Party of Nationalists
|
|
---|---|
Leader | Manouchehr Eghbal |
General Secretary | Nosratollah Kasemi |
Founder | Manouchehr Eghbal |
Founded | 1957 |
Succeeded by | New Iran Party |
Ideology | National conservatism |
Party of Nationalists or Nationalists’ Party (Persian: حزب ملیون, Ḥezb-e Melliun) was a conservative political party in Pahlavi era Iran, and government majority party from 1957 to 1960. The party was founded in 1957 by Manouchehr Eghbal on orders directed by Shah to initiate a two-party system. Its opposition was liberal People's Party.