Dr Taghi Arani was in contact with Kambakhsh. He was one the most respected founders of the party. He was killed in Reza Shah's prison.
The military branch stayed untouched and unknown and gathered momentum. It became so powerful that, by the time they had been compromised in 1953, they had six hundred officers in the army and an unknown number of police, army sergeants and gendarmes.Captain Abbasi: one of members of the central committee of the Iranian army communist organization (sold out many comrades under torture).
The allied invasion of 1943 brought freedom, chaos and an opportune time for mischief. This period lasted only 12 years and was probably the only time that the people of Iran tasted some freedom during the twentieth century. There were many drawbacks too; there was some lawlessness and division of the country by superpowers. Allied countries were moving significant intelligence forces into the country for a final showdown. In this article, we are going to discuss the issue of the pro-Soviet Tudeh party and those attempts to prevent Stalin from Turning Iran to Iranestan.
Ehsan Tabari: one of the founders and chief theoreticians of the party.
Anti Soviet efforts in Iran from 1943- 1953
During this period, the British brought in their own old ally Mr. Seyyed Zia who was in exile in England to put organizations together which would stand up against the Tudeh party.
At that time, the Iranian army had been dismantled and the army's counter-espionage intelligence was not working. This event corresponded with significant increase in the membership of the newly founded Iranian pro-Soviet communist party known as the Tudeh Party, or the "party of masses." There was also independent KGB infiltration of all organs of the government. Ironically, when Stalin, Churchill and FDR met in 1943 in Tehran to organize their efforts against Hitler, they were simply cheating each other from the first moment. They knew that the war was going to be over and each one wanted to steal as much as they could from Middle Eastern countries.
American Posture
FDR was not that interested in the feuds between the Soviets and the British. He mainly wanted to keep the alliance together, defeat Hitler and get out with least number of casualties. The US was able to live alone in Isolation.
The British posture
The British posture was totally different. They had lost a lot of their strength in First World War and they stood up against Hitler alone for more than one year. They were simply broke. Therefore, their intention was to try to retain as much of the old colonies as they could. For the British winning the war was vital. However, a Britain without colonies would be too weak. Historically, all these European wars were over the exploits of the colonies. However WWII was different, as it would incorporate other factors that did not exist before, namely socialism, third world people's awakening, and a US that might not go back into its shell. Churchill did not want to permit America and Russia to become the sole superpowers. However, at the end of the day, the American and Russian manpower, natural resources, and military victories caused The British, French, Spain, Germany and Japan to become irrelevant powers.
Master of colonialism Prime Minister Churchill meeting with the young King of Iran. The King is saluting the prime minister. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
The Russian posture
The Russian posture was absolute brutality. Stalin wanted to beat Hitler and gain as much territory as possible. Stalin was able to achieve his goal, Hitler was defeated and Eastern Europe was devoured. Stalin's approach to the war was totally different to rest of the allies. He was willing to sacrifice millions of people to gain more territory. 27 million Russians were killed in the Second World War while Germans who fought in several more fronts had 6,000,000 casualties. The total number of American casualties was less than half a million. On average, Russians lost 10,000 men a day until the war was over. Since WWII was the fourth major invasion of Russia from the west, they were justifiably paranoid of future Hitlers. Stalin was turning Russia and all its captured areas in Eastern Europe into a fortress. Stalin managed to put 500 divisions into the conquered territories of Eastern Europe. He used the capitalists to beat Hitler but he was not a friend of the capitalists. His paranoia and mischief made the environment quite uncomfortable for an alliance.
Russian ambassador during the Invasion of Iran.
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