Reza Radmanesh ( fa, رضا رادمنش; 1905/1906–1983) was an Iranian physicist,

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politician and general secretary of the

Tudeh Party of Iran The Tudeh Party of Iran ( fa-at, حزب تودۀ ایران, Ḥezb-e Tūde-ye Īrān, lit=Party of the Masses of Iran) is an Iranian communist party. Formed in 1941, with Soleiman Mirza Eskandari as its head, it had considerable influence in i ...

. According to

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, he was "one of the most prominent members of the Iranian communist movement".

Early life and education

Radmanesh was born into a Gilak landed upper-class family. He helped the local Jangalis as a teenager; and joined the

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while he studied at Dar ul-Funun. He went to France to study physics, and met

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, before he returned to Iran as a junior member of

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. He was sentenced to five years of imprisonment.

Career

Radmanesh was a leading and dominating personality in the

, serving as a member of the party's central committee, head of its

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and its

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before taking office as the first Secretary in 1948.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radmanesh, Reza Iranian communists 1900s births 1983 deaths First Secretaries of Tudeh Party of Iran Socialist Party (Iran) politicians Iranian expatriates in East Germany Iranian expatriates in France University of Tehran faculty People from Lahijan Heads of youth wings of political parties in Iran Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran members Tudeh Party of Iran MPs Members of the 14th Iranian Majlis