United Front of Progressive Parties explained

United Front of Progressive Parties
Foundation:	June 1946
Dissolved:	1948
Position:	Left-wing
Country:	Iran

Coalition Front of Freedom-Seeking Parties^[1] or United Front of Progressive Parties^[2] (Persian: جبهه مؤتلف احزاب آزادی‌خواه|Jebha-ye Moʾtalef-e Ahzāb-e Āāzādī-ḵᵛāh) was a political alliance of left-wing parties in Iran from 1946 to 1948.

Having originally been founded by the communist Tudeh Party and the socialist Iran Party, they invited other parties to join them in their alleged struggle for "social progress and national independence".^[2] One of the main planks of the united front was to recognize Central Council of United Trade Unions as the sole legitimate organization of the working-class in Iran.

Member parties

• Tudeh Party of Iran (founding member)
• Iran Party (joined in June 1946, left in January 1947)^[3]
• Socialist Party (founding member)^[4]
• Jungle Party (joined on 29 October 1946)
• Democratic Party of Kurdistan (joined on 29 October 1946)^[5]
• Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (joined on 29 October 1946)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Haddad Adel. Gholamali. Elmi. Mohammad Jafar. Taromi-Rad. Hassan. Political Parties: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. 31 August 2012. EWI Press. Iran Party. 9781908433022. 146.
2. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 300–301.
3. Book: Haddad Adel. Gholamali. Elmi. Mohammad Jafar. Taromi-Rad. Hassan. Political Parties: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. 31 August 2012. EWI Press. Iran Party. 9781908433022. 147.
4. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 409–410.
5. Book: Atabaki. Touraj. Azerbaijan: Ethnicity and the Struggle for Power in Iran. 2000. I.B.Tauris. 9781860645549. 168.