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Communist Party of Iran حزب کمونیست ایران | |
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| Abbreviation | CPI |
| Leadership | Central committee |
| Founder | Abdulla Mohtadi Mansoor Hekmat |
| Founded | 2 September 1983 (1983-09-02) inIranian Kurdistan |
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| Newspaper | Jahān-e Emrūz (World Today) |
| Kurdish organization | Komala (CPI) |
| Armed wing | Peshmerga Forces |
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| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Cooperation Council of Left and Communist Parties |
| Slogan | "Workers of all countries, unite!" |
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TheCommunist Party of Iran (CPI;Persian:حزب کمونیست ایران) is an Iraniancommunist party founded on 2 September 1983. It has an armed wing and its membership is predominantlyKurdish.[1] The CPI is active throughout the industrialized areas of Iran.[1][2]
The Communist Party of Iran was founded in 1983, inIranian Kurdistan. It was formed from a merger between theMarxist–LeninistKomala Party of Iranian Kurdistan and three related Iranian leftist organizations: Sahand, theUnion of Communist Militants,[3] and a faction ofPeykar.[4][2][1] Prior to the merger, Komala was considered to be a strictlyMaoist 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 thegovernment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[1] The CPI also rejects the policies of theTudeh Party of Iran from the late 1950s and onward, citing a particular grievance with Tudeh giving support to the Shahs of Iran andAyatollah 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 leaderMansoor Hekmat formed theWorker-communist Party of Iran over issues regardingleft-wing nationalism.[5]
The CPI currently advocates for increased civil, political, and social rights in Iran, as well as improved labour laws and protections for workers.[6]
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).[7]
The CPI organizationally follows the Marxist-Leninist principle of democratic centralism.[8]
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