Progress Party (Iran)

Progress Party or Party for Progress (Persian: حزب ترقی‎, romanized: Ḥezb-e taraqqi) was a fascist[4] political party in Iran led by Abdolhossein Teymourtash, described as the "spurious" party of government and functioning as a "vehicle for executing royal intentions" of Reza Shah.[2]

Not to be confused with Union and Progress Party (Persia).

Progress Party
Leader	Abdolhossein Teymourtash
Founded	September 1927[1]
Dissolved	late 1932[2]
Preceded by	New Iran Party[3]
Ideology	Fascism Monarchism Secularism
Politics of Iran Political parties Elections

Modeled after Mussolini's National Fascist Party and Atatürk's Republican People's Party,[3] it subscribed ideas similar to the short-lived New Iran Party.[2]

With the fall of Abdolhossein Teymourtash in late 1932, the party soon melted away[2] and was outlawed on the grounds that it harbors republican sentiments.[3]

References

1. Atabaki, Touraj; Zurcher, Erik (2004). Men of Order: Authoritarian Modernization Under Atatürk and Reza Shah. I.B.Tauris. p. 85. ISBN 9781860644269.
2. Azimi, Fakhreddin (2008). Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule. Harvard University Press. pp. 75–76. ISBN 0674027787.
3. Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 138–139. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
4. Atabaki, Touraj; Zurcher, Erik (2004). Men of Order: Authoritarian Modernization Under Atatürk and Reza Shah. I.B.Tauris. p. 68. ISBN 9781860644269.