Nation Party of Iran

Party of the Iranian Nation
Party of the Iranian Nation
	Header of the party's official organ in 1952
Secretary-General	Khosrow Seif
Founder	Dariush Forouhar
Founded	24 October 1951; 72 years ago
Split from	Pan-Iranist Party
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Ideology	Iranian nationalism; Pan-Iranism; Secularism; Anti-capitalism; Anti-communism; Antisemitism; Anti-monarchism; Anti-Bahá'ísm;
Political position	Right-wing to Far-right
National affiliation	National Front (1951–1979)
Parliament	0 / 290
Party flag
	Politics of Iran; Political parties; Elections;

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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]

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%)
1980	Parliament	0 / 290(0%)

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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 257–258. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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)

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[1] 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.

[PUP-2] Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 257–258. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.

[Iranica-3] Mina, Parviz (July 20, 2004). "OIL AGREEMENTS IN IRAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved September 12, 2016.

[4] Forsythe, David P. (2009). Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0195334029.

[IRN33708-5] 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]

[6] Gheissari, Ali (2010). Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century. University of Texas Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0292778917.

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