The Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (IFPG; ), also known as the Dehghani faction () after its leader
Ashraf Dehghani, 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; ), simply known as Fadaiyan-e-Khalq () was an underground Marxist–Leninist guerrilla organization in Iran.
The OIPFG was one of the most important and influential armed groups dur ...
(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 unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians, which may include recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrori ...
. From the early days of
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...
, 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; , HDKA; ), also known as the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), is an armed leftist separatist movement of Kurds, exiled in northern Iraq with branch offices in Europe. It is banned in Ira ...
.
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 language.
See also
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Guerrilla groups of Iran
References
External links
The Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas
Political parties of the Iranian Revolution
Communist parties in Iran
Anti-revisionist organizations
Guerrilla organizations
Militant opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran
Banned communist parties
Banned political parties in Iran
Exile organizations
Paramilitary organisations based in Iran
1979 establishments in Iran
Left-wing militant groups in Iran
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