Socialist Workers’ Party of Iran (Persian: حزب کارگران سوسیالیست ایران, romanized: Ḥezb-e kārgarān-e sūsīālīst-e Irān) is a small Iranian communist party exiled in England.[2] The party is a merger of two Trotskyist groups based abroad, "Trotskyists", the first Trotskyist group in the history of Persian communism that was founded by Iranian students in London in 1960s, and another group created in the United States with the help of Socialist Workers Party by Babak Zahraei. The two groups were unaware of each other, but were brought together via Fourth International.[3][4]
Socialist Workers’ Party of Iran | |
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| Founded | 22 January 1979[1] |
| Headquarters | Potters Bar, United Kingdom[2] |
| Ideology | Communism Trotskyism[2] |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | United Secretariat of the Fourth International[3] |
| Website | |
| Socialist Workers’ Party of Iran Archive | |
The party members were few in number and activity[4] and not very influential among leftists in Iran.[3]
References edit
- ^ Cindy Jaquith (9 February 1979), "Iranian Trotskyists Launch Party" (PDF), The Militant, vol. 43, no. 5, p. 4
- ^ a b c Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Iranian Revolutionary Socialists League and the Iranian Socialist Workers Party (Hezb-e Kargaran Socialist) including number of members, political activities in Iran, publications, reports of ill-treatment by authorities (1996 - June 1999), 1 June 1999, IRN32154.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac0114.html [accessed 18 March 2017]
- ^ a b c Ḥaqšenās, Torāb (October 27, 2011) [December 15, 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 September 12, 2016.
- ^ a b Maziar, Behrooz (2000). Rebels With A Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran. I.B.Tauris. pp. 93–94. ISBN 1860646301.
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