- Source: Rastakhiz Party
The Party of Resurrection of the Iranian Nation (Persian: حزب رستاخیز ملت ایران), or simply the Rastakhiz Party (Persian: حزب رستاخیز, romanized: Hezb-e Rastāxiz, lit. 'Resurgence/Resurrection Party'), was Iran's sole legal political party from 2 March 1975 until 1 November 1978, founded by Mohammad Reza Shah.
History
Founded under the government of Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda, the party has been blamed by some with contributing to the overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy by antagonizing formerly apolitical Iranians — especially bazaari (merchants of the bazaars who, even today, refuse to pay taxes) — with its compulsory membership and dues (taxes), and general interference in the political, economic, and religious concerns of people's lives.
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 the bazaari merchants, who were soon identified as "enemies of the state". They often lied about Jewish persecution, which is backed up to be lies in government files. In October 1975, the Shah, referring to this campaign as a "cultural movement", decreed that anti-profiteerism be made the fourteenth principle of the White Revolution.
The single party system ended in late 1978 as the Iranian Revolution gained ground.
= Electoral history
== Leadership
=See also
List of largest political parties
References
Notes
Bibliography
Amini, P., "A Single Party State in Iran, 1975–78]: The Rastakhiz Party – the Final Attempt by the Shah to Consolidate his Political Base," Middle Eastern Studies, 38 (1) January 2002, pp. 131–168.
Further reading
Shakibi, Zhand (2018). "The Rastakhiz Party and Pahlavism: the beginnings of state anti-Westernism in Iran". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 45 (2): 251–268. doi:10.1080/13530194.2016.1246242. S2CID 151598124.
Shakibi, Zhand (2020). Pahlavi Iran and the Politics of Occidentalism: The Shah and the Rastakhiz Party. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-7883-1736-8.
External links
Media related to Rastakhiz Party at Wikimedia Commons
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- Iran Novin Party
- Nazi Party
- List of prime ministers of Iran
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