Ibrahim Alizadeh

Ibrahim Alizadeh (born c. 1950) is the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Iran and leader of the CPI-affiliated Komala faction. After the 2000 split in which Abdullah Mohtadi led one wing of Komala out of the CPI, Alizadeh maintained the party's communist ideological orientation and its affiliation with the CPI. He has led the organisation from exile in Iraqi Kurdistan, continuing to advocate for Kurdish rights and working-class politics within the framework of Marxism-Leninism.