Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (Minority) (Persian: سازمان چريکهای فدايی خلق ايران (اقليت), romanized: Sāzmān-e čerikhā-ye Fadāʾi-e ḵalq-e Irān (aqallīyat)) was an Iranian Marxist–Leninist organisation.[1] An offshoot of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, it split from the majority faction, adhering to its original militant policy of opposing the Tudeh Party and challenging the Islamic Republic.[3]
Fedai Guerrillas (Minority) | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Moḥammad Dabirifard (Ḥaydar)[1] |
| Founded | June 1980[2] |
| Dissolved | 1987[2] |
| Split from | Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas[2] |
| Ideology | Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
In January 1982, it was joined by the Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian-Majority Left Wing led by Moṣṭafā Madani, an offshoot of Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority) that broke away from the latter in October 1980.[1]
The group was engaged in guerrilla warfare in the forests of northern Iran and Kurdistan Province. Its policy was against the Soviet Union and considered the Soviet Union of post-Stalin era as a revisionist state.[4]
See also
edit- Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (1963–1980)
- Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (1979–present)
- Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority) (1980–present)
- Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (Minority) (1980–1987)
- Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas – Followers of the Identity Platform (1983–present)
- Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (1985–present)
- Fedaian Organisation (Minority) (1987–present)
References
edit- ^ a b c Vahabzadeh, Peyman (March 28, 2016) [December 7, 2015]. "FADĀʾIĀN-E ḴALQ". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ a b c Hiro, Dilip (2013). "Fedai Khalq". A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East. Interlink Publishing. pp. 483–9. ISBN 9781623710330.
- ^ Ḥaqšenās, Torāb (October 27, 2011) [December 15, 1992]. "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.
- ^ Muhammad Kamal (1986). "Iranian Left In Political Dilemma". Pakistan Horizon. 39 (3). Karachi: Pakistan Institute of International Affairs: 39–51. JSTOR 41393782.