Peykar (1931 newspaper)

Not to be confused with Peykar (1979 newspaper).
Peykar
Launched1931
Political alignmentCommunist Party of Persia
LanguagePersian
Ceased publication1932
CountryIran
OCLC number1007744155

Peykar (Persian: پیکار, lit. 'Combat') was the theoretical journal of the Communist Party of Persia.[1]

It was first published in Berlin in 1931 and lasted for 15 issues until 1932, when it was published in Vienna.[2] The newspaper claimed that it was published abroad because communists were prosecuted inside Iran.[3]

Peykar was run by a coalition of Iranian left-wing activists and intellectuals, including Morteza Alavi.[2] According to Younes Jalali, it is unlikely that Taghi Arani had ever contributed to the publication, because of its "cacophony" and journalistic style that included "more blows than hard analysis".[2]

  1. ^ Shahibzadeh, Yadullah (2018). Marxism and Left-Wing Politics in Europe and Iran. Springer. p. 76. ISBN 978-3-319-92522-6.
  2. ^ a b c Jalali, Younes (2018), Taghi Erani, a Polymath in Interwar Berlin: Fundamental Science, Psychology, Orientalism, and Political Philosophy, Springer, p. 162, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97837-6, ISBN 978-3-319-97837-6, S2CID 189356398
  3. ^ Shahibzadeh, Yadullah (2018). Marxism and Left-Wing Politics in Europe and Iran. Springer. p. 78. ISBN 978-3-319-92522-6.