Tudeh Military Network
Iranian espionage organization
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The Officers' Organization (Persian: سازمان افسران)[5] or the Military Organization (Persian: سازمان نظامی)[5] of the Tudeh Party, also known as Tudeh Military Network,[1] was an intelligence gathering network that infiltrated the Iranian Armed Forces using a clandestine cell system method.
| Tudeh Military Network | |
|---|---|
| Founding leader | Abdulsamad Kambakhsh[1] |
Leader | Khosro Roozbeh |
| Dates active | 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 |
| Wars | Cold War |
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.