POLITICAL GROUPS IN IRAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000100120031-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2000
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: February 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

DEC 1951 Sl-46
Approved For Release 2001/03/04: CIA-RDP81-01036R000100120031-4
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Political Groups in Iran
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DATE (OF INFO.) Dec 1953
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1. Hadj Abul-Quassem Refi Is important in the Djehad-E Mogad~ss (Holy Fight for the
Faith). The organization is to open its own building. The financial support
probably comes from religiously inclined bazaar merchants. Whether the party can
attain any mass support is doubtful. The government permits this party without
showing it any special favor,
2, The Estegizal (Independence) party is also led by a businessman, Abdul-Ghadir Asad,
and has its own building. nThe membership is small.
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According to Dr. Monchi-Zadek, head of the right-radical Sumka, the membership of
the group is Qn the increase. He claims that the earlier figure of 2,000 uniformed
members in Teheran and 10,000 in the provinces has been much surpassed. Relations
between the,Sumka and government are currently good. It is said that court and
army give it financial support.
A new uniformed group is worthy.of attention. It calls itself "Union of the
National Rising of 28 Mordat" (19 Aug 53 ), or "Shard" for short, ..,the initial letter
of which is that of "Shah". ,,Its emblem is a stylized letter resembling a swastika.
Mbst.of the members come rrom.sports groups. It is led by Ghulam-Rasa Madshid, former
head of the Babr sport club. The organization has fine uniforms and cars and is
looked upon With favor by army and police. It numbers about 200?
There has recently been a new political organization in the Teheran streets, headed
by Shatbaan Dsha Fari, called "BI-Munch" (Brainless). It consists of 100 to 150
men, who call themselves "Devotion of our Lives to Heroic Youths and have the motto
"God, Shah and Fatherland," They wear white blouses with red i
ssignia
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frequently seen-in jeeps, which probably come from the army. The tendency of the
organization is anti-Communist.
6. Efforts to build a mass organization in support of the Zahedi regime have not
succeeded, I
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