Iranian freedom movement
The Iranian Freedom Movement or Movement for the Liberation of Iran ( Persian نهضت آزادی ايران Nehzat-e Azadi-e Iran , NAI for short, English Freedom Movement of Iran , FMI, also known as English Liberation Movement of Iran , LMI ) is a 1961 by Mehdi Bāzargān , Mahmud Taleghani , Yadollah Sahabi , Mostafa Tschamran , Ali Schariati , Sadegh Ghotbzadeh and others founded political organization with a religious-nationalist orientation. As one of the oldest parties still allowed, it is viewed as a “semi-opposition” or “loyal opposition” to the current ruling regime.
The movement emerged as a split from the National Front after a dispute over the political direction and the importance of Islam as a political worldview. The Iranian Freedom Movement not only saw itself as the successor to Mohammad Mossadegh , but also emphasized its Islamic orientation. Mehdi Bāzargān declared: "We do not see religion and politics separately and consider the service to the people as a service to God." Bāzargān sought a political alliance between the left nationalists and the right-wing politically active clergy.
Positions and situation
Although she questions the ruling system in Iran today , she is one of the few groups whose existence is still tolerated in the country.
After the death of Mehdi Bāzargān in 1995, Ebrahim Yazdi , a former comrade-in-arms of Ayatollah Khomeini , who briefly served as foreign minister in the Iranian interim government in 1979 , became general secretary .
The Iranian Freedom Movement is one of the major parties in the Alliance of Nationalist-Religious of Iran (Etelaf-e Niruhaye Melli Mazhabi-e Iran) .
Since 2000 activists of the group have been arrested again and again. Their influence on Iranian politics has steadily decreased. Candidates from the freedom movement have repeatedly been denied general election by the Guardian Council .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrew S. Cooper: The Fall of Heaven. New York 2016, p. 98.