The Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party of Iran (ROTPI; Persian: سازمان انقلابی حزب تودهٔ ایران, romanized: sāzmān-e enqelābī-e Ḥezb-e tūda-ye Īrān) was a Maoist group that split from the Tudeh Youth Organization in 1966, following the Sino-Soviet split.
Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1966 |
| Dissolved | 1979 |
| Split from | Tudeh Party of Iran |
| Merged into | Laborers' Party of Iran |
| Newspaper | Setare-ye Sorkh |
| Ideology | Maoism |
| Political position | Far-left |
History edit
The ROTPI's history is traced back to February 1964, when a group of young members of the Tudeh Party of Iran became dissatisfied with the party's leadership over siding with the Soviet Union during the Sino-Soviet split.[1] The group maintained that Tudeh was reformist (in contrast to being revolutionary) and claimed that it wanted to revive the defunct Communist Party of Persia.[2] The base of its core membership was abroad, made up of students studying in Western Europe.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Behrooz, Maziar (1999), Rebels With A Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 40–42, ISBN 9781860643811
- ^ Haqshenas, Torab (27 October 2011) [15 December 1992]. "COMMUNISM iii. In Persia after 1953". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 1. Vol. VI. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 105–112. Retrieved 12 September 2016.