Aria Party
Aria Party was a pro-shah, court-financed political party in Iran known for its pro-British policy and staunch anti-Communist tendency.
Along with other small right-wing parties such as Pan-Iranist Party, it blamed all the social ills of Iranian society on the Muslim conquest of Persia.
Gen. Hassan Arfaʿ was the leader of the party. The party had an active military wing, an entourage of Imperial Iranian Army officers, led by Gen. Deyhami. However the real mastermind behind it was Gen. Hassan Akhavi, who organized events culminating in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état. Col. Hossein Manouchehri, Aminzadeh, Yahyayi and Mahmoud Eram were among the distinguished members.
Members of the party wore gray shirts and caps and mimicked German Nazi appearance. Overall, the party had National Socialist tendencies.
