The attached BBC report contains the text of a radio broadcast of an Iranian opposition group which refers to the Toilers' Party of Iran as a splinter group of the Tudeh Party (30 May 1985).

Referring to Iranian political parties following the 1979 Iranian revolution, Mehrdad Mashayekhi states that "the pro-China, Revolutionary Organization [of the Tudeh Party] (later called Ranjbaran), defined its strategic slogan as "not America, not Russia, an independent and self-reliant Iran" (1992, 107).

According to Reuters, the Iranian Guidance (Information) Ministry banned a political journal called Ranjbar (The Toiler) in 1981 (15 Mar. 1981). Reuters adds that Ranjbar is the organ of the Toilers' Party, "a tiny pro-Chinese group" opposed to the governing Islamic Republic Party (IRP) (ibid.).

The Christian Science Monitor refers to the 1980 closure of the offices of several political groups, including the Ranjbar[an] (Toilers) Party by "the street mob of the Hizbollahi" (8 Aug. 1980).

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BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 30 May 1985. "Reported Formation of Successor to Tudeh Party in Iran." (NEXIS)

The Christian Science Monitor [Boston]. 8 August 1980. Midwestern Edition. Leslie Keith. "Bani-Sadr Warns Iranian that Fascism Undercuts Their Revolution." (NEXIS)

Mashayekhi, Mehrdad. 1992. "The Politics of Nationalism and Political Culture," Iran: Political Culture in the Islamic Republic. Edited by Samih K. Farsoun and Mehrdad Mashayekhi. London: Routledge.

Reuters. 15 March 1981. AM Cycle. Hugh Pain. "Iranian Leaders Today Appeared Set to Go Ahead." (NEXIS)

BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 30 May 1985. "Reported Formation of Successor to Tudeh Party in Iran." (NEXIS)

The Christian Science Monitor [Boston]. 8 August 1980. Midwestern Edition. Leslie Keith. "Bani-Sadr Warns Iranian that Fascism Undercuts Their Revolution." (NEXIS)

Mashayekhi, Mehrdad. 1992. "The Politics of Nationalism and Political Culture," Iran: Political Culture in the Islamic Republic. Edited by Samih K. Farsoun and Mehrdad Mashayekhi. London: Routledge, pp. 106-109.

Reuters. 15 March 1981. AM Cycle. Hugh Pain. "Iranian Leaders Today Appeared Set to Go Ahead." (NEXIS)