Social Democratic Party (Iran)
Iranian Political party From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Social Democratic Party (Persian: فرقه اجتماعیون عامیون, romanized: Ferqa'ye Ejtemāʿīyūn-e ʿāmmīyūn) was a political party formed by Persian emigrants in Transcaucasia with the help of local revolutionaries, maintaining close ties to the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and Hemmat Party.[1][2]
Social Democratic Party | |
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| Leader | Nariman Narimanov[1] |
| Founder | Haydar Khan Amo-oghli[2][3] |
| Founded | 1904[2] or 1905[1] |
| Dissolved | February 1910[1] |
| Succeeded by | Democrat Party[2] |
| Headquarters | Baku, Caucasus[2] |
| Newspaper | Iran-e No[1] |
| Ideology | Socialism Liberalism Nationalism Secularism Constitutionalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| 1st Iranian Majlis (1906) | 21 / 156
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It was the first Iranian socialist organization.[4]
The party created its own mélange of European socialism and indigenous ideas and upheld liberalism and nationalism. It maintained some religious beliefs[1] while being critical of the conservative ulama[1] and embracing separation of church and state.[3]
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