Battle Party

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

  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. 1 2 3 4 Parvin, Nassereddin. "IRĀN-E MĀ". In Yarshater, Ehsan. Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  4. 1 2 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.
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