Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party explained

Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party
Colorcode:red
Split:Tudeh Party of Iran
Merged:Laborers' Party of Iran
Newspaper:Setare-ye Sorkh
Foundation:1966
Dissolved:1979
Ideology:Maoism
Position:Far-left
Country:Iran

The Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party of Iran (ROTPI; Persian: سازمان انقلابی حزب تودهٔ ایران|sāzmān-e enqelābī-e Ḥezb-e tūda-ye Īrān) was a Maoist group that split from the Tudeh Youth Organization in 1966, following the Sino-Soviet split.

History

The ROTPI's history is traced back to February 1964, when a group of young members of the Tudeh Party of Iran became dissatisfied with the party's leadership over siding with the Soviet Union during the Sino-Soviet split. The group maintained that Tudeh was reformist (in contrast to being revolutionary) and claimed that it wanted to revive the defunct Communist Party of Persia.[1] The base of its core membership was abroad, made up of students studying in Western Europe.

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: COMMUNISM iii. In Persia after 1953. Encyclopædia Iranica. 27 October 2011. 15 December 1992. Bibliotheca Persica Press. New York City. VI. Haqshenas. Torab. Yarshater. Ehsan. 12 September 2016. Fasc. 1. 105–112.