Muslim People's Republic Party
Political party in Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Muslim People's Republic Party (MPRP) or Islamic People's Republican Party (IPRP; Persian: حزب جمهوری خلق مسلمان ایران, romanized: Ḥezb-e jomhuri-e ḵalq-e mosalmān-e Irān) was a short-lived party associated with Shia Islamic cleric Shariatmadari. It was founded in 1979 during the Iranian Revolution as a "moderate, more liberal counterweight" to the theocratic, Islamist Islamic Republican Party (IRP) of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and disbanded in 1980.
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Muslim People's Republic Party حزب جمهوری خلق مسلمان ایران | |
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Leader | Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari[1] |
Founded | 25 February 1979[2] |
Banned | January 1980[3] |
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Membership | 3,000,000 claimed[1] |
Ideology | Clericalism[2] Islamic democracy[5] Islamic liberalism[2] Iranian nationalism[6] Pluralism[3] Collective leadership[7] Social conservatism[8] |
Political position | Centre[9] |
Religion | Islam |
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