Iran Novin Party

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Not to be confused with Iran-Novin Party or Iran-e-No Party.
New Iran Party
حزب ایران نوین
FounderHassan Ali Mansour
Founded15 December 1963
Dissolved2 March 1975
Preceded byNationalists' Party[1]
Merged intoRastakhiz Party[2]
Succeeded byIran-Novin Party (unofficial successor)
Worker wingWorker House (1967–75)
IdeologyPahlavi royalism
National conservatism
Political positionRight-wing
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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 as its main opposition.[3]

The party was "indistinguishable from the state", i.e. a 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 were 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] This party was active from 1963 to 1975. In 1975, the Shah ordered the dissolution of all parties. According to the order of Mohammad Reza Shah, all parties should be merged into a single party called Rastakhiz Party.[7][8] Some time after the 1979 revolution, Mohammad Reza Shah wrote in his book Answer to History that the dissolution of parties was a wrong move.[9] Hassan Ali Mansour and Amir-Abbas Hoveyda were two of the most famous leaders of this party.

Electoral history

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Legislature

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Election Party leader Parliament Senate
Seats +/− Pos Seats +/− Pos
1963 Hassan Ali Mansur
140 / 200
 Steady 1st[10] Unknown Steady 1st
1967 Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
180 / 219
 Increase 40 1st[10]
26 / 30
 Unknown 1st
1971
230 / 268
 Increase 50 1st[10]
28 / 30
 Increase 2 1st

Local councils

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Election Seats Pos
1968
806 / 1,068
 1st[11]
1970
838 / 943
 1st[12]
1972
3,246 / 3,786
 1st[13]

Leadership

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Secretaries-General
Name Tenure Ref
Hassan Ali Mansur 1963–1965
Ataollah Khosravani 1965–1969
Manouchehr Kalali 1969–1974
Amir-Abbas Hoveyda 1974–1975

References

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