Nation Party of Iran

Party of the Iranian Nation (or Nation Party of Iran, Iran Nation Party; Persian: حزب ملت ایران, romanized: Ḥezb-e Mellat-e Irān) is "a small opposition"^[4] party in Iran advocating establishment of a secular democracy.^[5] Although the party is technically illegal, it still operates inside Iran.^[5]

Party of the Iranian Nation
Header of the party's official organ in 1952
Secretary-General	Khosrow Seif[1]
Founder	Dariush Forouhar
Founded	24 October 1951; 73 years ago (1951-10-24)
Split from	Pan-Iranist Party[2]
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Ideology	Iranian nationalism Pan-Iranism Secularism[3] Anti-capitalism Anti-communism Antisemitism Anti-monarchism Anti-Bahá'ísm
Political position	Right-wing[3] to Far-right
National affiliation	National Front (1951–1979)
Parliament	0 / 290
Party flag
Politics of Iran Political parties Elections

Founded in 1951 by Dariush Forouhar, the party had a few hundred members, mostly high-school students, and was a member of National Front until the Iranian Revolution; however, it did not carry much weight in the leadership of the front.^[2] The party proposed rebuilding Iran by regaining its lost territories in Bahrain, Afghanistan and Caucasia, and its platform was based on anti-capitalism, anti-communism, anti-monarchism, anti-Semitism, anti-Bahá'ísm and anti-clericalism.^[2]

Popular among high school students in Tehran in the 1950s, the party's membership never exceeded a few hundred people.^[6]

Electoral history

Year	Election	Seats	Ref
1979	Constitutional Assembly	0 / 73(0%)
1980	Parliament	0 / 290(0%)

References

1. Kazemzadeh, Masoud (2008). "Opposition groups". In Kamrava, Mehran; Dorraj, Manochehr (eds.). Iran Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Islamic Republic. Vol. 2. Greenwood Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-0-313-34161-8.
2. Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 257–258. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
3. Mina, Parviz (July 20, 2004). "OIL AGREEMENTS IN IRAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
4. Forsythe, David P. (2009). Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0195334029.
5. "Iran: Update to IRN28431.E of 23 December 1997on the Nation of Iran Party ("Hezb-e Mellat-e Iran", the National Front, the Iranian Nation Party, the Iranian National Party, Party of the People of Iran), and the deaths of Dariush (Daryush) and Paravaneh (Paravanah) Foruhar (Forouhar, Forohar)". Refworld. Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 1 February 2000. IRN33708.E. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
6. Gheissari, Ali (2010). Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century. University of Texas Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0292778917.

External links

• Official Site (in Persian)