Mostafa Madani
Iranian communist politician and senior member of the OIPFG
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Mostafa Madani (Persian: مصطفی مدنی) is an Iranian communist politician and one of the senior members of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas.
Mostafa Madani | |
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| Political party | OIPFG (1970s–1980) OIPFG (Majority) (1980) OIPFG–MLW (1980–1982) OIPFG (Minority) (1982–1985) |
Political career
Madani joined Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas in the 1970s.[1] As of 1979, he was considered a leading figure in the group,[2] and held position as a member of both executive and central committees.[3] He unsuccessfully ran for an Assembly of Experts for Constitution seat from Tehran constituency, garnering 100,894 votes.[4] He and Farrokh Negahdar wanted to convince Mohammad Beheshti of the Islamic Republican Party to form an anti-imperialist front, a request that was not accepted.[2] He became critical of the new regime, attacking it for being undemocratic and reactionary while Negahdar maintained that it was on the right track.[5]
After the 1980 schism in the organization, Madani was initially with the majority faction but following disagreements with the leadership, he led a short-lived offshoot that split from the majority and was merged into the minority faction in 1982.[6] In 1985, he broke away from the faction along with Hammad Sheybani and started a new group.[7]