Justice Party | |
Leader: | Ali Dashti |
Foundation: | December 1941 |
Dissolved: | 1946 |
Membership: | ~ 400 |
Position: | Centre-right |
Ideology: | Nationalism Reformism Monarchism Anti-communism |
Country: | Iran |
Justice Party (Persian: حزب عدالت|Ḥezb-e ʿEdālat) was a political party in Iran, led by Ali Dashti who co-founded it with other intellectuals who had participated in the politics of the early 1920s.[1] Other prominent politicians include Jamal Emami, Ebrahim Kajanouri, Farajollah Bahrami, Jamshid Alam and Abulqassem Amini.
The party was "an association somewhat resembling a private club, with little organizational cohesion or collective sense of identity". Idologically, its character consisted of a centre-right nationalism and advocated general reforms in the administration and legal and educational systems.
The party opposed the Tudeh Party and supported a constitutional monarchy in Iran.[2] According to Hossein Dadgar, a leading member of the party, it was formed "to counter the 'Fifty-three' communists who had founded the dangerous Tudeh party."[3]
They backed Mohsen Sadr's government and were considered opposition to the governments of Ahmad Qavam and Ali Soheili.[4]