Ali Khavari Explained

Ali Khavari
Party:	Tudeh Party
Birth Date:	1923
Birth Place:	Mashhad, Qajar Iran
Death Date:	19 March 2021 (aged 97)
Death Place:	Berlin^[1]
Nationality:	Iranian

Ali Khavari (Persian: علی خاوری; 22 March 1923^[2] – 19 March 2021^[3]) was an Iranian communist politician and General Secretary of the Tudeh Party of Iran.

Career

In 1984, he became First-Secretary of Tudeh Party of Iran,^[4] the party he joined in 1941. He was elected to the 'Central Committee' in the early 1960s, and on the eve of the 1979 revolution he was elected to the 'Political Committee' and the 'Secretariat of the Central Committee'.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tudeh Party of Iran pays tribute to 'tireless militant' Ali Khavari, longstanding leader who has died aged 97. 22 March 2021.
2. Web site: علی خاوری "صدر حزب توده ی ایران" درگذشت. 21 March 2021.
3. Web site: Iranian communist Ali Khavari dies: Statement by the Tudeh Party of Iran. March 22, 2021. 23 March 2021. In Defense of Communism.
4. Book: Hiro. Dilip. Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals). Routledge. 2013. 978-1135043810.