WThe 1982 Amol uprising was an armed uprisings against the Government of Iran.
WAnsar Al-Furqan is a Sunni Baloch militant organization active in Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency and a designated terrorist organization by Iran. The group was established in December 2013 by a merger of Harakat al-Ansar and Hizbul-Furqan.
WThe Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz is an Arab nationalist insurgent group that advocates for a separate Arab state in Khuzestan Province from Iran. It is classified as a terrorist group by the Iranian government.
WThe Communist Party of Iran (CPI) is a banned Iranian communist party that was created in September 1983. In the context of leftist organizations in Iran, the Communist Party of Iran is considered to an armed, dominantly Kurdish organization. The group supports decentralization within their organization including their armed operations. They advocate for coordinating bodies of structure and general autonomy regarding their structure.
WThe Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan was an Iranian Arab militant group founded in 1979, most famous for the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 in London, United Kingdom. It was led by Oan Ali Mohammed, who was killed during the siege by SAS troops.
WHarakat Ansar Iran was a Sunni militant organization active from 2012 to 2013 in the Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency. It is a designated terrorist organization by Iran and Japan. It was one of two militant groups, along with its ally Jaish ul-Adl, which split from Jundallah after the arrest of its leader in 2010.
WThe Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, also known as Dehghani faction after its leader Ashraf Dehghani, is an Iranian communist organization that split from the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIFPG) in 1979, dropping the word 'organization' from its name.
WJaish ul-Adl, or Jaish al-Adl, is a Salafi jihadist militant organization that operates mainly in southeastern Iran, where there is a substantial concentration of Sunni Baluchis and a porous border with Pakistan. The group is responsible for several attacks against civilians and military personnel in Iran. The group claims that it is a separatist group fighting for independence of Sistan and Baluchistan Province and greater rights for Baluch people. Iran believes that the group is linked to Al-Qaeda. The group also maintain ties with Ansar Al-Furqan which is another Iranian Baloch Sunni armed group operating in Iran.
WJundallah, also known as People's Resistance Movement of Iran (PRMI), is a Sunni miltant organization based in Sistan and Baluchestan, a southeastern region of Iran, that claims to be fighting for "equal rights of Sunni Muslims in Iran".
WKingdom Assembly of Iran, also The Monarchy Assembly Iran, Soldiers of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, Iran Monarchy Committee, or Tondar, is an Iranian exile monarchist opposition group based in Los Angeles, United States which seeks to overthrow the Islamic Republic and restore the Iranian monarchy under a new dynasty. The group is currently banned in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Tondar, a name which means 'thunder' in Persian, is not on the US terrorist organization list.
WThe Organization of the Toilers of Kurdistan, also known as the Komala – Reform Faction, is an armed communist and separatist ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, currently exiled in northern Iraq.
WThe Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, commonly shortened to Komalah, is an armed communist ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, currently exiled in northern Iraq.
WThe Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan – Reunification Faction simply known as the Komala – Reunification Faction, is an armed communist and separatist ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, currently exiled in northern Iraq.
WThe Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, also known as the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), is an armed leftist ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, exiled in northern Iraq. It is banned in Iran and thus not able to operate openly.
WKurdistan Freedom Party is a Kurdish nationalist and separatist militant group of Kurds in Iran, based in northern Iraq.
WThe National Liberation Movement of Ahwaz is an Arab nationalist and separatist organisation whose goal is to establish an independent state called Ahwaz in Iran.
WThe Organization of the Iranian Kurdistan Struggle, usually called Khebat, is an armed ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, currently exiled in northern Iraq.
WThe Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, simply known as Fadaiyan-e-Khalq was a Marxist-Leninist underground guerrilla organization in Iran.
WThe People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran, or the Mujahedin-e Khalq, is an Iranian political-militant organization. It advocates overthrowing the Islamic Republic of Iran leadership and installing its own government. Its revolutionary interpretation of Islam contrasts with the conservative Islam of the traditional clergy as well as the populist Islamism developed by Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1970s. It is also considered the Islamic Republic of Iran's biggest and most active political opposition group.
WOrganization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class or simply Peykar, also called the Marxist Mojahedin, was a splinter group from the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMoI/MEK), the largest of Iran's guerrilla groups. Its members broke away from the MEK to support Marxism Leninism, rather than the Leftist Islamist modernism of the People's Mujahedin. Originating in 1972 and officially founded in 1975, by the early 1980s Peykar was no longer considered active.