Radical Movement of Iran

The Radical Movement of Iran (Persian: نهضت راديكال ايران) was a political party in Iran during the Iranian Revolution. The party was allied with the Muslim People's Republic Party,^[3] and opposed to the clerical Islamic Republican Party.^[2]

Radical Movement of Iran
Founder	Rahmatollah Moghaddam Maraghei
Founded	December 1977[1]
Dissolved	1980
Ideology	Liberalism[2] Progressivism[1]
Politics of Iran Political parties Elections

Many members of the party were former associates of the Third Force and the others were involved in 1961 teachers' strike led by Mohammad Derakhshesh. Some of them were employees of education and justice ministries. The Radical Movement called for the rule of law, release of political prisoners and end of brutality and torture by security forces.^[1]

References

1. Cottam, Richard W. (1979). Nationalism in Iran: Updated Through 1978. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 349–351. ISBN 0822974207.
2. Emery, Christian (2013). US Foreign Policy and the Iranian Revolution: The Cold War Dynamics of Engagement and Strategic Alliance. Springer. p. 74. ISBN 9781137329875.
3. Stuart Auerbach (9 December 1979), "Iran to Form Tribunal To Air 'US Crimes'", The Washington Post, retrieved 1 November 2017