Tudeh Military Network
The Officers' Organization (Persian: سازمان افسران)[6] or the Military Organization (Persian: سازمان نظامی)[6] of the Tudeh Party, also known as Tudeh Military Network,[1] was an intelligence gathering network that infiltrated the Iranian Armed Forces using clandestine cell system method.
| Tudeh Military Network | |
|---|---|
| Founding leader | Abdulsamad Kambakhsh[1] |
| Leaders | Khosro Roozbeh |
| Dates of operation | 1944[1]–1957[2] 1970s[2]–1983 |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Active regions | Iran |
| Ideology | Communism |
| Size | ≈600 (1954)[3] ≈100 (1983)[4] |
| Part of | Tudeh Party of Iran |
| Allies | Azerbaijani Democratic Party[1] Democratic Party of Kurdistan[5] |
| Opponents | Second Bureau British Network |
| Battles and wars | 1945 Khorasan revolt 1946 Azerbaijan revolt |
Bibliography
- Black Book on Tudeh Officers Organization [Ketab-e Siyah darbareh-e Sazman-e Afsaran-e Tudeh] (Translated ed.). Office of the Military Governor of Teheran. 2014 [1956]. ISBN 978-3844278132 – via epubli.
References
- Miyata, Osamu (July 1987), "The Tudeh Military Network during the Oil Nationalization Period", Middle Eastern Studies, 23 (3): 313–328, doi:10.1080/00263208708700709, JSTOR 4283187
- Gasiorowski, Mark J. (November 1993), "The Qarani Affair and Iranian Politics", International Journal of Middle East Studies, 25 (4): 625–644, doi:10.1017/S0020743800059298, JSTOR 164538, S2CID 154722900
- Daneshvar, Parviz (2016). Revolution in Iran. Springer. p. 37. ISBN 978-1349140626.
- Zabir, Sepehr (2011). The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D) (Reprint. ed.). Routledge. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-415-61785-7.
- Michael M. Gunter (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Scarecrow Press. p. 133. ISBN 9780810875074.
- Behrooz, Maziar (August 2001). "Tudeh Factionalism and the 1953 Coup in Iran". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 33 (3): 363–82. doi:10.1017/S0020743801003026. JSTOR 259456. S2CID 162990418.
External links
- The Officers' Organization of the Tudeh Party (PDF) (Report), Central Intelligence Agency, 1955, RDP78-00915R000400030005-9, archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017
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