Nationalists' Party Explained

Nationalists' Party
Native Name:حزب ملیون
Native Name Lang:fa
General Secretary:Nosratollah Kasemi[1]
Leader:Manouchehr Eghbal
Founder:Manouchehr Eghbal
Foundation:1957
Dissolved:1963
Successor:New Iran Party
Ideology:Royalism
National conservatism
Position:Right-wing
Country:Iran

The Party of Nationalists or Nationalists' Party[1] (Persian: حزب ملیون|Ḥezb-e Melliun) was a conservative[2] political party in Pahlavi era Iran, and government majority party from 1957 to 1960. The party was founded in 1957 by Manouchehr Eghbal on orders directed by Shah to initiate a two-party system.[1] Its opposition was liberal People's Party.[3]

The party's name was deliberately chosen in a way to confuse the public, because the term Melliun was already in use to refer to members of the opposition National Front and other followers of Mohammad Mossadegh.[4]

Electoral history

ElectionSeats+/−Ref
1956[5]
1960[6]
1961 4

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: KĀSEMI, NOṢRAT-ALLĀH. Encyclopædia Iranica. April 24, 2012. December 15, 2011. Bibliotheca Persica Press. New York City. XV. Alamouti. Mostafa. EIr.. Yarshater. Ehsan. Ehsan Yarshater. September 15, 2016. 661–663. https://web.archive.org/web/20161001184222/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kasemi-nosrat. October 1, 2016. live.
  2. Book: Cottam, Richard W.. Nationalism in Iran: Updated Through 1978. 1979. 297. University of Pittsburgh Pre. 0822974207.
  3. Book: Ansaru, Ali. Modern Iran. 2014. 189. Routledge. 978-1317864981.
  4. Mehrdad. Hormoz. 1980. Political orientations and the style of intergroup leadership interactions: the case of Iranian political parties. PhD. Ohio State University. osu1487090992443849. 312. 148645507 . 2020-01-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20191220161611/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/caae/3e217e22da4e0f7114bdf5c27dc92c1e4895.pdf. 2019-12-20. dead.
  5. [Dieter Nohlen]
  6. Book: Zonis, Marvin. Political Elite of Iran. Princeton University Press. 71. 2015. 9781400868803.