General Secretary Asadollah Alam Ideology Liberalism | Merged into Resurgence Party | |
Founded May 16, 1957 (1957-05-16) Dissolved March 2, 1975 (1975-03-02) | ||
People's Party (Persian: حزب مردم; Mardom) was a liberal political party in Pahlavi era Iran. It was one of two major parties in the apparent attempt to decree a two-party system by Shah, apparently opposition to the ruling New Iran Party and previously Party of Nationalists. The party was dissolved in 1975, in order to be merged into newly founded Resurgence Party, the only legal party in the attempted single-party system.
In popular culture
According to Ervand Abrahamian, People's Party and New Iran Party were interchangeably called "Yes Sir, Party" (Persian: حزب بلهقربان) and "Yes of Course Sir, Party" (Persian: حزب چشمقربان) by people, as members of the two parties in the National Consultative Assembly were assigned to their affiliation by Shah and with the help of SAVAK.