Fada'i Guerrilla Praxis in Iran, 1970 - 1979

Narratives and Reflections on Everyday Life

Touraj Atabaki, Nasser Mohajer, Siavush Randjbar-Daemi, Touraj Atabaki, Nasser Mohajer, Siavush Randjbar-Daemi

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781788314688
• eBook ISBN: 9780755638864
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Middle Eastern History
• Index: History

The Iranian People's Fada'i Guerrillas have received little dedicated scholarly investigation in the shadow of the Iranian Revolution. This unique collection combines scholarly analysis of the movement, with first-hand accounts from those within the movement, in order to shed light on the experiences, organisation and history of this group during the 1970's. The volume is partly composed of eyewitness accounts from veteran Fada'i members on themes such as everyday life in safehouses, the activities of the small but active Fada'i representation abroad, the experience of Fada'i men and women who were subject to long imprisonment in the 1970s or perspectives on military organisation.
Alongside these accounts are scholarly investigations into the various aspects in the history of the organisation, which cover elements such as its ideological foundations and political orientation, the importance of the Iranian labour movement in Fada'i thought and praxis and the impact of guerrilla activism in the arts.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Note on transliteration
• Preface
• 1 Formation of thoughts and foundation of the Iranian People’s Fada’i Guerrillas (Nasser Mohajer and Mehrdad Vahabi)
• 2 The labour movement in the words and deeds of the Iranian People’s Fada’i Guerrillas (Touraj Atabaki)
• 3 The foreign relations of the Organization of Iranian People’s Fada’i Guerrillas: From formation to the Revolution of 1979 (
• 4 A glance at the Organization of Iranian People’s Fada’i Guerrillas (1976–9) (Qorbanali .Abdolrahimpour)
• 5 Military actions in the Organization of Iranian People’s Fada’i Guerrillas: Scales and modalities ( Hamid Nowzari1
• 6 From school to safehouse: A woman Fada’i’s account ( Marziyeh Tohidast Shafi‘)
• 7 My beloved Organization (Nahid Qajar)
• 8 Female prison (Roqiyeh Daneshgari)
• 9 The Organization of Iranian Peoples Fada’i Guerrillas’ prison organization (Nasser Rahimkhani and Nasser Mohajer)
• 10 The Organization of Iranian People’s Fada’i Guerrillas and the University of Tabriz: A personal memoir (Sorour .Ali M
• 11 The Confederation of Iranian Students (National Union) and the Fada’i Guerrillas (.Ali Nadimi)
• 12 From Mehrabad-e Jonoubi to the technical faculty (Siavush Randjbar-Daemi)
• 13 Poetry praising passion (Saeed Yousef)
• 14 Reflections of the guerrilla struggle and the Siyahkal incident in literary prose and fiction (Nasim Khaksar)
• 15 Looking back (Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh)
• 16 The impact of the guerrilla movement on contemporary Iranian theatre (Houman Azarkolah)
• Notes
• Select Bibliography
• Index of Names