Radical Movement of Iran explained

Radical Movement of Iran
Founder:Rahmatollah Moghaddam Maraghei
Foundation:December 1977
Dissolution:1980
Ideology:Liberalism[1]
Progressivism[2]
Country:Iran

The Radical Movement of Iran (Persian: نهضت راديكال ايران) was a political party in Iran during the Iranian Revolution. The party was allied with the Muslim People's Republic Party, and opposed to the clerical Islamic Republican Party.[1]

Many members of the party were former associates of the Third Force and the others were involved in 1961 teachers' strike led by Mohammad Derakhshesh. Some of them were employees of education and justice ministries. The Radical Movement called for the rule of law, release of political prisoners and end of brutality and torture by security forces.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Emery, Christian. US Foreign Policy and the Iranian Revolution: The Cold War Dynamics of Engagement and Strategic Alliance. 2013. 74. Springer. 9781137329875.
  2. Book: Cottam, Richard W.. Nationalism in Iran: Updated Through 1978. 1979. 349–351. University of Pittsburgh Press. 0822974207.