Abstract

This article seeks to explore the reaction and attitude of the Tudeh Party of Iran to the land reform initiatives enacted by the Pahlavi state between 1958 and 1964. This article will in particular describe how the party analysed the various stages of the land reform programme through both its lively media operation and internal party documents. Based on a close reading of this material, this article will also focus on how the exiled party’s attitude with regards to the Pahlavi state and other contemporary political actors affected its opinion of the rise to prominence of Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini in the midst of the land reform programme. The article will hence conclude by offering a new account of the Tudeh’s initial attitude to Khomeini’s initiatives from the 15 Khurdad uprising to the cleric’s exile and gauge the extent to which the same was informed by the previous analysis of the land reform initiatives.

摘要

本文旨在探讨伊朗 Tudeh 党对 1958 年至 1964 年间巴列维政府实施的土地改革倡议的反应和态度。本文将特别描述该党如何通过这两个方面分析土地改革计划的各个阶段。其活跃的媒体运作和党内文件。在仔细阅读这些材料的基础上，本文还将关注流亡党对巴列维国家和其他当代政治行为者的态度如何影响其对阿亚图拉·鲁哈拉·霍梅尼在土地改革中崛起的看法程序。