Learned Council
The Learned Council[2] (Persian: هیئت علمیه, romanized: Heyʿat-e Elmīyeh) was a political group of clerics in the 3rd Parliament, led by Hassan Modarres.[1]
Learned Council | |
|---|---|
| Chamber | Iranian Parliament |
| Legislature(s) | 3rd |
| Foundation | 1914 |
| Dissolution | 1915 |
| Leader | Hassan Modarres |
| Representation | 17 / 115 (15%)
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| Ideology | Conservatism[1] |
According to Touraj Daryaee, it did not consider itself a party and was a group of "hardline rightists particularly opposed to the Democrats".[3] The group opposed the policy of centralization advocated by the government, secularization of penal code, property tax, conscription and women's suffrage.[3][2]
References
- Enayat, Hadi (2013). "Chapter 3". Law, State, and Society in Modern Iran: Constitutionalism, Autocracy, and Legal Reform, 1906-1941. Springer. ISBN 1137282029.
- Amin, Camron Michael (2002). The Making of the Modern Iranian Woman: Gender, State Policy, and Popular Culture, 1865-1946. University Press of Florida. pp. 38–40. ISBN 0813031265.
- Daryaee, Touraj (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History. Oxford Handbooks in History. Oxford University Press. pp. 340–341. ISBN 0199732159.
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