Mostafa Madani (Persian: مصطفی مدنی) is an Iranian communist politician and one of the senior members of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas.
Mostafa Madani | |
|---|---|
 Madani in 1979 | |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | OIPFG (1970s–1980) OIPFG (Majority) (1980) OIPFG–MLW (1980–1982) OIPFG (Minority) (1982–1985) |
Political career
editMadani joined Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas in the 1970s.[1] As of 1979, he was considered a leading figure in the group,[2] and held position as a member of both executive and central committees.[3] He unsuccessfully ran for an Assembly of Experts for Constitution seat from Tehran constituency, garnering 100,894 votes.[4] He and Farrokh Negahdar wanted to convince Mohammad Beheshti of the Islamic Republican Party to form an anti-imperialist front, a request that was not accepted.[2] He became critical of the new regime, attacking it for being undemocratic and reactionary while Negahdar maintained that it was on the right track.[5]
After the 1980 schism in the organization, Madani was initially with the majority faction but following disagreements with the leadership, he led a short-lived offshoot that split from the majority and was merged into the minority faction in 1982.[6] In 1985, he broke away from the faction along with Hammad Sheybani and started a new group.[7]
References
edit- ^ Vahabzadeh, Peyman (March 2005), "Review: Bizhan Jazani and the Problems of Historiography of the Iranian Left", Iranian Studies, 38 (1): 167–178, JSTOR 4311710
- ^ a b Zabir, Sepehr (2012). Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran D). Taylor & Francis. p. 115. ISBN 1136833005.
- ^ Maziar, Behrooz (2000). Rebels With A Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran. I.B.Tauris. p. 209. ISBN 1860646301.
- ^ Mirsepassi, Ali (2004), The Tragedy of the Iranian Left, RoutledgeCurzon, Table 10.3 Selected leftist candidates in the Tehran elections for the Assembly of Experts
- ^ Alaolmolki, Nozar (1987), "The New Iranian Left", Middle East Journal, 41 (2): 218–233, JSTOR 4327537
- ^ Vahabzadeh, Peyman (March 28, 2016) [December 7, 2015]. "FADĀʾIĀN-E ḴALQ". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 336. ISBN 9780815654322.