People's Party (Iran)

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People's Party

People's Party (

Leadership

Electoral history

Reception

The party was often criticized for its "lethargic, belated and disorganized"

election campaigns, as well as being incapable of preparing a viable alternative to the New Iran Party's platform, thus blamed for the latter's continuing domination of the political scene.[4]

American diplomat

cliques of followers of a few competing leaders who cooperate with one another for personal and pragmatic reasons but not out of any sense of party unity", what he calls a "traditional Iranian political party".[5]

In popular culture

According to

Shah and with the help of SAVAK.[6]

References

  1. . Rumor in Tehran had it that Melliyun ("conservative") had been allotted two seats for each seat given Mardom ("liberal"), and as the returns began...
  2. ^ Chehabi, Houchang E. (1990) Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris
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  5. ^ Andrew I. Killgore (30 October 1972), Letter From the Embassy in Iran to the Country Director for Iran (Miklos), Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State
  6. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand. (2008) History of Modern Iran. Cambridge University Press.