Leftist Parties of Iran

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	OTHER
Communist Party of Iran	Hezb-e Komunist-e Iran	CPI	Jahan-e Emrouz	e-mail	rad. left., ex-mao.		f. 1983
Kurdistan Organisation of the Communist Party of Iran	Sazman-e Kordestan-e Hezb-e Komunist-e Iran	Komalah	Peshraw	e-mail	rad. left., ex-mao.		rest of Komala that didn't leave CPI in 2000
Communist Party of Iran (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)	Hezb-e Komunist-e Iran (Marksist-e Leninist-e Maoist-e)	CPI(MLM)	Haqiqat	e-mail	mao.	RIM	f. 1979 as Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran)
Democratic People's Party of Iran	Hezb-e Demokratik-e Mardom-e Iran	DPPI	Rah-e Azadi	e-mail	left. soc.		f. 1988 as split from Tudeh Party
Freedom Council	Anjoman Azadi			e-mail	rad. left.	MH
Green Party of Iran	Hezb-e Zabz Hayeh Iran			e-mail	green
Internationalist Workers Organization	Tashkilat-e Kargaran-e Anternasionalist	IWO	Peyke Anternasionalisti	e-mail	left. com.		f. 1997
Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas	Cherikha-ye Feda'i-ye Khalq-e Iran	IPFG	Payam-e Feda'i-ye	e-mail	rad. left.		pol.-mil., f. 1979 as split from OIPFG
Iranian Revolutionary Socialists' League	Ettehadi-ye Sosiyalistha-ye Enqelabi-ye Iran	IRSL	Kargar-e Sosiyalist	e-mail	tro.	IMT	f. 1995
Jungle - New Communist Movement of Iran	Jangal - Jonbesh-e Novin-e Komunisti-ye Iran		Jangal	e-mail
Labour Council	Shora-ye Kar		Komun	e-mail			split fom OIPFG(Minority)
Labour Party of Iran	Hezb-e Kar-e Iran	Tufan	Tufan	e-mail	stal.	ex-Alb., ICMLPO[H]	f. 1965 as Marxist-Leninist Organization Tufan (Storm)
Minority Cell	Hasteh Aqaliyat			e-mail	rad. left.		split fom OIPFG (Minority)
National Council of Resistance of Iran	Shura-ye Melli-ye Moqavamat-e Iran	NCRI	Shura	e-mail			f. 1981, alliance dominated by PMOI, pol.-mil.
National Democratic Front	Jebheh-ye Demokratik-e Melli	NDF	Azadi	e-mail			alliance, f. 1979 as split from National Front
Organization of Fedaian (Minority)	Sazman-e Feda'iyan-e (Aqaliyat)		Kar, Against the Current	e-mail	rad. left.	ICS	f. 1980 as OIPFG(Minority), split from OIPFG
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas	Sazman-e Cherikha-ye Feda'i-ye Khalq-e Iran	OIPFG	Kar	e-mail	stal.	ICS	f. 1985, one successor of OIPFG(Minority), pol.-mil.
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas [In Search of Identity Program]	Sazman-e Cherikha-ye Feda'i-ye Khalq-e Iran [Peyro-ye Barnameh-ye Hoviyat]	OIPFG [Hoviyat]	Nabard-e Khalq	e-mail			f. 1983, one successor of OIPFG(Minority), pol.-mil.
Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority)	Sazman-e Feda'iyan-e Khalq-e Iran (Aksariyat)	OIPFM	Kar	e-mail	left. soc.		f. 1971 as OIPFG
Organization of Revolutionary Workers of Iran	Sazman-e Kargaran-e Enqelabi-ye Iran (Rah-e Kargar)	ORWI	Rah-e Kargar, iran bulletin	e-mail	rad. left.		f. 1979 by former members of OIPFG
Organization of the Communist Fedaian League	Sazman-e Ettehad-e Feda'iyan-e Komunist-e		Kar Komunist	e-mail
Organization of the Union of People's Fedaian of Iran	Sazman-e Ettehad-e Feda'iyan-e Khalq-e Iran	EFKI / UPFI	Ettehad-e Kar	e-mail	rad. left.		f. 1994
Party of the Masses of Iran	Hezb-e Tudeh-ye Iran		Nameh Mardom, Donya, Rahe Tudeh	e-mail	com.	ex-WMR, ICS	f. 1941
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran	Sazman-e Mojahedin-e Khalq-e Iran	PMOI	Mojahed, Iran Liberation	e-mail	ex-left. islamist		pol.-mil., f. 1965
Provisional Council of Iranian Left Socialists	Shora-ye Movaqqat-e Sosiyalistha-ye Chap-e Iran		Tarhi-ye no	e-mail
Revolutionary Labour Party of Iran	Hezb-e Kar-e Enqelabi-ye Iran		Red Tufan	e-mail	mao.		f. 1977
Revolutionary Union of Iranian Left and Communists other page				e-mail			f. 2004
Socialism and Revolution Tendency (Project for Revolutionary Socialist Debate)				e-mail	rad. left.
Socialist Party of Iran	Hezb-e Sosiyalist-e Iran	SPI		e-mail	rad. left.		f. 2002
Toilers Party of Iran	Hezb-e Ranjbaran Iran			e-mail	mao.		f. 1979 by Revolutionary Organisation of the Tudeh Party
Worker-Communist Party of Iran	Hezb-e Komunist-e Kargaran-e Iran	WPI	Intirnasyunal	e-mail	rad. left., ex-mao.		split of CPI in 1991
Workers Left Unity	Ettehad-e Chap-e Kargari	WLU		e-mail	rad. left.		alliance, f. 1994
Workers Politics	Siasat-e Kargari			e-mail
Workers Socialist Unity				e-mail
Arabistan
Ahwazi Arab Renaissance Party	Hizb al-Nahda al-Arabi al-Ahwazi			e-mail	nasserite
Ahwaz Liberation Organization				e-mail			f. 1990
Ahwaz Revolutionary Council				e-mail
Popular Democratic Front for the Ahwazi Arab People	Jabhah al-Dimuqratiyah al-Sha'biyah li'l-Sha'b al-'Arabi al-Ahwazi			e-mail	left. nat.
Azerbaijan
Democratic Party of Azerbaijan	Azerbaycan Demokrat Firqesi / Ferqeh-ye Demokrat-e Azarbaijan			e-mail	left. soc.		in tradition of party founded in 1945
Balushistan
Balushistani People's Party
Kurdistan
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan	Partî Dêmokratî Kurdistan-Iran / Hezb-e Demokrat-e Kordestan-e Iran	DPIK	Kurdistan	e-mail	soc. dem.	SI obs.	f. 1945
Democratic Union of Iranian Kurdistan	Yekitî Dêmokratî Kurdistan-Iran	YDKI		e-mail
Free Life Party of Kurdistan	Partiya Jiyanê Azadi Kurdistan	PJAK			left nat.	close tu ex-PKK	f. 2003
Kurdistan Independance Party	Partiya Serxwebûna Kurdistan	PSK		e-mail			f. 1990
Revolutionaries Union of Kurdistan	Yekîtiya Soresgerên Kurdistan	RUK	Baydakh	e-mail
Revolutionary Organisation of Toilers of Kurdistan-Iran	Komalay Shorishgêrî Zahmetkêshanî Kurdistan Iran / Sazman-e Enqelabi-ye Zahmatkeshan-e Kordestan-e Iran	Komala		e-mail	rad. left., ex-mao.		f. 1969, joined CPI in 1982, split from it in 2000
Parties probably disbanded Revolutionary Workers' Alliance of Iran (Workers Path) (Ettehad-e Kargaran-e Enqelabi-ye Iran (Rah-e Kargar))