Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party

The Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party of Iran (ROTPI; Persian: سازمان انقلابی حزب تودهٔ ایران, romanizedsāzmān-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
Founded1966
Dissolved1979
Split fromTudeh Party of Iran
Merged intoLaborers' Party of Iran
NewspaperSetare-ye Sorkh
IdeologyMaoism
Political positionFar-left

History

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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

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  1. ^ a b Behrooz, Maziar (1999), Rebels With A Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 40–42, ISBN 9781860643811
  2. ^ 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.