Peykar (1979 newspaper)

Peykar
Workers of the world, unite!
TypeWeekly
FormatTabloid
EditorTorab Haghshenas
Launched28 April 1979 (1979-04-28)
Political alignmentOrganization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class
LanguagePersian
Ceased publication16 November 1981 (1981-11-16)
CountryIran
OCLC number942783613
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Peykar (Persian: پیکار, lit.'Struggle') was a weekly newspaper in Iran that was published as the official organ of the communist organization Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class.

127 issues of Peykar were published between April 1979 and October 1981.[1] Torab Haghshenas served as the editor of the newspaper.[2]

Peykar was among left-wing publications that the Tudeh Party of Iran was critical of.[3]

  1. ^ Ḥaqšenās, Torāb (October 27, 2011) [December 15, 1992]. "COMMUNISM iii. In Persia after 1953". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 1. Vol. VI. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 105–112. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  2. ^ Jalilian, Behrouz (18 February 2016), "In memory of Torab Haghshenas", Red Flag
  3. ^ Near East/North Africa Report, Joint Publications Research Service, vol. 2018, Executive Office of the President, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1979, p. 30