Laborers' Party of Iran explained

Laborers' Party of Iran should not be confused with Toilers Party of the Iranian Nation.

Laborers’ Party of Iran
Native Name:حزب رنجبران ایران
Native Name Lang:fa
Colorcode:red
Split:Tudeh Party of Iran
Newspaper:Ranjbar
Foundation:26 December 1979
Ideology:
Slogan:Not America, Not Russia, an independent and self-reliant Iran[1]
Headquarters:
Position:Left-wing
Merger:9 Marxist groups
International:ICMLPO (defunct)
ICOR
Country:Iran

The Laborers’ Party of Iran[2] (Persian: حزب رنجبران ایران|Ḥezb-e ranjbarān-e Īrān, or simply Ranjbaran,)[3] is an Iranian Maoist political party in exile.[2]

An advocate of the Three Worlds Theory, the party supported Abolhassan Banisadr and was banned in 1981.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 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]
  2. Encyclopedia: COMMUNISM iii. In Persia after 1953. Encyclopædia Iranica. October 27, 2011. December 15, 1992. Bibliotheca Persica Press. New York City. VI. Ḥaqšenās. Torāb . Yarshater. Ehsan. Ehsan Yarshater. September 12, 2016. Fasc. 1. 105–112.
  3. Book: Shirin Akiner, Mohammad-Reza Djalili, Frederic Grare. Tajikistan: The Trials of Independence. Routledge. 23. 2013. 9781136104909.