Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran)
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Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran)
اتحادیه کمونیستهای ایران |
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| Founded | 1976 |
| Dissolved | 2001 |
| Merger of | Organization of Communist Revolutionaries, Pooya Group |
| Succeeded by | Communist Party of Iran (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) |
| Ideology | Maoism |
| Political position | Far-left |
Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran) (UIC (S); Persian: اتحادیه کمونیستهای ایران) was an Iran Maoist organization. UIC (S) was formed in 1976 after the alliance of a number of Maoist groups carrying out military actions within Iran. Although it has gone under several ideological crises and has experienced major changes in strategies and tactics, it has always maintained a Maoist party line and has always believed that Iran is not a Capitalist society but is a “semicolonial-semifeudal” one.
In 2001 the UIC (S) became the Communist Party of Iran (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist).
The Union of Iranian Communists was founded in 1976 after the unification of the “Organization of Communist Revolutionaries” and “Pooya Group” (which was a remnant of “Palestine Group”). The term "Sarbedaran" was used later in 1981 after the organization armed its members in the forests near Amol in northern Iran in preparation for its armed uprising against the Islamic regime.
This union was a minor group and mainly operated in student movements abroad. Theoretically, due to their Maoist stance, the UIC (S) backed the People's Republic of China in the Sino-Soviet Split and opposed currents such as those held by the Tudeh Party who backed the USSR.
The UIC (S) expanded its activities inside the Iran after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and some other groups such as “Group of struggle in the path of working class liberation” and “Red Battle” also joined.
The UIC (S) did participate in some workers struggles at this time, such as “project syndicate of Abadan” and “Union of worker councils of Gilan” and also joined the war against the Islamic Republic in Kurdistan (and formed a guerrilla organization in Kurdistan named “Tashkilate Pishmargeye Zahmatkeshane Kordestan”). UIC (S) did also participate in peasant struggles in Turkaman, Sahra and Arab protests in Khuzistan. It also formed front organization such as “Militant Women Society” and “SETAD (Revolutionary Mass Organization of university and school Students)”.
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