Tudeh Military Network
Founding leaderAbdulsamad Kambakhsh[1]
LeadersKhosro Roozbeh
Dates of operation1944[1]–1957[2]
1970s[2]–1983
AllegianceSoviet Union
Active regionsIran
IdeologyCommunism
Size≈600 (1954)[3]
≈100 (1983)[4]
Part ofTudeh Party of Iran
AlliesAzerbaijani Democratic Party[1]
Democratic Party of Kurdistan[5]
OpponentsSecond Bureau
British Network
Battles and wars1945 Khorasan revolt
1946 Azerbaijan revolt

The Officers' Organization (Persian: سازمان افسران)[6] or the Military Organization (Persian: سازمان نظامی)[6] of the Tudeh Party, also known as Tudeh Military Network,[1] was an intelligence gathering network that infiltrated the Iranian Armed Forces using clandestine cell system method.

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  1. ^ a b c d Miyata, Osamu (July 1987), "The Tudeh Military Network during the Oil Nationalization Period", Middle Eastern Studies, 23 (3): 313–328, doi:10.1080/00263208708700709, JSTOR 4283187
  2. ^ a b Gasiorowski, Mark J. (November 1993), "The Qarani Affair and Iranian Politics", International Journal of Middle East Studies, 25 (4): 625–644, doi:10.1017/S0020743800059298, JSTOR 164538, S2CID 154722900
  3. ^ Daneshvar, Parviz (2016). Revolution in Iran. Springer. p. 37. ISBN 978-1349140626.
  4. ^ Zabir, Sepehr (2011). The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D) (Reprint. ed.). Routledge. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-415-61785-7.
  5. ^ Michael M. Gunter (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Scarecrow Press. p. 133. ISBN 9780810875074.
  6. ^ a b Behrooz, Maziar (August 2001). "Tudeh Factionalism and the 1953 Coup in Iran". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 33 (3): 363–82. doi:10.1017/S0020743801003026. JSTOR 259456. S2CID 162990418.

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