Iran is a far-right reactionary state

* "Workers' Strikes in Iran: A New Wave of Struggle" by Communist Workers' Organisation https://libcom.org/blog/workers-strikes-iran-new-wave-struggle-20082020 [EN]
* "How Britain Helped Iran’s Islamic Regime Destroy Its Left-Wing Opposition" by Mart Curtis and Phil Miller https://portside.org/2020-01-25/how-britain-helped-irans-islamic-regime-destroy-its-left-wing-opposition [EN]
* “The Tudeh Party of Iran: The Theocratic regime means the rule of thugs and plunderers over our country and people, It must be resisted!” https://www.tudehpartyiran.org/en/2019/11/20/the-tudeh-party-of-iran-the-theocratic-regime-means-the-rule-of-thugs-and-plunderers-over-our-country-and-people-it-must-be-resisted/ [EN]
* "International call for solidarity with revolutionary anarchist" by Abtin Parsa https://asranarshism.com/1399/08/01/international-call-for-solidarity-with-revolutionary-anarchist-abtin-parsa/ [EN]
* "Solidarity with persecuted anarchist Reza Arefi Nasab, and information about his arrest case in Iran. (8 years in prison)" https://asranarshism.com/1399/12/27/reza-arefi-nasab/ [EN]
* "Bourgeois justice wants to extradite me anyway" https://asranarshism.com/1400/04/17/bourgeois-justice-wants-to-extradite-me-anyway/ [EN]
* "Petrochemical workers in Iran strike over pay and conditions" by Jean Shaoul https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/07/01/irwk-j01.html [EN] (Trotskyist publication, WARNING!- identified as red-brown vector)
* "Anti-imperialism and the Iranian revolution" by Arya Zahedi https://libcom.org/library/anti-imperialism-iranian-revolution [EN] (libertarian communist archive)
* "Challenging Intellectuals Who Justify Iranian Imperialism; Searching for Socialist Solidarity" https://allianceofmesocialists.org/challenging-intellectuals-justify-iranian-imperialism-searching-socialist-solidarity/ [EN]
* "To Be Against War, One Should Not Feel Obligated to Be on the Side of the Islamic Republic Despotic Regime of Iran!" https://eng.ashrafdehghani.com/to-be-against-war-one-should-not-feel-obligated-to-be-on-the-side-of-islamic-republic-despotic-regime-of-iran/ [EN]

### **News Articles**

* “Iran’s policies about transgender right are unique in this world” by Neha Thirani Bagri https://qz.com/889548/everyone-treated-me-like-a-saint-in-iran-theres-only-one-way-to-survive-as-a-transgender-person/ [EN] (owned by Uzabase, Inc.)
* “Iran's 'biggest crime': Amnesty calls for UN inquiry into 1988 mass executions”by Alex MacDonald https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/irans-biggest-crime-amnesty-calls-un-inquiry-1988-mass-executions [EN]
* “US had extensive contact with Ayatollah Khomeini before Iran revolution” by Saeed Kamali Dehghan and David Smith https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/10/ayatollah-khomeini-jimmy-carter-administration-iran-revolution [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "The Message Was Short: Navid Afkari Was Executed Early In This Morning" by Hasse-Nima Golkar https://asranarshism.com/1399/06/22/the-message-was-short-navid-afkari-was-executed-early-in-this-morning/ [EN]
* "Two Iranian doctors accused of conspiracy awarded prize for HIV treatment" www.asianews.it/news-en/Two-Iranian-doctors-accused-of-conspiracy-awarded-prize-for-HIV-treatment-21870.html [EN]
* "Iran covertly recruits Afghan Shias to fight in Syria" by Sune Engel Rasmussen and Zahra Nader https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/30/iran-covertly-recruits-afghan-soldiers-to-fight-in-syria [EN]
* "Rising cancer rates compound the suffering of Ahwazi children" https://www.dusc.org/en/drasat/9298/ [EN]
* "The anarchist organization for reconstruction of militant proletariat: International call for solidarity with uprising of Balochistan" https://www.indymedia.nl/node/49134 [EN]
* "With Brutal Crackdown, Iran Is Convulsed by Worst Unrest in 40 Years" by Farnaz Fassihi and Rick Gladstone https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/world/middleeast/iran-protests-deaths.html [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/HwAtH, owned by New York Times Company)
* "تایید کشتار معترضان در نیزارهای ماهشهر از سوی دو مقام رسمی" (trans. "Confirmation of the killing of protesters in Mahshahr by two officials") https://iranintl.com/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C [FA]
* "US had extensive contact with Ayatollah Khomeini before Iran revolution" by Saeed Kamali Dehghan and David Smith https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/10/ayatollah-khomeini-jimmy-carter-administration-iran-revolution (Archive: https://archive.vn/d3jgd) [EN]

