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Political party in Iran

Laborers’ Party of Iran حزب رنجبران ایران
Founded 26 December 1979[1]
Merger of 9 Marxist groups[1]
Split from Tudeh Party of Iran[2]
Headquarters Vällingby, Sweden
Newspaper Ranjbar[1]
Ideology Scientific communism Marxism–Leninism[1] Maoism[1] Anti-imperialism[1]
Political position Left-wing
International affiliation ICMLPO (defunct)ICOR
Slogan Not America, Not Russia, an independent and self-reliant Iran[2]
Politics of IranPolitical partiesElections

The Laborers’ Party of Iran[1][a] (Persian: حزب رنجبران ایران, romanized: Ḥezb-e ranjbarān-e Īrān, or simply Ranjbaran, transl. Proletariat)[3] is an Iranian Maoist political party in exile.[1]

An advocate of the Three Worlds Theory, the party supported Abolhassan Banisadr and was banned in 1981.[1]

  1. ^ Alternatively translated "Party of Toilers" or "Toilers' Party". It was formerly named Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party.[2]

  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.

  3. ^ a b c Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Information on Hezbe Ranjbaran (Party of Toilers or Toilers' Party), 1 April 1995, IRN20202.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac5e83.html [accessed 23 February 2017]

  4. ^ Shirin Akiner, Mohammad-Reza Djalili, Frederic Grare (2013). Tajikistan: The Trials of Independence. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 9781136104909.{{[cite book](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fbook "Template:Cite book")}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)