Summary
The Iran Novin Party (Persian: حزب ایران نوین, romanized: Ḥezb-e Īrān-e Novīn, lit. 'New Iran Party') was a royalist political party in Iran and the country's ruling party for more than a decade, controlling both cabinet and the parliament from 1964 to 1975. The People's Party was regarded its opposition.[3]
Iran Novin Party | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founder | Hassan Ali Mansour |
| Founded | 15 December 1963 |
| Dissolved | 2 March 1975 |
| Preceded by | Nationalists' Party[1] |
| Merged into | Rastakhiz Party[2] |
| Worker wing | Worker House (1967–75) |
| Ideology | Royalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
The party was "indistinguishable from the state", i.e. party of power, with no coherent ideology or agenda.[4] It was the main reason to deny opportunities to seek a popular following through nationalist or socialist appeals, although its pragmatism and opportunism was advantageous in recruiting.[5]
It comprised technocrats and former civil servants; supported the Court (probably having been initiated by it), identifying with the policies of the Shah"[6] and self-proclaimed its role as "guardian" of the White Revolution (Pāsdār-e Enqelāb).[5]
Electoral history edit
Legislature edit
| Election | Party leader | Parliament | Senate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | +/− | Pos | Seats | +/− | Pos | ||
| 1963 | Hassan Ali Mansur | 140 / 200
|
|
1st[7] | Unknown |
|
1st |
| 1967 | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda | 180 / 219
|
 40
|
1st[7] | 26 / 30
|
Unknown | 1st |
| 1971 | 230 / 268
|
50
|
1st[7] | 28 / 30
|
2
|
1st | |
Local councils edit
| Election | Seats | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 806 / 1,068
|
1st[8] |
| 1970 | 838 / 943
|
1st[9] |
| 1972 | 3,246 / 3,786
|
1st[10] |
Leadership edit
| Name | Tenure | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Hassan Ali Mansur | 1963–1965 | |
| Ataollah Khosravani | 1965–1969 | |
| Manouchehr Kalali | 1969–1974 | |
| Amir-Abbas Hoveyda | 1974–1975 |
References edit
- ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 440. ISBN 978-0-691-10134-7.
- ^ John H. Lorentz (2010). "Rastakhiz Party". The A to Z of Iran. The A to Z Guide Series. Vol. 209. Scarecrow Press. pp. 266–268. ISBN 978-1461731917.
- ^ Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 39. ISBN 978-1850431985.
- ^ Yom, Sean (2015). From Resilience to Revolution: How Foreign Interventions Destabilize the Middle East. Columbia University Press. p. 138. ISBN 9780231540278.
- ^ a b Marvin G. Weinbaum (subscription required) (Autumn 1973). "Iran Finds a Party System: The Institutionalization of "Iran Novin"". Middle East Journal. 27 (4). Middle East Institute: 439–455. JSTOR 4325140.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs (1986). "Mad̲j̲lis". In W. Madelung; Rahman, Munibur; Landau, J. M.; Yapp, M.E.; Robinson, F.C.R. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 5 (Second ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0606. ISBN 9789004161214.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. p. 74. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
- ^ Dishon, Daniel (1973), Middle East Record, vol. 4, John Wiley & Sons, p. 484, ISBN 9780470216118
- ^ Dishon, Daniel, ed. (1977), Middle East Record: 1969–1970, vol. 5, Israel Oriental Society, Reuven Shiloah Research Center, pp. 682–684, ISBN 9780470216118
- ^ 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. 303. S2CID 148645507. osu1487090992443849. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-20.