Ali Khavari

Ali Khavari (Persian: علی خاوری; 22 March 1923[3] – 19 March 2021[4]) was an Iranian communist politician and General Secretary of the Tudeh Party of Iran.

Ali Khavari
Khavari in 1979
Born1923 (1923)[1]
Mashhad, Qajar Iran[1]
Died19 March 2021 (aged 97)
Berlin[2]
NationalityIranian
Political partyTudeh Party

Career

In 1984, he became First-Secretary of Tudeh Party of Iran,[5] the party he joined in 1941. He was elected to the 'Central Committee' in the early 1960s, and on the eve of the 1979 revolution he was elected to the 'Political Committee' and the 'Secretariat of the Central Committee'.[1]

References
  1. "Interview with Ali Khavari First secretary, Tudeh Party of Iran", junge Welt, 8 January 2010 – via Centre of Laic Studies and Research in the Arab World
  2. "Tudeh Party of Iran pays tribute to 'tireless militant' Ali Khavari, longstanding leader who has died aged 97". 22 March 2021.
  3. "علی خاوری «صدر حزب توده ی ایران» درگذشت". 21 March 2021.
  4. "Iranian communist Ali Khavari dies: Statement by the Tudeh Party of Iran". In Defense of Communism. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. Hiro, Dilip (2013). Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals). Routledge. ISBN 978-1135043810.


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