Islamic Republican Party
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Islamic Republican Party
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| Historical leader | Ruhollah Khomeini |
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| Founded | February 17, 1979 |
| Dissolved | June 1, 1987 |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Newspaper | Islamic Republican |
| Paramilitary wing | Revolutionary Guards |
| Worker wing | Workers' House |
| Membership (1979) | 2,500,000 claimed |
| Ideology | Internal factions: |
| Political position | Right-wing to Left-wing |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | Grand Coalition |
| Slogan | One nation, one religion, one order, one leader |
The Islamic Republican Party (IRP; Persian: حزب جمهوری اسلامی, translit. Ḥezb-e Jomhūrī-e Eslāmī, also translated Islamic Republic Party) formed in mid-1979 to assist the Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini establish theocracy in Iran. It was disbanded in May 1987 due to internal conflicts.
The party was formed just two weeks following the revolution upon the request of Ayatollah Khomeini. Five cofounders of the party were Mohammad Javad Bahonar, Mohammad Beheshti, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Khamenei, and Abdolkarim Mousavi-Ardabili. Early members of the central committee of the party, in addition to founding members, were Hassan Ayat, Asadollah Badamchiyan, Abdullah Jasbi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Habibollah Askar Oladi, Sayyed Mahmoud Kashani, Mahdi Araghi and Ali Derakhshan. The party had three general secretaries: Beheshti, Bahonar and Khamenei.
The party has been said to be distinguished by "its strong clerical component, its loyalty to Khomeini, its strong animosity to the liberal political movements, and its tendency to support the revolutionary organizations," such as the komiteh. Policies it supported included the state takeover of large capital enterprises, the establishment of an Islamic cultural and university system, and programs to assist the poor.
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