Tudeh Youth Organization Explained

Tudeh Youth Organization
Colorcode:Red
Preceded By:Young Communist League of Persia
Membership:≈5,500 (1952)[1]
Mother Party:Tudeh Party of Iran
International:WFDY
Newspaper:Razm
Magazine:Mardom Baraye Javanan

Tudeh Youth Organization (Persian: سازمان جوانان توده|Sāzmān-e javānān-e Tuda) is the youth wing of the Tudeh Party of Iran that was founded in 1943. The organization is affiliated with World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY).

It published Mardom Baraye Javanan weekly and then Razm daily newspapers.[2]

The organization was led by Reza Radmanesh,[3] who was succeeded by Nader Sharmini from 1947[4] to 1952.[5] Under the leadership of the latter, the organization proposed more radical slogans while siding with the moderate faction of the party and attacking the hardliner faction for being not enough revolutionary.[5]

In 1966, a split occurred in the organization when a group of members left the party because they considered themselves Maoist.[6] They subsequently founded an organization named the Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sepehr Zabih. The Communist Movement in Iran. 1966. registration. University of California Press. 176.
  2. Book: Haddad Adel. Gholamali. Elmi. Mohammad Jafar. Taromi-Rad. Hassan. Political Parties: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. 31 August 2012. EWI Press. Iran Party. 9781908433022. 219–20.
  3. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 294. registration.
  4. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 335. registration.
  5. Book: Gasiorowski. Mark J.. Byrne. Malcolm. 2004. Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran. 0815630182. Syracuse University Press. 112–113.
  6. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 294. registration.
  7. 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. 21 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220221072445/https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/communism-iii. live.