Battle Party

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Peykar Party
Founder Khosrow Eghbal[1]
Merged into Motherland Party[2]
Newspaper Iran-e Ma[3]
Nabard[3]
Ideology Iranian nationalism
Political position Centrism[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]

Its organ "showed inclinations in favor of Nazi Germany",[3] while the party "tended towards France, and against the soviet Union".[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jassim, Esmāʿil. "BAHĀR (2)". In Yarshater, Ehsan. 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. 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. Iranian Association of Geopolitics. 6 (4): 154–166.