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Rastakhiz Party

1975–1978 sole legal political party in Iran

Rastakhiz Party
Summary

1975–1978 sole legal political party in Iran

FieldValue
nameParty of Resurrection
of the Iranian Nation
native_nameحزب رستاخیز ملت ایران
native_name_langfa
logoLogo of Rastakhiz Party.svg
colorcode
captionLogo featuring 'Resurrection Party of People of Iran' (centre), 'Constitution' (top left), 'Shah–People Revolution' (below), 'Imperial System' (top right) writings in Persian
founderMohammad Reza Pahlavi
founded2 March 1975
dissolved1 November 1978
mergerIranians' Party
New Iran Party
People's Party
membership5,000,000 (1976 )
wing1_titleWorker wing
wing1Worker House
ideology{{ublclass=nowrap
Monarchism<ref>{{cite booklastDaryaeefirst=Tourajauthor-link=Touraj Daryaeeyear=2012series=Oxford Handbooks in Historytitle=The Oxford Handbook of Iranian Historyurl=https://archive.org/details/incompleteoxford00daryurl-access=limitedisbn=978-0199732159publisher=Oxford University Presspage=361}}
Populism<ref>{{cite booklastAbrahamianfirst=Ervandauthorlink=Ervand Abrahamiantitle=Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iranyear=1999publisher=University of California Pressisbn=9780520216235page=113}}
Secularism<ref>{{cite booklastAbrahamianfirst=Ervandauthorlink=Ervand Abrahamiantitle=A History of Modern Iranurl=https://archive.org/details/historymodernira00abraurl-access=limitedyear=2008publisher=Cambridge University Pressisbn=978-0521528917page=153}}
Democratic centralism<ref name"A8"
Factions:<ref name"AZ"/
Fascism (early, theoretical)
positionBig tent
anthem[[File:Ruzegar-e Rastakhiz.oggRuzegar-e Rastakhiz]]
countryIran

of the Iranian Nation

New Iran Party People's Party |Monarchism |Populism |Iranian nationalism |Secularism |Democratic centralism |Anti-communism |Factions: Fascism (early, theoretical) |Conservative liberalism Progressivism}} The Party of Resurrection of the Iranian Nation (), or simply the Rastakhiz Party (), was Iran's sole legal political party from 2 March 1975 until 1 November 1978, founded by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

History

Party Congress, 1976

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 with its compulsory membership and dues (taxes), and general interference in the political, economic, and religious concerns of people's lives.

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". 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.

The single party system ended in late 1978 as the Iranian Revolution gained ground.

Electoral history

ElectionParty leaderParliamentSenateRef
1975Amir-Abbas HoveydaIPU

Leadership

NameTenureRef
Amir-Abbas Hoveyda1975–1976
Jamshid Amouzegar1976–1977
Mohammad Baheri1977–1978
Jamshid Amouzegar1978
Javad Saeed1978date=1979journal=MEEDpublisher=Economic East Economic Digest Ltdvolume=23page=17author=Elizabeth Collardtitle=Iran}}
NameTenureRef
Fereydoun Mahdavi1975–1976
Mohammad Reza Ameli Tehrani1976–1977
Dariush Homayoon1977–1978
Javad Saeed1978

References

References

  1. John H. Lorentz. (2010). "The A to Z of Iran". Scarecrow Press.
  2. John H. Lorentz. (2010). "The A to Z of Iran". Scarecrow Press.
  3. Parviz Daneshvar. (2016). "Revolution in Iran". Springer.
  4. Daryaee, Touraj. (2012). "The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History". [[Oxford University Press]].
  5. Abrahamian, Ervand. (1999). "Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran". [[University of California Press]].
  6. Abrahamian, Ervand. (2008). "A History of Modern Iran". [[Cambridge University Press]].
  7. Gholam Reza Afkhami. (2008). "The Life and Times of the Shah". [[University of California Press]].
  8. Yom, Sean. (2015). "From Resilience to Revolution: How Foreign Interventions Destabilize the Middle East". [[Columbia University Press]].
  9. Abrahamian, Ervand. (1982). "Iran Between Two Revolutions". [[Princeton University Press]].
  10. Amini, Parvin Merat. (January 2002). "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.
  11. Elizabeth Collard. (1979). "Iran". Economic East Economic Digest Ltd.
  12. (2008). "Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941–1979". Syracuse University Press.
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