Motherland Party | |
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Leader | Karim Sanjabi |
Dissolved | 1946 [1] |
Merger of | Battle Party, Patriots' Party and Independence Party |
Merged into | Iran Party |
Newspaper | Iran-e Ma [2] |
Ideology | Iranian nationalism |
Motherland Party, [1] National Party [3] or Patriotic Party [4] ( Persian: حزب میهن, romanized: Ḥezb-e Mihan) was a party in Iran during 1940s. [1] It was a small organization of intellectuals [4] and a triumvirate of three parties called Peykār ( transl. Battle) Esteqlāl ( transl. Independence) and Mihanparastān ( transl. Patriots). [2]
The party enjoyed influence in western parts of Iran due to its leader, Karim Sanjabi, [1] who came from a Kurdish tribal nobility background. [5]
The central leadership of the Motherland Party voted to merge it with the Iran Party [4] because of the common objectives and the approach of resistance adopted by both parties. As a result, the latter succeeded the branches and offices of the party in various cities. [1] They later became part of the National Front. [3]
Motherland Party | |
---|---|
Leader | Karim Sanjabi |
Dissolved | 1946 [1] |
Merger of | Battle Party, Patriots' Party and Independence Party |
Merged into | Iran Party |
Newspaper | Iran-e Ma [2] |
Ideology | Iranian nationalism |
Motherland Party, [1] National Party [3] or Patriotic Party [4] ( Persian: حزب میهن, romanized: Ḥezb-e Mihan) was a party in Iran during 1940s. [1] It was a small organization of intellectuals [4] and a triumvirate of three parties called Peykār ( transl. Battle) Esteqlāl ( transl. Independence) and Mihanparastān ( transl. Patriots). [2]
The party enjoyed influence in western parts of Iran due to its leader, Karim Sanjabi, [1] who came from a Kurdish tribal nobility background. [5]
The central leadership of the Motherland Party voted to merge it with the Iran Party [4] because of the common objectives and the approach of resistance adopted by both parties. As a result, the latter succeeded the branches and offices of the party in various cities. [1] They later became part of the National Front. [3]