Tudeh Party of Iran حزب تودۀ ایران | |
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| Founded | 1941 |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
The Tudeh Party of Iran is a communist party in Iran.
History
1953 coup
In 1953, the Tudeh Party has 25,000 cadres and 335,000 members of its union federation. After being pressured by the United States, Mohammad Mossadegh cracked down on the party before being overthrown in a CIA-backed monarchist coup. The Shah exiled tens of thousands of party members killed thousands more.[1]
References
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- ↑ Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'Cairo' (pp. 76–77). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]