Mansoor Hekmat
Life: expanded section on death
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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=== Childhood === |
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Born in [[Tehran]], Hekmat moved to [[Shiraz]], where he graduated in economics at the University of Shiraz, before moving to the UK where completed his Masters at Bath University. He moved to London in 1973 to start his PhD at Birkbeck University, where he studied under the supervision of Marxist theorist [[Ben Fine]] and became a critic of what he saw as distorted versions of [[communism]], including [[Ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Russian communism]], [[Chinese communism]], the [[guerrilla warfare]] movement, [[social democracy]], [[Trotskyism]] and nationalism among the left. |
Born in [[Tehran]], Hekmat moved to [[Shiraz]], where he graduated in economics at the University of Shiraz, before moving to the UK where completed his Masters at Bath University. He moved to London in 1973 to start his PhD at Birkbeck University, where he studied under the supervision of Marxist theorist [[Ben Fine]] and became a critic of what he saw as distorted versions of [[communism]], including [[Ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Russian communism]], [[Chinese communism]], the [[guerrilla warfare]] movement, [[social democracy]], [[Trotskyism]] and nationalism among the left. |
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[[File:Grave of Mansoor Hekmat in Highgate.jpg|200px|thumb|upright|Hekmat's grave in London's Highgate Cemetery.]] |
[[File:Grave of Mansoor Hekmat in Highgate.jpg|200px|thumb|upright|Hekmat's grave in London's Highgate Cemetery.]] |
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Because of mounting repression against political opposition groups in Iran, Hekmat sought refuge in [[Iranian Kurdistan|Kurdistan]] in 1982. Hekmat's Union then fused with a [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] group of [[Maoism|Maoist]] roots, [[Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan|Komalah]] – together, they formed the [[Communist Party of Iran]] (CPI) based on Revolutionary Marxism. Hekmat and a group of other CPI members left the party and, in 1991, founded the WPI. He also helped establish the [[Worker-Communist Party of Iraq]]. |
Because of mounting repression against political opposition groups in Iran, Hekmat sought refuge in [[Iranian Kurdistan|Kurdistan]] in 1982. Hekmat's Union then fused with a [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] group of [[Maoism|Maoist]] roots, [[Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan|Komalah]] – together, they formed the [[Communist Party of Iran]] (CPI) based on Revolutionary Marxism. Hekmat and a group of other CPI members left the party and, in 1991, founded the WPI. He also helped establish the [[Worker-Communist Party of Iraq]]. |
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==Death== |
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Hekmat died on 4 July 2002, following a year-long battle with cancer in hospital in the UK. His headstone is in [[Highgate Cemetery]], a few meters away from [[Karl Marx]]'s grave. A memorial session was held by his wife Majedi on the 28th July, alongside representatives from the Worker-communist Party of Iran, Iraq and the [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)|CPGB(PCC)]].{{Cite web|url=https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/442/mansoor-hekmat/|title=Mansoor Hekmat - Weekly Worker}} Retrieved 26 April 2026 |
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