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Javad Imami, Khusrau Iqbals
Fused with Mihan Parastan,
1944 to fom Ivlihan party.
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Istiqlal and June
30^ PE RSIAN SOCIALIST Party (Hizb-i-Susiyalist-i-Irsn) s
Founded in March 1944 by disgruntled members of the Hamrahan
partys Shahidzade, Abbas Naraqi, Bani Sadr, Humayuni, Faryar,
Mu* azzami. Joined in December 1944 by the Jami 1 at-i-Pishravan
(‘‘Progressives* Society* 1 ). Organ is * , Imruz va Tarda**.
31 % N ATIOhViL UNITY Party (Hizbri-Vahdat-i-MUli) s
Little is known of this party. Its organ is "Salahshur 1 ’.
32. FnTl^RL^ND Party (Hizb-i-Vatan);
Organ is “Sada-yi-Vatan”. The party is, or was (it has
not been heard of lately) run by Asadullah Rashidi in Isfahan. The
idea is that it should be eventually absorbed in Sayyid Zia’s
’’National V/ill” party. Perhaps it has been. (See No.43). There
is also a branch in Sari, and perhaps elsewhere.
33. WOMEN’S Party (Hizb-i-Zanan)s
Presumably not the same as the Jami * a t-i-Za nan (women’s
Society). The party is led by Fatima Sayyah and has Russian backing.
A branch was formed in Shiraz by Safiya Firuz (wife of General Firuz,
Governor General of Furs) in September 1944 $ from which Baha’is were
explicitly excluded.
. The party wrote officially to the Embassy in September 1944,
over the signature of Mrs. Sayyah, requesting travel facilities for
Mrs. Firuz, as a member of the party secretariat, to go to the
United Kingdom and the U. S. A. as their official representative.
34. WOMEN’ S Society (Jami’at-i-Zanan)s
Arose in 1944. Sponsored chiefly by Mrs. Mihri Sabri,
whose husband keeps .a cloth-shop in Tehran. Ke has reputation of
Soviet sympathies, and this party seems to share them. Another
organiser is Mrs. Shirmani, head of the municipal Orphans’ School.
35* WORKERS’ Group (Guruh-i-Mard-i-Kar )1
Organ is ”Mardan-i-Ksr”. Reported in June 1942 to be in
coalition with Mihan Parastan, Paikar and Istiqlal parties. Not
heard of since. (See No. 25).
3^. Y OUNG PERSIA NS’ Society (Jami 1 at-i-Javanan-i-Iran)s
Led*~apparently by one Mustafa Aliabadi. Has connections
with the Shah. First appearance (in press) July 1943? "hut not
heard of since,
37. Society of PROG RESSIV ES (Jami’at-i-Pishravan);
(See No.30).
3?. ANTI-FASCIST Society (Jami’at-i-Zidd-i-Fashist )2
Has not been heard of for a long time.
39 . Society of VICTIMS* (Jami’at-i-Sitamdidigan):
Led by ithmad Shariq. Not heard of since June 1944 # It is
not clear what Ahmad was a victim of.
.40. K IRMANSHAH LOCAL Society (Jami* at-i-Mahalli-yi-Kirmanshah) s
Fomed chiefly to influence elections in 1943. Uncharitable
critics say its adherents were chiefly hooligans bent on creating minor
local disturbances. Opposed to, but hardly distinguishable from,
/Ad ala t.