Young Communist League of Persia

The Young Communist League of Persia (Persian: اتحادیه جوانان کمونیست ایران) was a communist youth organization in Iran. The organization was founded in the midst of the Gilan Revolution. It was set up following the July 31, 1920 split between the communist and non-communist Jangali elements. The YCL of Persia conducted agitation and propaganda activities and organized armed actions against the followers of Kuchik Khan.^[1][2] The organization was crushed after the defeat of the Gilan Socialist Soviet Republic.^[3]

In 1927 different communist youth groups merged, recreating the YCL of Persia.^[3] It was a section of the Young Communist International.^[3] In the fall of 1928, the organization was suppressed along with other left groups.^[4]

References

• Communism portal
• Iran portal

1. Sepehr Zabih (1966). The Communist Movement in Iran. University of California Press. p. 29. GGKEY:KEUPHZBUB6W.
2. M. Reza Ghods (1989). Iran in the twentieth century: a political history. Lynne Rienner. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7449-0023-1.
3. Young Communist International (1928). The Young communist international between the fourth and fifth congresses, 1924-1928. Communist party of Great Britain. p. 75.
4. Tomas B. Phillips (April 2012). Queer Sinister Things: The Hidden History of Iran. Lulu.com. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-557-50929-4.