Labour Party of Iran
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: ) is a Hoxhaist
Communist party whose leadership is currently exile
d in Germany
. It is against the Iran
ian government and is a member of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)
.
, calling itself the Revolutionary Tudeh Party. It was later renamed the Marxist-Leninist Organization Toufan ("Toufan" meaning Storm.) It aligned with the People's Socialist Republic of Albania
following the Sino-Albanian split
.
). These attacks led to a number of unsettled murders and assassinations that took place mainly in countries of the European Union in the 1980’s and early 1990’s. Hamid Reza Chitgar
(known as Hamid Bahmani) was the representative of the Labor Party of Iran in the 1980’s. He was corresponding with a certain Ali Amiztab from Iran for two years. In May 1987, he was lured from his exile in Paris to meet the man in Austria and was found assassinated two months later in an abandoned apartment in Vienna.
Transliteration
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: ) is a Hoxhaist
Hoxhaism
"Hoxhaism" is an informal term used to refer to a variant of anti-revisionist Marxism-Leninism that developed in the late 1970s due to a split in the Maoist movement, appearing after the ideological row between the Communist Party of China and the Party of Labour of Albania in 1978.The Albanians...
Communist party whose leadership is currently exile
Exile
Exile means to be away from one's home , while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return...
d in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is against the 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 government and is a member of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)
International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)
The International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations is an international network of Hoxhaist Communist parties that uphold the line of Enver Hoxha and the Albanian Party of Labour...
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History
The original party was founded in 1965 after a split within Tudeh over concerns of reformismReformism
Reformism is the belief that gradual democratic changes in a society can ultimately change a society's fundamental economic relations and political structures...
, calling itself the Revolutionary Tudeh Party. It was later renamed the Marxist-Leninist Organization Toufan ("Toufan" meaning Storm.) It aligned with the People's Socialist Republic of Albania
People's Socialist Republic of Albania
The People's Republic of Albania was the official name of Albania during the communist rule between 1946 and 1976. The 1976 Constitution changed the name into People's Socialist Republic of Albania , which was the official name of the country from 1976 until 1991.-Consolidation of power and...
following the Sino-Albanian split
Sino-Albanian split
The Sino-Albanian split in 1978 saw the parting of the People's Republic of China and People's Socialist Republic of Albania, which was the only Eastern European nation to side with the PRC in the Sino–Soviet split of the early 1960s.-History:...
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The Iranian Government’s State Terrorism against exiled politicians
Since its creation, the Islamic Republic of Iran has ordered attacks and assassinations on Iranian politicians in exile, condemning them as heretics or traitors (Bani Sadr, Shapour BakhtiarShapour Bakhtiar
Shapour Bakhtiar was an Iranian political scientist, writer and the last Prime Minister of Iran under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi...
). These attacks led to a number of unsettled murders and assassinations that took place mainly in countries of the European Union in the 1980’s and early 1990’s. Hamid Reza Chitgar
Hamid Reza Chitgar
Hamid Reza Chitgar , also known as Hamid Bahmani, was an exiled Iranian politician who lived in France after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and was assassinated in Austria by the Iranian regime.- Early life :...
(known as Hamid Bahmani) was the representative of the Labor Party of Iran in the 1980’s. He was corresponding with a certain Ali Amiztab from Iran for two years. In May 1987, he was lured from his exile in Paris to meet the man in Austria and was found assassinated two months later in an abandoned apartment in Vienna.