The Communist Party of Iran is an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian communist party which is active in the fight against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

It was founded in 1983 in Iranian Kurdistan

Iranian Kurdistan

Iranian Kurdistan is an unofficial name for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has borders with Iraq and Turkey. It includes Kurdistan Province, Kermanshah Province, Ilam Province and parts of West Azerbaijan province....

 after Komalah

Komalah

Komala or Komalah is a Kurdish political party in Iran . The word Komele in Kurdish is derived from Komel and means "association".-Political background:...

 (which since then became the Kurdistan branch of the organisation) merged with Union of Communist Militants

Union of Communist Militants

Union of Communist Militants was an Iranian communist group. It was led by Mansoor Hekmat. Hekmat founded the group in December 1978. The organization took part in the Iranian Revolution of 1979 — marked by the creation of workers' councils ....

. Today the organisation is working for freedom, political and social rights in Iran and Iranian Kurdistan. They also fight for women rights, labor laws and workers' rights.
The party has representations in Germany (Köln and Frankfurt), Finland, Sweden (Göteborg and Stockholm), Norway, Denmark (Copenhagen), the UK (London),Australia and Canada (Toronto).

External links

• Official website of Communist Party of Iran