Progress Party or Party for Progress (Persian: حزب ترقی, romanized: Ḥezb-e taraqqi) was a fascist[4] political party in Iran led by Abdolhossein Teymourtash, described as the "spurious" party of government and functioning as a "vehicle for executing royal intentions" of Reza Shah.[2]
Progress Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Abdolhossein Teymourtash |
| Founded | September 1927[1] |
| Dissolved | late 1932[2] |
| Preceded by | New Iran Party[3] |
| Ideology | Fascism Monarchism Secularism |
| Political position | Far-right |
Modeled after Mussolini's National Fascist Party and Atatürk's Republican People's Party,[3] it subscribed ideas similar to the short-lived New Iran Party.[2]
With the fall of Abdolhossein Teymourtash in late 1932, the party soon melted away[2] and was outlawed on the grounds that it harbors republican sentiments.[3]
References
edit- ^ Atabaki, Touraj; Zurcher, Erik (2004). Men of Order: Authoritarian Modernization Under Atatürk and Reza Shah. I.B.Tauris. p. 85. ISBN 9781860644269.
- ^ a b c d Azimi, Fakhreddin (2008). Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule. Harvard University Press. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-0674027787.
- ^ a b c Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 138–139. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
- ^ Atabaki, Touraj; Zurcher, Erik (2004). Men of Order: Authoritarian Modernization Under Atatürk and Reza Shah. I.B.Tauris. p. 68. ISBN 9781860644269.
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