Reza Radmanesh

Reza Radmanesh (Persian: رضا رادمنش; 1905/06–1983) was an Iranian physicist, communist politician and general secretary of the Tudeh Party of Iran. According to Abbas Milani, he was "one of the most prominent members of the Iranian communist movement".^[3]

Reza Radmanesh
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office 7 March 1944 – 12 March 1946
Constituency	Lahijan
Personal details
Born	1905[1] or 1906[2] Lahijan, Sublime State of Persia[2]
Died	1983 (aged 77–78)[1] Leipzig, East Germany
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Tudeh Party of Iran
Other political affiliations	Socialist Party (1920s)
Relatives	Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi (cousin)[3]
Alma mater	University of Paris[2]

Early life and education

Radmanesh was born into a Gilak landed upper-class family. He helped the local Jangalis as a teenager; and joined the Socialist Party while he studied at Dar ul-Funun. He went to France to study physics, and met Taghi Arani, before he returned to Iran as a junior member of The Fifty-Three. He was sentenced to five years of imprisonment.^[4]

Career

Radmanesh was a leading and dominating personality in the Tudeh Party of Iran, serving as a member of the party's central committee, head of its youth wing and its parliamentary leader before taking office as the first Secretary in 1948.^[5]