Union of People's Fedaian of Iran

The, Union of People's Fedaian of Iran " was established in April 1994,following the convention of "Unity Congress" and after a series of political , theoretical and organizational discussions between the two currents of Fedaie movement: ,Organization of Iranian People's Fedaie Guerrillas'- and ,Fedaie Organization" .During the last two decades of Shah's dictatorship ,the members of these two organizations, along with other combatants were actively involved in the struggle against the dictatorship of the regime. They all took part in the Iranian revolution in 1979,and once more soon after the revolution, they all as the members of one organization fought against the new reactionary regime which hid itself under the cover of religion. During this period in spite of having a favorable social and political position to organize the people's resistance against the Islamic despotism and to defend the achievements of the revolution, the "organization of Iranian People's Fedaie Guerrillas " failed to achieve its goals. This was because it lacked the necessary political experience, did not have a clear view of how the people could be organized, and most important of all had no clear and comprehensive agenda which could bring about a free, progressive and just society. Therefore as the reactionary forces established the bases of the Islamic medieval dictatorship which benefited from the ignorance and illiteracy of the majority of the population ,this organization failed to safeguard the achievements of the revolution . The first reaction to this failure ended in the split of the organization into two parts: the " Majority" and the ," Minority". Although this split happened some months after the revolution and revealed the right and left currents within the organization, but because of the lack of the experience of internal party dialogues and democratic standards, the splitting currents could not define their ideological, political and organizational differences. This problem led to more splits within the ranks of the ,Majority" and Minority". The today's unified forces which form the ,Union of People's Fedaian of Iran" come from the left and right currents of the previous splits, although they have passed through different development phases. The right current, which was part of the "Majority", in spite of continuing its reformist and conciliatory policies towards the regime, clearly distinguished itself theoretically and ideologically from the '%4ajoritycc So when the dissolution of the ,Majority- section into the ,Tudeh party of Iran" was proposed, they split from the ," Majority" in defiance. In the following years this current having learnt its lesson from the previous failures criticized its past policies and gradually returned to the revolutionary left movement. As a result of the unity between this organization and the ,,Organization for the Emancipation of Labour ' which was established by the former cadres and members of the ,,Minority" the ,Fedaie Organization of Iran" was formed in 1989.

On the other hand the left current, which was initially aligned with the Minority" ,in spite of its revolutionary stance against the regime adopted ultra leftist policies. 'The "Minority" too, because of the lack of a clear agenda faced several splits.

The progress toward reunification of Fedaies was made possible through the revision of the theoretical principles, proposing clear political lines, dispensing with sectarian attitudes toward unity and coalition, learning from the past failures and achieving principled understanding about democratic relations among the left forces as well as within the organization ranks.