Party of Resurrection of the Iranian Nation حزب رستاخیز ملت ایران | |
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 Logo featuring 'Resurrection Party of People of Iran' (centre), 'Constitution' (top left), 'Shah–People Revolution' (below), 'Imperial System' (top right) writings in Persian | |
| Founder | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Founded | 2 March 1975 (50 years, 262 days) |
| Dissolved | 1 November 1978 (47 years, 18 days) |
| Merger of | Iranians' Party New Iran Party[1] People's Party[2] |
| Worker wing | Worker House |
| Membership | 5,000,000 (1976est.)[3] |
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| Political position | Big tent |
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TheParty of Resurrection of the Iranian Nation (Persian:حزب رستاخیز ملت ایران), or simply theRastakhiz Party (Persian:حزب رستاخیز,romanized: Hezb-e Rastāxiz,lit. 'Resurgence/Resurrection Party'),[8] was Iran'ssole legal political party from 2 March 1975 until 1 November 1978, founded byMohammad Reza Pahlavi.[2]
Founded under the government of Prime MinisterAmir Abbas Hoveyda, the party has been blamed by some with contributing to the overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy by antagonizing formerly apolitical Iranians with its compulsory membership and dues (taxes), and general interference in the political, economic, and religious concerns of people's lives.[8]
Established along with the party was a youth wing—Rastakhiz Youth—which Hoveyda referred to as "the instrument of Iran's development". Through this youth wing and a special task force of the party, Rastakhiz embarked upon a large-scale anti-profiteering campaign directed against thebazaari merchants, who were soon identified as "enemies of the state". In October 1975, the Shah, referring to this campaign as a "cultural movement", decreed that anti-profiteerism be made the fourteenth principle of theWhite Revolution.
The single party system ended in late 1978 as theIranian Revolution gained ground.[10]
| Election | Party leader | Parliament | Senate | Ref |
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| 1975 | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda | 268 / 268 | 30 / 30 | IPU |
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The conception of the party, a hybrid of the Italian and Spanish schools of fascism, met with widespread opposition and was withdrawn once the queen sided with its opponents. But then fascism yielded to communism. The organization became principle democratic centralism, though the term was not mentioned.
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| Preceded by | Resurgence Party 1975–1978 | Vacant Title next held by Islamic Republican Party |
