New Iran Party حزب ایران نوین | |
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| Founder | Hassan Ali Mansour |
| Founded | 15 December 1963 |
| Dissolved | 2 March 1975 |
| Preceded by | Nationalists' Party[1] |
| Merged into | Rastakhiz Party[2] |
| Succeeded by | Iran-Novin Party (unofficial successor) |
| Worker wing | Worker House(1967–75) |
| Ideology | Royalism Iranian nationalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
TheIran Novin Party (Persian:حزب ایران نوین,romanized: Ḥezb-e Īrān-e Novīn,lit. 'New Iran Party') was aroyalist political party inIran and the country'sruling party for more than a decade, controlling bothcabinet and theparliament from 1964 to 1975. ThePeople's Party was regarded as its main opposition.[3]
The party was "indistinguishable from the state", i.e. aparty 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 ofthe Shah[6] and self-proclaimed its role as "guardian" of theWhite 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 ofMohammad Reza Shah, all parties should be merged into a single party calledRastakhiz Party.[7][8] Some time after the1979 revolution, Mohammad Reza Shah wrote in his bookAnswer to History that the dissolution of parties was a wrong move.[9]Hassan Ali Mansour andAmir-Abbas Hoveyda were two of the most famous leaders of this party.
| Election | Party leader | Parliament | Senate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | +/− | Pos | Seats | +/− | Pos | ||
| 1963 | Hassan Ali Mansur | 140 / 200 |  | 1st[10] | Unknown | | 1st |
| 1967 | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda | 180 / 219 |  40 | 1st[10] | 26 / 30 | Unknown | 1st |
| 1971 | 230 / 268 | 50 | 1st[10] | 28 / 30 | 2 | 1st | |
| Election | Seats | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 806 / 1,068 | 1st[11] |
| 1970 | 838 / 943 | 1st[12] |
| 1972 | 3,246 / 3,786 | 1st[13] |
| Name | Tenure | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Hassan Ali Mansur | 1963–1965 | |
| Ataollah Khosravani | 1965–1969 | |
| Manouchehr Kalali | 1969–1974 | |
| Amir-Abbas Hoveyda | 1974–1975 |
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| Preceded by | Iran Novin Party 1963–1975 | Succeeded by |
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