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Union and Progress Party (Persia)

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Union and Progress Party
LeaderZayn-al-ʿĀbedīn Mostaʿān-al-Molk[1]
Founded1908
NewspaperEsteghlal-e Iran[1]
IdeologySocialism

Union and Progress Party[2] or Unity and Progress Party[1] (Persian: حزب اتفاق و ترقی, romanizedḤezb-e Ettefāq wa taraqqī) was a political party in constitutional period of Qajar Persia.[2]

In the 1909 Persian legislative election, they won 4 seats and allied with the Moderate Socialists Party against Democrat Party.[3]

The party's line had little resemblance to that of similarly named the party active in the Ottoman Empire and contained some socialist demands. Most of the party's supporters were active in the countrysides.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Parvin, Nasereddin (January 19, 2012) [December 15, 1998]. "ESTEQLĀL-e ĪRĀN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 6. Vol. VIII. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. p. 655. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Ettehadieh, Mansoureh (October 28, 2011) [December 15, 1992]. "CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION v. Political parties of the constitutional period". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 2. Vol. VI. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 199–202. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Atabaki, Touraj (2006). Iran and the First World War: Battleground of the Great Powers. Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Vol. 43. I.B.Tauris. pp. 140–141. ISBN 1860649645.