمونیست ایران / در باره ما. cpiran.org. fa. 8 September 2018.
  5. Web site: مبانی استراتژی حزب کمونیست ایران به مناسبت سالگرد تاسیس حزب. cpiran.org. fa. 8 September 2018.
  6. Web site: COMMUNISM iii. In Persia after 1953 – Encyclopaedia Iranica. electricpulp.com. www.iranicaonline.org. en. 8 September 2018.