Democrat Party of Iran
Democrat Party of Iran | |
|---|---|
Hassan Arsanjani | |
| Founded | June 29, 1946[2] |
| Dissolved | 1948 |
| Workers wing | Central Syndicate of Iranian Craftsmen, Farmers, and Workers[3] |
| Ideology | Nationalism Reformism |
Iranian Democrat Party or Democrat Party of Iran (DPI;
The organization tried to give itself the appearance of being the heir of the old Democrat party[7] and was ironically named "Democrat Party of Iran" in contrast to the communist "Democrat Party of Azerbaijan".[8]
The party's ideology was to be nationalist and reformist,[2] but it was organizationally fragile as it was ideologically amorphous.[9] It called for extensive economic, social, and administrative reforms while advocating a revision of the Iranian Armed Forces.[7] It developed an authoritarianist structure[10] and some suspect it planned to create one-party state.[7]
According to Ervand Abrahamian, Qavam had two paradoxical reasons to establish the party, a "double-edged sword directed at the left as well as the right". He intended to defeat royalist and pro-British candidates in the
References
- ^ Leonard Binder (1964), Iran, University of California Press, p. 206
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- ^ ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
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