Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President | |
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Abbreviation | OCPP [1] |
Leader | Abolhassan Banisadr |
Founded | December 1979 [1] |
Dissolved | 1981 |
Newspaper | Enghelabe Eslami [2] |
Ideology |
Islamic liberalism Islamic socialism Iranian nationalism |
Political position | Centre-left [3] |
Religion | Islam |
Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President ( Persian: دفتر هماهنگی همکاریهای مردم با رئیسجمهور) was a political organization in Iran that was closely associated to then- President Abolhassan Banisadr. [4]
Since Banisadr was skeptical of partisan activities in Iran, he did not like the idea of creating a party. [1] However, despite using the name "office", the organization "was created out of necessity to fulfill some, if not all, of the functions of a political party". [2] It had branches all over the country. [4]
OCPP issued an electoral list for the 1980 Iranian legislative election, [4] that had candidates shared with the Freedom Movement, the National Front and the People's Mujahedin. [5] The exclusive candidates of OCPP included Fathollah Banisadr (his brother), Mohammad Moballeghi-Eslami (Banisadr's choice for Channel 2) and Mohammad Ja'fari (editor-in-chief of Enghelabe Eslami). [1] Ahmad Salamatian and Ahmad Ghazanfarpour were notable members elected to the parliament under banner of the organization. [4]
According to Houchang Chehabi, the group formed a minority in the parliament. [4] Siavush Randjbar-Daemi estimates that they were less than a dozen deputies, however initially some forty independents were also "ostensibly sympathetic to Banisadr". [1]
Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President | |
---|---|
Abbreviation | OCPP [1] |
Leader | Abolhassan Banisadr |
Founded | December 1979 [1] |
Dissolved | 1981 |
Newspaper | Enghelabe Eslami [2] |
Ideology |
Islamic liberalism Islamic socialism Iranian nationalism |
Political position | Centre-left [3] |
Religion | Islam |
Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President ( Persian: دفتر هماهنگی همکاریهای مردم با رئیسجمهور) was a political organization in Iran that was closely associated to then- President Abolhassan Banisadr. [4]
Since Banisadr was skeptical of partisan activities in Iran, he did not like the idea of creating a party. [1] However, despite using the name "office", the organization "was created out of necessity to fulfill some, if not all, of the functions of a political party". [2] It had branches all over the country. [4]
OCPP issued an electoral list for the 1980 Iranian legislative election, [4] that had candidates shared with the Freedom Movement, the National Front and the People's Mujahedin. [5] The exclusive candidates of OCPP included Fathollah Banisadr (his brother), Mohammad Moballeghi-Eslami (Banisadr's choice for Channel 2) and Mohammad Ja'fari (editor-in-chief of Enghelabe Eslami). [1] Ahmad Salamatian and Ahmad Ghazanfarpour were notable members elected to the parliament under banner of the organization. [4]
According to Houchang Chehabi, the group formed a minority in the parliament. [4] Siavush Randjbar-Daemi estimates that they were less than a dozen deputies, however initially some forty independents were also "ostensibly sympathetic to Banisadr". [1]