Nation Party of Iran

Party of the Iranian Nation (or Nation Party of Iran, Iran Nation Party; Persian: حزب ملت ایران, romanized: Ḥezb-e Mellat-e Irān) is "a small opposition"^[4] party in Iran advocating establishment of a secular democracy.^[5] Although the party is technically illegal, it still operates inside Iran.^[5]

Party of the Iranian Nation
Header of the party's official organ in 1952
Secretary-General	Khosrow Seif[1]
Founder	Dariush Forouhar
Founded	24 October 1951; 73 years ago (1951-10-24)
Split from	Pan-Iranist Party[2]
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Ideology	Iranian nationalism Pan-Iranism Secularism[3] Anti-capitalism Anti-communism Antisemitism Anti-monarchism Anti-Bahá'ísm
Political position	Right-wing[3] to far-right
National affiliation	National Front (1951–1979)
Parliament	0 / 290
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Founded in 1951 by Dariush Forouhar, the party had a few hundred members, mostly high-school students, and was a member of National Front until the Iranian Revolution; however, it did not carry much weight in the leadership of the front.^[2] The party proposed rebuilding Iran by regaining its lost territories in Bahrain, Afghanistan and Caucasia, and its platform was based on anti-capitalism, anti-communism, anti-monarchism, anti-Semitism, anti-Bahá'ísm and anti-clericalism.^[2]

Popular among high school students in Tehran in the 1950s, the party's membership never exceeded a few hundred people.^[6]

Electoral history

Year	Election	Seats	Ref
1979	Constitutional Assembly	0 / 73(0%)
1980	Parliament	0 / 290(0%)