Motherland Party,
National Party
or Patriotic Party
( fa, حزب میهن, Ḥezb-e Mihan) was a party in
Iran
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during 1940s.
It was a small organization of intellectuals
and a triumvirate of three parties called
Peykār () Esteqlāl () and Mihanparastān ().
The party enjoyed influence in western parts of Iran due to its leader,
Karim Sanjabi
Karim Sanjabi ( fa, کریم سنجابی; 11 September 1905 – 4 July 1995) was an Iranian politician of National Front.
Early life
He was born in Kermanshah in September 1905 to the chief of the Kurdish Sanjâbi tribe. He studied law and ...
,
who came from a
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
tribal nobility background.
The central leadership of the Motherland Party voted to merge it with the
Iran Party
The Iran Party ( fa, حزب ایران, Ḥezb-e Irān) is a socialist and nationalist party in Iran, founded in 1941. It is described as the "backbone of the National Front", the leading umbrella organization of Iranian nationalists established i ...
because of the common objectives and the approach of resistance adopted by both parties. As a result, the latter succeeded the branches and offices of the party in various cities.
They later became part of the
National Front.
References
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1946 disestablishments in Iran
Political parties disestablished in 1946
Nationalist parties in Asia
Political parties in Pahlavi Iran (1941–1979)