Glorious Frontiers Party Explained

Glorious Frontiers Party
Leader:	Roozbeh Farahanipour
Ideology:	Nationalism Secularism Liberal democracy^[1]
Headquarters:	Los Angeles, United States
Website:	marzeporgohar.org
Flag:	State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg
Country:	Iran

The Glorious Frontiers Party (Persian: حزب مرز پرگهر|Hezb-e Marz-e Por-Gohar, taken from the first line of Ey Iran anthem) is an Iranian nationalist political party exiled in the United States. The party is banned in Iran.^[2]

According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, "Marz-e Por-Gohar was established in Tehran by a group of nationalist secular writers and journalists in 1998, but now some of them live in Los Angeles".Roozbeh Farahanipour, the party's leader and twelve other members were arrested in Iran student protests, July 1999.^[3]

External links

Official Website

Notes and References

Book: Tamadonfar, Mehran. 2015. Islamic Law and Governance in Contemporary Iran: Transcending Islam for Social, Economic, and Political Order. 9781498507578. Lexington Books. 158.
Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Follow-up to IRN33810.E of 6 March 2000 on police video-taping of student demonstrations in July 1999 and whether non-students are still being sought by authorities; those arrested and/or sentenced by the authorities, 11 July 2000, IRN34691.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad634.html [accessed 16 June 2017]
Book: Democracy in Iran. Misagh Parsa. Harvard University Press. 2016. 198. 9780674545045.