Iran Novin Party
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.
Iran Novin Party | |
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| Founder | Hassan Ali Mansour |
| Founded | 15 December 1963 |
| Dissolved | 2 March 1975 |
| Preceded by | Nationalists' Party |
| Merged into | Rastakhiz Party |
| Worker wing | Worker House (1967–75) |
| Ideology | Royalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
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The party was "indistinguishable from the state", i.e. party of power, with no coherent ideology or agenda. 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.
It comprised technocrats and former civil servants; supported the Court (probably having been initiated by it), identifying with the policies of the Shah" and self-proclaimed its role as "guardian" of the White Revolution (Pāsdār-e Enqelāb).