Nation Party of Iran

Party of the Iranian Nation
Party of the Iranian Nation
Secretary-General	Khosrow Seif
Founder	Dariush Forouhar
Founded	24 October 1951; 73 years ago
Split from	Pan-Iranist Party
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Ideology	Liberalism; Secularism; Iranian nationalism; (Liberal nationalism);
Political position	Right-wing
National affiliation	National Front (1951–1979)
Parliament	0 / 290
Party flag
	Politics of Iran; Political parties; Elections;

Party of the Iranian Nation or Nation Party of Iran or Iran Nation Party (Template:Lang-fa) is "a small opposition"^[4] party in Iran advocating establishment of a secular democracy.^[5] Although the party is technically illegal, it is tolerated inside Iran.^[5]

The Party of the Iranian Nation was founded by Dariush Forouhar in 1951 and, at its height, had had more ten thousand active members. The Party of the Iranian Nation, was also one of the primary factions formed under The National Front of Iran,^[3] led by Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, since its inception in 1949.

References

^ 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.
^ Cite error: The named reference PUP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c Mina, Parviz (July 20, 2004). "OIL AGREEMENTS IN IRAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved September 12, 2016. Cite error: The named reference "Iranica" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ Forsythe, David P. (2009). Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 198. ISBN 0195334027.
^ ^a ^b Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, 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), 1 February 2000, IRN33708.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad5320.html [accessed 29 October 2016]

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[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.

[PUP-2] Cite error: The named reference PUP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Iranica-3] Mina, Parviz (July 20, 2004). "OIL AGREEMENTS IN IRAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved September 12, 2016. Cite error: The named reference "Iranica" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[4] Forsythe, David P. (2009). Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 198. ISBN 0195334027.

[IRN33708-5] Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, 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), 1 February 2000, IRN33708.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad5320.html [accessed 29 October 2016]

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