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SUMKA is an Iranian neo-Nazi party (otherwise known as Hezb-e Sosialist-e Melli-ye Kargaran-e Iran, "Iran National-Socialist Workers Party).

The party was formed in 1952 by Davud Monshizadeh, a professor at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, who claimed to have served with the SS and been injured fighting in Berlin. Before this the name had been used informally to refer to those in Iran who supported Adolf Hitler during the Second World War. As an organised group, they looked to the works of José Ortega y Gasset for inspiration, as well as Hitler, and Monshizadeh translated a number of his works into Persian which he hoped would serve as founding principles for the party. Despite building up a minor support base in Iranian universities, the party did not last long. They were firmly opposed to the rule of Mohammed Mossadegh during their brief period of influence.

The party was revived in the early 2000s ^{[citation needed]}, although it remains to be seen how far this revival extended beyond the internet. They now present their two main enemies as being Jews and Arabs, in keeping with the anti-Semitism and Aryan identity politics of the original party.

[edit] External links

• Sumka site (mostly in Persian)
• Sumka flag