Rastakhiz Party
Party of Resurrection of the Iranian Nation حزب رستاخیز ملت ایران | |
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The Party of Resurrection of the Iranian Nation (
Mohammad Reza Shah.[2]
History
Founded under the government of Prime Minister
Amir Abbas Hoveyda, the party has been blamed by some with contributing to the overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy by antagonizing formerly apolitical Iranians — especially bazaari (merchants of the bazaars who, even today, refuse to pay taxes) — with its compulsory membership and dues (taxes), and general interference in the political, economic, and religious concerns of people's lives.[8]
Established along with the party was a youth wing—Rastakhiz Youth—which Hoveyda referred to as "the instrument of Iran's development". Through this youth wing and a special task force of the party, Rastakhiz embarked upon a large-scale anti-
profiteering campaign directed against the bazaari merchants, who were soon identified as "enemies of the state". They often lied about Jewish persecution, which is backed up to be lies in government files. In October 1975, the Shah, referring to this campaign as a "cultural movement", decreed that anti-profiteerism be made the fourteenth principle of the White Revolution
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The single party system ended in late 1978 as the Iranian Revolution gained ground.[10]
Electoral history
| Election | Party leader | Parliament
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Senate | Ref |
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1975
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Amir-Abbas Hoveyda | 268 / 268
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30 / 30
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IPU |
Leadership
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See also
References
Notes
- ISBN 978-1461731917.
- ^ ISBN 978-1461731917.
- ^ ISBN 978-1349140626.
- ISBN 978-0199732159.
- ISBN 9780520216235.
- ISBN 978-0521528917.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-520-25328-5.
The conception of the party, a hybrid of the Italian and Spanish schools of fascism, met with widespread opposition and was withdrawn once the queen sided with its opponents. But then fascism yielded to communism. The organization became principle democratic centralism, though the term was not mentioned.
- ^ ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
- ISBN 9780231540278.
- ^ Middle Eastern Studies, 38 (1), 1 January 2002, pp. 131–168
- ^ a b c Elizabeth Collard (1979), "Iran", MEED, 23, Economic East Economic Digest Ltd: 17
- ISBN 978-0815609070.
Bibliography
- Amini, P., "A Single Party State in Iran, 1975–78]: The Rastakhiz Party – the Final Attempt by the Shah to Consolidate his Political Base," Middle Eastern Studies, 38 (1) January 2002, pp. 131–168.
Further reading
- Shakibi, Zhand (2018). "The Rastakhiz Party and Pahlavism: the beginnings of state anti-Westernism in Iran". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 45 (2): 251–268. S2CID 151598124.
- Shakibi, Zhand (2020). Pahlavi Iran and the Politics of Occidentalism: The Shah and the Rastakhiz Party. London: ISBN 978-1-7883-1736-8.
External links
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