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]
Politics of Iran Political parties Elections

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