Moderate Socialists Party

"Moderates Party" redirects here. For other uses, see Moderate Party (disambiguation).

Political party in Iran

Moderate Socialists Party

Leader| Disputed
Parliamentary leader| Mohammad-Sadegh Tabatabaei
Founded| 1909
Dissolved| 1918
Succeeded by| Reformers' Party[1]
Newspaper| Waqt[2]
Majles[2]
Ideology| Moderation[2]
Gradualism[3]
Conservatism[4]
Constitutionalism[1]
Religion| Islam[2]

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Moderate Socialists (Persian: اجتماعیون اعتدالیون, romanized: Ejtemāʿīyūn-e eʿtedālīyūn) or simply Moderates Party (Persian: فرقه اعتدالیون), was a political party in Qajari Persia and one of the two major parties of the constitutional period alongside its parliamentary rival Social Democratic Party–Democrat Party.[2] It was Iran's first right-wing political party.[5]

## Members

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The party membership consisted largely of landowners, constitutionalist ulema[2] and bazaaris. It espoused the traditional middle-class and landed aristocracy.[1] Notable members and supporters were:[2][1]

* Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai
* Sayyed Abdullah Behbahani
* Ali-Mohammad Dawlatabadi
* Mohammad Vali Khan Tonekaboni
* Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma
* Abolqasem Naser al-Molk
* Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda
* Mohammad Mossadegh

## Views

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The party claimed to uphold the principles of Islam, proposing military, judicial, and economic reforms, as well as strengthening the constitutional monarchy, convening the Senate, protecting family values, private property, limitation of the work week and wages in accordance with work performed, and prohibition of child labor. It also expressed support for freedom of association and freedom of the press.[2][1]

## Parliament election results

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Election  | Seats  | Quota[6]

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Count[6] | ±  | %  | ±
1906 |

35 / 156

| —  | 22.43  | —  | Majority party
as Moderates
1909 |

74 / 126

|  39  | 58.73  |  36.3  | Majority in coalition
Including 38 in coalition
1914 |

29 / 115

|  45  | 25.21  |  33.52  | Minority

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 105–106, 120. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Ettehadieh, Mansoureh (October 28, 2011) [December 15, 1992]. "CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION v. Political parties of the constitutional period". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 2. Vol. VI. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 199–202. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
3. ^ Katouzian, Homa (2006). State and Society in Iran: The Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the Pahlavis. Library of modern Middle East studies. Vol. 28\. I.B.Tauris. p. 57\. ISBN 1845112725.
4. ^ Cronin, Stephanie (2013). Reformers and Revolutionaries in Modern Iran: New Perspectives on the Iranian Left. Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series. Routledge. p. 71\. ISBN 978-1134328901.
5. ^ Matin-Asgari, Afshin [in Persian] (2018). Both Eastern and Western: An Intellectual History Of Iranian Modernity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 45\. ISBN 978-1-108-42853-8.
6. ^ a b آشنایی با تاریخ مجالس قانونگذاری در ایران دوره اول تا دوره شانزدهم [History of Legislatures in Iran (1285–1328)] (in Persian). Majlis Research Center. 2005 [1384]. pp. 19–20, 46–47, 68.

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Qajar monarchy|

* Social Democratic Party
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* Democrat Party
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* Progressives Party
* Unified Socialist Party
* Social Reformers Party
* Learned Council
* Revival Party
* Reformers' Party
* Socialist Party
* Communist Party
* Young Communist League
* Armenian Revolutionary Federation
* Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
* Revolutionary Republican Party

Pahlavi monarchy|

* New Iran Party
* Progress Party
* Justice Party
* Peykar Party
* Motherland Party
* Jungle Party
* Azure Party
* National Union Party
* National Will Party
* Azerbaijani Democratic Party
* Democrat Party
* Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists
* United Front of Progressive Parties
* Iran Unity Party
* Comrades Party
* SUMKA
* Aria Party
* Society of Muslim Warriors
* Toilers Party
* Third Force
* League of Iranian Socialists
* Organization of Communist Revolutionaries
* Islamic Nations Party
* JAMA
* Union of Communist Militants
* Union of Iranian Communists
* Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas
* People's Democratic Front
* Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class
* Organization of Working-class Freedom Fighters
* Nationalists' Party
* New Iran Party
* People's Party
* Iranians' Party
* Rastakhiz Party

Islamic Republic|

* Coalition of Islamic Parties
* Quintuple Coalition
* Grand coalition
* Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President
* Eponym Group
* Muslim People's Republic Party
* National Democratic Front
* Radical Movement of Iran
* People's Revolutionary Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran
* Azadegan Organization
* Front for the Liberation of Iran
* Islamic Republican Party
* Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization
* Coalition of the Oppressed and Deprived
* Coalition of Imam's Line groups
* Association for Defence of Revolution Values
* Islamic Reconciliation Party
* Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization
* Islamic Iran Participation Front

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