Laborers' Party of Iran

Not to be confused with Toilers Party of the Iranian Nation.

The Laborers’ Party of Iran^[1][a] (Persian: حزب رنجبران ایران, romanized: Ḥezb-e ranjbarān-e Īrān, lit. 'Party of the Toilers of Iran'), or simply Ranjbaran (Persian: رنجبران, romanized: Ranjbarān, lit. 'Toilers, Proletariat')^[3] is an Iranian Maoist political party in exile.^[1]

Laborers’ Party of Iran حزب رنجبران ایران
Founded	26 December 1979[1]
Merger of	9 Marxist groups[1]
Split from	Tudeh Party of Iran[2]
Headquarters	Vällingby, Sweden
Newspaper	Ranjbar[1]
Ideology	Scientific communism Marxism–Leninism[1] Maoism[1] Anti-imperialism[1]
Political position	Left-wing
International affiliation	ICMLPO (defunct) ICOR
Slogan	Not America, Not Russia, an independent and self-reliant Iran[2]
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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", or as the "Party of Proletariat" or "Proletarian Party". It was formerly named Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party.^[2]

1. 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. 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)

External links

• Official website