* 2002 – Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician ( b. 1951 )

* Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian political theorist and activist

* History of Undefeated, A few words in commemoration of the 1979 Revolution By Mansoor Hekmat, Communist Thinker and Revolutionary

The main founder and leader of the party was Mansoor Hekmat, who died in 2002.

The founding declaration of the party has four signatures: Mansoor Hekmat, Koorosh Modarresi, Reza Moghadam and Iraj Azarin.

After the death of Mansoor Hekmat in 2002, there was a debate in the party over whether a new leader should be announced or not.

They claim to be closer to the ideas of Mansoor Hekmat, though this is denied by the leadership of the WPI, who declared themselves to be the real followers of Hekmat's ideas.

* Children First Now emerged from Children First ( which was formed by Mansoor Hekmat and Soraya Shahabi ) and is a campaign for children's rights in Iran.

* The Marx Society of London was formed By Mansoor Hekmat and Koroosh Modarresi after a long series of debates following the major split in the WPI in August 2004.

* Writings of Mansoor Hekmat

-Worker-Communist Party of Iran was formerly powerful and led by the charismatic Mansoor Hekmat before splitting into three weak parties see when the latter died in 2002.

* Interview from " Radio International " with Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian communist leader with the title of " Mass movement to overthrow the regime is starting " ( in Persian )

* Interview from " Radio Hambastegi, Sweden " with Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian Communist leader on the Summer of 1999 events in Iran ( sound document )

Mansoor Hekmat ( منصور حکمت ; original name Zhoobin Razani ; June 4, 1951-July 4, 2002 ) was an Iranian Marxist theorist and leader of the worker-communist movement.

* The Official Mansoor Hekmat Website

* Mansoor Hekmat Internet Archive

* Mansoor Hekmat texts and information on the worker-communist movement in Iraq ( in French )

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The group claims to hold more closely to the line of Mansoor Hekmat, the WPI's founder, but this claim has denied by the WPI leadership and the dispute between the two parties is still ongoing.

The party was formed by a group of communists, some of whom were members in the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq soon after the WCPIraq decided to support the Worker-Communist Party of Iran-Hekmatist ; the Left tendency was to desire to maintain links with the Worker-Communist Party of Iran, believing that group held to a clear revolutionary and socialist position and maintained the line of Worker Communism as laid out by its founder, Mansoor Hekmat.

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As the 2001 Afghan War commenced, Ismaili spiritual leader Sayed Mansoor Naderi attempted to retake Baghlan from the Taliban.

* Misha Mansoor, American musician and founder of the Progressive Metal band Periphery

In 1928, Professor Mahmoud Hessaby proposed to the Minister of Education, the Late Ali Asghar Hekmat, that Iran establish a comprehensive institute that would cover most of the sciences.

Prince Souvanna Phouma, leader of the nation's neutralists and recognized as Premier by the Communist bloc, and Prince Souphanouvong, head of the pro-Communist Pathet Lao forces.

At the same time, there was increased reason for a quick meeting lest the Soviet leader, as a result of those episodes, come to a dangerously erroneous conclusion about the West's ability and determination to resist Communist pressure.

* 1968 – Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.

The founder of the POS and its best-known leader, Luis Emilio Recabarren, also founded the Communist Party of Chile ( – PCCh ) in 1922.

Cuba has been ruled by Castro's Communist Party of Cuba, although Castro himself formally stepped down as leader in 2008, to be replaced by his brother Raúl Castro.

" Chiang even refused to negotiate a prisoner swap for his son in exchange for the Chinese Communist Party leader.

The Communists, tipped-off that a Nationalist offensive was imminent, retreated in the Long March, during which Mao Zedong rose from a mere military official to the most influential leader of the Communist Party of China.

Following the war, the United States encouraged peace talks between Chiang and Communist leader Mao Zedong in Chongqing.

During the Cold War, he was also seen as the leader who led Free China and the bulwark against a possible Communist invasion.

Deng Xiaoping ( Pinyin: Dèng Xiǎopíng, ; 22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997 ) was a politician and reformist leader of the Communist Party of China who led China towards a market economy.

While Deng never held office as the head of state, head of government or General Secretary of the Communist Party of China ( the highest position in Communist China ), he nonetheless served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1992.

* 1907 – Lin Biao, Chinese Communist military leader ( d. 1971 )

Enver Hoxha (; 16 October 190811 April 1985 ) was the Communist leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania.

* 1997 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary ( b. 1904 )

Under the erroneous impression that he needed papers from some left-wing organisation to cross the frontier, on John Strachey's recommendation he applied unsuccessfully to Harry Pollitt, leader of the British Communist Party.

The leading candidates for the office — all of whom were black — were Dumarsais Estimé, a former school teacher, assembly member, and cabinet minister under Vincent ; Félix d ' Orléans Juste Constant, leader of the Haitian Communist Party ( Parti Communiste d ' Haïti — PCH ); and former Garde commander Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte, who stood as the candidate of a progressive coalition that included the Worker Peasant Movement ( Mouvement Ouvrier Paysan — MOP ).

For example, Nikita Khrushchev never headed the Supreme Soviet but was First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party ( party leader ) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers ( head of government ).

Enver Hoxha became the leader of the country by virtue of his position as Secretary General of the Albanian Communist Party.

He backed the Uyghur Communist Muslim leader Ehmetjan Qasim against the anti Communist Chinese Kuomintang forces.

* 1892 – Apostolos Grozos, Greek leader of the Communist Party of Greece ( d. 1981 )

* 1948 – Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.

* 1942 – Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.

The event was significant not only for Yugoslavia and Tito, but also for the global development of socialism, since it was the first major split between Communist states, casting doubt on Comintern's claims for socialism to be a unified force that would eventually control the whole world, as Tito became the first ( and the only successful ) socialist leader to defy Stalin's leadership in the COMINFORM.