Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas سازمان چريکهای فدايی خلق ايران | |
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| Abbreviation | OIPFG |
| Spokesperson | Mehdi Fatapour |
| Secretary of the Central Committee | Farrokh Negahdar |
| Founded | late 1963 initial activity April 1971 as the unified organization |
| Dissolved | June 1980 |
| Merger of | Jazani-Ẓarifi Group and Aḥmadzāda-Puyān-Meftāḥi Group |
| Succeeded by | OIPF (M) OIPFG (M) IPFG |
| Headquarters | Tehran |
| Newspaper | Kar |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Anti-imperialism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colors | Red |
| Anthem | Aftabkaran-e-Jangal (lit. 'Sunplanters of Jungle') |
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| Leaders | Hamid Ashraf (KIA) Ashraf Dehghani (POW) |
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| Dates of operation | 1971–1976 1977–1980 |
| Group(s) | Urban team, rural team |
| Size | 3,000 (estimate) |
| Allies | |
| Opponents | Imperial State Islamic Republic |
| Battles and wars | Siahkal incident |
The Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG; Persian: سازمان چريکهای فدايی خلق ايران, romanized: Sâzmân-e Čerik-hâye Fadâyi-e Xalğ-e Irân), simply known as Fadaiyan-e-Khalq (Persian: فداییان خلق, romanized: Fadâ'iān-e Xalğ, lit. 'Popular Self-sacrificers') was an underground Marxist–Leninist guerrilla organization in Iran.
The OIPFG was one of the most important and influential armed groups during the Iranian Revolution, although this organization failed to achieve its goal and lost many of its members, it had a great impact on some radical Iranian intellectuals of its generation. After its formation, the loyalists were able to carry out several important and noisy operations and assassinations, such as the Siahkal incident, the explosion of electricity pylons, the explosion of some police stations, the assassination of Major General Farsiu, the assassination of Mohammad Sadeq Fateh Yazdi, one of the largest factories in Iran, attacking and robbing government banks, and bombing the offices of American oil companies.