Peykar Party

For the Marxist-Leninist guerrilla group of the same name active in 1970s–1980s, see Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class.
Peykar Party
FounderKhosrow Eghbal[1]
Merged intoMotherland Party[2]
Newspaper
IdeologyIranian nationalism
Political positionCentrism[4]

Peykar Party (Persian: حزب پیکار, lit. 'Battle Party') was a small nationalist organization in Iran during 1940s. The party denounced the reign of Reza Shah and it condemned the presence of the Allies on Iranian soil.[3]

According to L. P. Elwell-Sutton, the party was composed of intellectuals, and at some time was sympathized by figures such as Hossein Ala and Isa Sedigh.[5]

One of its organs "showed inclinations in favor of Nazi Germany",[3] while the party "tended towards France, and against the soviet Union".[4] In 1943 a weekly newspaper entitled Mard-i Imruz which had been launched by Mohammad Masud in 1942 became the official media outlet of the party.[6]

  1. ^ Jassim, Esmāʿil. "BAHĀR (2)". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  2. ^ Frank Tachau (1994). "National Party (Hezb-e Mihan)". Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa. Greenwood Press. p. 164. ISBN 9780313266492.
  3. ^ a b c d Parvin, Nassereddin. "IRĀN-E MĀ". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Najleh Khandagh (Winter 2010). "The Political Parties in Iran between 1941-1947, with particular emphasis on the Left- wings Parties" (PDF). Geopolitics Quarterly. 6 (4). Iranian Association of Geopolitics: 154–166.
  5. ^ Elwell-Sutton, L. P. (January 1949). "Political Parties in Iran 1941-1948". Middle East Journal. 3 (1). Middle East Institute: 45–62. JSTOR 4322041.
  6. ^ Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton (1968). "The Iranian Press, 1941-1947". Iran. 6: 97. JSTOR 4299603.