Message from the Iranian Political Prisoners Association (in exile)
To Komala, the Kurdistan Organization of the Communist Party of Iran on the occasion of the anniversary of the founding of Komala
Dear comrades! Please accept our friendly and sincere greetings on the occasion of the anniversary of the founding of Komala.
We sincerely congratulate you on Komala Day and honor the memory of the Peshmerga and the brave fighters of Komala who lost their dear lives in the fight for freedom, equality, and socialism.
This year, the commemoration of the Day of the Dead is being held in a situation where the crisis has put Iranian society in a difficult and difficult situation, and everyone is waiting for something to happen. A situation that cannot continue and, if it continues, will seriously change the political and social life of society and expose the political system to collapse. The existing crisis has shown itself within a cycle for a decade and has introduced various factors, such as the vortex of the political system, into this cycle, which the Islamic Republic cannot solve through the usual means and existing institutions. If we see that in normal conditions, the government or political system takes action that has a specific result, for example, if it seriously implements the poverty alleviation program, poverty will decrease, but in critical conditions, none of these hypotheses and assumptions are met. This is why the Islamic Republic is unable to respond to the needs of society, especially the lives and livelihoods of the masses of hungry, poor, and toiling people. We witness widespread strikes and protests in Iran every day, but there is no change in their situation or in the state of society. In response to this crippling crisis, in January 1996 and then November 1998, we witnessed the uprising of the “hungry and impoverished and the children of the labor camps.” The Islamic Republic’s response to these protests was repression and killing. The Islamic Republic, which is unable to respond to the needs of the people, sharply increased social repression after these two uprisings and made the conditions of society even more difficult for the people. Out of the context of the existing crisis and repression, the revolutionary movement of women for a free life emerged, which aimed to dismantle the ruling political system. The Islamic Republic also brutally suppressed this movement. This movement could not do more than it was capable of, although it shone brightly and shook the foundations of the Islamic Republic. A large part of the labor camps, especially the working class, was still not ready to support this movement, join it, and take over its leadership. The Iranian working class has made great progress, but it is still in the middle of emerging from the rubble of the repression of the past forty-five years. The workers in Iran are well aware of their class rights and interests and know that the only way out of the current situation is to struggle in its various forms. However, due to the conditions of repression and police in Iran, they have not yet been able to establish their own institutions in the workplace and consolidate themselves. Without organization and organization, the worker will not be able to play his role in social and political struggles and class struggle. Without organization and organization, he cannot fulfill his class role in society. Only the working class, in solidarity with other toilers, can change the balance of power in society for the benefit of the people. Iranian society is pregnant with change, and any change without the role and leadership of the working class in it will not lead to revolution, freedom, equality, and social justice, and will fall into the hands of forces that are lurking like vultures to prevent any revolution in society and, with the support of the imperialists, impose another type of dictatorship on Iranian society and people.
In our belief, true defenders of the working class, communist parties and organizations can shorten their path of struggle by establishing organic relationships with progressive workers and labor leaders in Iran, by transferring their experiences in the labor movement to them, and by providing them with all-round support and backing, enriching their struggle. Although workers in Iran have gone further in many areas, including methods of struggle to circumvent repression, they have taken instructive actions.
The Center for Political Prisoners of Iran (in exile) once again congratulates the Kurdistan Organization of the Communist Party of Iran on the anniversary of its establishment and wishes it success in its continued struggle against the Islamic Republic and the capitalist system ruling Iran.
Iranian Political Prisoners Association (in exile)
21 Bahman 1402 equals 10 February 2024