SUMKA

National Socialist Workers Party of Iran
حزب سوسیالیست ملی کارگران ایران زمین
AbbreviationSUMKA
LeaderDavud Monshizadeh
SpokespersonShapour Zandnia
Founded1952
Headquarters"Black House", Khaneqah Street, Tehran[1]
Membership (1952)600[1]
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[1]
Party flag

The National Socialist Workers Party of Iran[1] (Persian: حزب سوسیالیست ملی کارگران ایران, romanizedHezb-e Sosiyālist-e Melli-ye Kārgarān-e Irān), better known by its abbreviation SUMKA (Persian: سومکا), was[4][5] a Neo-Nazi[6] party in Iran. The symbol of the party was a very simplified Faravahar, on their flag it appeared in a similar arrangement to the NSDAP flag.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference Rahnema was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Bashiriyeh, Hossein (27 April 2012). The State and Revolution in Iran (RLE Iran D). Taylor & Francis. p. 14. ISBN 9781136820892.
  3. ^ The book of programs and principles of national socialism.
  4. ^ Rahnema, Ali (2015). Behind the 1953 Coup in Iran: Thugs, Turncoats, Soldiers, and Spooks. Cambridge University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-1316123874. SUMKA was the abbreviation for Sosiyalist Melli Kargaran Iran, or Iran's Nationalist Socialist Workers Party. This was a fascist organization founded in April 1951 by Davud Monshizadeh.
  5. ^ Amanat, Abbas (2017). Iran: A Modern History. Yale University Press. p. 535. ISBN 978-0300231465. Sumka was a small but openly fascist party that in every respect fashioned itself after the defunct German Nationalist Socialist Party.
  6. ^ Dabashi, Hamid (2015). Persophilia: Persian Culture on the Global Scene. Harvard University Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780674504691.
  7. ^ "Historical Flags of Our Ancestors – Flags of Extremism – Part 3 (O-z)".