The Young Communist League of Persia () was a communist youth organization in

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. The organization was founded in the midst of the Gilan Revolution. It was set up following the July 31, 1920 split between the communist and non-communist '' Jangali'' elements. The YCL of Persia conducted agitation and propaganda activities and organized armed actions against the followers of

Kuchik Khan Mirza Kuchik Khan ( fa, میرزا كوچک خان) (common alternative spellings ''Kouchek'', ''Koochek'', ''Kuchak'', ''Kuchek'', ''Kouchak'', ''Koochak'', ''Kuçek'') (October 12, 1880 – December 2, 1921) was an Iranian twentieth-century ...

. The organization was crushed after the defeat of the Gilan Socialist Soviet Republic. In 1927 different communist youth groups merged, recreating the YCL of Persia. It was a section of the

Young Communist International The Young Communist International was the parallel international youth organization affiliated with the Communist International (Comintern). History International socialist youth organization before World War I After failed efforts to form an i ...

. In the fall of 1928, the organization was suppressed along with other left groups.

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