Justice Party (Iran)

Justice Party
Leader Ali Dashti
Founded December 1941[1]
Dissolved 1946[1]
Membership ~ 400[1]
Ideology Nationalism
Reformism
Monarchism
Anti-communism
Political position Centre-right

Justice Party (Persian: حزب عدالت‎, translit. Ḥezb-e ʿEdālat) was a political party in Iran, led by Ali Dashti who co-founded it with other intellectuals who had participated in the politics of the early 1920s.[2] Other prominent politicians include Jamal Emami, Ebrahim Kajanouri, Farajollah Bahrami, Jamshid Alam and Abulqassem Amini.[1]

The party was "an association somewhat resembling a private club, with little organizational cohesion or collective sense of identity". Idologically, its character consisted of a centre-right nationalism and advocated general reforms in the administration and legal and educational systems.[1]

The party opposed the Tudeh Party and supported a constitutional monarchy in Iran.[3] According to Hossein Dadgar, a leading member of the party, it was formed "to counter the 'Fifty-three' communists who had founded the dangerous Tudeh party."[4]

They backed Mohsen Sadr's government and were considered opposition to the governments of Ahmad Qavam and Ali Soheili.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Azimi, Fakhreddin (December 8, 2011) [December 15, 1997]. "ʿEDĀLAT, ḤEZB-E". In Yarshater, Ehsan. Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 2. VIII. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 173–174. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ Frank Tachau (1994). "Justice Party II". Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa. Greenwood Press. p. 159. ISBN 9780313266492.
  3. ↑ Philip Mattar (2004). Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. II. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 678. ISBN 9780028657714.
  4. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. p. 192. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
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