Mansoor Hekmat ( Persian : منصور حکمت , born Zhoobin Razani Persian : ژوبین رازانی ; June 4, 1951 – July 4, 2002) was an Iranian Marxist , revolutionary and leader of the Worker-communist movement. He opposed the Shah and, after the 1979 Revolution , he first founded the movement of Revolutionary Marxism and in 1983 he co-founded the Communist Party of Iran which was opposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran . In 1991 he separated from this party and founded the Worker-communist Party of Iran (WPI), which he led until his death in 2002. He was the husband of fellow politician Azar Majedi .