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Laborers’ Party of Iran
Founded26 December 1979[1]
Merger of9 Marxist groups[1]
Split fromTudeh Party of Iran[2]
Headquarters
NewspaperRanjbar[1]
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
International affiliationICMLPO (defunct)
ICOR
SloganNot America, Not Russia, an independent and self-reliant Iran[2]

The Laborers’ Party of Iran[1][a] (Template:Lang-fa, or simply Ranjbaran, transl.Proletariat)[3] is an Iranian Maoist political party in exile.[1]

An advocate of the Three Worlds Theory, the party supported Abolhassan Banisadr and was banned in 1981.[1]

References

  1. ^ Alternatively translated "Party of Toilers" or "Toilers' Party". It was formerly named Revolutionary Organization [of the Tudeh Party].[2]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
  2. ^ a b c Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Information on Hezbe Ranjbaran (Party of Toilers or Toilers' Party), 1 April 1995, IRN20202.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac5e83.html [accessed 23 February 2017]
  3. ^ Shirin Akiner, Mohammad-Reza Djalili, Frederic Grare (2013). Tajikistan: The Trials of Independence. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 9781136104909.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)