''Mardom'' ( fa, مردم, lit=People) was the official newspaper of the

Tudeh Party of Iran The Tudeh Party of Iran ( fa-at, حزب تودۀ ایران, Ḥezb-e Tūde-ye Īrān, lit=Party of the Masses of Iran) is an Iranian communist party. Formed in 1941, with Soleiman Mirza Eskandari as its head, it had considerable influence in i ...

History and profile

''Mardom'' began circulation on 1 February 1942. It was started to contribute to the Tudeh party's achievement of political power. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

the paper was part of the campaign against the

Axis powers The Axis powers, ; it, Potenze dell'Asse ; ja, 枢軸国 ''Sūjikukoku'', group=nb originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were ...

Staff

During its early years,

Reza Radmanesh Reza Radmanesh ( fa, رضا رادمنش; 1905/1906–1983) was an Iranian physicist, communist politician and general secretary of the Tudeh Party of Iran. According to Abbas Milani, he was "one of the most prominent members of the Iranian commun ...

and

Khalil Maleki Khalil Maleki ( fa, خلیل ملکی; 1901–1969) was an Iranian socialist political figure and intellectual affiliated with the National Front. Political career and activities During the early 1940s, Maleki had been one of 53 left-wing intelle ...

served as its editors. Mostafa Fateh also co-edited the newspaper for some time.

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Publications of the Tudeh Party of Iran Persian-language newspapers Newspapers published in Tehran 1942 establishments in Iran Newspapers established in 1942 Publications disestablished in 1980 Defunct newspapers published in Iran {{Iran-newspaper-stub