Iran Novin Party


The Iran Novin Party was a royalist political party in Iran and the country's ruling party for more than a decade, controlling both cabinet and the parliament from 1964 to 1975. People's Party was regarded its opposition.
The party was "indistinguishable from the state", i.e. party of power, with no coherent ideology or agenda. It was the main reason to deny opportunities to seek a popular following through nationalist or socialist appeals, although its pragmatism and opportunism was advantageous in recruiting.
It comprised technocrats and former civil servants; supported the Court, identifying with the policies of the Shah" and self-proclaimed its role as "guardian" of the White Revolution.

Electoral history

Legislature

Local councils

Leadership

NameTenureRef
Hassan Ali Mansur1963–1965
Ataollah Khosravani1965–1969
Manouchehr Kalali1969–1974
Amir-Abbas Hoveyda1974–1975