Battle Party


Peykar Party was a small nationalist organization in Iran during 1940s. The party denounced the reign of Reza Shah and it condemned the presence of the Allies on Iranian soil.
According to L. P. Elwell-Sutton, the party was composed of intellectuals, and at some time was sympathized by figures such as Hossein Ala and Isa Sedigh.
Its organ "showed inclinations in favor of Nazi Germany", while the party "tended towards France, and against the soviet Union".