Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class
Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class سازمان پیکار در راه آزادی طبقه کارگر | |
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| Abbreviation | Peykâr |
| Leader |
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| Founded | 1975 |
| Dissolved | 1983 |
| Split from | MKO |
| Newspaper | Peykâr |
| Membership | Maximum 3,000 equipped with light weapons |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Septuple Coalition |
The Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class, or simply Peykar, also known by the earlier name Marxist Mojahedin, was a splinter group from the People's Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
Members associated with it declared that they no longer self-identify as Muslims but rather believe in Marxism–Leninism. They subsequently started an intragroup conflict with other MEK members who refused to join it (on the grounds that they believed in Islam) and tried to purge the group to make it Marxist. Peykar originated in 1972 after the MEK leadership was jailed by the shah, but it was officially founded in 1975, and by the early 1980s Peykar was no longer considered active. Peykar was considered "the most extreme" among all Iranian communist groups active at the time. Peykar was subsequently suppressed and through imprisonment and executions, its existence came to an end by the early 1980s.