A great example of how realpolitik trumps ideology – and on the other hand, shallowness of communism. Summarizing The bad news is, this is exactly how Mao treated Indian communists. But, did they change? To comrade Pishevari, It seems to me that you misjudge the existing situation, inside Iran as well as in the international … Continue reading Joseph V. Stalin to Ja’far Pishevari, Leader of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, 8 May 1946 →