| Abdolsamad Kambakhsh | |
|---|---|
| |
| Member of Parliament of Iran | |
In office 6 March 1944 – 12 March 1946 | |
| Constituency | Qazvin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1902 or 1903 Qazvin, Persia |
| Died | 1971 (aged 68–69)[1] Leipzig, East Germany |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Tudeh Party (1943–1971) Communist Party (1920s) |
| Other political affiliations |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow University |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Air Force |
| Years of service | 1932–1937 |
| Rank | Second lieutenant |
Abdolsamad Kambakhsh (Persian: عبدالصمد کامبخش) was an Iranian communist. A member of the "group of fifty-three",[2] he was an influential member of the Tudeh Party of Iran and belonged to the party's hardline faction.[3] Kambakhsh was known for his close connections to the Soviet intelligence agencies, including OGPU, NKVD and the KGB.[4]
Scholar Maziar Behrooz argues that "Kambakhsh was not a theorist but a party functionary with strong personal connections to the Soviets".[5]
Early life and education[]
Kambakhsh was born in 1902[2] or 1903[6] in Qazvin, and came from an aristocrat Qajar family.[2] He was grown up in his birthplace,[6] and went to study in Soviet Union in 1915.[7] Inspired by the Russian Revolution, he returned to Iran and joined the Socialist and Communist parties.[7] He then resided in Tehran became a factory manager.[2] Despite his political leanings, the Persian government granted him a scholarship in 1927 and he was sent to Russia for university.[7] At Moscow University,[2] he studied aeronautics between 1928 and 1932.[8]
Career[]
He represented Tudeh in the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
According to written statements of Khosro Rouzbeh in military court, Kambakhsh initiated the activities of Tudeh Military Network in early 1944.[9]
In the first congress of Tudeh held in August 1944, Kambakhsh was elected to the central committee.[9]
After the 1946 Azerbaijan revolt, he was prosecuted with a warrant and as a result he fled the country.[9] The military tribunal sentenced him to death in absentia, forcing him into exile until his death.[2]
References[]
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedKeshavarz - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Abrahamian, Ervand (1999). Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran. University of California Press. p. 50. ISBN 0520922905.
- ↑ Gasiorowski, Mark J.; Byrne, Malcolm (2004). Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran. Syracuse University Press. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0815630182.
- ↑ Chaqueri, Cosroe (December 15, 1998). "ESKANDARĪ, ĪRAJ". In Yarshater, Ehsan. Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 6. VIII. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 604–606. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/eskandari-iraj.
- ↑ Behrooz, Maziar (August 2001). "Tudeh Factionalism and the 1953 Coup in Iran". pp. 363–82. Digital object identifier:10.1017/S0020743801003026. JSTOR 259456.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Shirali, Mahnaz (2017). The Mystery of Contemporary Iran. Routledge. ISBN 9781351479134.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. p. 296. ISBN 0-691-10134-5. https://archive.org/details/iranbetweentwore00abra_0/page/296.
- ↑ Ghods, M. Reza (1990). "The Iranian Communist Movement under Reza Shah". Taylor & Francis. pp. 506–513. JSTOR 4283395.(subscription required)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Miyata, Osamu (July 1987). "The Tudeh Military Network during the Oil Nationalization Period". pp. 313–328. Digital object identifier:10.1080/00263208708700709. JSTOR 4283187.
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