Communist Party of Persia

The Communist Party of Iran was an Iranian communist party founded in June 1920 as the Communist Party of Persia in Bandar-e Anzali (the province of Gilan).

Haydar Khan e Amo-oghli, one of the leaders of the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, was elected as its general secretary. Its foundation came about as a result of the establishment of the Soviet Republic of Gilan, earlier that year, by Mirza Kouchak Khan and his Jangali ("Foresters' Movement") insurgents.

The party was banned in 1921 (coinciding with the defeat of the Soviet Republic of Gilan), though members continued activities underground until the foundation of the Tudeh Party in 1941, which thereafter became the official communist party in the country.

See also

• Avetis Sultan-Zade

References

Historic Political organizations in Iran
Politics of Iran
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Pahlavi monarchy	National Union Party Fatherland Party Justice Party New Iran Party Progress Party Azerbaijani Democratic Party Democrat Party of Iran Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists Islamic Nations Party Iran Party Iran Unity Party Party of the Iranian People League of Iranian Socialists Society of Muslim Warriors Toilers Party Third Force Revolutionary Republican Party Comrades Party SUMKA Aria Party People's Democratic Front JAMA Peykar Union of Communist Militants Union of Iranian Communists Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas Nationalists’ Party New Iran Party People's Party Resurgence Party
Islamic Republic	Grand coalition Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President Eponym Group Muslim People's Republic Party National Democratic Front National Resistance Movement of Iran Azadegan Organization Islamic Republican Party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization Coalition of the Oppressed and Deprived Coalition of Imam's Line groups Association for Defence of Revolution Values Islamic Reconciliation Party
Active parties