The Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (IFPG; fa, چريکهای فدایی خلق ایران, čerikhā-ye Fadāʾi-e xalq-e Irān), also known as the Dehghani faction ( fa, جریان دهقانی) after its leader
Ashraf Dehghani
Ashraf Dehghani ( fa, اشرف دهقانی, born 1948) is amongst the best known Iranian female communist revolutionaries, and is a member of the Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas.
In 1971, Ashraf Dehghani (then a member of the Organization of I ...
, is an Iranian communist organization that split from the
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas
The Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG; fa, سازمان چريکهای فدايی خلق ايران, Sāzmān-e čerikhā-ye Fadāʾi-e ḵalq-e Irān), simply known as Fadaiyan-e-Khalq ( fa, فداییان خلق, Fad ...
(OIFPG) in 1979, dropping the word "organization" from its name.
Dehghani broke away from the OIFPG when she accused it of deviating from the strategy of
guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or Irregular military, irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, Raid (military), raids ...
. From the early days of
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
, the group claimed to be the "sole genuine communist organization" and opposed
the Islamic Republic. Reportedly, as much as 30% of OIFPG members joined the group and fought in the
1979 Kurdish rebellion against government forces, backing the
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI; ku, حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستانی ئێران, Hîzbî Dêmukratî Kurdistanî Êran, HDKA; fa, حزب دموکرات کردستان ایران, Ḥezb-e Demokrāt-e Kordest ...
.
Surviving members of the group and its factions moved to Europe in the 1990s.
Currently, IFPG publishes two publications "Payam Fadaei" and "19 Bahman" in the
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
language.
See also
*
Guerrilla groups of Iran
Several left-wing guerrilla groups attempting to overthrown the pro-Western regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi were notable and active in Iran from 1971 to 1979. The groups shared a commitment to armed struggle, but differed in ideology. Most ...
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Political parties of the Iranian Revolution
Communist parties in Iran
Anti-revisionist organizations
Guerrilla organizations
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Banned communist parties
Banned political parties in Iran
Paramilitary organisations based in Iran
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Left-wing militant groups in Iran
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