انتخاب جزيرۀ خارك به‌عنوان تبعيدگاه در دهۀ 1320 و 1330ش

Selection of Khark Island as a Place of Exile in the 1950s and 1960s

هدف: جزيره در دهۀ 1320و 1330ش به‌شكل كم‌سابقه‌اي پذيراي تعداد زيادي از تبعيديان ازسوي حكومت مركزي بود. عموم اين تبعيديان يا عضو حزب توده بودند و يا به عقايد آن حزب تمايل داشتند. در ميان تبعيديانْ افراد شناخته‌شدۀ زيادي نيز بودند. در اين مقاله سبب انتخاب خارك به اين منظور بررسي مي شود روش/ رويكرد پژوهش: داده‌ها از اسناد آرشيوي و منابع كتاب‌خانه‌اي گرداوري شده‌است. يافته‌ها و نتيجه‌گيري: محدوديت‌هاي اقليمي خارك و سابقۀ تبعيدگاهي اين جزيره، آن را محل مناسبي براي جلوگيري از توسعه قدرت، و ترويج حزب توده و ديگر جريان‌هاي سياسي ساخت. جزيرۀ خارك زندان طبيعيِ دور از دسترس واجد ابعاد تأميني و تأديبي تبعيدگاه بود.

Purpose: The 1950s and 1960s were politically turbulent years in the history of Iran, during which a wide range of political activists, mainly the members of the Tudeh communist party were prosecuted, jailed, and eventually sent to Exile. Many of such convicts were sent to Khark Island to spend their years of exile. This paper explores why Khark was chosen by the government as an exile place. Method and Research Design: This article is based on data collected from archival documents and library resources. Findings and conclusion: Because of being an island in the Persian Gulf and the unfavorable climatic constraints, Khark has been a place of exile in previous times. The government in the above two considered the island a suitable place for preventing the prevent convicts further political activities. action. Most of exiles were member Tudeh party or sympathetic to it.