League of Iranian Socialists
Political party in Iran
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League of Socialists of the National Movement of Iran (Persian: جامعه سوسیالیستهای نهضت ملی ایران, romanized: Jāmeʿa-ye sōsīalīsthā-ye nahżat-e mellī-e Īrān) or League of Iranian Socialists (Persian: جامعه سوسیالیستهای ایران, romanized: Jāmeʿa-ye sōsīalīsthā-ye Īrān) was a socialist nationalist party in Iran.
League of Iranian Socialists | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Reza Shayan[1] |
| Secretary | Amir Pishdad[2] |
| Founder | Khalil Maleki[3] |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Dissolved | 1980s |
| Merger of | Third Force[3] |
| Ideology | Islamic socialism Social democracy Iranian nationalism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing[4] |
| National affiliation |
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| International affiliation | Socialist International |
The party formally joined the Socialist International upon establishment.[4]
It was founded in 1960 by Third Force activists led by Khalil Maleki and a number of radical nationalists, most of whom had social democracy leanings and some members with Islamic socialism tendencies. Hossein Malek, Ahmad Sayyed Javadi and Jalal Al-e-Ahmad were among people associated with the group.[5]
The organization was a founding member of the National Front (II)[6] and was considered the "extereme left-wing" within the front.[4] It broke with the front and joined the National Democratic Front after the Iranian Revolution.[7] In the 1980 Iranian presidential election, the group supported People's Mujahedin of Iran nominee Massoud Rajavi.[8]
