Azerbaijani Democratic Party should not be confused with Azerbaijan Democrat Party.
| Azerbaijani Democratic Party | |
| Native Name: | آذربایجان دموکرات فرقهسی |
| Colorcode: | Red |
| Split: | Tudeh Party of Iran |
| Merged: | Tudeh Party of Iran |
| Dissolved: | 1960 |
| Chairman: | Ghulam Yahya Daneshian |
| Leader: | Jafar Pishevari |
| Foundation: | 3 September 1945 |
| Founder: | Mir Jafar Baghirov |
| Ideology: | Azerbaijani nationalism Left-wing nationalism Communism Marxism-Leninism Pan-Turkism[1] Separatism |
| Position: | Far-left |
| Country: | Iran |
The Azerbaijan Democratic Party (Azerbaijani: {{lang|fa|آذربایجان دموکرات فرقهسی; Persian: فرقه دموکرات آذربایجان|Ferqa-ye demokrāt-e Āzarbāyjān) was a pro-Soviet, separatist, and pan-Turkist party founded by Jafar Pishevari in Tabriz, Iran, in September 1945.[2] It depended on the Soviet Union and was supported by it.[2] The ADP was founded as an opposition party against the Pahlavi dynasty. The Azerbaijani branch of the Soviet-supported Tudeh Party immediately defected to the ADP.[3] The ADP, like the Tudeh Party, was communist and pro-Soviet, but emphasized questions of ethnic identity over class identity. The ADP ruled the Soviet-backed Azerbaijan People's Government from 1945 until 1946 with Pishevari as premier.