Iraj Eskandari
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Iraj Eskandari was 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 politician. A Qajar prince, Eskandari received French education. He was a secretary of the Tudeh Party of Iran
Tudeh Party of Iran
The Tudeh Party of Iran is an Iranian communist party. Formed in 1941, with Soleiman Mohsen Eskandari as its head, it had considerable influence in its early years and played an important role during Mohammad Mosaddeq's campaign to nationalize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and his term as prime...

and a member of parliament. In the summer of 1946 he was named a Minister of Commerce and Industry in Qavam's coalition cabinet.

He belonged to the "group of fifty-three. Eskandari was identified at the time as the leader of the dominant, moderate faction in the party leadership, along with Radmanesh.

In 1969 the thirteenth plenum of the Tudeh Party named Eskandari the new first secretary of the party, replacing Radmanesh. In 1978 he was demoted as first secretary of the party, and replaced by Nureddin Kianuri.
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