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Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class

*Sāzmān-e peykār dar rāh-e āzādī-e ṭabaqa-ye kārgar*
Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class Sāzmān-e peykār dar rāh-e āzādī-e ṭabaqa-ye kārgar
	The Marxist Mojahedin eliminated the Quranic verse 4:96 and the olive branch from the original emblem of the MEK
Abbreviation	Peykar
Leader	Hossein Rouhani; Taghi Sahram; Baram Aram; Rahman Vahid Afrakhteh;
Founded	1975
Dissolved	1983
Split from	MKO
Newspaper	Peykar
Membership	Maximum 3,000 equipped with light weapons
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Maoism; Stalinism; Hoxhaism;
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Septuple Coalition
	Politics of Iran; Political parties; Elections;

The Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class (Persian: سازمان پیکار در راه آزادی طبقه کارگر, romanized: Sāzmān-e peykār dar rāh-e āzādī-e ṭabaqa-ye kārgar), or simply Peykar (Persian: پيکار, lit. 'struggle'), also known by the earlier name Marxist Mojahedin, was a splinter group from the People's Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

Members associated with it declared that they no longer self-identify as Muslims but rather only believe in Marxism–Leninism. They subsequently started an intragroup conflict with other MEK members who refused to join it (on the grounds that they still believed in Islam) and tried to purge the group in to make it purely Marxist. Originating in 1972 and officially founded in 1975, by the early 1980s Peykar was no longer considered active.^[5] Peykar was considered "the most extreme" among all Iranian communist groups active at the time.^[6] Peykar was subsequently suppressed and through imprisonment and executions, its existence came to an end by the early 1980s.^[6]

^ Abrahamian 1999, p. 150
^ Reisinezhad 2018, p. 8.
^ Razoux 2015, Appendix E: Armed Opposition: "PEYKAR (DISSIDENT MARXIST WING OF THE MUJAHIDIN EKHALQ) Leader Hossein Ruhani (arrested 1982). Maximum strength (from 1980 to 1982): 3,000 fighter equipped with light weapon"
^ Jebnoun, Noureddine; Kia, Mehrdad; Kirk, Mimi, eds. (2013). Modern Middle East Authoritarianism: Roots, Ramifications, and Crisis. Routledge. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-135-00731-7. In 1975, the Mojahedin split into two factions. One faction denounced Islam and declared its loyalty to Marxism-Leninism through a Maoist interpretation. This faction renamed itself Peykar (Struggle) and emerged as one of the most active leftist revolutionary organizations during the 1979 revolution.
^ Arash Reisinezhad (2018). The Shah of Iran, the Iraqi Kurds, and the Lebanese Shia. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 8. ASIN B07FBB6L8Y.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Ḥaqšenās was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Abrahamian 1999, p. 150

[FOOTNOTEReisinezhad20188-2] Reisinezhad 2018, p. 8.

[FOOTNOTERazoux2015Appendix_E:_Armed_Opposition-3] Razoux 2015, Appendix E: Armed Opposition: "PEYKAR (DISSIDENT MARXIST WING OF THE MUJAHIDIN EKHALQ) Leader Hossein Ruhani (arrested 1982). Maximum strength (from 1980 to 1982): 3,000 fighter equipped with light weapon"

[4] Jebnoun, Noureddine; Kia, Mehrdad; Kirk, Mimi, eds. (2013). Modern Middle East Authoritarianism: Roots, Ramifications, and Crisis. Routledge. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-135-00731-7. In 1975, the Mojahedin split into two factions. One faction denounced Islam and declared its loyalty to Marxism-Leninism through a Maoist interpretation. This faction renamed itself Peykar (Struggle) and emerged as one of the most active leftist revolutionary organizations during the 1979 revolution.

[Palgrave_Macmillan-5] Arash Reisinezhad (2018). The Shah of Iran, the Iraqi Kurds, and the Lebanese Shia. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 8. ASIN B07FBB6L8Y.

[Ḥaqšenās-6] Cite error: The named reference Ḥaqšenās was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class Sāzmān-e peykār dar rāh-e āzādī-e ṭabaqa-ye kārgar
The Marxist Mojahedin eliminated the Quranic verse 4:96 and the olive branch from the original emblem of the MEK
Abbreviation	Peykar
Leader	Hossein Rouhani^[1] Taghi Sahram Baram Aram Rahman Vahid Afrakhteh^[2]
Founded	1975
Dissolved	1983
Split from	MKO
Newspaper	Peykar
Membership	Maximum 3,000 equipped with light weapons^[3]
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Maoism^[4] Stalinism Hoxhaism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Septuple Coalition
Politics of Iran Political parties Elections