National Will Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Zia'eddin Tabatabaee[1] |
| Chairman | Nayyer-al-Molk Hedayat[1] |
| Founded | September 1943[2]as Vatan Party 19 January 1944[1]as National Will Party |
| Dissolved | November 1951[1] |
| Newspaper | Raʿd-e emrūz[1] |
| Ideology | Iranian nationalism[3] Fascism[2] Conservatism[3] Anti-communism[1] |
| Political position | Right-wing[4] |
TheParty of the National Will orNational Will Party (Persian:حزب اراده ملی,romanized: Ḥezb-e Erāda-ye Mellī), formerly namedVatan Party (Persian:حزب وطن,romanized: Ḥezb-e Waṭan,lit. 'Fatherland[2] or Homeland') andHalqa Party (Persian:حزب حلقه,romanized: Ḥezb-e Ḥalqa,lit. 'ring, circle, link'),[1] was anAnglophile[1][5] political party inIran, led byZia'eddin Tabatabaee. The party played an important role inanti-communist activities, specifically against theTudeh Party of Iran, and was rival to other leftists and civic nationalists who later emerged as theNational Front.[5]
Widely regarded as dedicated to promote British influence in Iran, it enjoyed support from theEmbassy of the United Kingdom and British agents such asRobert Charles Zaehner.[5] After the British indecisive policy as a result of theLabour Party victory in the1945 elections, the party was demoralized and went on hiatus in February 1946 when its key members were arrested by Prime MinisterAhmad Qavam.[1] The party returned in September 1951 to opposeMohammad Mosaddegh and thenationalization of the Iran oil industry movement, but collapsed after two months.[1]
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