### **Magazine Articles**

* "Far-right international conferences in 2014" by Anton Shekhovtsov https://www.academia.edu/9862674/Far\_Right\_International\_Conferences\_in\_2014 [EN]
* “The Spectacle of the Iranian Elections” by Reza Fiyouzat https://www.counterpunch.org/2009/06/08/the-spectacle-of-the-iranian-elections/ [EN] (WARNING!- identified as red-brown vector)
* "The Other Regional Counter-Revolution: Iran’s Role in the Shifting Political Landscape of the Middle East" by Danny Postel https://newpol.org/the-other-regional-counter-revolution-irans-role-in-the-shifting-political-landscape-of-the-middle-east/ [EN]
* "Iran’s Role in the Shifting Political Landscape of the Middle East" by Danny Postel https://newpol.org/the-other-regional-counter-revolution-irans-role-in-the-shifting-political-landscape-of-the-middle-east/ [EN]

### **Blog Articles**

* "The 'Anti-Imperialist' Nations of Iran, Syria, and Libya Participated in the CIA Torture Program" https://web.archive.org/web/20150403165743/http://bennorton.com/the-anti-imperialist-nations-of-iran-syria-and-libya-participated-in-the-cia-torture-program/ [EN] (archived, Ben Norton deleted most of his tweets and posts before *The Grayzone* started associating with *RT*)

### **Encyclopedia**

* “Socialism in Iran” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism\_in\_Iran [EN]
* “1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988\_executions\_of\_Iranian\_political\_prisoners [EN]
* “Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic\_Party\_of\_Iranian\_Kurdistan [EN]
* "Worker-communist Party of Iran" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker-communist\_Party\_of\_Iran [EN]
* "Israel's role in the Iran–Iraq war" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%27s\_role\_in\_the\_Iran%E2%80%93Iraq\_war [EN]
* Mahashahr Massacre of protestors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahshahr\_massacre [EN]

### **Books**

* “Iranian Student Opposition to the Shah” by Afshin Matin-Asgari https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=1739E7C4F05A75971D362E48D7DFEF95 [PDF, 8MB, EN]
* “Radical Islam: The Iranian Mojahedin” by Ervand Abrahamian https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=33B155A970DBD52809A07D773D213BA3 [PDF, 8MB, EN], https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=D72267F3C99907E95BC8A0DEEE45B921 [PDF, 55MB, EN]
* “Rebels with a Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran” by Maziar Behrooz https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=06AB7E316B5E7BB9A4692569DCC7A87E [PDF, 23MB, EN]
* “Marxism and Left-Wing Politics in Europe and Iran” by Yadullah Shahibzadeh [PDF, 3MB, EN] https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=10EBF71C05DE798B40D0A1C9AB1419D5

### **Excerpts**

* “The Iran/Contra Affair: A Narrative” https://archive.org/stream/TowerCommission/President%27s%20Special%20Review%20Board%20%28%22Tower%20Commission%22%29#page/n67/mode/2up/search/tudeh+party [EN]
	+ Quote of interest: “"In 1983, the U.S. helped bring to the attention of Tehran the threat inherent in the extensive infiltration of the government by the communist Tudeh Party and Soviet or pro-Soviet cadres in the country. Using this information, the Khomeini government took measures, including mass executions that virtually eliminated the pro-Soviet infrastructure in Iran."

### **Websites**

* “عصر آنارشیسم” (Age of Anarchism) https://asranarshism.com/ [EN, FA]
* “Tudeh Party of Iran” https://www.tudehpartyiran.org/ [EN, FA, DE]
* “Revolutionary Flowerpot Society” http://revolutionaryflowerpot.blogspot.com/ [EN]

### **Notes**

* Being supportive of gender-affirming surgeries does not mean a government is progressive, especially if homosexuality is banned and those countries still have sodomy laws on the book. Trans men and non-binary people are often sidelined. Reactionaries like Blair White, Buck Angel and Caitlyn Jenner often oppress other trans people. Research “transmedicalism” for more context
* Iran shared intel on Afghanistan with the US in 2001, was consulted by Bush officials during the invasion of Iraq and collaborated extensively with the CIA during the Iraq occupation
* Michael Parenti does not consider Iran a socialist country and knows religious reactionaries violently repress leftist radicals.
* Iran gave shelter and medical treatment to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who would later found al-Qaeda in Iraq, and later the Islamic State, and facilitated his passage into Iraq after he was wounded during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan