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National Socialist Workers Party of Iran حزب سوسیالیست ملی کارگران ایران زمین
AbbreviationSUMKA
LeaderDavud Monshizadeh
SpokespersonShapour Zandnia
Founded1952
Headquarters"Black House", Khaneqah Street, Tehran
Membership (1952)600
Ideology
Political positionFar-right
Party flag

The National Socialist Workers Party of Iran (Persian: حزب سوسیالیست ملی کارگران ایران, romanizedHezb-e Sosiyālist-e Melli-ye Kārgarān-e Irān), better known by its abbreviation SUMKA (Persian: سومکا), was a Neo-Nazi party in Iran. The symbol of the party was a very simplified Faravahar, on their flag it appeared in a similar arrangement to the NSDAP flag.

Foundation

Davud Monshizadeh with SUMKA Command Khuzestan.
SUMKA Party House on Khanqah Street in Tehran; Nicknamed the "Black House".

The party was formed in the early 1950s by Davud Monshizadeh and had a minor support base in Iranian universities. Critics of the late Mohammad Reza Pahlavi allege that he provided direct funding to SUMKA at one point.

SUMKA ceremony, circa 1950s.

Development

Monshizadeh formed the SUMKA in 1952 along with Morteza Kossarian. Monshizadeh had lived in Germany since 1937, and was a former SS member, who fought and was wounded in the Battle of Berlin. Kossarian was also a former SS Officer, who was part of the planning of Operation Barbarossa and subsequently fought at the Battle of Kiev and the Battle of Stalingrad, where he was injured. Monshizadeh was also a professor at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and was deeply influenced by Jose Ortega y Gasset's philosophy. The SUMKA briefly attracted the support of young nationalists in Iran, including Dariush Homayoon, an early member who would later rise to prominence in the country. SUMKA adopted the swastika and black shirt as part of their uniforms.

They were firmly opposed to the rule of Mohammed Mossadegh during their brief period of influence, and the party worked alongside Fazlollah Zahedi in his opposition to Mossadegh. In 1953, they were part of a large group of Zahedi supporters who marched towards the palace of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi demanding the ousting of Mossadegh. The party would become associated with street violence against the supporters of Mossadegh and the Tudeh Party.

Shock troops

The party had an "assault group" (guruhe hamle) with an estimated size of 100 members that openly attacked members of the communist Tudeh Party of Iran and the Soviet Cultural Center and Hungarian Trade Office in Tehran. Colonel Fateh, a retired officer of the Imperial Iranian Air Force, was responsible for training the unit.

Financial sources

Colonel Fateh was the official patron of the SUMKA. After the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, the party received a monthly stipend of 2,500 Iranian rial from the police and other security authorities. In 1958, Monshizadeh received US$7,000 from SAVAK to go to the United States. The party was also possibly financed by foreign embassies based in Iran. In April 1952, Iranian police reported that Monshizadeh was seeking to establish ties with the British embassy to get financial support. It was allegedly funded by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through TPBEDAMN.

Legacy

Although there are no known Neo-Nazi parties in Iran, advocates of Nazism continue to exist in Iran and are active mainly on the Internet, mostly on chat sites dedicated to reviving groups such as SUMKA. As of 2010, they are reported to be a small yet slowly increasing minority of Iranian youths internationally. It is said that the Neo-Nazi forums active in Iran were actually run by one of Monshizadeh's grandsons, Behruz.

Gallery

Party branches

  • SUMKA – Iran Youth branch. SUMKA – Iran Youth branch.
  • SUMKA – assault group. SUMKA – assault group.
  • SUMKA – Technical unit. SUMKA – Technical unit.
  • Immortal unit and Leader emblem. Immortal unit and Leader emblem.

Image gallery

  • SUMKA Uniform diagram for shock troops and guards. SUMKA Uniform diagram for shock troops and guards.
  • Davud Monshizadeh with SUMKA members. Davud Monshizadeh with SUMKA members.
  • Davud Monshizadeh in an undated photo. Davud Monshizadeh in an undated photo.

See also

References

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  2. ^ Bashiriyeh, Hossein (27 April 2012). The State and Revolution in Iran (RLE Iran D). Taylor & Francis. p. 14. ISBN 9781136820892.
  3. The book of programs and principles of national socialism.
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  16. "چرا سایت نازی‌ها در ایران فیلتر و رفع فیلتر شد؟". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-05-24.
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