MER Article The Tudeh Party in Iranian Politics Excerpted from Iran: Dictatorship and Democracy (1979), pp. 227-234: The Tudeh Party was, in contrast to the National Front, an organized political party, indeed, the most organized political force ever seen in Iranian politics. The earlier Communist Party (founded 1921) had been crushed by Reza Kh Fred Halliday • 6 min read
MER Article Interviews with Fedayi, Mojahedin and Tudeh Activists Since the overthrow of the Shah, over 150 distinct political groups have declared their existence in Iran. Of these, the majority are probably groups adhering to some version of revolutionary socialism, and few have as yet a substantial following in the country. Perhaps the largest left-wing group j Fred Halliday • 19 min read
MER Article The Guerrilla Movement in Iran, 1963-1977 One crisp morning in the winter of 1971, thirteen young Iranians armed with rifles, machine guns and hand grenades, attacked the gendarmerie post in the village of Siakal on the edge of the Caspian forests. Killing three gendarmes, they tried to release two colleagues who had been detained a few day Ervand Abrahamian • 36 min read
