Organization of Communist Revolutionaries (Marxist–Leninist) explained

Organization of Communist Revolutionaries
Colorcode:red
Leader:Ḥamīd Kawṯarī, Sīāmak Zaʿīm, and Fereydūn ʿAlīābādī
Foundation:1969
Dissolved:1976
Ideology:Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Mao Zedong Thought
Position:Far-left
Merged:UICS[1]
Country:Iran

Organization of Communist Revolutionaries (Marxist–Leninist) (Persian: (سازمان انقلابیون کمونیست (م-ل|Sāzmān-e enqelābīyūn-e komūnīst) was an Iranian Maoist organization. It was formed in opposition to the Shah regime in Iran.

OCR(M-L) was founded in 1970 and it advocated against policies of Nikita Khrushchev, describing them as 'Khrushchevian Revisionism'. Instead it supported Mao Zedong and his strategy of People’s war and Cultural Revolution in China. They adopted program that claimed that the ideology of the working class was 'Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought'.

Later in 1976, OCR(M-L) merged with the 'Pooya Group', forming the Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran). OCR(M-L) is regarded as an early part of the current Communist Party of Iran (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist).

Notes and References

  1. 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.