Nationalists' Party

Nationalists' Party
حزب ملیون
LeaderManouchehr Eghbal[1]
General SecretaryNosratollah Kasemi[2]
FounderManouchehr Eghbal
Founded1957
Dissolved1963
Succeeded byNew Iran Party[3]: 59 
IdeologyRoyalism
National conservatism
Political positionRight-wing

The Party of Nationalists or Nationalists' Party[2] (Persian: حزب ملیون, romanized: Ḥezb-e Melliun) was a conservative[4] 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.[2] Its opposition was liberal People's Party.[1]

The party's name was deliberately chosen in a way to confuse the public, because the term Melliun (lit. 'Nationalists') was already in use to refer to members of the opposition National Front and other followers of Mohammad Mossadegh.[5]

  1. ^ a b Ansaru, Ali (2014). Modern Iran. Routledge. p. 189. ISBN 978-1317864981.
  2. ^ a b c Alamouti, Mostafa; EIr. (April 24, 2012) [December 15, 2011]. "KĀSEMI, NOṢRAT-ALLĀH". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. XV. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 661–663. Archived from the original on October 1, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nohlen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cottam, Richard W. (1979). Nationalism in Iran: Updated Through 1978. University of Pittsburgh Pre. p. 297. ISBN 0822974207.
  5. ^ Mehrdad, Hormoz (1980). Political orientations and the style of intergroup leadership interactions: the case of Iranian political parties (PDF) (PhD thesis). Ohio State University. p. 312. S2CID 148645507. osu1487090992443849. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2020-01-26.