Iran Novin Party

The Iran Novin Party (Persian: حزب ایران نوین, romanized: Ḥezb-i Īrān-i Nuvīn, lit. 'New Iran Party') was a royalist political party in Iran and the country's ruling party for more than a decade, controlling both cabinet and the parliament from 1964 to 1975. People's Party was regarded its opposition.[3]

Iran Novin Party
FounderHassan Ali Mansour
Founded15 December 1963
Dissolved2 March 1975
Preceded byNationalists’ Party[1]
Merged intoRastakhiz Party[2]
Worker wingWorker House (1967–75)
IdeologyRoyalism

The party was "indistinguishable from the state", i.e. party of power, with no coherent ideology or agenda.[4] It was the main reason to deny opportunities to seek a popular following through nationalist or socialist appeals, although its pragmatism and opportunism was advantageous in recruiting.[5]

It comprised technocrats and former civil servants; supported the Court (probably having been initiated by it), identifying with the policies of the Shah"[6] and self-proclaimed its role as "guardian" of the White Revolution (Pāsdār-e Enqelāb).[5]

Electoral history

Legislature

Election Party leader Parliament Senate
Seats +/− Pos Seats +/− Pos
1963 Hassan Ali Mansur
140 / 200
1st[7] Un­known 1st
1967 Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
180 / 219
40 1st[7]
26 / 30
Un­known 1st
1971
230 / 268
50 1st[7]
28 / 30
2 1st

Local councils

Election Seats Pos
1968
806 / 1,068
1st[8]
1970
838 / 943
1st[9]
1972
3,246 / 3,786
1st[10]

Leadership

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