Motherland Party (Iran)

Motherland Party,^[1] National Party^[3] or Patriotic Party^[4] (Persian: حزب میهن, romanized: Ḥezb-e Mihan) was a party in Iran during 1940s.^[1] It was a small organization of intellectuals^[4] and a triumvirate of three parties called Peykār (transl. Battle) Esteqlāl (transl. Independence) and Mihanparastān (transl. Patriots).^[2]

Motherland Party
Leader	Karim Sanjabi
Dissolved	1946[1]
Merger of	Battle Party, Patriots' Party and Independence Party
Merged into	Iran Party
Newspaper	Iran-e Ma[2]
Ideology	Iranian nationalism
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The party enjoyed influence in western parts of Iran due to its leader, Karim Sanjabi,^[1] who came from a Kurdish tribal nobility background.^[5]

The central leadership of the Motherland Party voted to merge it with the Iran Party^[4] because of the common objectives and the approach of resistance adopted by both parties. As a result, the latter succeeded the branches and offices of the party in various cities.^[1] They later became part of the National Front.^[3]

References

1. Haddad Adel, Gholamali; Elmi, Mohammad Jafar; Taromi-Rad, Hassan. "Iran Party". Political Parties: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. EWI Press. pp. 141–151. ISBN 9781908433022.
2. Parvin, Nassereddin. "IRĀN-E MĀ". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
3. Frank Tachau (1994). "National Party (Hezb-e Mihan)". Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa. Greenwood Press. p. 164. ISBN 9780313266492.
4. Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 300. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
5. Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 254. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.