Union of Communist Militants

Union of Communist Militants (Persian: اتحاد مبارزان کمونیست‎, abbreviated EMK امک) was an Iranian communist group. It was led by Mansoor Hekmat. Hekmat founded the group in December 1978. The organization took part in the Iranian Revolution of 1979 — marked by the creation of workers' councils (shoras).

Union of Communist Militants اتحاد مبارزان کمونیست
Founder	Mansoor Hekmat
Founded	1979
Dissolved	1983
Succeeded by	Communist Party of Iran
Ideology	Maoism[1]
Political position	Far-left
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Because of mounting repression in Iran, the organisation sought refuge in Kurdistan in 1981. In Kurdistan, the organization merged with a Kurdish group of Maoist roots, Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan. Together, they formed the Communist Party of Iran (CPI) in September 1983.[2]

References

Mirsepassi, Ali (2004), The Tragedy of the Iranian Left, RoutledgeCurzon, Table 10.2 Characteristics of principal secular left-wing organizations, 1979–83
Mansoor Hekmat, Selected Works. London: Mansoor Hekmat Foundation, 2002. p. 73-74.

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Pahlavi monarchy	New Iran Party Progress Party Justice Party Battle Party Motherland Party Jungle Party Azure Party National Union Party National Will Party Azerbaijani Democratic Party Democrat Party Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists United Front of Progressive Parties Iran Unity Party Comrades Party SUMKA Aria Party Society of Muslim Warriors Toilers Party Third Force League of Iranian Socialists Organization of Communist Revolutionaries Islamic Nations Party JAMA Union of Communist Militants Union of Iranian Communists Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas People's Democratic Front Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class Organization of Working-class Freedom Fighters Nationalists’ Party New Iran Party People's Party Iranians' Party Resurgence Party
Islamic Republic	Coalition of Islamic Parties Quintuple Coalition Grand coalition Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President Eponym Group Muslim People's Republic Party National Democratic Front Radical Movement of Iran People's Revolutionary Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran National Resistance Movement of Iran Azadegan Organization Front for the Liberation of Iran Islamic Republican Party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization Coalition of the Oppressed and Deprived Coalition of Imam's Line groups Association for Defence of Revolution Values Islamic Reconciliation Party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization Islamic Iran Participation Front
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