Ali Javadi

Ali Javadi (born 1953) is an Iranian political activist living in exile.
He is one of the main founders and theoreticians of the Worker Unity Party of Iran. In December 2006, while Javadi was part of the Central Committee for the Worker Party of Iran, he helped establish a faction called "The Worker Unity." Later, Javadi quit the Worker Party of Iran and worked on developing the aforementioned Worker Unity Party of Iran.
Because of his political activism on various radio and television stations, Javadi is a well-known figure among Iranian opposed to the Islamic Republic.
He is also both the current head of the Marx Society and current director of the “Center for Prosecuting Islamic Republic officials for their crimes against People.”
Life
Return to Iran and form “Spark Committee”
Javadi and his friends put their education on hold in response to rising social tension in Iran. They returned to Iran during the summer of 1977— only a few months before the Islamic Revolution.
During the social movement in Iran, Javadi and his friends formed the “Spark Committee,” which had close political ties to a similar group called “Alliance for the Struggle of the Working Class Cause.” He joined social and worker protests first against Muhammad Reza Shah and then against Ruhollah Khomeini's newly found regime. To protect his identity, Javadi used the pseudonym “Reza”.
During this time, Javadi got to know Javad Ghaedi, a member of the “Alliance for the Struggle of the Working Class Cause.” With Ghaedi's help, Javadi wrote his first piece, "Councils: Germinal bases of Revolutionary Government”.
Knowing Mansoor Hekmat and joining MU
After studying “” (an early work of Mansoor Hekmat and Hamid Taghvaee), Javadi and the “Spark Committee” became attracted to a group named “Sahand Circle." After Sahand Circle formed its
"Militias Union” (MU), Javadi and his peers joined it.
Also during this period, Ali Javadi befriended Mansoor Hekmat, who was then using the pseudonym “Bahram”. Javadi first met Hekmat in a behind-the-curtain-meeting featuring Hekmat, Gholam Keshavarz, Javad Ghaedi, and a delegate from the group called “Armdadasdane Zahmatkeshane Khorasan”.
After joining the MU, Ali participated in worker movements in the east and southeast of Tehran. At the same time, Javadi was officially working as a technician for the “Organization of the Expanding and Reconstructing of Iranian Industry”.
On June 20, 1981, a day associated with the 30 Khordad Event, Javadi took to the streets of Tehran. In a fortunate turn of events, Javadi survived the ensuing persecution.
Following the violent repression of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javadi lost his connection with the CMU and put his political activities on hiatus.
Joining and leaving WPI
When a “Workers Faction” was forming in CPI, he joined this Faction, and at this time, with the advice of Mansoor Hekmat, he became the Advisor to the Politburo of CPI.
Ali Javadi was one of the first contributors to “Radio International” and he was responsible for the Television Activities (NewChannel) of the Worker party of Iran, which was the first Persian satellite channel with a progressive alternative at the time. He was also a member of the editorial board or director of “Anternasional” (means: International), a paper in Persian.
With the recommendation of Mansoor Hekmat, Javadi started publishing an original quarterly magazine in 1999 called “Porsesh”, which translates to "Question" in English.
In September 2003, Javadi launched a television program called “For a better world” to promote WPI's agenda. “Channel One” broadcasts this program several hours a week.
Later and with the establishment of “New Channel”, he became the first director of New Channel later, he left this position.
Later, he was involved in discussions inside of Worker Party of Iran and built a faction named the Worker Faction of the main Party and was still a part of the party till the section decided to leave the main party and make its party, called Worker Unity Party of Iran, he is one of the leaders which include; Him, Azar Majedi, Siavash Daneshvar.
Akhare Hafte
For many months, Javadi published a political periodical called Akhare Hafte in Persian, which translates to "The Weekend" in English. In addition to covering current events, he often wrote about his personal life.

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