Battle Party

Peykar Party (Persian: حزب پیکار‎, lit. 'Battle Party') was a small nationalist organization in Iran during 1940s. The party denounced the reign of Reza Shah and it condemned the presence of the Allies on Iranian soil.[3]

Peykar Party
Founder	Khosrow Eghbal[1]
Merged into	Motherland Party[2]
Newspaper	Iran-e Ma[3] Nabard[3]
Ideology	Iranian nationalism
Political position	Centrism[4]
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According to L. P. Elwell-Sutton, the party was composed of intellectuals, and at some time was sympathized by figures such as Hossein Ala and Isa Sedigh.[5]

Its organ "showed inclinations in favor of Nazi Germany",[3] while the party "tended towards France, and against the soviet Union".[4]

References

1. Jassim, Esmāʿil. "BAHĀR (2)". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
2. Frank Tachau (1994). "National Party (Hezb-e Mihan)". Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa. Greenwood Press. p. 164. ISBN 9780313266492.
3. Parvin, Nassereddin. "IRĀN-E MĀ". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
4. Najleh Khandagh (Winter 2010). "The Political Parties in Iran between 1941-1947, with particular emphasis on the Left- wings Parties" (PDF). Geopolitics Quarterly. Iranian Association of Geopolitics. 6 (4): 154–166.
5. Elwell-Sutton, L. P. (January 1949). "Political Parties in Iran 1941-1948". Middle East Journal. Middle East Institute. 3 (1): 45–62. JSTOR 4322041.