hashem
31st January 2013, 18:33
on 8th February 1971 Fadai guerrillas attacked a police station in Siyahkal (north of Iran). although the operation was a failure from military point of view, it changed the atmosphere of Irans society. it ended a long period of passiveness and submission to dictatorship. it changed the ruling atmosphere from liberalism to radicalism. besides Fadaians, Mojahedin organization also started armed struggle shortly after.
although the "guerrilla line" (armed struggle without participation of masses) was effective in peoples awakening, it was unable to organize them because it relied on guerrilla "heroes" not ordinary people. despite the huge sacrifices, it was Khomeini who gained dominance in 1979 and lead the revolution into failure. he and his islamist followers were never under brute suppression in Pahlavis era and (unlike leftists) were allowed to make contact with masses. they knew when and how to lie and use religion for their purpose while leftist guerrillas had isolated them selfs in "team houses". internationally, islamists were preferred to leftists and were directly or indirectly supported by Iraq, France, USA and ... even USSR preferred an islamist neighbour to a communist one, because overwhelming majority of Iranian leftists were anti revisionists. not surprisingly, notorious Tudeh party of Iran (servant of russian social imperialism) which was begging Pahlavi regime to legalize it, had supported Pahlavi "reforms" in 1960s and had called all opponents of "reforms" (including Khomeini) "reactionaries", supported Khomeini and provoked a split in Organization of Iranian People's Fadai Guerillas which severely weakened the opposition before the fierce conflicts began.
during the bloodbath in 1980s, small organizations like OIPFG(minority), Peykar, Worker path, Sarbedaran, Ranjbaran and ... which were made of intellectuals and a tiny strata of advanced workers were no match for a fascist regime which had not only reconstructed previous regime's army and secret police, but had deceived millions of lumpens, backward workers, toilers and petty bourgeoisie with religion and nationalism. only exception was Kurdestan. Komolah (revolutionary organization of toilers, present day Kurdestan section of Communist party of Iran) which was active in Kurdestan and had organized the masses, managed to repel islamists for several years but at the end it failed as well, not only by military forces of islamists, but by Hekmatist neo revisionists which ruined its organization and armed wing.
today, Siyahkal operation is regarded as an unpatriotic or meaningless act by all of bourgeoisie factions: monarchists, nationalists, liberals, Reformists and conservatives. but its seen as a symbol of bravery and commitment to oppressed peoples struggle by Iranian revolutionaries.
although the "guerrilla line" (armed struggle without participation of masses) was effective in peoples awakening, it was unable to organize them because it relied on guerrilla "heroes" not ordinary people. despite the huge sacrifices, it was Khomeini who gained dominance in 1979 and lead the revolution into failure. he and his islamist followers were never under brute suppression in Pahlavis era and (unlike leftists) were allowed to make contact with masses. they knew when and how to lie and use religion for their purpose while leftist guerrillas had isolated them selfs in "team houses". internationally, islamists were preferred to leftists and were directly or indirectly supported by Iraq, France, USA and ... even USSR preferred an islamist neighbour to a communist one, because overwhelming majority of Iranian leftists were anti revisionists. not surprisingly, notorious Tudeh party of Iran (servant of russian social imperialism) which was begging Pahlavi regime to legalize it, had supported Pahlavi "reforms" in 1960s and had called all opponents of "reforms" (including Khomeini) "reactionaries", supported Khomeini and provoked a split in Organization of Iranian People's Fadai Guerillas which severely weakened the opposition before the fierce conflicts began.
during the bloodbath in 1980s, small organizations like OIPFG(minority), Peykar, Worker path, Sarbedaran, Ranjbaran and ... which were made of intellectuals and a tiny strata of advanced workers were no match for a fascist regime which had not only reconstructed previous regime's army and secret police, but had deceived millions of lumpens, backward workers, toilers and petty bourgeoisie with religion and nationalism. only exception was Kurdestan. Komolah (revolutionary organization of toilers, present day Kurdestan section of Communist party of Iran) which was active in Kurdestan and had organized the masses, managed to repel islamists for several years but at the end it failed as well, not only by military forces of islamists, but by Hekmatist neo revisionists which ruined its organization and armed wing.
today, Siyahkal operation is regarded as an unpatriotic or meaningless act by all of bourgeoisie factions: monarchists, nationalists, liberals, Reformists and conservatives. but its seen as a symbol of bravery and commitment to oppressed peoples struggle by Iranian revolutionaries.