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Not to be confused with Toilers Party of the Iranian Nation. Political party in Iran
Laborers’ Party of Iran حزب رنجبران ایران
Founded26 December 1979
Merger of9 Marxist groups
Split fromTudeh Party of Iran
Headquarters
NewspaperRanjbar
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
International affiliationICMLPO (defunct)
ICOR
SloganNot America, Not Russia, an independent and self-reliant Iran

The Laborers’ Party of Iran (Persian: حزب رنجبران ایران, romanizedḤezb-e ranjbarān-e Īrān, or simply Ranjbaran, transl.Proletariat) is an Iranian Maoist political party in exile.

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

References

  1. Alternatively translated "Party of Toilers" or "Toilers' Party". It was formerly named Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party.
  1. ^ Ḥaqšenās, Torāb (October 27, 2011) . "COMMUNISM iii. In Persia after 1953". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 1. Vol. VI. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 105–112. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  2. ^ 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
  3. Shirin Akiner, Mohammad-Reza Djalili, Frederic Grare (2013). Tajikistan: The Trials of Independence. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 9781136104909.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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