The Causes of Continuing Left Parties Before and After the Islamic Revolution in Iran

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mohammad taghe sadegh famian ghadim ¹ , mohammad tohidfam ²

1 - department of university of tehran
2 - دانشیار علوم سیاسی، واحد تهران مرکز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران

Received: 2020-04-20 Accepted : 2020-04-20 Published : 2020-05-21

Keywords: contemporary history, social base, Islamic Revolution of Iran, Tudeh Party of Iran,

Abstract :

Research on the history of Iran's contemporary developments since the 1979 Islamic Revolution has always been cited as a turning point in the study of historical and social events. As the backgrounds of the revolution of the 1940s and 1950s shaped, political forces and parties made different behaviors and decisions in response to this great revolutionary movement. One of the most important forces and political parties of the Left in the Second Pahlavi era is the Tudeh Party of Iran. This research is based on a descriptive-analytical research method that seeks to answer its main question. The main question of this study is how do the reasons for the continuation of the Left parties, especially the Tudeh Party, differ before and after the Islamic Revolution in Iran? One of the main reasons for the continuation of the Left parties, especially the Tudeh Party, is the social base of the Tudeh Party and its leaders before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which failed to accompany the Islamic Revolution after the Islamic Revolution and to one of the opposition groups. Became Islamic. Alongside this internal cause, we can observe the change in the relations of the great powers after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. With the collapse of the rigid bipolar system, the pro-opposition forces inside Iran withdrew their support, forcing them to continue operating inside Iran. The Tudeh Party is at the forefront of these forces