Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq
Template:Infobox political party Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq (Template:Langx) is a small political party in Iraq, formed in 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The party was formed by a group of communists, some of whom were members in the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq soon after the WCPIraq decided to support the Worker-Communist Party of Iran - Hekmatist; the Left tendency was to desire to maintain links with the Worker-Communist Party of Iran, believing that group held to a clear revolutionary and socialist position and maintained the line of Worker Communism as laid out by its founder, Mansoor Hekmat.
The former leader of LWPI is Issam Shukri.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was also a member of Central Committee and Politburo of WPI.<ref name=":0" /> The current secretary of the central committee is Samir Noory.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The party opposed the Criminalization of homosexuality in Iraq, and called for the acceptance of the LGBTQ community.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>