Worker-communist Party of Iran

The Worker-communist Party of Iran (Persian: حزب کمونیست کارگری ایران‎) founded 1991, is a political party that seeks the revolutionary overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the establishment of a 'Socialist Republic' in its place. The party's primary slogans are "Liberty, Equality, Workers' Rule", "Down with the Islamic Republic", "For a Socialist Republic", and "The Basis of Socialism is the Human Being".

WPI owns a 24 hour TV station called New Channel which is mainly in Persian but also broadcasts some programs in English, Kurdish and Azeri Turkish. The WPI declared New Channel the first 24 hour communist TV station in the world. The Communist Youth Organization is the youth wing of WPI. The current leader is Hamid Taqvaee; some other important figures are Mostafa Saber, Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazie.

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