Nation Party of Iran
Party of the Iranian Nation (or Nation Party of Iran, Iran Nation Party; Persian: حزب ملت ایران, romanized: Ḥezb-e Mellat-e Irān) is "a small opposition"[4] party in Iran advocating establishment of a secular democracy.[5] Although the party is technically illegal, it still operates inside Iran.[5]
Party of the Iranian Nation | |
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 Header of the party's official organ in 1952 | |
| Secretary-General | Khosrow Seif[1] |
| Founder | Dariush Forouhar |
| Founded | 24 October 1951 |
| Split from | Pan-Iranist Party[2] |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing[3] |
| National affiliation | National Front (1951–1979) |
| Parliament | 0 / 290
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| Party flag | |
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Founded in 1951 by Dariush Forouhar, the party had a few hundred members, mostly high-school students, and was a member of National Front until the Iranian Revolution; however, it did not carry much weight in the leadership of the front.[2] The party proposed rebuilding Iran by regaining its lost territories in Bahrain, Afghanistan and Caucasia, and its platform was based on anti-capitalism, anti-communism, anti-monarchism, anti-Semitism, anti-Bahá'ísm and anti-clericalism.[2]
Popular among high school students in Tehran in the 1950s, the party's membership never exceeded a few hundred people.[6]
Electoral history
| Year | Election | Seats | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Constitutional Assembly | 0 / 73(0%) |
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| 1980 | Parliament | 0 / 290(0%) |
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References
- Kazemzadeh, Masoud (2008). "Opposition groups". In Kamrava, Mehran; Dorraj, Manochehr (eds.). Iran Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Islamic Republic. Vol. 2. Greenwood Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-0-313-34161-8.
- Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 257–258. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
- Mina, Parviz (July 20, 2004). "OIL AGREEMENTS IN IRAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
- Forsythe, David P. (2009). Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0195334029.
- Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Update to IRN28431.E of 23 December 1997on the Nation of Iran Party ("Hezb-e Mellat-e Iran", the National Front, the Iranian Nation Party, the Iranian National Party, Party of the People of Iran), and the deaths of Dariush (Daryush) and Paravaneh (Paravanah) Foruhar (Forouhar, Forohar), 1 February 2000, IRN33708.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad5320.html [accessed 29 October 2016]
- Gheissari, Ali (2010). Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century. University of Texas Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0292778917.
External links
- Official Site (in Persian)
